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There will be at least 2 DT drafted next year from NU.  But other than that, not much.  

For this year, I think Farmer has a chance in the league, or at least a better chance than people are giving him.

19 minutes ago, Moiraine said:

 

 

I’ve never seen Belt play, so I don’t care yet. And I tend not to take overhyped walk on talk seriously until said walk on does something in a game. 

Fair enough.  But that eliminates almost all we can talk about with regard to the current RBs, apart from Mo.

Why is no one talking about Belt here?  He is currently our number 2 back (I believe).  Yes, we will have some serious talent coming in, but he shouldn’t be overlooked.

On 4/2/2019 at 7:05 AM, JoeSakic2019 said:

Here are the high school stats for Belt. 250 carries for 3000 yards and 55 touchdowns. Thats his Jr. and Sr. years combined. He played basketball and baseball also. He only attended one football camp after his junior year and that was Nebraskas Friday night lights camp. Had he decided to attend more camps he may have recieved more D1 offers who knows? https://www.hudl.com/video/3/7896122/5a01e62dbee1971da0c43950

Holy s#!t.  That kid knows how to avoid getting tackled and has speed.  I’m truly shocked he didn’t get lots of offers, even if he didn’t put his name out there.

I feel better about our rb depth now.

10 hours ago, Moiraine said:

Not sure what people see in Mills that makes them think he’ll start over Washington. 

As others have said, it’s not that he’ll start over Washington.  It’s that he will get significant meaningful carries.  Not just for situational areas, but also to allow Washington to stay fresh throughout the year.  

I also expect most number of our new rbs to get carries, but they won’t be at key times (unless they show something significant during practice or in games).  There is a lot a very good and speedy rbs in this class.

I think most agree that Frost got a great recruiting class.  The question is which will make the most impact next year.  

The easy and obvious answer starts with Wandale Robinson.  But who else?  This, to me is more complicated due to existing depth.

My top 3:

Wandale

Mills (if he makes it here)

Noa

3 hours ago, The Dude said:

I don't now about all-time, but in recent memory Jared Crick and Devine Ozigbo are two that pop into mind.

I agree on Crick.  Very under rated.

I hope he gets here.  Signing and showing up are two different things.  We definitely need a back who can play early.

Recruiting is important, but it’s not as important as a good coach.  

And I’ll say it again, Wandale is freakin great.  What makes it doubly good is that he is perfect for Frost’s system.  

I was was amazed at his high school film.  But what amazed me more is how he completed against the premier competition at the all star game.  In the limited rime he played (was in the first group/first string), he played awesome.  He was unquestionably one of the top three players (in terms of impact in the game), and the other two were qbs.  

That Wisconsin qb recruit is awesome.  They are going to be very good.  Lucky our guys look good too.

5 minutes ago, dspanther05 said:

You can't get rid of a ginger curse.  We have to find ways to mitigate it, but it will always be there.

Apparently, only Cartman can save us.

SE placed a curse on us.  (He, is of course, evil).  We need someone to figure out how to get rid of it, and then we will be ok.

What I learned:

We arent as good as I thought.  This was largely due to the ol, the issues with qb, and confidence.

The defense wasn’t the problem.  It’s hard to stop a good program when you’re on the field all day.  That’s an issue with tempo offenses like Frost’s.  When you lose, you lose big.  

The issues with qb have had, in mho, a big effect on us.  The offense is based on timing and speed, both of which suffer when you change qbs.  Indeed, the ol will look worse than it is if the timing is gone.  It doesn’t help that the  severe lack of depth limits your ability to run the ball, and effects your play calling.  

It also appears as if the attempts to create player leaders has gone wrong and created discontent.  At least a little.

One big key with this offense is confidence.  People play better when they have confidence, and through a series of unfortunate events (tg leaving, missing the first game, turnovers, unforced errors, QB injuries, etc), that confidence has gone.  This is the big issue.  If they have a couple games were things go their way, it will do wonders for the team.  Hopefully, it happens.

I just got on the message board, and find I’m one of the few who agree with OP.  We installed a new offense, new defense, missed our first game, and have a walk on qb, and are still competitive.  I think both Colorado and Troy (more so for Troy) are good teams, and believe these loses are more a reflection of them and not us.  I think we’ve played pretty good, and have gotten significantly better since Frost has arrived.  Our stats are good, with the exception of the turnovers.  The players are much stronger and are playing hard.  Yes, it sucks that we didn’t get that first game in, as I think that would have helped us dramatically, but those are the cards we’ve been dealt.  My only issue, if I had to play Monday morning qb, is not addressing the depth at qb in the off season.  But I understand what happened and that the coaches were shocked by TG’s departure.  If TG was here, or the turnovers went in our favor, I’m pretty sure we’d be undefeated. The big down side is the schedule, and the number of hard games we have.  But we already know that.

On 9/4/2018 at 7:17 PM, commando said:

i checked out a colorado forum.  they have a 54 page  nebraska hate  thread over there.    i thought maybe it was a revived thread from years ago....nope.  it's all this year.    nice to know they still love us.

 

https://www.allbuffs.com/threads/official-nebraska-hate-thread.131154/

That is crazy.  It’s over 61 pages now

4 hours ago, FTW said:

 

Heck, why not? Its Kool-Aid season until kickoff for us. Let's aim for unrealistic predictions. 12-1 B1G champs and a playoff berth this year!!! Frost dethrones Saban!

10 hours ago, Nebfanatic said:

Some of the takes on here are terrible. Gebbia is talented and deserves to start somewhere but it was never going to be here. He took his chance to battle it out but he was never going to earn the starting job here once Martinez secured it. He isn't ideal for this offense and there are more ideal guys coming into the system. If he waited he is just delaying the inevitable and losing time. He has NFL talent, he should give it a shot. If the ball was in your court and you saw the writing on the wall you would do whats best for you. Brotherhood is a great concept, but only when its working in everyones best interest. There is something to be said for sacrafice but at the same time people need to do whats best for themselves with integrity. Best of luck to Tristian, I hope he can make the most of his next opportunity

I agree with this post, but also believe TG should have given the coaches a heads up, so they could plan ahead.  He could have easily just sat down with Frost or Verduzo this summer, and said that he is going to fight for that starting position, but if he doesn’t get it and it looks like he might be on the bench for a while, he is going look at the best option that allows him to follow his dream of playing in the nfl.  At that time. Frost could of tried to get someone else, if he felt that was appropriate (like Burrows, etc), and be better prepared.  Stated another way, I don’t fault TG for following his dream - I just wish it was done in a way that gave NU more time to address the situation.  Indeed, if Frost had the heads up, I think they could have talked it out after the starter decision was made, and TG might possibly have stayed till the end of the season (or at the very least, Frost could help TG figure out his options - I’m sure Frost would have helped him).

(The sad part is the timing.  I completely understand why TG needs to rush).

All I know is this sucks.  

(Yes, it may not have that much visible effect if AM stays healthy.  But it’s always good to have a player like that (or at least what I thought he was like) competing and available as a backup.  I think it didn’t just make the qbs better, but the whole team.   I certainly think he helped the team get better this spring/summer, and am sad he has left).

I also think if there was more time for him to think it out and talk to the coaches, he would of likely stayed.  

Very sad to see how this is playing out.  I certainly didn’t think it would happen this fast.  Hope he stays at least this year, but that seems more and more unlikely.

Just now, Moiraine said:

 

 

There is no way in hell that’s the case.

What odds will you give me?

I’m very disappointed to hear this.  I’ll echo those thoughts that maybe he felt that he hadn’t been treated fairly.  They had a chart that tracks players’ performances that all the players in that position can see.  So, it should be pretty apparent to all the qbs how close it was.  For him to just not show up makes me believe that he was top of the chart and that they didn’t chose him to start.  

Yes, this is all speculation, but that’s all we have right now.

48-13

Unfortunate, if true.  

Sometimes it’s hard to see how much you can improve if you follow a (good) coach’s advice.  Indeed, the changes a coach asks may be difficult and initially make you feel like you are taking a step back.  I (think I) understand where his mind is and hope he pushes through it, and stays here.

Beating Alabama in the national championship game.