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LJS Spring Practice Questions

2. Who becomes the trusted defensive ends to join that two-deep? Topping that list right now are Freedom Akinmoladun and Ross Dzuris. But that porch door is still swung wide-open for those like Sedrick King and Alex Davis and A.J. Natter, among others, to become relied on for reps in the fall. John Parrella likes the eagerness of his D-line to succeed, but as defensive coordinator Mark Banker said, that group has to grow and more consistently become the aggressor. "We just need to see, at this point in time, more physicality out of that group."

8. Can Khalil and Carlos Davis meet their coach’s challenge and get 2 percent better every day? The redshirt freshman defensive tackles are going to need to play. But how big will their roles be? They’ve got the chance, with the right amount of progress, to make a defensive tackle spot that also has Greg McMullen, Kevin Maurice and Kevin Williams, seem plenty strong even with the losses of Maliek Collins and Vincent Valentine.

LJS Spring Practice Questions

1. Can Tommy Armstrong make continued steps in playing, as offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf described it earlier this spring, “an efficient game?” The offensive coordinator said “He's got to be able to make the throws we want him to make and not do too much.” We’ll refrain from playing expert on Armstrong’s progress after a few practices open to the media. But it's also understood that the Spring Game, while being just one of 15 practices, has a way of shaping conversation for the next few months around here. Armstrong could use a particularly efficient, turnover-free day April 16.

5. Do we see Patrick O’Brien start to get worked in with the top units? Understand, that wouldn’t mean he’s going to the front of the quarterback race. But it could signal the next step for his chance to make a run for the backup role. Langsdorf has liked how O’Brien transitioned, but so far, the true freshman’s work has been with the lower units. “We're early, so we've got a long ways to go,” Langsdorf said after the first week, “but we've got to get him running with some of the better groups.”

WR Jamire Calvin says he'll be here.

Visiting for the Spring Game

 

 

Good article. The secondary did improve considerably as the season progressed. Throw in Gerry's comments about different verbiage between Banker and Stewart, the talk of "buy in", new system, injuries to the LB's, guys reverting back "to the old scheme", poor pass rush etc it is a recipe for the crap show we saw last year.

 

Do I expect our pass D to be top 10 next year? No. Do I expect it to be visibly improved? Yes. I think if teams figure to go air raid against the D they might be in for a surprise.

 

This is year two. Wrinkles are being ironed out. Guys are all in. Guys have much more experience. This year will be different.

I'm not sure our secondary improved much as the year went on, as much as we simply started playing teams that were incapable of taking advantage.

 

Iowa was never going to light us up through the air. I would argue that UCLA had plenty of success throwing the ball, our offense simply did a good job of keeping Rosen & Co. off the field. I do agree that the pass defense should improve, there's simply nowhere to go but up. I'm uncertain if the improvement will be enough, however, to really think they've turned some kind of corner. Hopefully I'm wrong.

 

 

Nat'l

Final ranking Avg YPA Diff from Average

MSU 24-39-1 348 6th 234 +114

Rutgers 14-28-2 170 NR 203 -33

Iowa 9-16-0 97 9th 203 -106

UCLA 26-41-2 319 NR 289 +20

 

Total 73-124-5 934 Yards

 

Compared to:

 

BYU 28-46-1 379 NR 287 +92

USA 26-45-1 313 NR 199 +114

Miami 25-42-1 379 NR 284 +95

USM 26-42-0 447 NR 334 +113

 

Total 105-175-3 1,518 Yards

 

 

Not sure how you can say we didn't improve.

 

I mean ... technically we did "improve." We were the worst passing defense in the country through the first half of the season and we finished #122 so we were up six spots.

But I do think most of that had to do with who (and when) we were playing. We were allowing teams about 100 yards over their average in those first four games. We still let MSU get over 100 yards better than their average, it's just that their average wasn't as high. We held UCLA to closer to their average but they still got above it despite only having the ball for about 21 minutes of game time. But the Rutgers and Iowa games don't tell me a lot. Rutgers was a train wreck who's best receiver - who was about half their offense - could barely run. And the Iowa game was a bitterly cold and windy day.

I I'll concede that we may have "improved." But since we literally couldn't get worse, I don't take a lot of solace in that.

Yeah, I think the OP was a bit exaggerated.

 

 

 

He's actually from Kimball.

 

Not sure on this. Maybe it's just because he always looked awkward to me but I watched him play several times in high school and I didn't think he was B1G material. Not that he doesn't have talent, I just wasn't convinced it would translate well. Different kind of player but I thought the same about Wes Eikmeier a few years ago - great high school player and solid lower-division college player but just doesn't quite fit in a Power 5 conference.

My mistake on the town. I heard he was a lot bigger weight wise and the redshirt helped him out. Sure looked good in the game I watched but a ton of things can change from your senior year to two years in college

 

The bolded part says most of it.

 

Fact is, from time to time a kid from out here is going to be overlooked. Especially when he may have been a little undersized coming out of HS.

 

Sounds like a kid whose body didn't fully mature till into his Freshman year in college.

 

I can relate to that.

 

 

So you are saying he was undersized coming out of high school but fully matured by his Freshman year? How is that even possible, isn't that typically in the same calendar year? I supposed he could have waited a year before enrolling.

 

He is a redshirt freshman so he's been in college for over a year and a half.

