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14 hours ago, Akees said:

Almost went to Ohio St out of high school. If he were to choose them now that could trigger a certain domino effect that could benefit Nebraska. 

IIRC, he was a really late Oregon flip but Ohio State might've also been in the mix. There is weirdly some smoke on him going to Michigan State which I kinda get as I don't think MSU has a literal scholarship QB on their roster presently. In retrospect, he should've gone to Oregon, redshirted and spent a year under Bo Nix's tutelage but hey, he wanted to play from day 1. The talent is undeniable but man, his body language was terrible at UCLA. And he played like crap! 

2 hours ago, teachercd said:

Gonna be the dude from Utah?

I think Scalley is gonna be at Utah forever and plans on taking over for Witt once he moves on. I figured USC would snag Lynn from UCLA personally.

That makes a lot of sense from SDSU's standpoint. They've been pretty defense-orientated for a while. I'm not surprised they'd go with an offense focused HC given the amount of skill position talent that is in their backyard. This was also the rumor on why CU demoted Sean Lewis from OC.

On 11/27/2023 at 8:00 AM, runningblind said:

Neither of those guys produced anything like they are now at their old schools, so the new environment helped all parties. We can hope for something like that, but it hasn't happened yet at Nebraska where all the pieces fit and raises everyone's play.

The Penix/UW thing was a perfect fit since DeBoer was the OC at Indiana when Penix was there. Penix showed flashes at times but as @teachercd mentioned, he was always hurt. IIRC, he had 3 or 4 seasons end early due to injury. I was honestly pretty surprised he came back to UW because he made it through a season with no injury. He's looked a little off these past few games so I wouldn't be surprised if he's knicked up again.

I know Utah was running vanilla schemes and was going with the 3 yards and cloud of dust but that Staub kid looked not too bad at QB on Saturday. He did a nice job of getting the ball out quickly.

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It's against board rules to leak premium content but on the latest Split Zone Duo pod they did an update on their 'eyes' board which is their coaching search stuff. A quick high level chat about what Tony White specifically is below: Mods, if this is too close to the line, please delete.

They talked about the San Diego State, Boise State and Syracuse openings and Tony White's name didn't come up as a potential front runner. The SZD guys were pretty high on Jeff Monken and Ken Niumatalolo getting long looks at Syracuse and the MW openings (plus some other coaches, none of whom were Tony). They also talked about Sean Lewis the OC from Colorado maybe getting a long look at Cuse but they weren't sure if going up tempo Air Raid again is the best fit for Syracuse given their geography. The SZD guys seemed to think SDSU would go offense this time around with a HC to bring some juice to the program and take advantage again, of what they have geography-wise. Another X-factor with these MW openings is Gary Patterson wants to get back in the game so it'll be interesting to see if he lands one of these gigs.

https://huskers.com/news/2023/11/16/huskers-travel-to-maryland-for-2023-navy-classic

Links in the article for those who are interested in following the boys! GBR!

On 11/10/2023 at 6:48 PM, teachercd said:

Chris Cornell:  Nothing Compares to you.

 

Life of Agony:  Don't you forget about me

That is a hottttt take. The Sinead O'Connor version of the Prince cover is basically perfect.

I love and I mean love Otis Redding but the Aretha Franklin cover of "Respect" is just better.

Also Jeff Buckley's version of "Hallelujah" is incredible 

8 minutes ago, Decked said:

If they want him…he gone. 

If I'm recruiting a high end DL, Larry Johnson from Ohio State is one of the last people on the planet I want to be recruiting against. Buckle up Husker fans.

125--Caleb Smith very methodical, workmanlike performance

133-Van Dee looked terrific, aggressive all match, he didn't give Heil a chance to breathe at all.

141/149/157--Dominating performances against overmatched opponents

165--Taylor looked like he was shot out of a cannon in the first period and he came really close to getting a first round TF. It looked like a landed a bit awkwardly during a scramble in the 2p and was limping a bit. 3p he got a little gassy but credit to Baker who had a few really good shots during the match and made it a little more respectable at the end.

174--Thebeau looked great, wrecked his guy

184--Pinto got an early TD but then Hopkins controlled most of the rest of the match, Pinto struggled to get out from the bottom when Hopkins took him down. That being said, Pinto had a nice burst at the end with a couple attacks to get the TD and the W at the end.

197--Allred good solid performance

HWT--Some early fireworks with Andrews putting Ghadiali on his back for an early 5 point move, after that Ghadiali really took over. Andrews looks like he maybe weighs 220 out there and he's going to get muscled around a lot. I'm guessing the staff has Andrews eating and working out as much as humanly possible. There is good technique there, he's just really undersized.

On to the Navy Classic! GBR!

Team looked pretty good. Brown Ton gassed pretty badly in his match at 174. I wonder if Wilson will move up and if Condomitti is able to come back. Andrews needs to start eating 10k calories/day stat haha. Man he's undersized at HWT.

