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True fans should be quick to praise and slow to condemn the players. Goes for Brown, Davey, Newby, and Lewis. These are young men giving it their all.

Damn, now I will never be able to pick up Brown on the waiver wire.

I think I'm going to drop my fantasy kicker and pick up Drew Brown. NU can't punch it in.

The problem is the 1st half. Let's stop playing those and play two second halves.

Never open the Wellers in the first quarter.

Over my head. Explain Wellers got my fingers on the wrong keys. This game was fun to watch, gbr

tjos ga,e was fim p watck gbr

omg, i see wada problem is. The 1st half. Let's not play those...

mebbe i turn de bottle 2 erlie, wtf happend?

O: Tommy D: Freedom

Yeah, I think he's not in the plan for a big senior year. I was hoping to see him get 8-10 carries a game his senior season. I'm a friend of his mom, and he's the reason I started following Nebraska the past four years. Growing up, Nebraska was the first team to catch my interest with their national championship seasons in the early seventies. Then the 95 team, perhaps the best team of all time, made me a fan all over again. When Imani went to Nebraska I was ecstatic that I would be watching him perform on my favorite team of all time. I was not an active board member until a little while ago. When the Imani bashing started becoming more frequent play on the board. Probably started when he went laterally for the safety. Shorty thereafter, there emerged a vocal contingent of Cross detractors. There is no shame in playing behind a Heisman trophy candidate, and Ameer was one of the best running backs of all time at Nebraska. But he didn't start out that way. Imani had the work ethic in the weight room and Ameer hit the weights and became AMEER, and I believe Imani should get some credit for being a great teammate. I've been impressed with the way he has handled himself. Newby and Wilbon are both great running backs and I don't fault Riley for doing what is in the best interests of his program and cultivating backs that will be with him a while. None of that bothers me. But does hearing the negative comments about Imani on this board bother me? A bit. "Imani is slow, he's like Dan Alexander slow, he's not very good, etc. etc. " He's not slow, he's not as fast as Newby, but he's like mid 4.5 forty, probably pretty close to Dan Alexander speed. If you rewatch the 2013 MSU game when he ran 50 yards for the TD, the Michigan State Defender had a great line and should have been able to catch him, but Imani outran him. Dan Alexander is probably a pretty good comparison. If Imani had the opportunity given to him to carry as many times as Dan, I think he would have put up similar career numbers. Just checking, Dan had a 6.3ypc average on about 690 carries with 20 career TDs. Imani is 223 carries for 5.4ypc and 23 TD's. I was hoping to see him get 100 carries this year but that was probably wistful thinking. do I think if he was given as many changes as Dan, in a wide open field, he could have averaged similar numbers? Yes, i do. Imani's accomplishments stand on their own merits. I enjoy watching Nebraska football. I have since 1970 went I first returned to the states (military brat) and got to watch them win two national titles. I enjoyed watching Ameer shred defenses. I enjoyed Newby's big day. Love seeing Wilbon emerge as a rising star. And of course, I have enjoyed watching big 32 put it into the endzone. Personally, I think Nebraska has been lucky to have him. He could have had a starting role at most other schools. GBR!

I see three very good running backs. Newby, Wilbon and Cross. Maybe others see something different.

Awesome run!

That's exactly my point. To have a high percentage of your carries in the red zone, or third and short situations, and still average over 5 is pretty amazing. I'm sure it's been done before. Don't know how to find it.

Come on, you know Imani's TD stats are inflated goal line and red zone carries. He is a decent situation back, but he is not an every down back where the whole offense is open for him.

Take away those East West carries, and how effective would he be? Even with those carries in the mix, he's been impressive. 23 Touchdowns on 223 carries, 5.4ypc. Has anyone in college football averaged 1TD per ten carries with over a 5ypc average? Has that ever been done? I'm not sophisticated with the stats but I bet someone on this board can figure that out. I bet it is elite company.

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I believe Imani has averaged about 1 TD per ten carries during his career. Amazing stat to combine with a +5 ypc average. Big Imani Fan. Newby is a stud. Wilbon is a great running back. None of that lessens Imani's value. GBR!

I think Newby and Wilbon fit Riley's offensive scheme better than Imani. But I believe it was Wilbon who wiffed on a block that led to the interception with BYU. Imani gets props for pass blocking. But there is no doubt in my mine, that in a different offensive scheme, say Iowa or GA Tech's, Imani could be a 1000 yard rusher. All three of these backs would be starters at many schools. And maybe Adam Taylor is better than all of them. It doesn't bother me to see a guy from Katy, who knows Adam Taylor, plugging his guy. What bothers me is seeing Husker fans dis a Husker senior who has given his all to the program. The board wrote Imani off this off season, and armchair coaches declare, Imani is no good in spite of his 5+ ypc career average. You line up and try to stop him.

Dwade would've rejected that pass at the rim!

Exciting game. Except in the 2nd quarter when it as PASS, PASS, PASS, I thought it was a well called game. Good receivers, Tommy gets comfortable with new offense and hitting those short passes, it will work out fine. I like the Wilbon, Newby, Cross mix in the backfeild. Except for one big loss, Wilbon looked good. Imani looked good. Newby had flashes. Run defense looked better, and what can you say about those BYU tall guys? Give the nod to BYU, they pulled it out. 3 out of 4, we beat those guys. 1st game with a new coach, and the huskernation is all panic mode. Riley seems to know what he is doing. And he stayed CALM. Plus, no cat. I liked it.

Under Number of NU rushing TD, 3.

Good point.

I predict Imani scores 11 TDs and hangs 66 points on BYU by himself. But I'm probably drinking better whiskey than TrueHusker.

I'm going to try that Rebecca Creek medicine. Looks like good stuff. To clarify, there will be another 400 rushing yards, WR sweeps and QB carries, just predicting the output from the running backs. I do think rushing will be less overall than under Bo. Ameer was a featured back. The platoon will rule I predict. And I stand by the 9-2 season. Some game cancelled by natural disaster or terrorist attack. -- Often wrong, never uncertain...