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Liberal Arts degrees are excellent for creating well-rounded, interesting people. From my experience it does little to provide knowledge/skills that separate the graduate from people that did not graduate from college. There is a reason that my engineering friends do not worry about being unemployed.

For girlknowsfootball because I am bored at work...

- RB Demario Richard/Palmdale, CA

- RB Derrell Scott/Havelock, NC

- RB Leonard Fournette/New Orleans, LA

- RB Madre London/Ft Lauderdale, FL

- RB Nathan Starks/Englewood, CO

- RB Paul Moses/Toledo, OH

- WR Eric Lauderdale/Mission Vejo, CA

- WR Josh Malone/Gallatin, TN

- WR Kenric Young/Gainsville, FL

- WR Malachi Dupri/River Ridge, LA

- WR Myles Autry/Norcross, GA

- WR Rashead Johnson/Long Beach, CA

- WR Travis Rudolph/West Palm Beach, FL

- WR Trevon Lee/Ft Lauderdale, FL

- TE Dalton Schultz/South Jordan, UT

- TE Garrett Dickerson/Oradell, NJ

- TE Henry Moneaux/Portland, OR

- TE Tyler Luatua/La Mirada, CA

- OT Alex Bookser/Mt Lebanon, PA

- OT Braden Smith/Olathe, KS

- OT Brian Walace/St Louis, MO

- OT Casey Tucker/Chandler, AZ

- OT Chad Mavety/Garden City, NY

- OT Chris Brown/Los Angeles, CA

- OT David Sharpe/Jacksonville, FL

- OT Frank Ragnow/Victoria, MN

- OT Ja'Merez Bowen/Cleveland, OH

- OT Kaleb McGary/Tacoma, WA

- OT Lukayus McNeill/Indianapolis, IN

- OT Nick Gates/Las Vegas, NV

- OG Damien Mama/Bellflower, CA

- OG Jordan Sims/Homewood/AL

- DE Andrew Williams/McDonough, GA

- DE Chris Slayton, Crete, IL

- DE Cory Thomas/Mc Calla, AL

- DE Darius Slade/Montclair, NJ

- DE Da'Shawn Hand/Woodbridge, VA

- DE Dewayne Hendrix/O'Fallon, IL

- DE Gerald Willis III/New Orleans, LA

- DE Grant Harris/Clinton, MS

- DE Kevin Bronson/Delray Beach, FL

- DE Lorenzo Carter/Norcross, GA

- DE Qualen Cunningham/Chandler, AZ

- DE Renell Wren/St Louis, MO

- DT Anthony Moten/FT Lauderdale, FL

- DT Calvin Heurtelou/Phoenix, AZ

- DT Claude Pelon/Mesa, AZ

- DT Daniel Cage/Cincinatti, OH

- DT Garrald McDowell/Covington, LA

- DT Josh Frazier/Springdale, AR

- DT Lance McDowdell/Garden City, NY

- DT Thomas Holley/Brooklyn, NY

- DT Zaycoven Henderson/Longview, TX

- LB Clifton Garrett/Joliet, IL

- LB Derik Calhoun/El Cerrito, CA

- LB Devante Bond/Roseville, CA

- LB Dwight Williams/Gardena, CA

- LB Greg Gooch/Longwood, FL

- LB Kenny Young/River Ridge, LA

- LB Nyles Morgan/Crete, IL

- LB Raekwon McMillian/Hinesville, GA

- LB Rashaan Evans/Auburn, AL

- LB Sharieff Rhaheed/Fort Pierce, FL

- CB Anthony Davis/Monroeville, PA

- CB Blaise Taylor/Auburn, AL

- CB Deandre Scott/Philadelphia/PA

- CB Deion Hallmon/Weston, FL

- CB DJ Smith/Marietta, GA

- CB Jalen Tabor/Washington DC

- CB Nick Watkins/Dallas, TX

- CB Parket Westphal/Bollingbrook, IL

- CB Raymond Wingo/St Louis, MO

- CB Terrence Alexander/River Ridge, LA

- CB Tony Brown/Beaumont, TX

- S Cory Sargent/Rock Hill, SC

- S Daejuan Funderburk/Washington DC

- S Dravon Henry/Alaquippa, PA

- S Edwin Freeman/Arlington, TX

- S Jamal Adams/Lewisville, TX

- S John Smith/Long Beach, CA

- S Mattrell McGraw/River Ridge, LA

- S Montae Nicholson/Moneroeville, PA

- S Payton Hendrix/Dallas, TX

- S Steven Parker/Jenks, OK

- ATH Adoree' Jackson/Gardena, CA

- ATH Corey Avery/Dallas, TX

- ATH Dominique Fenstermacher/Phoenix, AZ

- ATH Kalen Ballage/Falcon, CO

- ATH Raymon Minor/Richmond, VA

Anything shown on BTN has immediate replay. Anything shown on another network will be available at 12:00 AM the following day. My guess is EST but I am not sure. Long story short, you'll be able to see it Sunday.

