TonyStalloni

It sounds like they are close to a decision on his coaching the Bucs next year. We were in the mix for a couple of their recruits. One, Quanzell Lambert, already committed to Rutgers while the other, Devin Fuller had not yet made a final decision. Most thought he was leaning on staying in NJ to play for the local university but this may sway his decision to the Huskers. I guess we'll see tomorrow!

His energy has to be contagious. I'm excited by the potential this team has to do well in the Big 10 and also nationally.

This young man is a great find for our coaching staff. I watched his film and haven't seen this many pancakes since the last all city pancake feed. I love how he leads the running backs 50 yards down the field and on some plays took out more than one player. About the 4 minute mark he pushed the DE way outside the play allowing the running back a huge hole, then lead him down the field and destroyed a LB. A great motor! Welcome to the Land of the Pipeline Corey!

With your history of foot problems, Ellipticals are a very low impact way to get cardio in. I really think the answer to combat "the spread" is putting in 4-5 hours a week at the gym(or other physical activity), 1/2 cardio and 1/2 weights, eating low cal 4 days per week, and finding something you like doing that isn't sitting-and then do it. Thanks! I appreciate the advice. I'll start back to work this week but can squeeze in an hour to 90 mins of workout time.

I remember Lavonte David talked a little bit about Slaughter and Santos during fall camp last year. Pretty impressive to rack up over 250 tackles in your junior and senior season at the high school level and to only be 5'11" 195 lbs. I do hope he adds some weight though during winter conditioning. Kid has good speed off the edge, good instincts when to jump the snap count and who to tackle when into the backfield. Good motor and doesn't give up. But for those who though David was undersized, this guy is even more undersized. Thanks for finding that video of DS! I hope that a year at the training table and in the weight room has allowed him to add needed muscle weight. I love his motor and his heat seeking missle attitude.

This may be one of those kids we have to trust the coaches on. I'm guessing we knew of him and just decided to offer this weekend. Perhaps the coaches are tired of the games a few of the other recruits are playing and wanted to make a statement. On the other hand maybe a few recruits said no to Nebr and we took Leroy to fill a need. I don't think he is a kid who can come in and play this fall from looking at film, but he has the measurables to be good. Tall with good speed, if he has the heart he'll do well.

He is being recruited as an athlete but expected to play DB. The link: http://rivals.yahoo.com/nebraska/football/recruiting/player-LeRoy-Alexander-119127 It would appear he has some speed at 4.42. I believe Vince Marrow coached him in high school in Toledo.

This is a most interesting thread with lots of good info. My history of exercise was mostly running for track and cross country. Weight lifting wasn't a part of any routine in my high school in the 60's. (Graduated in 1970). I started playing basketball in college and became addicted. I've been fortunate enough to play BB in leagues then at the local Y (3 days a week). I started lifting in the late 80's. Nothing heavy, just enough to shape up some middle age spread. I recently had foot surgury that will keep me off the BB courts till at least summer and not really sure I'll ever play again. Are ellipitical machines the best source of cardio exercise for this situation? I don't enjoy swimming at all. I'm 5'11" and 185 lbs now and would like to keep my girlish figure. Any tips would be appreciated.

My condolences for your loss Husker 37. May the Lord give you peace. Let the great memories comfort you in the coming weeks and months.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIXAywCS5Vs Joe will be in Omaha in April. I may have to see this one!

Any pics of the socks? It didn't register with me during the game.

I remember seeing Derek Slaughter's HS tape and was excited by his speed and ability to find the ball. I know it may not have been the best of competition. I'm pulling for him to do well.

It's great to see the west coast Husker clan still out in force. I don't have your info but wish you the best of luck and hope you get to make many good memories. I did look at Huskers.com to see what info they have. They still have last years schedule up it appears. Their number is (402) 472-3111. They might be able to let you know when away game tickets might go on sale. GBR!

Way to go JBD!

Great job Huskers!

My thoughts aren't so much about Fuller. I wonder if ND will make another run at Westercamp and try to sway him again now with this new 5* Qb. I really feel like Jordan likes Nebraska and wants to be here. His mom, like Kiels mom, wants him at ND. I hope she understands the Huskers will be making lots of trips east so she will be able to see him play relatively close to home.

ESPN is reporting that former Indiana commit, who then gave a verbal to LSU, is now leaning to the Irish. Here's the link: http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/58404/video-qb-prospect-reportedly-picks-irish I'm not sure this affects the Huskers greatly because we were never in the running for his services. I hope all our commits are locked in.

I have my time machine working again so we could go back and try to talk to our past coaches and a few players into becoming Huskers. Who wants to go with me?

NU had his LOI signed and delivered. The draft came afterwards. Can't really see how this was a failure when you look at the career he has had in the MLB to date. I do agree with you that if Carl had chosen football, the Clownahan era never occurs. Carlyle Holiday is another tough one that NU lost to ND. He could have been a very smooth option QB here I didn't realize he had delivered the LOI. I knew he chose baseball instead of football and Frank knew his job just got tougher.

None of us knew for sure when he committed that LD would be the linebacker he became the last two years. If our new crop of recruits bring anything close to what he delivered in talent and smarts we'll have a solid class at that spot.

The failure to obtain Carl Crawfords LOI was something that probably changed Husker History for years. Had he come to play QB under Solich he would have been the QB after Crouch and Jamal Lord could have been the D Back he was intended to be. I'm not saying CC would have guaranteed us a top 5 finish but we'd have been better no doubt and might have saved Solich's career here......so we could still be debating that!

Figure the number of snaps or the time of possession our defense (09) was on the field compared to other top ten teams and our defense looks even better. Our offense had trouble moving the chains and only Alex Henry's punting kept other teams from having better field position.

As far as Jim Rome....the guy is irritating! I can listen to his "clones" verbiage for about 5 mins then I have to find something to cleanse my ears.

From what we've seen of other juco Db's in the past, while they may be extremely gifted, it takes about half a season or longer before they adjust to the speed of the D1 game. Having him here now to workout, get stronger and watch film will be a good thing. The coaches will get him ready to play as soon as they can.

In a head to head matchup of NU 95 vs Alabama 11, it might have been a pretty good game for 1 quarter. I doubt Alabama would have scored much more than they did in their game with LSU. They wouldn't have had much success running between the tackles. They wouldn't have been able to get outside our DE's either. Our DB's would have shut down their passing attack for the most part. On the other side, while Alabama wouldn't have seen our option game during the season, Saban would have had 50 days to prep for it. LSU's efforts at the option were weak at best and the Huskers would have been a much better test of their defense. By the middle of the 3rd qtr I think TO would have found the chinks in their armor and conditioning would have been a factor. I'll say the score would have been 27-17 Huskers