Mavric
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Texas A&M is up 24 - 0 on Miss State. It would seem that either Bama got in their heads last week and have remained there OR Miss State shouldn't be ranked that high.
Pretty sure they weren't as good as their ranking. They started 7-0 but their "best" win is over 3-5 Tennessee.
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Could have big Legends division ramifications. Still need to take care of business. Also, I noticed he's still on the sidelines in full gear with his helmet on. Maybe they're just hoping they don't NEED him.
He apparently started to warm up but it was decided he couldn't go.
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Finished the season 7-3 after a first-round playoff loss.
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Finished the regular season with 14 catches for 218 yards and 3 TDs. Also had 46 tackles and an INT on defense. Alter went 8-1.
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Was in town for the Michigan game. Spent quite a bit of time with Randy Gregory. Hopefully that was the start of a lot of good work together.
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Visited last weekend and liked it (big surprise).
Sounds like Alabama is still keeping in touch and he'd be gone given the chance be we look good other than that.
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Anyone remember what the line was in this game last year?
From what I can find, we were 3.5-4.0 point favorites.
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The Huskers are 6-0 all time against MSU by a combined score of 205-37. No reason that should change today.
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Day by Day
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"Their first priority was making the safeties more aggressive against running quarterbacks. 'The very first statement that was made Sunday in our staff meeting was, we're going to stop the run,' Papuchis said. 'If they can throw it over our head and take some shots down the field, good for them.'"
Couldn't agree more! Don't know how many times I've yelled this at my TV over the past two years. MAKE them show you they can beat you over the top a couple times before you really get back there. Don't let them complete a short pass and then run for 30 yards because everyone is 50 yards downfield.
Hopefully things keep heading the direction they've been over the last couple games.
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I see our last five games (starting last week) getting easier as we go. I really wasn't that hopeful last week against Michigan but said before the game that if we could find a way to win that one, we would have every chance to win the last four. Similar situation now - I think this looks to be the toughest game remaining on our schedule. Take care of business and the rest of the schedule is there to be had.
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FWIW, Bo's highest ranked recruiting class since he's been here is 2011.
I wonder where it would end up now - considering the core of that ranking is not on the roster. Ryan Klachko, Tyler Moore, Aaron Green, Bubba Starling (and Stafford/Carter are gone after this year).
I noticed that as well. Really only Stafford will end up being a major contributor. Ouch.
Not entirely. Jamal Turner, Zach Sterup, David Santos, Ryne Reeves, Todd Peat, and Charles Jackson were 4 star recruits from that class. Jamal, David and Charles have seen a good amount of time on the field and have bright futures at Nebraska. Zach and Ryne will probably get more looks at rotating in next year. Todd Peat, well his future remains uncertain.
I meant that was a pretty good list of players that kchusker_chris ticked off and only Stafford will end up contributing much. Didn't mean to imply that no one else in the class would contribute because they obviously will.
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I think it's pretty obvious that Romney will have to pick up Ohio and one of those three states to win - most likely Colorado, although he seems to have some chance in New Hampshire as well which would also be enough (barely). Doesn't really seem to be any other way he can win.
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My prediction:
Wouldn't that be fun.
I kind of doubt that Romney will win Nevada, Colorado, and Iowa when he trails in all three. He might pick off 1 . . . maybe even 2 . . . but all three would be quite a surprise.
I would be surprised if he wins more than Colorado. It was just the first way I found to get a 269 tie.
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FWIW, Bo's highest ranked recruiting class since he's been here is 2011.
I wonder where it would end up now - considering the core of that ranking is not on the roster. Ryan Klachko, Tyler Moore, Aaron Green, Bubba Starling (and Stafford/Carter are gone after this year).
I noticed that as well. Really only Stafford will end up being a major contributor. Ouch.
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Recruiting sources provide entertainment. That is it. As long as people subscribe to their services and get all worked up about recruits that may or may not come to their school, they will keep raking in the money.
In the grand scheme of things, they have very mixed success in picking who is going to be good or not.
I guess probably in a macro sense, they do a decent job. In general, I'm sure their 4-5 star guys do better than their 2-3 star guys.
The problem comes down to when you try to paint a certain player into a corner based on these rankings. There is a very very long list of 5 star guys who couldn't do a thing in college and a very very long list of 3 star guys who turned out to be very good.
There is absolutely no way these services can analyze ever single player in the US fairly. A kid like Jared Crick in the middle of Texas or Florida is probably going to be at least a 4 star kid. In the middle of Nebraska that same kid is only a 3 star because the perception is that he hasn't played against anyone good. Then, if a particular player all of a sudden gets offers from Texas, USC and Alabama...guess what happens to his rankings. The kid hasn't changed but the perception has.
