HuskermanMike
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2 hours ago, Guy Chamberlin said:
Why is Maurice still in Lincoln? Assuming that's where he has disappeared from.
Read somewhere that he applied for a couple jobs around Lincoln and didn't get them. He probably doesn't have much to go home to sadly and probably is training around Lincoln where people will let him train in certain facilities for free I would assume.
Outside of that, this is very sad as I thought Nebraska had the opportunity to turn his life around. He is just one of those kids who if they do not meet you in the middle, there is not much that can be done and we parted ways. He has all the talent in the world and I hope they find him and he gets the help he needs.
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2 minutes ago, seaofred92 said:
I'd love to see us wax Peru State and play a game @ Kearney
Peru would be an insult to injury for them, but they would get money that they need. UNK would probably just forfeit and take the money or just not come out after warm-ups.
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On 6/17/2020 at 6:22 PM, swmohusker said:
Might not have to worry about them. I have heard talk of only having a conference only schedule to shorten the season. Possibly 10 games. Would not be shocked if that is a direction that conferences go.
If true, SDSU would probably be the only OOC game we play. Since they are so close to us. Also, in state rivalries would continue for those who are in different conferences- Utah-BYU, Iowa-Iowa State etc.
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From what I have seen, Thrower may be a Kentucky lean as of now. Things can change and we are still in on him.
I would welcome Wynden in a heartbeat and he has nice size to play OLB or ILB.
We getting a HAUL at linebacker this cycle.
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What I have seen so far for this recruiting class. These are my takes on top prospects/guys we should go after. Feel free to add to the discussion as recruiting is fluid and I easily could have overlooked someone.
Top prospect are listed First and after that you can move them around on who is next.
Offense
Overall #1 Thomas Fidone
QB- we got our guy and we would welcome a PWO to the guy in Alabama. If not, we are done at this position.
Prospect we are after: Jackson Burkhalter
RB- We have depth and can be selective here. I believe we take one True RB and one Duck R type guy.
Unsure on the Prospects so this is more of a guess: Cornelius Shaw, Gabe Ervin.
TE- We need two for this class after electing to take 0 last cycle.
Prospects Toward the Top of the Board: Thomas Fidone, Erik Olson, Gunnar Helm
OL- We are sitting well here and they only need to take one more to fill the class
Top Prospects: Marcus Mbow, Geno VanDeMark
WR- It is time to get some big boys in this receiver room. I like where they are heading with bigger dudes. Expect three to four this cycle.
Top Prospects: Latrell Neville, Christian Dixon, Jaylon Griffin, Carlton Guidry
Defense
Overall #1- Tobechi Okoli
DL- We have good numbers here. We will look to take a true nose and two ends to add some depth to this position. We will take 3 D-Lineman
Top Prospects- Tobechi Okoli, Tim Keenan, Michale Mokofiski, Mandela Tobin, Ru'Quan Buckley,
ILB- We are looking for one more here. The good news is we can be selective on who to take.
Top Prospects: Deshawun Alleyne, Martez Thrower, Mikai Gibnor
OLB- We have a solid list of prospects so far. I expect us to take on more and be done. Terrence Lewis would be first but not going to put him on here unless I see him de-commit.
Top Prospects: Deshawun Alleyne( could play either spot)Christian Burkhalter, Patrick Hisatake, Mikai Gibnor( not sure where we want him that is why he is on here twice) Logan Fano.
CB- We lose some experience after this year so it will be good to take one corner on each side. Might only take one.
Top Prospects- Tommi Hill, Malik Williams, Jamier Johnson
S- I think two safeties will be enough for this cycle. I think Buford takes one of these spots if he wanted it.
Sirad Bryant, Bryce Stevens, New Zealand Williams
ATH- Marques Buford is the only athlete I see us in on. I believe he will play in the secondary for us.
This puts us in the 24-25 ish range on prospects. I expect some attrition and could see this class being almost full.
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1 hour ago, Mavric said:
I would definitely like us to get involved here. We have a good connection but I wonder how much ground we have to make up.
I also stated in another thread that if we needed someone we could get Purdue Guard Nojel Eastern to provide some depth for us- if he can get his transcripts here.
