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38 minutes ago, Decked said:

Have to think OU is out now after Gabriel. Hopefully we land this one. Would not be happy with just Chubba 

Yep we need both. Ramp up the competition to the max. 

Just now, HuskerJax said:

I would have to guess Williams is headed to USC, it’s the new way of football

I'm sure you're right but a guy can dream 

39 minutes ago, hskrfan4life said:

Go hard after Williams and Thompson. I don't want to get just purdy

Williams will get us in the win more than we lose column next year by himself. 

5 minutes ago, ndobney said:

Watching Vedral for New Jersey guy is terrible we got to start bringing in better talent at the QB position, why would we even consider a guy like that even for depth. Maybe 4th string

And he led Rutgers to more wins over the last 2 years than we had. 

5 minutes ago, ActualCornHusker said:

What do you think of Jordan Riley? He's a big body and I thought he flashed a couple times this year, just didn't get a lot of time with a loaded DL roster

I expected more from him this past season. Guess for long term success I would like to see the young guys step up. 

23 minutes ago, ActualCornHusker said:

 

It was a little more in that direction later in the year because we played the heaviest running teams, but for a vast majority of the season, the front 4 was

Nelson - Stille/Robinson - Daniels/Thomas - Tannor

heres to hoping Weaver and Black are ready to play ball this upcoming season. 

15 minutes ago, ActualCornHusker said:

 

Our base defense is essentially a 4-2-5 until we go against heavy run packages, or at least it was this year. That gives you Robinson & Rogers, with Hutmacher & Riley behind them. That's not bad IMO.

I must be nuts as I recall trotting Stille, Robinson and Daniels out together quite often. 

I am sure if you search sites such as onlyfans with the phrase "The final blow" you will get a long list of results. happy hunting 

11 minutes ago, runningblind said:

Quality depth at NT is way more important than more WR or DBs.

heck we need more than depth at NT we need a NT. If both Daniels and Thomas are gone you are on your 3rd string for next year. 

4 hours ago, 84HuskerLaw said:

I never cited statistics.  I gave numbers based of 50 years of football observation and understanding.  They are projections based on how football works.  Period.  
 

Your idea of simply doing more of the same appears to match Frost’s idea, until Frost realized 3-9 after three previous losing seasons is NOT working and won’t work in the future.  
You agree with me  and are correct to suggest more RB carries and fewer QB runs, especially if we don’t replace Adrian with a good runner.  I said the same thing.  More yards got to come from the RBs , not just carries to keep the defense honest and allow the passing aspects to work well.  You must avoid being one-dimensional (yardage production more than snap count).  You can win without passing much but very rarely do the opposite against sound defenses (big ten especially).  
 

In many respects, Frost’s approach to offense is the polar opposite of Osborne.  Frost wants to run now and then when teams overplay the pass.  Osborne passed when defenses overplayed the run to the point of stopping it.  
 

The problem is it is more difficult to run your way to a first down on 3rd and long vs pass.  Osborne threw when he had to or when the defense made it easy.  Frost seems to have every intent, interest and desire to pass pass pass and run from a passing formation without numbers advantage, as a sort surprise play. The defense expect us to throw and don’t much worry about a handful of carries by RB.  Adrian was about our best rusher at 60 yrds a game roughly.  Our passing game at 63% with a revolving door of 20 - 4 star type speedy WRs and good TEs.   After 4 years and looking at the numbers across cfb generally, our pass game isn’t getting much better, statistically, by changing the guy who signals in the play from Frost.  The ratios and run/pass mix and sequencing got to change.   As many AM backers correctly point out, his stats are good, everywhere but int to TDs, fumbles, and wins and losses.  Adrian is an above average Big Ten talent QB.  Probably better than 90% of the unhappy QBs flooding the portal right now.  Frost has insisted Adrian is far better than a dozen or so QBs he and Riley have recruited the past 5 years.  Now Frost is again searching high and low for more QBs because the guys he has hand selected as the next AM only somehow better apparently don’t pass muster.  Revolving door in the QB room as well as the WR and RBs.  ???    This AINT working and AINT gonna.  
 

are you like 70 or are you counting the year you were born as the start of your observations? 

3 hours ago, Huskadeez said:

Aren’t we at 67 guys on scholarship , plus 14 signees and 4 transfers? Plus Honas if he comes back/gets waiver. So 86 at most? 

I think a lot of the sites have us sitting at 87. Not sure you you are and arent counting but they are still counting Deontre Thomas even though most are fairly certain he is done. 

12 minutes ago, Stone Cold said:

Thank You

 

And the only thing i will say is that i have worked and been apart of several smaller projects like houses, additions, and even revamping a small business (which was a couple mil).  All of those were laid out ahead of time on price of material and the price for material was not allowed to change.  Now i have not been apart of 150million dollar projects so my knowledge on that is null.  But i guess ill ask you,  if I'm filling out autographs and suddenly i  start charging you in the middle of signing, how are you going to feel about that.  What if you need to borrow money to get that autograph and suddenly its not enough.  You think the bank is potentially going to hand you over an extra few thousand because the builder didn't know how to do his job.  Sounds like some of you have been on the receiving end of some f#&%in or your the ones doing the f#&%in which if that's the case then shame on you.

Has more to do with the volatility of the materials honestly. Yay covid 

11 minutes ago, Stumpy1 said:

I am going to guess that the contractor lost his a$$ on some other projects due to material increases and that is why he added that.  A good friend of mine is just finishing up his new house and he was able to lock in material pricing when he signed his building contract.   He said that he pays current price for materials on added stuff but the majority of his house was built at material prices from last November when he signed his contract.   

Oh totally they order the material as soon as possible. However if a delay occurs etc. the price change goes to the buyer not the builder. Which is what you are saying. I spoke to several builders and all have the material increase clause in their contracts anymore. I know most of the builders if that occurs around here try to help by buying down your rates for mortgage etc to help as much as they can. 

8 hours ago, admo said:

Chubba Purdy highlights

 

Notice the release isn't quick or special, and the timing/decisions are about average-ish.  But that's our Huskers guy (offer)

 

 

Appears to move through his progressions and is solid at evading pressure in the pocket. (lord knows we need that) completed several passes to the flat which our starter the last 4 years seemed to struggle with. 

It is also written into contracts (especially with material prices being as sporadic as possible lately) That material increases are passed on to the buyer and not the builder. I should know as I am building my new home and it is stated in every single builder contract I reviewed. 

9 minutes ago, ZRod said:

I think he can throw an adequate long ball for this offense, but I know what you're talking about. Some of his lateral and intermediate throws tend to hang in the air too long. I feel like Adrian had the same problem his Freshmen and Sophomore outings. It's like he doesn't drive the ball enough with his hips or something.

they didnt quiz on that in their qb tests. You only study for what you will be quizzed on geesh give the guys a break. 

18 minutes ago, ActualCornHusker said:

 

I hear you, but the sentiment so far in this thread seems to be essentially "Smothers doesn't have the arm talent to effectively run the offense" and so many people are touting Haarberg & Torres above him when we haven't even seen either of those guys play at all.

 

So IF we pull in a transfer QB or 2 and Smothers ends up being QB1, I know well enough to expect plenty of comments such as "They couldn't even beat out Smothers, we're so effed" and variations of that, and I think that's all pretty ridiculous TBH.

I am sure a few will be that way. I simply want more of a competition for QB1 than Smother, HH and an injured Torres. Honestly I would prefer bringing in 2 transfers. 5 scholly QBs. We will lose 1 or 2 to the portal potentially but that is how this goes these days. 

15 minutes ago, Crusader Husker said:

Sen him Casey's pizza.  He can be their Nebraska spokes person.  

But that is an Iowa company....

4 minutes ago, Stone Cold said:

I don't give a s#!t if Jesus Smothers comes into play as long as we f#&%ing win.  That's about all i give a s#!t about these days regarding Nebraska football.  Its clear that the Nebraska football staff cant recruit good qbs and i think its apparent that anyone who we target cant play the correct style of football at Nebraska.  And lord knows know one around here knows what the f#&% there talking about regarding quarterbacks.  So maybe we just try to coax a good 5 star qb with food and women.  And just tell them to throw the football at a open receiver and we should be golden.  

I took notes of all of these suggestions and will pass them along to Trev. 

23 minutes ago, ActualCornHusker said:

I hope Smothers reads this thread and uses it as fuel to prove all the doubters wrong.

 

IDK if he can be an elite QB, but his 1st start looked pretty good. He threw the ball better than I expected him to, and I think he's a guy you can run a decent to good offense with. I'll add the disclaimer that there's no way we could use him exactly as we did against Iowa because he took a ton of hits, and any QB would get hurt at some point with all those hits compounded throughout the year.

Do you think any of us will be mad if transfers come in and Smothers beats them all to be QB1? I wont be that means that he was better than all of them. Which means we have the best QB starting. Everyone here is good with Smothers as QB1 we just want to raise the level of competition in the room and let the best man win. Same for all the other transfers and guys on the team. Just get the best group of guys on the field possible. 

5 minutes ago, Bigred_inSD said:

Trained by Uncle Rico

I was actually being serious haha he really can throw a ball 80 yds. 

1 minute ago, HANC said:

I don’t think Smothers is bad, I do question his arm strength or lack thereof. I don’t think anyone can read too much into the Iowa game. Yes, Iowa’s def is really good, but it may have been the safest game plan ever, with many of his passes turning into check downs to RB. He did have 2 turnovers late, but even worse was the dropped ball on last play of 3rd, in which he would have run for at least 15-20yds.  I think he can be a good qb!!!! Just not completely sold, and apparently neither is the staff.

the more competition the better. 

3 minutes ago, Stone Cold said:

Jesus smothers cant be that bad.  

What about Logan Smothers though? Didn't realize Jesus Smothers was an option. 

12 minutes ago, HANC said:

There must be something to his lack of arm strength though. I am not arguing, but just pointing out that HH was in a battle for that spot as a true freshman, we are rumored to be looking at 2 portal guys along with Torres, whom some are already in love with. That would be 4 scholly qb, along with Masker. If they really trusted Smothers, they would only be after 1 qb in portal

HH can throw a ball 80 yds fwiw. 

6 minutes ago, Hayseed said:

You think he would’ve ended up being Joe Burrow here? I love rehashing red herrings. Maybe Haarberg is Joe Burrow?

Most likely not, but we will never know....just like we won't know if Purdy is the next revelation at QB at NU unless he in fact comes to NU and becomes Jesus on turf and resurrects this program in his image. Amen