Daum is 6-9, 230 lbs. Michael Jacobsen is 6-8, 222 lbs as a true freshman. Daum is more of a wing than Jacobsen. Jacobsen was listed as a power forward out of high school but the coaches see him as more of a small forward as he develops an outside shot. Daum is definitely a small forward. So even if he did come here, he wouldn't be solving our issues of having a "big man." He would simply be adding more depth at our deepest position - playing a similar position as Shields, White, McVeigh, Fuller and Jacobsen.

Why does EVERYTHING have to be a conspiracy?

Is there some hidden reason why you are asking this question?

Here's the timeline I found from last years thread:

Feb 18 - 40,000

Mar 4 - 44,000

Mar 17 - 51,500

Apr 7 - 62,500

Apr 8 - 65,000

Here's this year:

Feb 3 - 24,000

Feb 17 - 32,000

Mar 28 - 48,000

 

You are allowed to vote or change your vote up to the when the commitment is announced.

 

If he decommits, you can change your vote if you like.

Is there a way to shut down the poll when a kid commits? Just wondering because shutting down the poll could be a way to prevent this.

 

I think the only way is to lock the thread, which we don't want to do.

It's only a problem from the time someone commits until I get to the thread. The last couple it's been obvious that a couple people are voting after the announcement. They didn't receive points for their vote but it needs to stop. I don't want to have to ban anyone from an internet contest with no prizes.

Mav wanna add Washington to the poll?

Done

https://twitter.com/hunterrison/status/707735513873195008

https://twitter.com/hunterrison/status/714773513987616768

Player: Hunter Rison
Hometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan
School: Skyline
Position: Wide Receiver
Height: 6-0
Weight: 185
40 time:
Offers: Akron, Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, California, Central Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Louisville, Miami, Michigan State, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, Rutgers, Syracuse, Texas A&M, UCLA
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247 Composite: #291 Overall; #40 WR; .8954;

Rivals: #219 Overall; #35 WR;  
247: #463 Overall; #67 WR;
Scout: #254 Overall; #37 WR;
ESPN:

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You are allowed to vote or change your vote up to the when the commitment is announced.

If he decommits, you can change your vote if you like.

Just a note:

You are not allowed to vote after a commitment has been made. That would seem to be obvious and it mostly on the honor system but COME ON, MAN!

I've had some suspicions for a bit and there's been a report or two but I ran across a spot where I found a couple after-the-fact votes. Consider this a general warning. You may or may not get a PM warning if found doing it again before being banned from the contest.

Apparently no longer a Notre Dame commit.

Sorry seofred92. But look on the bright side: you'll go down in history as the first person to lose a point in the HukserBoard Predictor.

 

Riley said he would like to see what Taylor can do at RB since he is finally healthy. So, has Taylor been getting been getting many meaningful carries this spring?

Mostly 2nd team.

 

Depending on the semantics, I'd say it's pretty much 4th string. Newby/Ozigbo/Wilbon are definitely the top three in some order.

I've been looking forward to seeing what Taylor could do since he committed but that ship has sailed. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt and saying he never really recovered from his injuries. He appeared to come back strong his senior year of high school but then missed another year with a broken foot. Just not sure if he is really ever going to get back to full speed.

Who is "Husker Recruiting" and how reliable is he?

I did see elsewhere that he had cancelled visits. Not sure if there was one to Ole Miss scheduled - I didn't see it mentioned in the other source.

I am shocked. Completely shocked. He must be the best money manager in the history of money.

Edwards announced March 24 that $40 million of the $70 million budget hole could be handled through savings and efficiencies in the Department of Health and Hospitals. The remaining $30 million would have to come from cuts, but no more from higher education, which had opened the special session with warnings about the end of TOPS and the shuttering of campuses.

The announcement echoed what legislators were used to hearing from Jindal. When facing a budget downturn, Jindal would frequently say he had found new and innovative ways to save money, though typically only after legislators had made other budget changes Jindal wanted. This $40 million in savings was announced only after lawmakers agreed to make some financial changes Edwards wanted, including raising taxes.

"All of the sudden, they magically come up with efficiencies," said state Rep. John Schroder, R-Covington, a member of the House Appropriations Committee that handles the budget. "We find all kinds of magical money to make things work."

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As an aside, Keyshawn Johnson Sr. tweeted a link to this article, posting something to the effect of 'One reason why my son made the right choice.'

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is one of the nation’s best four-year institutions in substantially improving graduation rates for African-American students, a newly released national report shows.

 

UNL was No. 11 among four-year public institutions in the report, authored by the national advocacy group The Education Trust. The university is underlined for its 10-point reduction in the achievement gap between white and black students between 2003 and 2013. In that timeframe, UNL saw a 4.5 percent increase in overall graduation rates and a 13.7 percent increase in graduation rates for African-American students.

 

The report, published March 23, is titled “Rising Tide II: Do Black Students Benefit as Grad Rates Increase?” and is the second comprehensive Education Trust study in recent months to note how UNL has stood out in improving graduation rates for traditionally underserved and underrepresented minority students.

 

The first report, published in December 2015, showed that UNL led the nation in narrowing completion gaps between white and underrepresented minority students over the same 10-year timespan.

 

Amy Goodburn, UNL’s associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and interim dean of enrollment management, said the university’s gains can be attributed to several factors, including efforts to boost retention of all students, and special programs that focus on mentoring and support for underrepresented minority and first generation students. For instance, OASIS -- the Office of Academic Success and Intercultural Services -- and the William H. Thompson Scholars Learning Community both provide academic success classes, peer mentors and program staff, and social, academic, and cultural programming for students who receive various scholarships, many of whom are underrepresented minority students.

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Visited Oklahoma and Vanderbilt recently. Has visits planned to Michigan, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Indiana and Kentucky.