Old Nebraska Guy

Gerry and Carter to the combine. Discuss

Another little plus for Wisconsin's walk-on program is, I believe, all the UW-directional schools are D-III. If I am an instate kid with interest from only D-III schools and an offer to walk-on at UW-Madison I might as well go for the gold and walk-on at UW-Madison since I am writing a check no matter where I go to school.

Just make sure that we, (collectively) don't whine about a lack of depth in two or three years.

​Graduating three senior receivers probably fits into the equation somewhere.

Riley and company don't need a great running back. They can stick a tight end/H-back in there as long a he can pass block, occasionally catch the ball on a wheel route, and smash into the A-gap for two yards. They will be happy with their "running game". Our running game mirrors most NFL games, unless you have someone named Adrian, Demarco, or "Zeke" that is all the NFL backs are expected to do.

Ya know, all the numbers that I have read in this thread are from the NFL. Everyone knows the NFL 2-point try is from the two yard line and the NCAA try is from the three, right. I think that yard is significant. For example, and I know someone on here actually knows this, what is the percentage of NU converting third and three. You may have to factor in the "short field" too. If the NFL with the best QB's, WR's, & RB's in the country are successful half the time from the two yard line how is your average college team going to do from the three?

Err, There are 128 FBS schools. Which actually improves NU's grade if you are grading on a curve.

Not so fast my friend. Back to the Oregon game. Nebraska scored last to bring their total to 34. If Oregon had 36 we weren't going to kick and lose 36-35, we would go for two. Make it and maybe overtime. Miss it and we could lose 36-34. There was time remaining for many other options for scoring.

Just for fun and games, let's everyone build a roster using the 85 schlorships. In the perfect world we won't worry what grade they are in or how many stars they have. Just distribute the 85 schlorships. It's my post so distribute them according to these groups. If I get enough responses I may do a summary. There maybe further problems in the future. Post up your numbers. QB RB FB/TE/H-Back WR OL DT DE LB CB S Special Teams

Also, for the speculation that Nebraska high school sprinters could all beat 4.6 in the forty is probably wrong. This site provides 10 m splits for a few old world class 100 m dash events. http://myweb.lmu.edu/jmureika/track/splits/splits.html Remember these are 10 meter intervals and include reaction times. Using the results from the 1999 world championships and a little math to interpolate between 30 and 40 meters to 40 yards the following times result. .....40 yd........w/o r. t.....100 m 1. 4.39...........4.26.........9.80 2. 4.38...........4.25.........9.84 3. 4.40...........4.26.........9.97 4. 4.45...........4.31.......10.00 5. 4.40...........4.26.......10.02 6. 4.47...........4.33.......10.04 7. 4.44...........4.30.......10.07 8. 4.52...........4.35.......10.24 Extropolating here, it is probably going to take a 10.40-10.50 100 meters with FAT to equal or beat a 4.60 football 40 yards. I haven't been to a Nebraska state track meet since I retired from coaching but I don't remember the state being flush with sub 10.40 sprinters. The fastest footballer could certainly hold their own against the tracksters but there is a reason some guys run the 100m and others run pass routes.

I have a question for the "combine guru's". Does anyone really know when the clock starts? I ask because Wikipedia says that reaction times are not included in the 40 times unlike track. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40-yard_dash I see three possibilities: 1. Clock starts on the gun, as do track times with Fully Automatic Timing, (FAT). This would include reaction times. 2. Clock starts when runner lifts hand from ground and triggers laser/photocell sensor placed on ground near hand. This would not include reaction times. 3. Some aide off to the side pushes a button to start the clock when he hears the gun or sees the smoke. This would not include reaction times. World class sprinters have a reaction time in the range of 0.12 to 0.14 seconds and if the football guy's time doesn't include reaction time their 40 times should be increased by at least 0.12 seconds, probably more. Or the track guys should have their times reduced accordingly.

I don't think so. If they eat at a(the) training table they should not get the "board" portion of the $9961.

I don't claim to know exactly how schools calculate cost of attendance, but anyone who has filled out a fafsa knows that there are costs above tuition, fees, books, room, and board. I would wager a cup of coffee that cost of attendance includes all of the following. 1. One meal a week while classes are in session. Its been 50 years since I enter the University and neither of my children went to UNL but the best meal plan I have seen is 20 meals per week. 2. At least two trips home. The dorms close between the semesters and during spring break. They may finger in a third trip to get to school in the fall and go home after the spring semester. I am not certain I could even guess how this works with a mix of local students and those from far far away. 3. Laboratory supplies that are not listed in the sylabus and simple supplies that are lost or consumed. You get a box of pens to start the year. By Christmas you have lost them all. Your Botany professor states that the line drawing of some specimen are best done with a specific pen point (nib) and india ink. You're not going use your 19 cent Bic. 4. Laundry. 5. Repair of equipment. I broke a separatory funnel in Organic Lab. It was $12, which in 1966 was a lot of money. The minimum wage was $1.25/hour and gasoline was $0.329/gallon. If you get through the year without getting a bug in your laptop you were lucky. What does it cost to clean a labtop? 6. I might be able to come up with a few more. Others my contribute.

Hamilton Hall was under construction in 1968 and iirc did not open until the fall of 1969.

If the orginal picture is from the fall of 1964 then I am sitting in the circled area, the student section. Some students sat in the south end of the east stadium and some in the adjacent area of the south stadium. The scoreboard shown with the opponent SD State, South Dakota State, was the new scoreboard in 1963. Before that the time was shown on a dial-like clock face with sweep hands for the minutes and seconds. The score was kept in the rectangle area above the clock. I think the numbers were posted by hand. I hope this goes up well as it is my first post.