Ohio Pete

I was at the bar last week and i saw a OU's spring game, wth is up with that. OU's and not ours.

On the plus side, we are on Jeopardy all the time.

Maybe they wanted to visit a couple of locations in the Spring that they know they won't have any reason to visit during the season.

That guy could be a politician, he said all the things you want to hear but nothing to make you angry at him.

But I think they may have dropped a few things from his quotes:

"I love their history [of being overrated] and how they are on TV every week [beating up on service academies]. You get a lot of exposure there [on the side lines watching Big Ten Wide Receivers blow past their crappy defense] and they always go to bowl games [and lose]. Notre Dame can take you places other schools can't [like a fully televised sub-.500 season]."

I wish that omaha had a good writer such as Sipple, not tom Shatel who only backtalks about Nebraska

I think you are comparing apples to oranges. Shatel's job is to write opinion pieces. This article was not an opinion piece. It was a short straight-forward article such as you might see in the Weird Herald from Mitch Sherman, Dirk Chatelain, and Rich Kaipust, etc. like this:

For Huskers' leadership, this is a rebuilding year

BY RICH KAIPUST

WORLD-HERALD BUREAU

LINCOLN - Between them, Adam Carriker, Jay Moore and Stewart Bradley started 93 games and played in 125 over the past four football seasons.

They were fixtures on the Nebraska defense with strong personalities. They commanded respect from those around them.

While acknowledging the loss of leadership created by the expiration of their eligibility - and calling the trio "outstanding players" - NU defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove said the Huskers have players who can replace them.

"I think we have a lot of candidates," Cosgrove said. "I don't want to get into specific names right now, but we have a lot of candidates, particularly at linebacker and in the secondary.

"I think we'll have more leaders this year than we've had in the past. At least I'm anticipating it."

Nebraska must replace three other starters on defense, but Carriker, Moore and Bradley were the rocks. They had survived the coaching changes, the 2004 spiral, the attempt to restore the Huskers' name on the national scale.

Teammates appreciated their style and effort. But they're not thinking in terms of one, two or three players feeling the pressure to replace all they represented.

"It's up to a lot of different players to do it," senior cornerback Zack Bowman said. "It's not on one guy."

As Carriker, Moore and Bradley charged immediately from the Cotton Bowl to pursuing their NFL dreams, NU head coach Bill Callahan said the Huskers moved almost as rapidly in finding and grooming replacements. By the time spring practice starts Wednesday, some of the work already will have been done.

"We've been real proactive," Callahan said. "Right after we got back from the bowl, I grabbed Tim McFadden, who does our senior leadership seminars, and I got him attached and integrated immediately to our seniors.

"We are not waiting for summer to arrive and all of a sudden crown the senior class as the leaders of the team. We did it in January and February, and we're continuing to do that and filter down that leadership into the junior classes."

Carriker and Moore were the defensive ends on a four-man front that included loose and likable Ola Dagunduro and Barry Cryer in between. With all four gone, Callahan said sophomore-to-be Ndamukong Suh would be somebody to watch blossom on the defensive line.

"I see Suh in more of a leadership role," Callahan said. "He's a vocal guy. He cares, he's concerned. He's a guy who wants to win, wants to play at a high level, wants the people around him to work and play at a high level, too. I see him as an emerging leader on this football team."

The Husker defense is most experienced in its linebacking corps, which includes seniors Bo Ruud, Corey McKeon, Steve Octavien and Lance Brandenburgh - and lost just Bradley. The secondary includes three seniors at cornerback (Bowman, Cortney Grixby, Andre Jones) and one at safety (Tierre Green).

Up front, however, it will take a host of non-seniors to handle almost a complete makeover. They'll be led by defensive line coach Buddy Wyatt, the former Alabama assistant who replaced John Blake in December and led the Huskers through the latter half of Cotton Bowl preparations.

"This is a group that has some game experience," Callahan said. "It's not like they're foreign to what we're trying to get accomplished. They've been on the field, been through the drills, and they know they've all got to step up and play, and play at a higher level for us to be successful. But I'm confident that they can."

