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Coaches can make first contact without having to get permission from the school. Also, the scholarships will not count against the "transferred to school" for one year. Ex. If we got one kid then we could go this year with 86(I think) on the roster. Flip side is that we would only be able to recruit 24 the next year when we have to count that scholarship as ours.

Of course...not one mention by the reporter of Johnny coming to N.... No worries. They did when they talked about him on day one or two. ESPN is not completely out to get us.

<p> </p> Just off base here. People are confusing this kid's issues with technique. He stroked out twice based on migraines, not concussions. Did the technique lead to additional migraines? Maybe. There are a lot of moving parts in that equation and I am not the kind of doctor that helps people. Regardless, here is some insight on being a defensive lineman. While banging your head into things while already concussed certainly would not help the situation, the rest is moot. The reason is that when you,as a D-lineman, 'head butt' someone you are not just hitting them with your head. You are generating force from your hips up through your back, shoulders, and neck. When you make contact the forces acting on you are spread out through these muscular systems as well. Helmets also displace/dilute point-of-impact forces to multiple points around the head. Because of this the force on your head is SIGNIFICANTLY less than it would take to become injured.1 This is because your musculature can only absorb as much force as it can generate.2 Equal and opposite forces. Physics lessons, blah blah blah. Though you are correct that it will make you more tired. More force output = more tired. Hoping for some better depth this year with no injury bugs to alleviate this. Concussions come from receiving to much force to the head. Usually this happens when a hit occurs near the chin(or lower part of the head) going upward and the neck, etc. can not help displace the forces. Otherwise when the system is relaxed because nothing is expected, think crack-back block victim. You just are not in these positions on the line with enough speed to generate that kind of force. Statistically, you are more likely to have head trauma on a roller coaster than being a lineman.</div> 1- You are also delivering force with your arms as well so you are not doing the most effective head butt to start with. Thus, the cranial forces are even less in this situation. This assumes you are doing it right. Find some vid of soccer hooligans attempting this for accurate portrayal. 2 - This is why people are taught form tackling, etc. The better position you are in to deliver a blow the better you are to receive one. The better you are to receive it the less likely you are to get hurt. It amazes me when I see horrible technique these days when it was the first thing I was ever taught for this very reason.

I thought we were recruiting him on the other side of the ball? He wanted to play defense and most were recruiting him to that side of the ball. We wanted him on offense, hence his decision to go elsewhere. Is it just me or are we ok with this loss now that our LBer corp is looking top shelf? Helps quite a bit but I think this isn't a big deal only if we get Sandland. Otherwise still need to plug the TE deficit we are going to have in the near future. That's why we were on him for his offensive chops.

I thought we were recruiting him on the other side of the ball? We were, but most recruiting sites have him listed as a LB and it made it into the thread title. Almost as confusing as two Newbys...

Football is a chess game unless one team can physically dominate the other. Otherwise, the chess game isn't going away from something that is working but creating things that will work later in the game. I am all for running between the tackles because they can't stop it but we are not as physically dominant as we used to be. Parity in college football has taken a lot of that away. However, the routes receivers run and the order they run them is a big deal too. Just like you hope to catch the defense cheating one way so you run the other you hope the corners start jumping the short routes and the safeties bite on play action. Go back and watch a single position for an entire game and you will see this play out. I'm sure that OC's will outsmart themselves on occasion but what they are trying to accomplish is something that not only opens things in the future but keeps what is working now actually working so it doesn't get stonewalled. Ignoring this is just not giving Beck credit for how hard his job really is. We all armchair coach but that is ridiculous.

And a +1 to you sir.

I think they have enough defensive continuity that they should be very solid on that side. What I wonder about is if a new system( without the athletes to run it how Urb wants it) with a QB who is still young is going to be consistent enough to keep their defense off of the field. I don't care how good they are, if your defense is sucking wind in the third quarter you're hosed.

