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Frost was trying to bring in bigger WR’s, they just couldn’t land them. Part of the reason Walters was let go and Lubick brought in. The TE’s on the roster aren’t fast enough to get deep, down the middle like Frost wants, and still be able to block. It will be interesting with Vokalek eligible in 2020 and Hickman developing into a hybrid TE/WR for the offense.

No he wasn't

Does it? Maryland has 3 players invited.

I agree that 40+ ppg is a great long-term goal for Frost's offense, but only 8 teams achieved that in 2019. Going from 28 PPG to 35 points per game would be a 25% increase YoY, and NU would go from 72nd to top 20 (based on 2019 rankings).

Holy cow, if AM was "bad" last year than people need to watch more football. He was definitely average, he definitely didn't live up to the talent we saw as a freshmen and he certainly had some bad plays/decisions. However, I don't think he was all around "bad" at all.

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/big-ten-football-predictions-early-2020

There being talent on the team and their not being enough talent are not mutually exclusive.

Sorry, but the math doesn't lie. We ended drives at: W 34 yard line - Downs W 24 yard line - missed field goal W 15 yard line - downs W 1 yard line - downs We lost by 16 points. To say we would have won if we could score in the red zone and a kicker is a very realistic opinion. Just the last three would have been 17 points (assuming the W 24 yard line drive ended in a FG). Then, if we kick into the end zone, we don't allow a kick return for a TD. Heck...if the last three are field goals and we have kickoffs in the end zone, that's 16 points right there. You can beat the defense mantra all you want. They weren't perfect that day...but, they were playing a dang good offense too (#23 in the country scoring). But, kicking and red zone scoring was thee main problem that day.

I don't mean any offense by this, but your comments are a microcosm of showing the difference between where we actually are and where we think we should have easily been. In reality, we are so far out of Wisconsin's league when you take into account the past three dumpster fire seasons; our two programs are in two completely different area codes. I see no silver linings or caveats that indicate we're closer than the results have shown.

He was not bad and he will be the starter this season.

I won't go over every offensive weapon he lost as that's been covered extensively. One thing that hasn't been mentioned is he was running the entire playbook and he was being asked to think a lot more. Right or wrong, AM was given a LOT more to think about, including preserving himself. The kids is a competitor and my money is on him making a big jump back this season for 3 reasons. He should be completely comfortable with what he is asked to do this season. He will have a larger, more talented supporting cast of skill players. Lastly, our coaches can call plays that may put him in harm's way since the QB room is finally talented and deep. I believe the hesitation we saw last year disappears and he looks much closer to the year 1 guy we saw with many of the rookie mistakes removed. GBR

AM 2.0 was not as good as AM 1.0. I don't think that is debatable. BUT, he was injured throughout 2019. He had a brand new center. He was without Foster and Farmer on the OL. No Stan or Oz, an eventually hobbled Wan'dale, a quadrupled covered JD, no deep passing threat, the TE game was MIA, Mo packed in before he was told to pack it in etc......It was the perfect storm of what could go wrong did. I think that we have a true QB competition this year. I still think it's AM's to lose, but IMHO, he will not be given the latitude he was last year. You have Vedral in year 4 or 5 of Frost's system, Luke year 2 etc.....I do not think Frost will hitch his wagon to AM like he did last year. If AM 1.0 shows up and the skill guys step up (new guys as JD/Wan'dale are known) our O could be very prolific. I'm still not seeing top 10, but I never saw us going 4-8 and 5-7 either....

Last I checked you usually play defense with 11 players.

Or an oline that misses an assignment, which happened often.

I know yards aren't everything, but we've put up the most yards against them both of the last 2 years. At some point we've got to turn it into points/wins, but I'd say this shows something. 8.4 yards per play is absurd against a top defense.

If the "tracks" are what separate Manhattan from New Jersey, you could kinda make the case that young Don built upon his father's highly successful operation with some bold and risky plays in New York that paid of handsomely for awhile. If you want to roll up your sleeves and vet the business savvy of Donald Trump, he went on wildly over-reach and overestimate himself, going into multiple bankruptcies, including losing his Atlantic City casino. It's actually hard to lose money on casino. Having watched his son's stewardship of the company he founded, Fred Trump drafted legal directives to severely limit Donald's power at Trump Enterprises. When Fred died in 1999, Donald sued to regain power, and within 18 months had driven his father's company completely out of business. Donald was so notorious for defaulting on loans and screwing contractors that by the time he re-invented himself for The Apprentice, almost no legitimate financial institution would work with him. Of course there are also the 15 companies Donald Trump started, bearing his name and selling everything from business degrees, to water, to steaks. 100% of them went out of business. Many of The Trump Organizations current real estate "holdings" don't reflect property they own. They are far too cash poor and compromised to purchase anything, simply lending their name and development team to the real players. If you want to see how this plays out in some incredibly unsavory ways, Google "Trump Hotel in Baku." I think someone else did the calculation that if Donald Trump had taken the money his dad gave him and dropped it into the average money market account, he'd be considerably wealthier today.