Found this when searching for information about returning from staph. I didn't realize it was getting spread in this manner.

Staph Infection Poses Risk For Athletes

ABC7 News

November 19, 2006

Passed From Player To Player

Nov. 19 - These days, an athlete's toughest opponent may not be the one he faces on the field, but in the locker room.

That's because an antibiotic-resistant strain of staph is now being passed from player to player and the germ has moved from hospitals to anywhere athletes are in close contact.

Athletes train themselves to push the limits. They learn to accept bumps, bruises and cuts that come along with the game.

And it's not just football -- that close contact can have consequences for basketball, soccer, volleyball -- any athlete who plays on a team.

High school volleyball player Shae Musolino ignored what started as a tiny bump on her knee -- until it swelled so much her knee pads wouldn't fit.

Shae Musolino, Volleyball Player: "Scared. Terrified. I started crying. I didn't know what to think. Being in volleyball, the first thing comes in my mind, 'I'm done for the season.'"

Infectious disease specialists tested fluid from Shae's knee for what is known as MRSA.

MRSA, which stands for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus -- a real mouthful -- is a strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics.

Until recently, MRSA staph infections were rarely identified outside of a hospital. But now they seem to pop up just about anywhere.

Now athletes in contact sports are at increased risk.

Dr. Judy Martin, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh: "Just in participating in a sport, they are going to have friction on their skin -- rubs against their skin because of the protective equipment that they wear."

MRSA spreads when someone comes in contact with an infected person. It can also be spread by touching contaminated objects like equipment, clothing or even a towel.

Dr. Judy Martin, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh: "You don't want to share towels or wash cloths because you're going to spread that bacteria back and forth to each other."

It's been reported in the last few years that NFL football players for the Rams, Redskins and Dolphins have all been infected with MRSA.

For a college football player in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, it was fatal.

Shae recovered and is back on the volleyball court, but she has revamped her post-game routine.

Shae Musolino, Volleyball Player: "Any sports with pads, uniforms, anything. Wash them daily. Keep them clean. Keep everything clean."

Experts say that's the best way to keep athletes in the game, instead of on sidelines by an infection.

Experts say, the inappropriate use of antibiotics -- using them to treat colds and the flu, for example -- has contributed to antibiotic resistance which seriously threatens all of our health.

Best team ever enough said....................

This guy prefers the the 1971 team:

Top 200 All Time

When you lose an emotional player like Zack, it is hard to find someone to step up with the same emotion...especially when they lost Zack the way they did last summer. With him on the field, I feel they will have fire.

If you don't have a stellar defensive backfield that go cover man-to-man, it is harder to send your LB's or safeties on a blitz...IMO. With Zack back and the in coming guys I hope to see more blitzing on Coz!!!!!

Add to that some big time hitting coming from safety and I think teams will be a little more careful about passing on us this year.

SI guy Don Banks has him at 15 going to the Steelers in his latest mock draft

As has been mentioned before he can play either 3-4 or 4-3 depending on what they decide to do with the new D.

I'm in as drischling1 or something of the like

I think you can change your entry name if you want.

If I recall correctly, Ahman Green transferred from North to Central. Worked out OK.

I am not a college football expert, (even though I play one on the internet) but I simply don't see what all the fuss is about concerning Trevor Robinson. I watched this kid play live against Crete in the Class B finals and honestly did not know that he was in the game. A player of this "caliber" in a Class B high school game should stick out like a sore thumb, but he didn't. As we were leaving, I asked my friend what Trevor Robinson's number was. He may have had a bad game, and he's all he's blown up to be, that night, I didn't see it.

Not sure how well OLs stand out in a particular game. Should they be making pancake blocks on every play? Or is it just that he shut down the guy across from him? I don't know. I imagine every play you would see him making his block.

Here's the Old Weird Herald article about it (well most about B-Jax):

Jackson glad he made decision to leave

BY ROBIN WASHUT

WORLD-HERALD CORRESPONDENT

LINCOLN - During the past two months, Brandon Jackson has been tested, timed, twisted and tugged. It's no wonder why he bore a smile of relief when it all came to an end Wednesday.