Was he saying things like this at Utah? I'm assuming the issue is worse there than in Ohio. Maybe he just forgot along the way.

Papuchis strikes again!

While it may not be the edge over the other B1G schools that it used to be we will still be able to pull kids from Texas. Is recruiting Ohio over Texas a 1-1 swap? Absolutely not. But it is pretty good and we will never stop recruiting Texas. Since we have lost that edge in Texas we damn sure better exploit the one we gained in Ohio/Pennsylvania/etc. Is Michigan off to a hot start? Yep. Is Ohio doing well? Absolutely. But they do this almost EVERY year. No point in worrying about it until they figure out how to sign 40-50 kids a year like Bama. It seems like you are hung up on the ESPN 300. You might want to check out Rivals or 24/7. Heck, read Bleacherreport if it helps you sleep at night. The subjectivity in this whole thing is ridiculous. The only time I shared your concern for the overall athleticism was the Northwestern game last year. Every time Blatchford was in the Nickel he was going to get beat on a drag route. We had to have someone in there that knew the defense because we had far too many that didn't already. I have convinced myself that this was a result of too much youth on the field and that should be rectified with time. Hello one year later! If Pelini can keep a balanced depth chart then it should not be an issue again.

Creepiest vampire movie I have ever seen!

Read that three times, sounded dirty every one.

Who said anything about taking the cranes out? Blue hairs were complaining about there being too many stairs. Problem solved. TO is a genius!

In the context of that quote, and his other writings, he was talking about making the CCG. To do that we likely need a win at OSU, MSU, or both. Making the CCG seems to be the blogger's benchmark for a successful season. I tend to agree. And making the CCG would go a long way towards setting us up for a really good run next year when things seem to be lining up anyway.

Wow. You would expect the people pitching this thing to be a little less conservative with the attendance numbers!

We need a dictionary for some folks apparently.... Okay then, it is hardly above average. I did a count and it is 19 teams with at least 10 wins, 4 teams with 9 wins, and 43 with less in the 6 BCS conferences. 9 wins is no spectacle anymore. But it's not average. The girlfriend tells me the same thing. I don't believe her either...

A little more info that gives a bigger picture. Can't forget about those other kids! Data from 2010 but lots of interesting stuff for Nebraska schools... http://www.fldcu.org/nebraska/university-of-nebraska-lincoln/

Perhaps by doing it on their time table.....it allows them to be the sole focus for a particular day.....?? A lot of kids want it to be a big deal. Not really because they want the limelight but if there is a press conference or something then they can share the moment with friends and family. I think of it as a wedding. Some people want their entire family to be there for the event and some go to Vegas. Telling the coach ahead of time is just a great thing to do.

Ouch, wow...what'd you guys do? How to lose a guy in 10 days by Bo Pelini.... He was clearly distraught when he found out you weren't a real Husker fan.

this Little more tricky than that. Using facebook as a proxy adds a layer of complexity that goes beyond spoofing a few ip addresses. Is "hacking for Huskers" considered white hat or black hat?

They turned off the audio when they called the game. Video a few minutes later. Sucks all around. But silverlight does work on 64 bit machines ...

Okay, forget everything I've said. I REALLY want these. These are f'ing awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are Oregon's uniforms with a few red patches and a tweaked helmet. Literally. There are wings on the shoulders for crying out loud!

Seal the deal? Heck, Rivals doesn't even have Wisconsin offering this kid. Good luck.

When did the grading scale go past 4.0? Don't know about Corncraze and using a 5.0 scale but my school gave you a bump if you took Honors or AP courses. As long as you pass the course you got an extra 0.015 (honors) and 0.025 (AP) tacked onto your GPA. An incentive for the assumed GPA drop by taking the harder one. The real downside to this is the amount of courses that the school offers. I graduated with a 4.7 but my buddy from another school only had a 4.15 because there were no more for him to take instead. Things like that make me think of anything over a 3.5 as basically the same thing, awesome for the kid and we have nothing to worry about.