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[GSLgopher]

Minnesota at Syracuse Sat., Sept. 5 Noon ET (ESPN2, ESPN360.com)
Traye Simmons versus Mike Williams

Minnesota's best defensive player is senior cornerback Traye Simmons and he'll be matched up with junior wide receiver Mike Williams. Williams has tons of physical and athletic ability with prototypical size. Keep an eye on this battle.

Also in this game we'll see some other players with NFL potential. Look for Minnesota senior wide receiver Eric Decker (2008 stats: 84 catches, 1074 yards, 7 touchdowns). He has a chance to be a first- or second-round draft choice. On the other side of the ball, keep an eye on Syracuse's defensive tackle Arthur Jones. He had a dominant game against Notre Dame last year but was up-and-down the rest of the year. He'll have to play a lot more games the way he did against the Irish if he wants to fulfill his hopes of being a high draft choice; otherwise, his stock will drop.


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/notebook?page=gamedayKickoff091

 

[husker70]

keep an eye on Syracuse's defensive tackle Arthur Jones. He had a dominant game against Notre Dame last year but was up-and-down the rest of the year. He'll have to play a lot more games the way he did against the Irish if he wants to fulfill his hopes of being a high draft choice; otherwise, his stock will drop.

Who doesn't have a dominant game against Notre Dame?

He will be no factor in the game.

 

[Schlic Daddy]

Minnesota at Syracuse Sat., Sept. 5 Noon ET (ESPN2, ESPN360.com)
Traye Simmons versus Mike Williams

Minnesota's best defensive player is senior cornerback Traye Simmons and he'll be matched up with junior wide receiver Mike Williams. Williams has tons of physical and athletic ability with prototypical size. Keep an eye on this battle.

Also in this game we'll see some other players with NFL potential. Look for Minnesota senior wide receiver Eric Decker (2008 stats: 84 catches, 1074 yards, 7 touchdowns). He has a chance to be a first- or second-round draft choice. On the other side of the ball, keep an eye on Syracuse's defensive tackle Arthur Jones. He had a dominant game against Notre Dame last year but was up-and-down the rest of the year. He'll have to play a lot more games the way he did against the Irish if he wants to fulfill his hopes of being a high draft choice; otherwise, his stock will drop.


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/notebook?page=gamedayKickoff091

Seems like a lot of people on here have questioned how high Decker will be picked. I think this might answer some questions.

 

[WolfontheProwl]

Its early.

The comment about Decker is nice to see but that being said its a long time until the draft. The WR position is always up and down all year long Oklahoma State a couple years ago had one of the top rated WRs in the country as far as a draft prospect and he ended up falling into the last two rounds. Decker is a good WR and I see him as a guy who could easily play in the NFL but we have a long way to go before the draft. Lets see a great season from him 1,100 yards and 11 TDs would be great and then let the draft work itself out.

Minnesota 34 Syracuse 10