True, but IMO Jaimes, Farniok, Wilson, etc are talented enough for use to do better than 5-7. We don't need to match Wisconsin's o-line this year to compete with them, I think Frost has shown he can outscheme Leonhard to a point. We put up 518 yards (mostly passing) in 2018, and 493 (mostly rushing) last year. We just need the defense to be a bit better, and our o-line to be good enough to turn more of the yards into points. To consistently win the West we want our o-line to be at that level, but I don't think we can't win it until they are. We've gotten to the point where we're saying next year before this one starts! Not disagreeing, just funny. Year 1 we were always looking to year 2, but then when that went south it was year 3 - and we haven't even touched that one yet but it's 4 now.

So..... @Notre Dame Joe He's now a "King"? And....."whatever the truth is"? The cult members are interesting.

JFK? https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/4851449/trump-jr-russian-kennedy-history/%3Famp=true wait wrong election... Obama? https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2012/09/26/why-putin-wants-obama-to-win-a18095 Nope, wrong again. Damn. I guess I just cant keep up with the red scare anymore since every election it is the same...

This is so true. It wasn't that he was bad or terrible or what ever. He needed to take a step forward and be better than he was the year before and he didn't do that. He took 1 step back basically and was fairly average. There were probably a lot of reason's for this, all of which have been discussed. Injuries to him, missing WR and RB from year before and replacing 2 key offensive linemen. This team needed a good to great AM to have a really good season and they didn't get it.

Definitely a possibility for our 2021 QB:

Surprised to see Marquis Black on this list over Nash - I do think Black has the chance to be a surprise/steal of this class down the road who is a bit underrated. Surprised to not see Keyshawn Greene on the list at LB.

First I’m pretty sure I said he didn’t play well last yr. I’ve also stated I’m in favor of a competition not just at qb but every position every yr. I’m just saying in a legitimate competition it is still AM to lose and no that’s not because he’s “frosts guy”. Pretty sure frost recruited vedral, mccaffrey, and smothers so they are all “frosts guys”. Question though. How difficult would it be to be qb in a system that has a limited rushing game, low trust in wrs to be where they are supposed to be, and an oline that provided some of the best look out blocks in the country last yr. all while doing this with an injured shoulder that required off season surgery. My point is we’ve seen good AM, outside of jd the wr group was meh, the rbs were new, and the oline had the usual suspects in Wilson, hixson, and farniok you could always see were out of position or we should have better at the position. I think it says a lot that a player in the two deep at guard chose to transfer to the talent that is coming up. so I’ve said AM didn’t play well, but that isn’t in a bubble. AM had an excellent frosh season, hence the heisman talk. The others around him were unproven or had proven they were lacking. Therefore, AM has a bit more rope than say hixson, Wilson, or say mike Williams. The bigger issue is we had more of the hixsons and the Williams on the field last yr with AM than the Sunday stans and oz’s of the previous yr.

Added the Athlon Purdue Spring Preview.

With a young and struggling o-line and no deep threat among the receivers, it’s difficult to throw the ball down field to keep the defense honest. Martinez also struggled to make an accurate throw and to the appropriate receiver downfield. The swing pass topic has been beaten to death.

we could start 6-1. We could also go undefeated and win the national championship. I mean, none of the games on the schedule are unwinnable. But where you end up is more than just the individual games put together - it's a cumulative/momentum/emergent thing that arises over time and chances.

Ameer Abdullah is about a close to being Arabian as Shaq O’Neal is being Irish.

I always find these thought processes interesting. Basically, what you’re saying is, Frost and Verduzco know Vedral is better but still have him at #3. Sorry, no.

Like coming from the wrong side of the tracks, building an empire on the 'right' side, and leaving the right people to rail against the wind because you did what they couldn't. Running a large business is only a liability for Ds to the point it is immoral until they get their cut. I'm interested in what Bloomberg did to make NYC a better place and so far alls I've heard is that he's sorry for it.

