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B10 QBs, I would rank: 1) Wilson 2) Vanderberg 3) Persa 4) Cousins after that, big drop off to: 5-6) TM/Robinson (I honestly think they are a wash...explosive on the ground but bad completion percentages and bad TD-INT ratios. Denard is more explosive but TM is less error-prone) vandy=no. cousins=no. you are looking at it from a pure passing perspective. rushing IS a part of the game and has to be taken into account. i would say that both of our qbs are top 4 in conference for sure. stats arent everything. you cant measure leadership in stats last i checked. and i would argue that both are about the same explosively. you wont see it this weekend because TM has been held back for obvious reasons but he is a very very explosive player. Again BTN has all of that info. As for leadership and intangibles, I would have to say Cousins has to be #1. All you have to do is listen to him talk, very smart and well spoken kid. If you are smart off the field, you are smart on it as well.

Ints. DR #1, TM tied #2 Passing td's DR tied 4th TM tied 7th Passing yards/att's DR #2 TM 6th Passing yards DR 5th TM 7th Pass comp% DR 8th TM 6th Qb rating DR 5th TM 6th You can find it all right here: http://bigtennetwork.stats.com/cfb/leaders.asp?lg=4&cat=28

Well there are about 120 schools with around 100 players. Thats about 12,000 players. They avg about 4 years in a program so 12,000 divided by 4 is 3,000. At the same time most schools (not sec) avg what 22(?) recruits a year? Which is close, as 120 schools times 22 equals 2640 recruits. For the sake of arguement we will go with 3,000. Now lets toss out a 1 and 2 star recruits, which leaves us with 3,4 and 5 star. 3,000 divided buy 3 (3,4 and 5 star) equals about say 1,000 5 star recruits and thats being way generous. Now figure, out of those 1,000 how many want to stay close to home? How many want to play where their parents went to school? How many want to play for their state? How many want to go where a freind or girlfriend of theirs is going? By the time your done, your lucky to get 1, maybe 2, 5 star and 3 or 4, 4 star. Then factor in the whoops clause of sometimes stars dont mean anything. Whats all that mean? You have to be good at developing talent. I know those numbers are pry not even close, I was just trying to prove a point. Look at Vandy, right now they are ranked 25th in recruits. They have (0) 5 star (5) 4 star and (10) 3star. Point is there are not very many high star players and for the reasons I said they are hard to get.

Persa was injured for along time. So back up has seen some play time. It's not like he just came off the wood and torched you guys.

I have no doubt in what you are saying. Maybe some other B10 teams fans can chime in here, but we dont do things like that here. We try and whoop heck out of each other every week, let the chips fall where they may and support who ever comes out on top. Well maybe not OSU, they some cocky a holes there. .

Here is he deal. That can all stay where it is. First rule of football is to be able to spell football. When you guys meet them in a bowl, and you will someday, you will be so much more prepared, from playing so many different O's and D's, we as a confence expect you to take them out back and put a beating on them like no one ever has before. Thats how we roll up north. When it comes bowl time, you have the support of millions of other fans.

Delete. Never mind. You all have a long ways to go in understanding how this all works. Lighten up, sit back and enjoy the ride. There is still ball to play and Nov. in the B10 is all about awesome.

Coker has had a good season but the only stat that he leads Rex Burkhead in is rushing yards by about 80, Rex has a better ypc, TD's. But the biggest difference is who each team played and right now Iowa State/Penn state might have been your best opponent vs ours of your choice, Wisconson, Ohio st, MSU you could even say Washington. I can only imagine the stats Burkhead would have right now with Iowa's current schedule. Here is the break down, like I said it's all about national reconition, as there are several very good rb's in the B10. As for espn, make up your own mind about what they say, but atleast you can admit the top 4 are all pretty darn close to each other. http://bigtennetwork.stats.com/cfb/leaders.asp?cat=2&lg=4. As for sos, give me a break. Out of the games you mentioned you had ONE away game, yet the 2 you mentioned for Iowa were away games. OSU down and missing guys? Wash? Really? I will say you all played MSU very well, but it was your D who won that game for you. I also noticed Coker had almost as many rushing yards against MN as the whole Husker team. You won we lost, I get that, but those rushing yards were against the exact same team. So lets compare apples to apples if you want to get into a pizzing match. I have said Rex is good and so are many other RB's in the B10, what more do you want? Sorry if I am not jumping on the Rex train, given he does not lead in any catagory.

Hey, this guy's back!!! I've been waiting for you, buddy, and it's especially great to learn about how Coker is better than Burkhead. That's the kind of insight we've been missing from you since the last time I saw you! Especially after Coker had such a great game last Saturday... Remind me, who was that against? I never said better. I said you have to be reconized nationally. Rex is a darn good RB, the big 10 has a few of them.

To put it simple, he is a star in Nebraska. Thats it, thats all. I see where espn B10 bloggers give him Mr Oct, which is nice and all, but Coker was reconized nationally, BIG difference. Thats what it takes to win a heisman. I am not saying Coker ever will, but he does have 2 more years after this one to punish the B10. http://www.bigten.org/blog/2011/10/two-big-ten-players-earn-college-football-performance-awards.html

I stopped reading after the "buzz". According to BTN Wisky has the best rushing O and PSU has the best rushing D. http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-footbl/stats/2011-2012/confonly.html

The difference is that Minnesota is, as stated before, bad. They pure and simply just aren't good. ISU in the last decade has never been as bad as Minnesota. Minnesota is littered with young players, and if you were checking out ESPN today, there's an article about how Minnesota is tracking 63 players because of poor grades, making sure they attend classes. There is absolutely no reason and no similarity that I see between Minnesota and ISU. We have little recent history and they're reeling. Nebraska wins this by three touchdowns. I won't be surprised if Minnesota puts up a couple of scores, but our offense is going to destroy their defense more than likely. I think since 05 ( I know not the last 10 years) MN has won 3 more games then ISU. I am not saying MN is good or anything, just saying in a conf where the Huskers could VERY easily of been 0-2 right now (even with the conf being way down), maybe MN is'nt really any worse then ISU. Just something to think about.

Sorry to hear about your boy, and wish him the best. Tough deal for him (and the huskers).

It's not like there's much choice in the matter, which is the real problem. Martinez can't make precision throws, doesn't time his throws well and likes to stare down his receiver. His option reads are iffy from time to time but at least if he blows an option read he can make a play with his feet. IMO we need to run stick with the option and run more. Miama ran on the Buckeyes; hopefully Nebraska can do the same. I agree. It is what it is. Gotta recruit qb not another rb. Kinda gotta run whatcha brung.

Thats funny.