1HuskrFan

Live in Bethalto, IL, Grandkids brought me here. Spent 17 yrs in Philly relocated there in 80, relocated to IL in 97. Miss coverage on Huskers until internet happened, now the BTN, couldn't have gotten better for me.

GBR

Never ending, I thought this was only going to be 50 pages?

Who do you guys and girls see filling into the spot left by Lavonte? Not just his play making abilities, but his leadership and production.

 

Who will suprise us all and grab a starting job? Whaley,Anderson, Santos, one of the freshmen?

 

http://huskerextra.c...f5944e6280.html

"But what we look for is that special kid who has that flash across the screen where all of a sudden you go, 'Oh, my goodness, who was that?' Or that kid that when the offensive lineman climbs to block him he's unblockable because he just has such good feet and such good instincts."

David certainly had that special combination. Listed at 6-foot-1 and 225 pounds last season, he recorded 133 tackles, and was the Big Ten linebacker of the year and a Butkus Award finalist.

Good luck replacing him, right?

There's no denying that No. 4, who merged ability with want-to as well as about any Husker defender has, will be missed.

Yet ask Els what he thinks about the year that awaits him as Nebraska linebackers coach.

"I can't wait, to be honest with you."

Els said he's excited about Will Compton, the senior-to-be who came on strong the second half of last season, and is now a veteran at running the show at middle linebacker.

Then there's the competition at the other linebacker spots. It figures to be wide-open, involving everyone from seniors such as Sean Fisher and Alonzo Whaley to incoming recruits such as Zaire Anderson, Michael Rose, Jared Afalava and Thomas Brown. (Note the listed sizes on all of those recruits: Rose the biggest at 230 pounds, then Anderson at 220, Afalava at 215 and Brown at 210).

 

I know its early and we dont have them all on campus yet, but it is the offseason and its fun to share our opinions and always agree with eachother

 

 

many of our backers are too small.......they will get pushed around.

Funny thing happened on the way to the office, I just realized the 94 NC were to small to play LB and got pushed around. Listed below is the 94 rosters including all LB and a few that played different positions.

I wouldn't mind having a repeat of that year, It's not the LB's as much as the DE that have fallen short. We have a great stable of young fast LB's If we can develop of couple of great DE's to go along with the talent in the Secondary and LB, we could approach that nasty D everyone wants, Be sure you know what your talking about before entering your opinions. It only makes you appear foolish. Talking without thinking. GBR

Alexander, Leonard MLB 6-1 235 Detroit, MI

Arnold, Larry OLB 6-4 220 Copley, OH

Brown, Clint SLB 6-1 215 Arlington, NE

Brummond, Darren LB 6-2 210 Englewood, CO

Colman, Doug MLB 6-3 240 Ventnor, NJ

Dumas, Troy SLB 6-4 220 Cheyenne, WY

Ellis, Phil MLB 6-2 225 Grand Island, NE

Fisher, Jason SLB 6-1 220 Antioch, TN

Foreman, Jay DB/Rec. 6-3 195 Eden Prairie, MN (LB)

Gard, Sean OLB 5-11 205 Omaha, NE

Hardin, Luther OLB 6-2 230 O'Fallon, IL

Harris, Dwayne OLB 6-2 225 Bessemer, AL

Hesse, Jon MLB 6-4 225 Lincoln, NE

Higman, Jerad OLB 6-1 230 Akron, IA

Hogrefe, Quint LB 5-1 185 Auburn, NE

Hunting, Matt WLB 6-3 210 Cozad, NE

Jones, Donta OLB 6-2 220 LaPlata, MD

Leece, Charlie LB 6-0 210 Grand Island, NE

Macken, Casey LB 6-0 205 Cozad, NE

Martin, John OLB 6-2 245 Wahoo, NE

Miller, Bryce OLB 6-5 210 Elmwood, NE

Mitchell, Ian WLB 5-11 190 Lincoln, NE

Morrow, Ed OLB 6-4 230 Ferguson, MO

Noster, Sean SLB 6-3 215 San Antonio, TX

Olsen, Jeff OLB 6-2 210 Grant, NE

Penland, Aaron WLB 6-1 215 Jacksonville, FL

Rucker, Mike LB 6-6 225 St. Joseph, MO (DE)

Sakalosky, Jeff MLB 5-11 210 Omaha, NE

Skoda, Adam MLB 6-1 225 Lincoln, NE

Stephens, Justin MLB 6-1 230 Palmetto, FL

Stewart, Ed WLB 6-1 215 Chicago, IL

Terwilliger, Ryan WLB 6-5 220 Grant, NE

Tessendorf, Ross OL/LB 6-3 235 Columbus, NE

Toline, Travis LB 6-4 220 Wahoo, NE

Tomich, Jared OLB 6-2 250 St. John, IN (DE)

Winder, Shalis OLB 6-4 220 Scottsbluff, NE

Winstrom, Grant LB 6-5 230 Webb City, MO (DE)

Whaley, Compton, and Fisher will start the first game.

Anderson, Roach, and Santos are the first subs.

There is a huge gap in LB between next year's seniors and our recruits. Almost nobody on the roster except Santos and a couple of walkons. Maybe not the best planning on our part to be short-handed like that.

If Fisher starts, then our backers are really weak, Fish showed great promise, but since the injury he hasn't been the same. It happens sometimes to great athletes. It's just gone

Compton in the middle,

Anderson/Santos on the edges,that's my story and I'm sticking to it. GBR

Let us not forget, he played DB in HS, pretty good to I hear, perhaps between the players returning at RB, he was the logical choice to make a switch, if one were to make one. He's not moving due to lack of talent at RB, rather his athletic ability to play both sides of the ball. I could be mistaken on this fact, but I seem to remember another player recruited as a RB and Bo, switched him to CB. Prince fared pretty well in that position. Let Bo make the calls, this team is on the rise, we have more young talent across the board, than I can remember since early 90s, not saying that's what we have now, but look at the last three classes and how much talent is there, we've changed conferences, playing a tougher schedule than is our norm, and for the most part, a completely different type of play, For me, it was like a bowl game nearly every week. Some great games, some heartaches, but we finished the season 9-4, considering all the events of the season, I'd say not bad, not bad at all boys. GBR