Either it is his fault for not teaching upperclassmen properly enough or his fault for bad recruiting earlier. Either way, the blame falls on the coaches when two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT defenses show the same errors for two seasons.

 

The players are different but the results are the same. Something in practice or film doesn't translate regardless of the player. I have coached for a while now in high school and I can tell you putting the blame on 1 kid makes sense, maybe even 2. When the same positions are subpar every year, you aren't teaching it right.

 

Oh, and blaming high school coaches is a joke. You want to blame a bunch of guys making a stipend of $2000 or so a year ($6000 for HC on average) for a guy making $3 million a year not being able to put a good defense out there? That is rich man.

 

I hope it gets better, but I am glad Pelini has said it is on him and the staff and not subscribed to your theory.

 

"I point the thumb" is the quote from Bo I believe.

EDIT - CG beat me to it.

I agree with CG but would word it differently. Any scheme is going to have a learning curve. Most teams can make up for having to play youth by recruiting players that played in similar schemes in high school. The high school coaches are teaching whatever scheme they think will work at their school. If that doesn't align to what the player will be asked to do in college than it just put the kids further behind when they make it to campus.

The consensus seems to be that it took BP about three years to figure out a recruiting style that fit what he was trying to do and brought in some higher rated classes. It will be a rough transition as the team will rely on more youth than you would like to see for a few years. The transition would always have been bumpy, just less bumpy if high school coaches were teaching things that aligned more directly to what NU was trying to ask of its players.

 

It is done primarily when the defense is expecting a pass play when the extra yard gives some momentum to a DT pass rush to help collapse the pocket.

 

 

The one yard is to give time for the defensive lineman to read the steps of the o-lineman. Its a read step. The 1 yard allows for the time to read it.

That is what makes this fun. Everyone does similar things for entirely different reasons!

so what the hell is the reason for the D line lining up a yard off the line?...sounds like read and react tactic as opposed to attack? is there any other college team that gives up a yard on defense.

It's like conceding a whole yard before the ball is snapped. Who else runs a 2 gap?

First and 7 considering they do it for 3 plays.

It is done primarily when the defense is expecting a pass play when the extra yard gives some momentum to a DT pass rush to help collapse the pocket.

If BTN2Go(it is currently not working) doesnt load and I cant watch this game, I am going to go Bo Pelini circa 2010 texas A&M sideline freak out on my cable provider.

BTN2Go has reported that they website is down because of some issue with their technical partners. The Nebraska is not airing on TV in my area only on BTN2Go. T-minus 1h 17m to freak out time.

You are not the only one. I knew I should not have let her schedule a vacation to BFE on a game weekend. Nothing good ever comes of it.

Worst case just hook a laptop to the tv. Btn2go.com and watch the game that way.

It's fine to keep it vanilla for the first game or 2. Not necessarily to keep secrets from future opponents(which is a good reason) but to get the offense all on the same page going against an actual opponent instead of your teammates in practice. Get a rhythm started for games 1 and 2 and then start to open it up from there.

 

The one issue I had with Beck is getting too cute where Martinez threw the INT. That late in the game, you pound the rock. I would be willing to be that there are very few HC's or OC's in any division of HS, college, or the NFL that would have looked at that scenario and thought that was the right play to be called.

 

Beck does this too many times for my liking.

How was that getting cute? They started loading the box and we tried a quick slant route and had some miscommunication so it didn't work out. It isn't like we tried a halfback pass or something we don't do all the time.

we can argue all day long as to what is wrong with this team.....suffice it to say, we are not right....so far this year is starting out like last season ended...where is the improvement?

We won this time.

I was looking at pump up videos to show my class since it is husker friday here in this kansas classroom....

 

i found one that had a rap that was done to the locker room prayer...does anyone know why performs that?

 

Question for the board on this: I am a Christian so I naturally I think it's pretty cool that they do "the prayer" before games... but I realize a lot of people do not share the same faith and could even be offended by the fact that the team does this at a public institution. I know Ameer Abdullah is a devout Muslim and he loves the prayer they do. But I would like to hear the thoughts of you guys who may not be "prayers" so to speak. Just curious... thanks!

Unless it calls out a deity specifically(i.e. sweet baby Jesus) then there isn't too much to be offended by. I always thought it took on more a "God of Football/Sports" feel. Beyond that, it is tough to get upset with something that was meant to teach humility. If anything I would be more upset that the original was bastardized than anything else. I get the feeling I am in the minority on that one though.

Full disclosure: I am a heathen. Though I do hate Vegans, so I may not go to hell after all.

I heard he's a high IQ guy.

 

Oh. He's a coach on the field.

 

He's also deceptively athletic.

So, no chance at being well spoken then?

The only thing that makes sense to me is that they are referencing that he never throws the ball away because he can outrun everyone to the corner. If he doesn't get sacked in the pocket he usually doesn't go down.

Nebraska 45

Wyoming 24

Rushing: 317

Passing: 228

Johnny Manziel would never have handed the football to Jack Hoffman.