The junior I-back was one of a dozen Huskers who participated in the team's NFL pro day at the Hawks Center. With drills and tests similar to the NFL's scouting combine - including the 40-yard dash, bench press and position drills - participants got one final open run to showcase themselves to pro scouts.

In his first interview since Nebraska's loss to Auburn in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1, Jackson said he was glad he decided to forgo his senior season and declare himself eligible for the NFL draft.

"I felt I had a great year last year, and my mom is a diabetic and she's not doing too well," Jackson said. "I just felt it was the best decision for me."

Besides the health of his mother, who lives in his hometown of Horn Lake, Miss., Jackson said one of his biggest motivators was his high draft stock.

While running backs such as Oklahoma's Adrian Peterson and California's Marshawn Lynch are the clear standouts in this year's draft, Jackson was rated as the No. 3 running back by ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper Jr.

Though he said some scouts questioned why he opted not to return for his senior year, Jackson said his agent told him his stock was too high not to come out early. After his performance on Wednesday, his stock may have risen even higher.

While Jackson was happy overall with his performance at the NFL combine in Indianapolis, he was disappointed in his time of 4.5 seconds in the 40-yard dash . Jackson said he improved his time to roughly 4.40 seconds, though the players ran on a track instead of the field.

"It was very important," he said. "I had a bad start in Indianapolis, so I wanted to come out here and show them my true speed. I think I did great today."

Aside from 40 times and bench presses - he did 21 reps of 225 pounds - the biggest questions NFL scouts have had for Jackson have been about his shoulders. Jackson has been plagued with recurring injuries on both shoulders, including one that forced him to miss all of spring practice last year.

"They twisted me, pulled me, tugged me. It was funny at times," he said.

Before Wednesday's tests, Jackson said he has been projected as a second- to third-round pick. Now he said he'd be disappointed with anything lower than the second round.

"I went out there and showed those guys that I can run with the best and catch with the best and do it all with the best," he said. "It's their decision where I go from here on out."

Extra points

• Scouts from at least 30 NFL teams were in attendance for Wednesday's pro day, but the two most notable came from the St. Louis Rams. Rams head coach Scott Linehan and defensive coordinator Jim Haslett both watched nearly all of the workouts. St. Louis holds the 13th pick in the draft, which will be held April 28 and 29 in New York.

• Tight end Matt Herian turned in a strong performance. After a broken leg he suffered in 2004 derailed his once-promising collegiate career, the Pierce, Neb., native ran a 4.70 40-yard dash and recorded a 38-inch vertical jump. He said Wednesday was the first time he'd run the 40 since his injury, and his time was just off his career best. "I hope it reopened some eyes out there," he said.

• Former NU offensive lineman Josh Sewell worked out in an attempt to get noticed by scouts for NFL Europe. The 2003 Husker lifter of the year showed he is still in fairly good shape, as he turned out 41 reps on the bench press.

Sounds good hopefully he can recruit some of that talent from the Ohio area.

Apparently, 2008 is the year for it (info on 08 is towards the end):

07 recruiting pool may take slight dip: OSU might bank extra slots for future class

Guys on Buckeye Planet seem to think he might be WR prospect. Apparently, the time is from a camp or combine for Juniors implying it's pretty fast.

Here's an interview they did with him: Straight 6 with Jake Stoneburner

Also, there are several top TE recruits in Ohio for '08. Maybe Rudolph can help pull one of them. I don't imagine Ohio State will take 4 of them.

*yawn*

So when is the pro day scheduled for? Any chance it will be open? How did the Junior day go? Any commits? Sorry to be off-topic but there is plenty of other sh*t to talk about than rehashing history.

Not all of us are bitching, just a small few. It takes all kinds. Life is to short to be upset for very long.

 

Just remember we almost lost Tom because of actions just like what is going on around here now. Had he left where would we be now. Sometimes you get what you ask for, and then your not to happy about it.

