The_Fan_Man

The "modern" era of college football can be started in a few years. 1936- AP Poll and Heisman change football from a regional to national game: Nebraska 7th 1959- Success of the NFL as a televised product makes them the most popular football brand and forces college football onto TV to compete. Also, coincides with Duffy Daugherty and Bob Devaney's aggressive recruitment of southern black football players that were excluded from college in their home states: Nebraska 1st 1966- ABC's National Game of the Week brings college football into every home in the country: Nebraska 1st 1972- First year of freshman eligibility in college football: Nebraska 3rd 1984- Schools and conferences are able to negotiate TV rights: Nebraska 4th 1992- Bowl Alliance leads to ensuring the most competitive bowl games possible: Nebraska 6th 2014- Playoff ensures that top team will not be left out of championship game: Nebraska 71st Personally, I think the only correct way to rank programs is by grading their best 40 year run.

As a sophomore, he finished 5th in the state for shot put and 7th in discus.

I just hope that they restructure the targeting penalty before Pola-Gates plays here.

I'm just relaying what he measured at The Opening Combine last summer. Rivals also claimed that Zach Banner ran a 4.6 forty until he popped a 5.56 at a combine. 11 is listed at 6'0" 1 is listed at 5'11" (probably jumping) 16 is listed at 5'11" Bookie is listed at 5'9"

Noa Pola-Gates is a barefoot 5'10.5" and weighs 165 lbs. Bookie was 5'8.5" and weighed 165 lbs.

Flexibility as well as width is being tested.

Measured in at the Army All-American Bowl as 6'4.25, 283.2 lbs, 9.75 hands, and 32.5 inch arms.

Absolutely, he said that he dropped somewhere around 20 lbs after football season to make weight.

Measured in at the Army All-American Bowl as 5'8.25, 175.2 lbs, 27.5 inch arms, and 9 inch hands.

Measured in at the Army All-American Bowl as 6'8.75, 287.6 lbs, 32 3/8 arm length, and 9 inch hand.

A 300 lbs dude that can fire out of his stance and use his hands rather than just throwing their body into a blocker is rare in high school.

At around 2:15, the punter is an offensive lineman, which is cool. Obviously it's not as cool as Nance outrunning entire high schools while averaging 45 yards per kick return and 26 yards per punt return, but it's one of those things that make high school football so much fun.

Treu was around during the era of scholarship limitations.

Yeah, his film looks fine to me. He's big and uses that size well, with good enough feet to reach to linebackers with his feet and which is rare at the high school level. He plays a little high, but that is almost everybody in high school (and many in college). I'm not saying that he's a physical freak like Baker Steinkuhler running 40 yards downfield as a lead blocker at 290 lbs, but he is certainly more mobile than a lot of other guys we've gone after over the years at his size. To sum it up, I like it. He has the chance to really contribute.

In that case...the last walk-on to All-Conference tackle I can think of is Adam Treu.

Cole Conrad and Sam Hahn were both walk-ons that ended up starting at tackle for us recently. The most recent TE/DE to tackles that we had were Mike Smith in 2010 and Chris Patrick in 2006.

Cole Conrad and Sam Hahn were both walk-ons that ended up starting at tackle for us recently. The most recent TE/DE to tackle that we had was Mike Smith in 2010 and Chris Patrick in 2006.