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They probably are. It's just a matter of experience at this point.

Just like TA. He is the incumbent, so its his to lose IMO. I hope that MR and CO explain to him what type of back he is. He is not a bounce it outside burner, or a guy with nimble, quick feet. He is a bruiser who can road kill a DB in the open field. He needs to plant the foot and go. Hit the whole with authority and move. Look at Lynch at Seattle. He is big, runs with authority, quickly gets his shoulders squared and runs behind his pads. If you can get to him before he squares up, you have a shot. He gets square, defenders better get small..... Cross needs to be shown this. He doesn't have to run how he can't. Run how he can. Lynch can run square, sideways, and backwards. He's like the Tazmanian Devil, a whirlwind of shoulders, elbows, knees, and a wide running stance. all combine to make him extremely difficult to tackle. Add to that a decent amount of shake and bake, speed, and 'Beast Mode' and you get the best back in the League. Cross, IMO, isn't anywhere near Lynch. Cross is mostly a N/S guy, ineffective laterally, not much shake and bake, fairly slow to the hole--slowish in general--and surprisingly easy to knock off his feet. If I'm not mistaken, Newby was the #2 guy last year. He's got speed(solid 4.4), excellent moves, balnce, and a decent receiver. He could improve his strength is all. Taylor and/or Wilbon may beat out Newby later on in the season, but I think Newby will end up being the starter come fall, mostly based on experience(over AT and Wilbon). Cross will start out #2, but may also be overtaken by AT and Wilbon at some point. I used to be a big fan of Cross, but last year pretty much sealed the deal for me that he's just a so-so back. Newby has speed, i am not sure he has anything else to go with it......Cross needs to correct his upright position when he runs and get the shoulders lower and improve his balance....until we get to fall ball, i am not sure we will have any real separation between what looks like a bunch of average backs, with incomplete skill sets.....they all suffer from lack of something, first one to fix his sh#t and be most complete will see a lot of playing time........let's see what the coaches can do with these guys.....still think we will see quite a bit of rotation, lots of inexperience, lots. Well, Newby was a 4* RB, rated 10th as per Rivals(http://sports.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Terrell-Newby-132632). From his h.s. vids, he looks like the total package to me, though could use more toughness on the college level. I think as he gets more reps, he could become very good, but we'll see. http://www.maxpreps.com/news/QrKUctP1JkmnG_0kv4gCiQ/international-bowl--nebraska-recruit-terrell-newby-stands-alone.htm

If you are correct about Cross, Nebraska has issues(see my previous post).

Just like TA. He is the incumbent, so its his to lose IMO. I hope that MR and CO explain to him what type of back he is. He is not a bounce it outside burner, or a guy with nimble, quick feet. He is a bruiser who can road kill a DB in the open field. He needs to plant the foot and go. Hit the whole with authority and move. Look at Lynch at Seattle. He is big, runs with authority, quickly gets his shoulders squared and runs behind his pads. If you can get to him before he squares up, you have a shot. He gets square, defenders better get small..... Cross needs to be shown this. He doesn't have to run how he can't. Run how he can. Lynch can run square, sideways, and backwards. He's like the Tazmanian Devil, a whirlwind of shoulders, elbows, knees, and a wide running stance. all combine to make him extremely difficult to tackle. Add to that a decent amount of shake and bake, speed, and 'Beast Mode' and you get the best back in the League. Cross, IMO, isn't anywhere near Lynch. Cross is mostly a N/S guy, ineffective laterally, not much shake and bake, fairly slow to the hole--slowish in general--and surprisingly easy to knock off his feet. If I'm not mistaken, Newby was the #2 guy last year. He's got speed(solid 4.4), excellent moves, balnce, and a decent receiver. He could improve his strength is all. Taylor and/or Wilbon may beat out Newby later on in the season, but I think Newby will end up being the starter come fall, mostly based on experience(over AT and Wilbon). Cross will start out #2, but may also be overtaken by AT and Wilbon at some point. I used to be a big fan of Cross, but last year pretty much sealed the deal for me that he's just a so-so back.

It's mostly about experience at this point, but I also think he has a big upside once he starts getting more touches. Taylor and Wilbon will certainly contest him for the #1 spot midway thru the season, is my guess. I still see Cross as more of a role player, short yardage mostly.

the dude is recovering from multiple injuries, he still can't go.......my guess is it will be fall, if ever, before he sees the field again......seems injury prone? Hmm, I thought he was all healed up. Hope he can make it back and be a threat.....whenever! He just had his knee scoped so is getting limited action during spring practice. Okie dokie, thanks.

Newby will probably win the starting spot going into and for, at least, the 1st part of the season. Hopefully Taylor will be a contender by that point. No way we can rely on Cross for the starting role, he doesn't have enough game: isn't fast enough overall and in finding the/a hole. Not a good laterally rusher either.

the dude is recovering from multiple injuries, he still can't go.......my guess is it will be fall, if ever, before he sees the field again......seems injury prone? Hmm, I thought he was all healed up. Hope he can make it back and be a threat.....whenever!

I'd like to see Jamal Turner's talents more realized this season.

Peyton Newell

I agree. I think Banderas is in for a huge season. Can't wait to see Micheal Rose back out there too. As much as we are hurting for depth at linebacker, I think our starting bunch is going to be one of the better groups in the Big Ten. He can only get better, one hopes. He looked 'soft', slow, and out of position most of the time last year.

Expectations are high, just where they should be and I hope Riley realizes that and can get 'er done.