Sure he would have. Right after he signed the football and Hoffman's jersey.

Capital ONe bowl is on now. You are doing pretty well against the team that almost beat Bama.

They may have been playing down the the level of their competition.

So even though we could have won the game they still would have given Georgia the trophy because we all know they are the better team?

Apparently I live less than 5 miles from him. Guess I'll need to go watch a game this fall and see what all the hoopla is about!

The suspense is killing me!!!

 

Who is going to be #1??!!1!!

Ha ha! Well we know who #1 will be. It's #2 and #3 three I'm wondering about. Oh the suspense!

We'll still see Martinez, AA, Bell, Enunwa and Long which means the top seven and eight of the top nine will be on offense. (Apparently the OWH isn't as excited about the D). Not that that's a surprise.

 

I'd say the rest of the countdown will be Enunwa, Long, Bell, AA, Martinez just because we're run-heavy but I wouldn't be surprised to see AA and Bell switched.

So Ciante Evans is playing on offense this year?

the over/under for our season is 9.5 wins. i would take the over because i am pretty optimistic, and even a little confident, that we will get at least 10 wins. i would be pretty disappointed in the season if we got 9 or less.

 

we are -7 against ucla.

We were -6 last year...

 

:/

So? The point spread has nothing to do with who they think will win the game.

Penn St. will always be dangerous as long as the are healthy. They will be what people expected if a few starters get dinged up along the way. Last year was a VERY good year for them in the injury department. No idea how long the luck will hold out though. That's why I'm glad we get them in November.

Why do they HAVE to align the 'N' and include the copyright symbol. It looks off-center and is going to drive me nuts for the next 6-8 years.

 

 

what are you talking about?

Too much Ncaa football probably.

You are probably right about playing too much NCAA football. My only guilty pleasure any more. Regardless, I assumed from the picture that would be the N's final resting place. I guessed that the only reason it would be that off center was for a trademark tag. If they are not done placing it then I jumped the gun. My bad.

Why do they HAVE to align the 'N' and include the copyright symbol. It looks off-center and is going to drive me nuts for the next 6-8 years.

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i am guessing they would break down to 4 five team divisions. it would probably look a lot like the nfl.

 

this could be fixed though. just end non-con games and keep it all in conference.

That will never happen without a radical economic shift in how the game works today. Teams depend on at least 7 home games for a 12 game season. I don't see a snowballs chance in hell that any team worthy of being in a super conference gives up competitive advantage for money. Non-cons have become budget balancers. Unless the conference can afford to give $5+ million to half the schools in the conference every year it isn't economically viable. I know they deal in outlandish figures on a regular basis but taking $50MM off the top of your budget seems more crippling than empowering.

Husker Camp Countdown: No. 25 Andrew Rodriguez

By Jon Nyatawa, Omaha World Herald, PUBLISHED TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2013 AT 7:00 AM / UPDATED AT 9:23 PM

 

Andrew Rodriguez | 6-6 | 330 | Sr. | Offensive tackle

 

<snip> He didn’t redshirt as a true freshman but played sparingly. An injury cut short his sophomore year. Then he moved to tackle and spent last season adjusting to the new position.Two other senior tackles will compete with Rodriguez for playing time this fall, as will incoming transfer Matt Finnin. But Rodriguez talked this spring about his increased motivation and his desire to make a substantial jump on the field. Now he’ll have to prove it.

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Sure, Rodriguez has been slowed by injuries and all. But I think a lot of us expected big things from him when he was recruited four years ago. It just hasn't happened yet. Not so much anyway.

I do not believe it is his fault. He doesn't fit our current offense as well as he fit our old offense. He is a straight-ahead run blocking mauler at guard. When we transitioned to an offense that required more agility out of the guards and center he got bumped to tackle. Some of the lack of agility shows in pass protection. If he were at Michigan or Bama his talents would be more evident.

I dont think he needs to have a big game against UCLA. In fact, he could actually struggle early in the season if he catches fire, has huge games against the Michigans and gets that signature moment. If the defense is erratic as we expect but he is lights out and carries the team to wins anyway, that would be a big plus as well. Remember, the Heisman as transpired into this "what have you done for me lately" award that is very seldom, if ever, based on the entire body of work.

I get your point but I'm not sure I agree. Taylor will have plenty of games to pad the stats if the schedule is as lenient as people think it will be. On the other edge of that sword, there will not be many hyped games this year. I think it is safe to assume that UCLA, Michigan, and a CCG would be his best shot for impressing on a big stage. If he misses on UCLA then he isn't in any conversations until November at best. The media's love affair with Braxton Miller will put Taylor in an uphill battle when he gets tagged "not even the best in his conference". They have come around on Taylor quite a bit but I have yet to see Taylor referenced in any top QB list nationally. If he doesn't start changing minds early then he may not have a chance to later on.

Or Braxton could catch a case of the "Bauserman" and make this a moot point. Ah, a man can dream.