Changes on offense 2019
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PasstheDamnBallGuy
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hskrfan4life
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Decoy73
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Excellent post. Anyone who thinks we’ll win more than 8 needs to read this over and over again until you remember how pathetic we were against the run at times. I don’t care how good the offense is. If they can’t get on the field because the D can’t stop the damn run, we will be lucky to win half our B1G games.
We have 7 players who started and 8 who played a bunch on offense
we won’t need to worry about offense
robinson is going to have a monster year
the only players frost really hyped last year were Martinez and Washington which panned out
he is hyping Robinson which means ink him in as a starter and big contributor
we only need 1 more contributor out of :
mcquitty
miles jones
woodyard
nance
We can cobble a te our of:
stoll
allen
legrone
Rafdal
at rb we will be fine:
washington
mills
bradley
Johnson
mazur
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Husker in WI
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Ideally that's the case, but Washington is up in the air and not everyone is super confident Mills makes it. Bradley was nowhere to be seen last year, so if we're down to Johnson and Mazour I'm a lot less confident. I'm aware the odds are Washington plays and Mills does show up, but there are plenty of reasons RB may not be a huge strength. Legitimate cause for concern, but it may end up being totally fine.
It will be more than fine
washington plays - may miss opener
bradley will be fine had personal issue that got ironed out
mills makes it- Frost has had success in figuring out who can make it in or not
i was highly sceptical of Washington’s eligibility last year- he made it
remember
robinson and jones rotate into the backfield as well on the hybrid rb position
offense is fine
defense is the concern
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Decoy73
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Unfortunately crap happens. Injuries, transfers, arrests or other legal issues. I think your banking on best possible case scenario regarding the offense. The defense is still a huge concern and will need to take a huge step forward for us to be in the conversation for being a West Division contender. Too many are assuming we’ll make a 2nd year UCF type leap. That isn’t happening in the Big Ten.
Hilltop
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Glad you guys do all this stressing so Frost has time to just coach... The nervous tension is increasing! Just think, we only have about 175 days until our next game. I have zero stress- I am confident we are going to be better than last year and take a significant step forward. I'm not sure if that means 7 wins or 10 but I know it will be a lot more fun to watch.
Decoy73
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No stress here either. I just want improvements on both sides of the ball. I think we’ll see that, but I finally convinced myself to ignore preseason hype about unproven players and the potential of the team to be really good. I used to do that and got burned every year. We’re on the way back to being contenders, but it’s going to take time and I’m good with that.
GamingGlen
Special Teams Player
There should be a spring football season well as the fall football season. Then there can be bowl games in the north in June, even one at Memorial Stadium (The Bugeater Bowl!).
Remember entering last season when I said Purdue would have about the same record as the year before, even though I expected them to play much better? That’s because the previous year they were really overrated, their performance was no where near their win total. So when they improved their performance, the expected win total didn’t change much because it just kinda corrected for the flukiness of the year before.
Nebraska was the opposite last year, the performance was better than the win total. So it’s nowhere near the jump it seems just looking at the record. A 4-6 win improvement on paper looks huge, but it wouldn’t take a lot of improvement to get there because last year’s record is so deceiving. That’s exactly why so many outlets are putting Nebraska on Top 25 lists.
I don’t think anyone disagrees that the defense has to make that leap, but defenses in college football make huge swings in either direction all of the time. Defenses are very swingy both because turnovers themselves are swingy but also because small mistakes get hugely amplified. How many times do you see a guy run for 40 when he should have been tackled for 3? Little things on that side have big implications.
Mierin
Assistant Coach
Most of our losses felt like they were winnable or very close to it, which was a lot different feeling than the previous year.
And I don't think the defense has to improve much for us to get several more wins. I think they need to improve from pathetic to bad.
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I am I
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Frost doesn’t look exhausted right now like he did last year at this time. Last year at this time he had a new baby, moved, gave up his previous program, recruited late, met and did dozens of appearances, all the hype etc etc....
and his staff too. He looks comfortable, rested, and sharp. That alone will translate down to the team. Everyone will be more comfortable and ready.
The offense will be way way better. Add it up, check the boxes, move the pieces, score more and often...
i ageee, it’s all about how the defense improves. We know the offense will be better, and continue to get better. How the defense does will determine if his regime will have championship level goals.
and his staff too. He looks comfortable, rested, and sharp. That alone will translate down to the team. Everyone will be more comfortable and ready.
The offense will be way way better. Add it up, check the boxes, move the pieces, score more and often...
i ageee, it’s all about how the defense improves. We know the offense will be better, and continue to get better. How the defense does will determine if his regime will have championship level goals.