Bottom line is it's for entertainment purposes only. Decisions should not be made on coaches jobs..etc. based on recruiting service rankings.
This is where you start to see the correlation between recruiting rankings and on-field success.
2006 January 8, 2007 2 Florida 41 1 Ohio State 14 BCS National Championship 2007 January 7, 2008 2 LSU 38 1 Ohio State 24 BCS National Championship 2008 January 8, 2009 1 Florida 24 2 Oklahoma 14 BCS National Championship 2009 January 7, 2010 1 Alabama 37 2 Texas 21 BCS National Championship 2010 January 10, 2011 1 Auburn 22 2 Oregon 19 BCS National Championship 2011 January 9, 2012 2 Alabama 21 1 LSU 0 BCS National Championship
True, if you cherry pick the ones you want:
Texas - 2012 - #2, 2011 - #3, 2010 - #3, 2009 - #5, 2008 - #14; Five-Year Record: 44-16
Miami - 2012 - #9, 2011 - #36, 2010 - #16, 2009 - #15, 2008 - #5; Five-Year Record: 34-26
Auburn - 2012 - #10, 2011 - #7, 2010 - #4, 2009 - #19, 2008 - #20; Five-Year Record: 36-24
Texas A&M - 2012 #15, 2011 - #27, 2010 - #17, 2009 - #22, 2008 - #16; Five-Year Record: 32-27
Tennessee - 2012 #17, 2011 - #13, 2010 - #9, 2009 - #10, 2008 - #35; Five-Year Record: 26-32
Compared to Nebraska - 2012 - #25, 2011 - #15, 2010 - #22, 2009 - #28, 2008 - #30; Five-Year Record: 44-18
So our best class were ahead of two classes that same year plus we were ahead of Tennesse one other time. Other than that, we were last for each given year. Yet we are only slightly behind one team for the best record over that time (and there may-or-may-not have been a disputed ending that could have changed that around).
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6.1 Franchise Player; considered one of the elite prospects in the country, generally among the nation's top 25 players overall; deemed to have excellent pro potential; high-major prospect
6.0-5.8 All-American Candidate; high-major prospect; considered one of the nation's top 300 prospects; deemed to have pro potential and ability to make an impact on college team
5.7-5.5 All-Region Selection; considered among the region's top prospects and among the top 750 or so prospects in the country; high-to-mid-major prospect; deemed to have pro potential and ability to make an impact on college team
http://www.rivals.co...ngs.asp?Sport=1
5.7 are what Abdullah, Bell, and Martinez, (Armstrong, Gerry, Stanton) were rated coming out of High School. That is the highest ranking for a 3 Star prospect. Top 750 kids coming out of High School in the whole nation. I don’t understand why people think a kid rated as a Top 3 Star prospect means that Rivals missed on them. So far I would say they are right on the money. All three of those guys are All Conference worthy but not All American worthy.
The same reason everyone seems to think three-star players aren't worth recruiting and the coaches aren't doing their job unless our classes are full of 4* and 5* players.
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6-0, 185 lbs as a Soph who looks like he has speed and can run over people. Me likely!
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he doesnt have an offer yet so i figured Nexus or someone else could do it when he gets his offer
Just giving you a hard time.
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Now in 3rd Place ... still only 0.2% behind so we need to get going!
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Biggest key?
Score more points than MSU
Beat me to it.
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Thought about voting "Other" for "Score more points" but that doesn't lend itself to discussion.
Turnovers has to be it. I really don't think they can drive the ball down a long field and have much success against us. Last year their offense crossed the 50 two times: a 9 play, 29 yard drive (that's 3.2 yards per play for one of their "better" drives) that resulted in a punt and a 13 play, 56 yard drive where they turned it over on downs. They got their field goal after an interception where they went 8 yards in 7 plays (not counting a NU penalty).
Their offense is worse than last year - in 2011 they were #56 in total offense and #37 in scoring offense. This year they're #97 in total offense and #111 in scoring offense. Our defense is probably about the same as last year or possibly a little better if we can keep playing like we have the last two games.
I just don't see how they will get to double-figures unless we help them out.
Ameer hurt?
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I'd love for Rex to be out there but I'm just not sure. I'm afraid he'll be OK for a bit until he gets twisted or cuts hard on the knee and then he'll be out again. He'll keep recovering for a couple weeks then getting hurt again and he'll never really be healthy. I really think we should just rest him and hope he's ready for the bowl game.