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Wonder if this opens the door for Nojel Eastern? I think he played off the ball and since he can't go to Michigan I don't know of any B1G caliber player available besides him. 247 says he is a PG but I thought he played off the ball a lot of the time.
There are still guys available but it will be important to fill the last roster spot with a quality player.
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56 minutes ago, Head Coach Scott Frost said:
I never felt great about the guy. The way he quit on his team when he was at Wisconsin rubbed me the wrong way. Especially because he's from the state of Wisconsin, so you would think being a hometown hero would make it easier for him to show some loyalty to that brand. He is talented though.
If he was eligible this year he would have averaged double figures for us most likely.
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How I see it this year
Starters
LT Jameis *LG Wilson *C Jurgens *RG Farniok * RT Benhart
2nd String
LT Brant Banks- LG Ethan Piper- C Will Farniok - RG Broc Bando- RT Christian Gaylord
Noulii somewhere in 2nd string, could replace Bando but it will depend on his eligibility status.
A couple things to go with this
1. I do not see Wilson being a backup with those amount of starts. Ethan Piper could be really good but I haven't seen enough to unseat him just yet.
2.Trent Hixon might not play much this year. I think the younger guys will just be better. I remember one game last year he got thrown to the ground. One play doesn't define him and I hope he improves and proves me wrong.
3. We will replace a lot of starters next year but the amount of depth and talent on the line excites me more than anything. We legit could have a multitude of dudes available to rotate in.
4. I hope Gaylord is healthy enough for a senior day start. If Benhart struggles I could see Gaylord rotate in on occasion while Austin coaches him up on the sideline.
5. I like our numbers on the o-line and it will be fun to watch these guys grow and complete for starting spots down the road.
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3 hours ago, AlaSker said:
This just seems to confirm what everyone else has been saying, we are just a space holder till bigger offers roll in. Never thought I would see someone committed to Nebraska be seemingly so excited over a Tennessee offer.
I mean it just shows he is excited to get an offer from Tennessee. No way will they have a spot for him unless most of their guys de-commit later in the fall. He may want to go to the SEC as those guys grow up hearing how great of a conference it is their whole life. Such is the life of recruiting as plans change but I am not counting him out until he officially says he is decommiting. This is part of the process and every school has people who change their mind to go elsewhere.
Personally, I like his film and would love to have him add to a growing ILB room as he has good size.
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16 hours ago, Mavric said:
Mav you're a wizard! This is the guy I was talking about in a previous post.
Wish we could have landed him but it looks like he will be staying on the coast.
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Any idea how good this guy was? Interesting that he stayed in the B1G West.
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Best transfer wide receiver on the market is now gone. He committed to Hawaii.
https://247sports.com/Player/Rico-Bussey-80541/
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Question: This is going to be fairly vague so bear with me. I also can't remember if this recruit is 2021 or 2022.
Does anyone know of an athlete we offered that had some Nebraska connections? His position might have potentially changed and if I am remembering right he was from somewhere in the Northwest. Thank you for whoever can find him because right now I can't do it searching through threads.
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On 6/11/2020 at 9:09 AM, seaofred92 said:
Another 2021 SF offer...
Looks like Saint Thomas might be turning into doubting Thomas. So far he has no offer.
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2 hours ago, seaofred92 said:
This shows he does not want to be a backup to Sallis. I know nothing but this might mean we are sitting well with him right now. Does not mean we lead but Sallis is obviously the #1 on our board.
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1 hour ago, Vince R. said:
At certain positions, Nebraska is stacking. It looks like WR and LB are where they are focused on doing it this year. You do this hoping it pushes guys out who aren't panning out. Nance, Houston, Graham, Hannah have all been recruited over.
D-line is a problem recruiting wise (stating the obvious). I don't think Nebraska will have him here much longer if he can't land anyone on his own.
Oline- Steady.
Qb- Steady.
DB- Steady and have options
RB- I think this is where they are being selective. Take the two you want.
TE- We know who they want.
FB- Jk...
These are my thoughts and I am trying to apply some tricks to the trade that I know about. I think they want the busts and non contributors gone from the 17-19 classes. Yes, they recruited most of those guys I know.
I don't think TT will be gone as he has only had one class. Honestly, it was Juco heavy but we need all we can get right now.
TT needs to show something for sure and I think his specialty is development. What we need for this cycle is a developmental guy, a true nose that can develop and a stud- preferably a four star. So I do not agree he is near the hot seat as he has again had one full cycle.