Took these from another forum, wrestle off notes from last week:

125 Caleb Smith 

133 Vandee over Burwick 5-2ish score

141 Hardy no contest

149 Lovett looked very sharp

157 Probb, looked healthy, great to see! Won 20-1

165 Match of the day Antrell Taylor beats Bubba Wilson in double OT

174 Brown ton over Thebeau

184 Lenny Pinto over van tassel

197 Allred, looking even better than last year.

Heavy weight no match, 

Rumor from the thread I read is that Pentz has gone back to ND and is no longer on the roster. Definitely a blow there. Big time YO result out of Taylor beating out Bubba Wilson. I'm assuming Taylor is wrestling up this year since he can't beat Robb at 157. Robb apparently looked very, very sharp which is just awesome to hear given the scary situation he went through.

43 minutes ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said:

Probably played like s#!t because he was wearing Adidas gear 

Get this man some APEX gear STAT

On 10/6/2023 at 12:31 AM, chamrocck said:

OL is the obvious choice. We need a Deion style reboot, like is there any downside to that?  I think recruits know Rhule has put guys in the league.  But has our OL coach?  We need a tie to the league and ensuring we are putting guys there.  Here is a guy I would look at seriously:

 

https://gohuskies.com/staff-directory/scott-huff/1488

Huff is awesome. Nebraska would have to offer him minimum 7 figures to leave and even then, why would he? He's making $850k, well entrenched at Washington and UW is absolutely rolling. I get that money talks and Nebraska has been opening up the purse strings but I'm not sure if NU is at '7 figures for a position coach' levels of spending. Would be tickled to be proven wrong!

I halfway wonder that with the news of Pyfrom decommitting means that Brix is leaning another direction.

16 hours ago, TGHusker said:

It is frustrating seeing basketball schools Duke, Kansas, Louisville, Kentucky as well as perennial under achiever Oregon State in the top  25.  Glad for them but hard seeing our Huskers still trying to figure out how to climb out of the bottom of our division.  Man HCSF really screwed us up.  I think Rhule is the right guy but the slow build may have to become a fast build in order to compete in the Big 10 much less making the playoffs.  

 

It took Jonathan Smith 4 years at Oregon State before he got them over .500 and even then, year 4 for them was 7-6

Leipold is in year 3 at Kansas and his first 2 years they went 2-10 and 6-7 (with a bowl game)

Stoops' first 5 years at Kentucky were 2-10, 5-7, 5-7, 7-6, 7-6. He broke through to 10-3 in year 6.

Mike Elko is definitely the outlier here going 9-4 his first year at Duke and he has them off to a 4-1 start. I'd argue the biggest driver in his early success is due to Riley Leonard balling out at QB. Leonard suffered a high ankle sprain against ND and is out for a while so I guess we'll see what their season looks like.

My point is, I totally get your frustration but outside of Elko, it took all these teams a few years to get cranked up. The quickest way to do that is nail the QB spot and we all agree that the QB play has been pretty hit or miss this year. Keep the faith!

4 hours ago, soup said:

Omarion Miller would like a word about freshmen WR starters. (that was in the running to come to NE but went to CU)  BUT, to be very clear it took him until the Buffs 5th game and a top 5 QB throwing him the ball for him to finally "breakout"

 

So, there is some truth to the fact that it takes a hot second for an offensive player as a freshmen to gain some footing.

 

We should be comforted in the fact that we have had so many freshmen playing on defense, that playing freshmen for this coaching staff will not be an issue.  But we do need them to at least know the playbook first.

Plus a rash of injuries in CU's receiver core. 

Mariners/Astros in a massive series tonight. I'm a pretty healthy mix of nervous/excited. The prospect of the Ms going back to the playoffs at the expense of the Astros of all teams would be euphoria.

I'd like to officially petition Merriam-Webster for them to officially put 'Clemsoning' back in the dictionary please. 

On 9/19/2023 at 8:59 PM, krc1995 said:

Fisk on Netflix. An Australian comedy that is witty with great characters.  Sadly, it’s only 6 episodes.
 

I’m guessing we’ll see more foreign shows with the writers strike. 

If you're looking for another solid Aussie show, check out "Mr. Inbetween" which wrapped up a 3 season run on FX not too long ago. It's about a guy who's a single dad and navigating all those challenges with a daughter as she's growing up. Plus, he's a hitman. It's a really, really good black comedy. Awesome show and couldn't recommend it more to anyone.

Thanks for the rec on Fisk, I'll definitely check it out.

19 hours ago, krc1995 said:

Lombardi would be the first to be in it twice 

- with two different teams. 

On 9/10/2023 at 8:45 AM, Crusader Husker said:

What is the over/under for how long he is at sCUm?

 

1.5 years?

I think it's 2 years. Sanders will stick around until Travis Hunter leaves for the NFL since he wouldn't be able to transfer schools again.

1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

1996, Nebraska goes into ASU and loses.  If that was this year, fans would be claiming Nebraska was horrible and not going to win very many games the rest of the year and ASU was the greatest team that year.

 

In reality, both teams were pretty good that year.

 

One game doesn't prove what the rest of the year is going to be like.

That 1996 ASU team was really freaking good in retrospect. IIRC they finished 11-1 and barely lost to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl.