I would say cheers to good seasons for both, except for Baylor vs. NU of course! One thing about Lee that needs to be remembered is that Watson has a very good track history of getting first time QB's to perform well to great. He did it a few times at Colorado and has done it here at NU with Ganz. Yes Ganz got 3 games in 2007, but he wasn't a returning starter by any stretch of the imagination and on top of that the O that NU ended up running had many different elements in it. Like has been said, Lee has all of the potential in the world, was a 4 star recruit, cannon for an arm, fast as heck, etc., but Watson ability to develop QB's is the key ingredient to the formula that will make it go.
no. 100% sure KU beats UNL in lawrence. While scoring over 35 on your D.You are projecting on that one.
I am a little worried for your team Jayhawker. I don't want to see you guys fail, but I am worried you guys might take a step back. When I said better coaches I just meant better than what we had...not implying our coaches are better than any of the other Big XII north coaches. I don't believe anyone in the north will be putting up the offensive numbers we saw this year and I see that being in Nebraska's favor. And yes Colorado hates us and would love to beat us so you might be right, but I still believe we beat them even at their place. I do honestly believe Nebraska has the most talent and now we have a coaching staff that can develop talent. I have scouted all of the North teams and just based on talent that is what I am projecting. I don't really believe too much in home field advantage, because I still say a great coaching strategy and talent wins the game. Then you have to factor in experience and there are question marks all across the board so I didn't worry too much about that. Your comment on Missouri...yeah their defense will be ok but nothing special. And there questions on O is why I say they need to run the ball more this year and do clock management.no. 100% sure KU beats UNL in lawrence. While scoring over 35 on your D.You are projecting on that one.
lol. What's with some Jayhawk fans?
you guys can relax, i was just ribbing on you. I already have about 5 bets (i'm married to a husker family) that KU is going to win and put up more than 34 points, and I do believe they will. My wife's cousin and I have a long standing bet that whomever loses, KU/UNL, the loser has to buy the bball tickets at Devaney when KU comes to lincoln. It's been on a nice rotation for the last 3-4 years.I am a little worried for your team Jayhawker. I don't want to see you guys fail, but I am worried you guys might take a step back. When I said better coaches I just meant better than what we had...not implying our coaches are better than any of the other Big XII north coaches. I don't believe anyone in the north will be putting up the offensive numbers we saw this year and I see that being in Nebraska's favor. And yes Colorado hates us and would love to beat us so you might be right, but I still believe we beat them even at their place. I do honestly believe Nebraska has the most talent and now we have a coaching staff that can develop talent. I have scouted all of the North teams and just based on talent that is what I am projecting. I don't really believe too much in home field advantage, because I still say a great coaching strategy and talent wins the game. Then you have to factor in experience and there are question marks all across the board so I didn't worry too much about that. Your comment on Missouri...yeah their defense will be ok but nothing special. And there questions on O is why I say they need to run the ball more this year and do clock management.no. 100% sure KU beats UNL in lawrence. While scoring over 35 on your D.You are projecting on that one.
Who knows how it will turn out Jayhawker, but one thing I do hope is that your Jayhawks don't fall back this year. Mangino has had some rough years here and there. If history is any indicator he will be around .600 winning percentage this year and I hope that's not the case. Lets hope history can be rewritten.
I think there's a general misconception among football fans that a quick-strike/passing offense can score more often than a clock-control/running offense. Yes, the quick-strike does score in less time, but that is completely negated by the fact that the other team then gets the ball. So, if both offenses keep scoring, neither can out-score the other. The quick-strike does have an advantage at the end of each half, but the clock-control offense wears out the other team's defense and has advantages most of the second half.
Fair enough Jayhawker. We aren't going to be run dominate though, but our run game will allow us to set up the pass. I will give you the defensive line, because I did see that they had talent there. But my response to that would be imagine what NU will do to KU if our DL plays to their expectations. Not just talking about Suh because we also have Pierre Allen who did a great job last year, Jared Crick and Baker Steinkuhler who are really good next to Suh. Steinkuhler has more talent but he is only a Rfr and Crick beat him out only because he worked his butt off. My only question is Barry Turner on how he will do after that injury. We had a lot of walk-ons playing and yeah walk-ons can be really good, but I have to wonder if we used them more than we would have, because we redshirt 50 players. There is a lot of competition going on in a lot of different positions. You might say that could be because we don't really have any one that is good enough to stand out. But I, and most husker fans, see it as there is a lot of talented young kids working their butts off to get that position.
I'm unbelievably bored. I do know one thing for certain about the North next year. MU will not be sharing the title for a third year in a row.