cheekygeek

Really? Because Martinez starting is no joke.

Agree with 100% of this take.

No way is Washington redshirting.

Speculating is the entire reason we are here in the off-season.

Yes. Sorry, I should have included a link: https://hailvarsity.com/s/4395/observations-from-nebraska-footballs-open-fall-camp-practice

What I am attempting to do here is "read the tea leaves". I do see things on which I believe one can form an opinion (but that doesn't mean that they couldn't turn out to be all wrong). I continue to see all signs pointing to Martinez and today's Hail Varsity would seem to bolster that opinion.

Having Gebbia run the offense first pushes Martinez' buttons. Pressuring Martinez to run the offense faster pushes Martinez' buttons. Result: Noticable difference in tempo with Martinez at the controls. I have an idea of what to make of that.

We agree that Frost is not committing too soon. This whole staff knows that competition is how you get better. They aren't going to let anyone feel overly comfortable in their starting position or number of plays in the game if it motivates them to stay focused, work hard, and get better. I think they are also being properly respectful of Gebbia's seniority at Nebraska, part of the reason he's playing more snaps with the #1s. As a fellow Californian he was a big help in making Martinez comfortable with his visit to NU. But don't be surprised if the next practice flips and they give more snaps to Martinez with the #1s. They are all about evaluating & grading players fairly.

Frost knew what to do before UCF beat Auburn in the Peach Bowl. Which is the reason their first call (within the hour after the game) was to Adrian Martinez. Everything I've seen so far is that Adrian has been everything they expected and more. I'm sure they are being fair in their evaluation, but Frost knew what Nebraska's roster lacked before he even took the job.

My biggest concern is an injury to our starting QB, Adrian Martinez. With his legs, he has the ability to make a big play even after making a wrong decision. Therefore, he is the guy who will give opposing DCs nightmares. But a QB who carries the ball is going to take some big hits and so I worry about that. Normally, I think this would be a bad idea, but I think it would be best for the team to put your #2 QB in the game as much as possible, if you have the game "in hand". I don't think we are going to have a QB controversy, because I think that Adrian is going to clearly be the #1 guy in Frost's system, but I do think it would be wise to give your #2 as much game experience as is prudent.

I believe this is almost entirely a scheme issue. D Lineman were (inexplicably, to me) to be responsible for a particular space and getting their hands in the air under Diaco's "system" - NOT asked to get upfield and pressure the QB. Freedom Akinmoladun, for one, has been wasted talent and I think he wants to make his Senior season a memorable one. At the Spring Game, he was responsible for 3 behind-the-line-of-scrimmage stops IN A ROW, on one series (my comment was, "C'mon Freedom. Let somebody else play.). Between the improvement in strength & conditioning and the new scheme, I think we are going to be pleasantly surprised at our ability to disrupt plays in the backfield.

Look I realize that this is the point in the discussion where certain people rush to the defense of the MOD (for whatever reason) but you are mischaracterizing the problem I have with his comments. See: https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/169/Strawman-Fallacy I've noticed that some MODs here really call people out on their logical fallacies and other MODs apparently defend them. To each their own, but in my book a logical fallacy is a logical fallacy. Those that employ them don't know how to argue well, and those that are convinced by them don't know how to think very well.

I **really** like that Travis Fisher. He said some interesting stuff: When asked about Tre Neal he mentioned that they have "added on to the defense" (that Tre knew at UCF last year). That is Good News, particularly this early in the process. A few wrinkles is going to make it that much harder for this years opponents to rely on last year's UCF tape (particularly with different people at every position). Still speaking about Tre he said "facing THIS offense every day... there is no replica [to this offense]". He knows the stress this offense is going to put on opposing defenses (and particular the way it frustrates safeties). I also cracked up when Williams claimed he was going to be better than his dad (who Travis Fisher knows and played against in the NFL) and he said, "His dad played in the NFL. He's just in college fighting for a starting position." (This guy knows how to push buttons.)

That's really nice of you to spin his last post in the most charitable way possible, but what he in fact did was use a huge logical fallacy (strawman argument) to make his point (in addition to assuming that his "opponent" would argue against his strawmen). Particularly surprising/disturbing coming from a MOD.

DeWitt forgetting to mention J.D. Speilman (until specifically questioned about him) at kickoff/punt returner was a little surprising to me. But it would not surprise me to see him replaced with a little more speed and "miss-ability" (like a Maurice Washington).

Actually, it was 5 times, wasn't it? And it is a legitimate question, so in my opinion KingBlank is out of line with his last comment. Here is some analysis from Hail Varsity made at the time: https://web.archive.org/web/20160922154005/http://hailvarsity.com/news/analysis/oregon-right-keep-going-2/2016/09/

https://www.athleticscholarships.net/question/how-are-students-prioritized-ncaa-eligibility-center

Lack of commitment in play calling, as well as in the weight room.

Not to beat a dead horse, but another thing that blew my mind last year was clock management (particularly as related to running the ball). There was a game (I've blocked out which one, due to the trauma) where NU had the game won... and every gender in the stands at Memorial Stadium knew that all we had to do was keep the clock moving... and we would throw incomplete passes to stop the clock and give the ball back to the other side (where the opponent then improbably won the game).

This is interesting (at least to me): Exercising my Google-Fu on scholarly articles about "dynamic stretching" and reduced injury risk turned up the following list of articles: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=dynamic+stretching+reduced+injury+risk+site:.edu&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart Some of this research goes back to 2004 and 2005. Like any research, sometimes it is contradictory and sometimes it finds NO improvement (in things like soreness recovery, for example). The approach that SF is using seems to combine the concepts of stretching and warm-ups (which are considered as separate factors in this article: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.525.2286&rep=rep1&type=pdf ) Plyometrics (mentioned in the OWH article cited above) is a somewhat different subject, but its goal is increasing power (speed-strength). The Oregon strengths coach who influenced SF during his tenure there, Jim Radcliffe, explains how it improves performance in this video: While researching this, I also found an interesting article on how Jim Radcliffe's role at Oregon has recently changed:

I think it is safe to say that EVERYTHING regarding this team and the support surrounding it is “a far cry” from what was employed under Mike Riley.