Nothing wrong with chasing ladies, but I don’t think you can have a fair opinion on Martinez based on only 2019. Everything you liked from McCaffrey did in 4 games, Adrian did it over 10 games. Adrian took a step back in 2019 due to a number of factors, but IMO McCaffrey and Vedral have a lot to do to catch him as the #1 QB.

You only watched 2 games from Adrian’s freshman year? No wonder you don’t think he’s any good. While Adrian had plenty of freshman mistakes, but he had some games where he dazzled out there. He had big games against Colorado, Minnesota, Ohio State, Illinois, Northwestern, and Iowa to name a few. You comment that you liked McCaffrey’s play in limited snaps in 2019, well Adrian was just as electric and a leader as the full-time starter in 2018. Side point, what kind of Husker fan only watches 2 games of an entire season? That makes no sense to me.

I wouldn't mind if he would just now go sit on the bench and enjoy watching the game.

If that doesn't typify this season... they make the first three with a second left on the shot clock and they make a second three with a tenth of a second left on the game clock. I'm going to my dictionary to look up snake -bit and expecting to see hoiberg's mug...

A safety and 2 runningbacks lol. The entire defensive front plus a CB is a little different.

Flies directly in the face of the lack of talent excuse.

The Big 10, insofar as national prominence, is a one team league IMHO with that being Ohio State. Penn State quite a bit behind the Bucks with Michigan third and fill in the rest however you like there in the east. Nebraska should be the second best team in the west. Iowa's wins over Nebraska should have been dominant but were instead nail-biters. A solid season with an upset over Wisky might be enough to propel the Big Red to Indy and then NU would have to be fortunate to play an uninterested or uninspired Buckeye team in order to have a shot. Last year told us the story really. Minnesota had a charmed year and knocked off Penn State, but they couldn't beat Iowa and then got choked out by a Badger team that was promptly choked out by a much better Buckeye crew.

I agree the Big ten is better by a good margin than a decade ago - Nebraska addition started this process ino. But i think its more balanced than most ackowledge. But OSU is as good as usual then Michigan and Wiscy slipped back. PSU held their own and maybe in sole second. Nebraska is not far behind those four. Any given Sat any of them are at risk to lose to most any other Big ten team. Iowa tends to win vs the bottom half but rarely wins vs top 4. The door is open for NU to climb to the top 5 - above MN, IA, IN, NW, RU, MSU, MA, PU. I think we finish in 5th overall and 2nd in the west race. MN will fall big time but knock off one of the top 4.

Only 1 undefeated and 1 winless team left!

On top of all this, we replaced the OC. I'm excited to see how that changes the offense to more of what Frost is looking for.

Ha! There is no way you are a real person.... Trump came from the wrong side of the tracks?!?!?! Holy s#!t, that's rich!!!

Like setting up a fake university, milking tens of thousands of dollars from people? Like overwhelming contractors in court and burying them in legal costs? Like setting up a cancer charity event to funnel money to private endeavors? Like using charity money to buy giant self portraits to hang at private properties? Like using the net worth/fame to grab women by the pussies? Because when your rich and famous, "they let you do it!" etc...

And nothing against Mazour as the kid, but NU’s running game was significantly worse when Mazour played significant snaps. Mills was tearing up Wisconsin, but had to come out for breathers, the offense stagnated when Mazour was at RB. The best run Mazour had all year was his 10 yard TD against Iowa. We don’t need guys like Belt and Mazour to play better, we need to recruit more talent like Mo Washington and Wandale Robinson and be able to keep them on the field.

I'm not confusing anything. These companies pay Social Security, Medicare, and Federal Unemployment taxes in addition to what employees themselves must pay for those taxes. Those are Federal taxes, and as far as I can tell it's not factored into these numbers.. I think it's a pretty safe bet to say that 99.9% of the time the employee would still never see that money even if there wasn't a tax. The argument that these companies pay no Federal taxes as stated in the tweet is false. It's bordering on yellow journalism. They may not be paying a corporate income tax for various reasons, but they do infact pay taxes every year. We don't need to distort the truth to have a discussion about corporate tax rates. The numbers speak for themselves without the sensationalist headlines.

It would be way more surprising if the transferred *to* UNC than if he transferred *from* NU.

Dang. I suck. Either that or we should recruit more guys named Mickens. Like .... all of them...

Green, Robinson, Daniels. I think there’s a good chance we won’t see much drop off at the position, especially if our DEs are better and require more attention from the OLine.

I'm never going to use Huskermax I because I don't like the format at all. I would probably just use Reddit if I have to.

a healthy kicker might have changed our season drastically.