D-line is very young so we may only take 3 at maximum this year. You have every right to believe he may be gone but the DLine showed something last year and if it improves I don't see how they even think of firing him. His 2022 class is where if he misses badly on I will get worried. Also, Dawson can get someone from the Northeast every year which would possibly allow TT to focus on a few targets. He is no Hank Hughes.
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17 minutes ago, knapplc said:
Just a quibble. While I am an active participant in this thread and believe we need police reform, I would also describe myself as a "cop apologist" in a lot of ways.
Much like the rioter/protester conflation, we have to be clear that we do not support bad cops. Those are FAR outweighed by the good cops. Those good cops need our vocal support now as much as ever.
I am not opposed to police reform at all. As long as the government does not control the police, we should be fine as citizens. However, my worry is that if this reform gets directed toward the bad cops and the good cops end up quitting/leaving. I am not saying that would happen it is just a worry of mine.
I also consider myself a cop apologist, but I obviously do not overlook the fact that police have killed people. I put out the stats earlier that said 1099 people were killed by cops in 2019. Police departments need to reflect on their practices and see ways they can better train and get the officers to not use force on unarmed people.
I believe you said it earlier Knapp that you could not imagine people wanting to be officers. My fear is that the good people who want to be officers will instead choose other professions and more bad officers would be hired. They have to hire somebody to do the job and so it makes it easier to potentially get hired down the road as a cop. And I agree that the good cops need our support now.
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Thought I read somewhere of some places not taking police because they were overqualified. I think they did this to move these people into detective work or higher than an officer.
I would say 98 percent or so of cops are good. The less than 2 percent of bad police bring the attention to them all. Even if they do not fire the bad 2 percent, which they should, at least give them a job where they don't leave the station at all. Or discipline them in some way so they are held accountable for their actions.
I have no problem with them training and trying to prevent violence against civilians. I think being a police officer can be difficult because so many people challenge your authority etc. Any cop that kills an unarmed civilian should lose their badge and cause the department to investigate and explain and educate the consequences of this to other officers. In 2019, 1099 people were killed by officers and 24 percent of them were black. Those numbers need to decrease in all categories as our protectors should not kill that many civilians.
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13 hours ago, Cdog923 said:
Fred could have 5 official visits, a bag full of money, the kid's favorite pizza and the A Team from Shakers, the odds are heavily against Sallis coming to Nebraska.
The word is he wants to stay near home. UNC had a bad year for the first time in a long time. So there could be some intrigue with early playing time.
In my opinion, the Kansas offer is what worries me. They are not very far from Omaha and they have such a good program. We need him, but like EC said does he go to KU and sit for two years or got to Nebraska where he will play immediately.
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4 hours ago, suh_fan93 said:
Did Tannor play in more than 4 games as a freshman? Nice find and thanks for sharing!
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Nebraska needs to run a faster tempo on offense. It has not been as fast as I would have thought by this time.
Unpopular opinion: Chinander is going to be a good coach. He has to get with the B1G systems but he will adjust well with more depth and familiarity. The system is ran to score a lot and so we will see teams gain lots of yards. Scoring by opponents will also be down and the linebackers will improve a lot this year.
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11 minutes ago, Comish said:
Zero chance Teddy doesn't start.....
That very well could be, I just don't see him starting over Kobe King. Stevenson maybe goes to the bench instead. Banton and Walker are for sure starters for the offense. I see it as the three sit out transfers are all staring along with King/Allen/Webster.
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How I see the starters this year. I couldn't find the thread for this as it was made a while ago.
Starters
Banton
Webster
King
Stevenson
Walker
Bench
Ivan
Teddy Allen
Lat Mayen
Thor
Andre
Regardless of waivers I don't see Trevor Lakes playing and instead redshirting.
McGowens will start if he is eligible to play and Webster would come off the bench.
Arop does not make the rotation and would play clean up minutes.
We could possibly redshirt Andre but I do not see that happening.
Bench scoring is what will make this team so much better. Along with more depth and better play from the starters.
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For OL I would say Spencer Long was a hit. He had an injury midway through his senior year, but he was arguably the best olineman we have had since 2010. He was our last All Conference offensive lineman.