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Scott Tenorman

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  1. Not a husker...but C Mcaffrey did 10 bench reps.....

     

    That stinks, right? I remember doing 5 sets of 10 in college. Or am I way off? 10 reps???

     

    Can someone provide some context here? Do guys tank this drill so they're not worn out later? It's kinda meaningless test overall, maybe 10 is the low u wanna go if you're tanking it?

    Ameer did 24 reps. 10 seems pretty low if he's looking to be an every down back.

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    Kieron Williams not starting is odd. He is the leading returner in tackles and INT's (led the team last year).

     

    Just seems like there is something else going on with him. The tendency would be to say that the coaches "don't like him" which probably isn't fair.

     

    But how he's been treated just doesn't seem to match his play on the field. He didn't get a Blackshirt at the beginning of last season despite starting the first game (albeit with Gerry suspended). Then he led the team in tackles and had an INT in the first game and STILL didn't get a Blackshirt. It wasn't until after the second game - after another INT and several tackles - that he finally got one. Then there were comments from the coaches towards the end of the season about how his play wasn't that impressive or something like that. Even though he had the most INTs and was one of the leading tacklers.

     

    Just seems odd.

     

    He seemed to have very hot and cold moments from what I saw. There were times where he looked great and was in the right place at the right time, but there were other times where it looked like he got exposed a little bit. Made some really nice plays and some pretty bad plays.

     

    To be fair, there were times where just about everybody got exposed on defense.

     

    I think it's pretty telling that they've got Reed and Jackson/Kalu starting. Gotta be one of the things MR wanted to change from last year in getting athletes on the field. Wonder if that bodes well for guys like Mo Barry.

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    Any shot here? How many wide receivers will we take with this cycle? My guess would be three more with Fuller, one more speedster and two bigger bodied guys.

    very very good shot here. I would imagine we will use Bookie (if we land him) on O/D similar to how we told Lenoir we would use him for some snaps on O this past cycle as well.

    What makes you think we have a great shot?

  4. Not disappointed, just not super excited. Is the transition to a 3-4 for DB's that big of a change? People keep saying it's this huge deal that he knows the 3-4, I'm just wondering how much of a change it will even be for defensive backs. The selling point for me is that he's super experienced, that could be valuable with how young our staff is overall.

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    I agree with Drunk Off Punch here. In theory you are correct Making Chimichangas, but recruiting success is relative to situation. For example, UCF had a great recruiting class this year, they finished 58th I believe. If we recruited 58th we would be like 8th in the BIG or worse. UCF had the best recruiting class in their conference. That is an A for them. Would you consider 58 an A for us?

    If Nebraska had the 58th rated class, that would be a C+ class.

     

    I'll ask again: If we take the notion that any recruiting class below 40 is an F...

     

    Then does that mean that since 2011 Wisconsin has been kicking our collective arses up and down the field, every single year, with consistently "F" rated classes?

     

    I would love for someone to address this question without moving the goalposts.

     

    And remember that Northwestern, Purdue, Illinois, and Iowa (whom we've supposedly out-recruited by a wide margin every single year) consistently play us tough and down to the wire every year.

     

    Or, could all you guys just admit that the level of separation from a class rated 20th to a class rated 11th is a matter of perception? Naw, you wouldn't do that...cause seeing all those stars nest to recruits names are pretty.

     

    I am not saying we shouldn't recruit the best talent out there, but you guys take opinion (recruiting rankings) and state them as absolute fact.

     

    Doesn't ring any "alarm bells" when recruiting analysts say you could, in a given year, swap the #10 team for the #1 team? I mean seriously, these rankings are nothing close to absolute.

    They're much closer to absolute than not. Are you saying there's no correlation between recruiting rankings and the top 25? I don't think anybody takes them as complete absolutes, but they're pretty close on average. Some under achieve and over achieve every year, that doesn't mean recruiting rankings are total crap.

  6. I feel like a lot of people don't understand the value of redshirting. If the player is good enough to start or see a significant amount of snaps on offense or defense, you don't redshirt him. If he's not good enough and he's a freshman, that player should be redshirted imo. If the player isn't starting or seeing the field a frequently, you probably aren't getting a ton of value from him.

     

    Take Lamar Jackson. Did he provide much value to the defense last year? Not really, no. He barely played. I realize they weren't going to redshirt him because of the playing time he was promised when recruited (assumption). But on paper, should he have redshirted last year knowing now how much he was used? Absolutely. I guess you can argue he got some experience, but I'd much rather have an extra year of him than the minimal snaps he saw. So either he was misused, or a mistake was made in not redshirting him imo. If none of the lineman were good enough to break the rotation, they should have been redshirted. If they were good enough and were redshirted anyways, I'm guessing the coaches are making a decision that the value provided down the road will be greater than the value provided as freshman. I think they made the right decision.

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