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Lol actually when I posted that, it was just a real long link. It was about the length of a book :LOLtartar
I just clicked on the link. I didn't know you guys used Go Big Red.
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Is Mike'l Severe feeling ok? Burkhead vs. Ball
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I just clicked on the link. I didn't know you guys used Go Big Red.
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Haha I messed it up, each single rose was linking back to the website I obtained the image from, stupid me...and yea I didn't know we used it either...at least not officially.
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B.B. Hemingway
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Not really much of a fight, I say what I think and why, you guys do the same and it is what it is. I'm not so naive as to think I'm going to convince Husker fans to agree with the rest of the country.
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I didn't know that badger fan was the messenger for the rest of the country.
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It's an unpaid position.
But like someone said, Ball has more name recognition than Rex so almost by default he's recognized as the better RB...I mean I'm just saying..who was in NYC last night?
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I've done this math already - Wisconsin's offensive line, according to preseason weights on both of those schools respective websites, outweigh Nebraska's offensive line by at least ten pounds. If I'm not mistaken, Nebraska's defensive line players are also quite a bit smaller than many other B1G defensive lines.
Nebraska has one player that brings the average WAY down (Caputo coming in at a recorded 275), but many of those players still fly several pounds lighter than Wisconsin's (20+ pounds in one case). That said, player size is not the most important thing. Our Andrew Rodriguez looks all the part of an offensive linemen, but his consistency and technique was everywhere this last year.
If I had to choose between the two, I'd probably take Ball, just because Burkhead doesn't really have that closing speed to take one the distance. And you don't fight Barry Sander's record just by being average - I don't care how good your offensive line is. That said, if I could give Burkhead better speed and Wisconsin's offensive line - Burkhead in a heartbeat. When you watch Burkhead play, he does every single thing you'd want a great running back to do. Good in pass coverage, almost always falls forward, reads his blocks beautifully, etc., but he is hampered by the fact that he just isn't a fast guy and he's playing behind a poor line.
