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Minnesota Football: In Defense of Mitch Leidner

Imagine that you're a fan of a college football team, and one of the talking heads at ESPN predicts that your team's starting quarterback has a chance at being drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft a year from now. Quite the compliment, right? Says a lot about the outside perception of your team's program, the type of players the coaches are bringing in, and the ability of your staff to develop those players and prepare them for the next level. It'd feel pretty good, right?

I invite you to head on over to Twitter and simply search for mentions of "Mitch Leidner.