husker98 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 The kid is a beast. Quote Link to comment
RedSavage Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 The kid is a beast. Yes he is. Which is why it makes ZERO sense that he's seen ZERO playing time. 1 Quote Link to comment
74Hunter Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 The kid is a beast. Yes he is. Which is why it makes ZERO sense that he's seen ZERO playing time. This staff has little need for the run game. Quote Link to comment
cm husker Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Can't blame him. Most olinemen have an intense desire to compete. And he's not being given the opportunity on the field. Quote Link to comment
Scratchtown Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Good for him. He will be awesome. Quote Link to comment
'SkerNation Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 So is he no longer on the football team? Or is he going to participate in both? Quote Link to comment
Touchdown Tommie Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 If he has some success I could see him quit football...if he is not getting the looks with the football program and is given chance with the wrestling program it makes sense! Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 So is he no longer on the football team? Or is he going to participate in both? He's doing both Quote Link to comment
Thanks_Tom RR Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Good for Tanner. He was a stud in HS, and I am not in love with the OL roster management under Cav. Get in where you fit in, I guess. So, Tanner is going to cut down to 285 lbs? What is his weight now? His Husker Bio says 310 lbs, but that can't be up to date. Also, Collin Jensen, Nebraska's current HW, is no slouch. It will be interesting to see whether Farmer can push Jensen for mat-time. Quote Link to comment
Tomhusker64 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 It'll be good for him. When I was coaching I found that my best players were also wrestlers. Great way to work on balance, leverage and using the hands. Quote Link to comment
Thanks_Tom RR Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 It'll be good for him. When I was coaching I found that my best players were also wrestlers. Great way to work on balance, leverage and using the hands. It is fair to say the cross-sport improvements wrestling has on the OL is more noticeable in the run game over pass pro or did you see it in both? Quote Link to comment
Tomhusker64 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Both, really. The hand play, footwork and leverage helps in pass blocking as much as run blocking. Ball carriers who wrestled showed better balance and lowering of their center of gravity than noon wrestlers. Not that any of this couldn't have been coached up, but it seemed to come more natural for wrestlers. Quote Link to comment
husker98 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Both, really. The hand play, footwork and leverage helps in pass blocking as much as run blocking. Ball carriers who wrestled showed better balance and lowering of their center of gravity than noon wrestlers. Not that any of this couldn't have been coached up, but it seemed to come more natural for wrestlers. It's also the fact that kids that only play football are only getting X time to improve in said area's, where as kids that do both are getting more time to improve on these fundamentals. A lot of the skill positions players I played football with ran track, the coach there really helped them with their form and they got faster every year. Quote Link to comment
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