 

Not saying BC is another Tom Osborne, but he appears to run a cleaner ship. Holds the kids feet to the fire and is filling the empty cupboards. Sit back and enjoy the ride, be it rough or smooth.

I remember those years when the only bowl wins were against LSU. I don't know who beat us more Miami or FSU, but every year after the bowl loss (and it was every year there for awhile) or the OU loss people started talking about throwing out TO. I wonder if another AD had been in there if something would have been done. I guess unless you win the national title every year someone will be complaining.

Around here they were mad that Ohio State's coach, Tressel, didn't give a better explanation of what happened in the National Title game. Win conference championships, beat your main rival every year, win a national title and if you don't beat Illinois by enough, you hear people start bitching.

Meh, get things done on the field and we'll play each other every year in the championship game.

Btw, my coaching hire desire was Butch Davis. However, he was still in the pros the year we made a coaching change. If we'd have stuck it out one more year, we probably could have gotten him. I'm still puzzled why he went to North Carolina. I'm sure they'd have given him his old job back at Miami.

The media speculation is he burnt too many bridges at Miami. Pretty much stinking it up in Cleveland and sitting out for awhile didn't help his chances at other major colleges.

Also, remember that Mack Brown came from UNC. It probably wasn't hard for Butch to see a future career path if he can turn things around there.

THE POINT IS: I think one of the things that may make it a little tougher to recruit now is that we are going after the same type of skill position players as some of the other big-time programs whereas before, we were one of the only big-time programs recruiting to run the option. I thought that was clear.

Makes sense to me.

On the other hand there may be a larger talent pool -- more high schools running a pro-style offense than the option. And many of the kids QBing in running offenses realize any future they have in the pros will be of the defensive side of the ball.

However, I would guess that the percentage of major colleges programs running a pro-style offense is greater than the percentage of high schools running one so your point still makes sense (to me).

Aside from QB, WR is another area that has a different recruiting emphasis than in years past. I don't know that this is necessarily true, but having to target 2 or 3 big time WRs each year might be taking time away from other positions that were the focus in years past.

I like the one letter that blamed the bride for being an idiot. I mean how long has this man been her father? Are you scheduling it against an NU game to prove a point? And it's not like football season is that long either. Unless she was knocked up, why not wait a couple of months when everyone's schedule will be free.

Of course it could have been an honest mistake, but maybe she should have see if her parents were available before putting a deposit on the recpetion hall.

I'm actually kind of surprised that Carriker is going to work out at the NFL combine. I would think the risk/reward for working out would not be that great on the reward side of it and that it might be better for him to just stay put and work out for individual teams later on where he could only hurt his stock for one team and not all of them at once.

Is he going to run? Some guys go and just take the tests and do interviews and maybe even the weight room reps, but decline to run.

 

i want as much talent on the field at all times, special teams included and if that means burning reshirts, let them burn. it is also very good for future recruiting for talented freshman that want to see the field quickly.

i want to see (legitimate)potential game breakers (if we have them) out there all the time, period.

The new rule change pushing back kickoffs (if approved) puts a much greater emphasis on the return game and on covering. I think we need to putting some of our best atheletes on the special teams units (like Va Tech).

2. Ganz will never start here unless injury depletion

Speaking of, what's the story on Lee's knee? Will he be ready for Spring practice?

Blackshirt- I noticed that Curenski Gilleyen has the wrong bio. I believe it shows Roy Helu's bio again for him. Other than that it all looks really good. Great Job!

 

 

Thanks GC, this has been corrected. I appreciate it.

Looks like Marcel Jones has the wrong bio too. Looks like Burkes'.

Can you imagine those two on basketball court? Wonder if we'll see them pull a Julius Peppers and play both sports.

Also Anthony Blue has the Bio for Armando Murillo

i agree totally, besides we still have to see how much improvement our wideouts can make getting off blocks, running routes and just plain catching the ball. no matter how accurate Keller may or may not be chunking the rock, our guys need to start catching the ball consistently.

Lets move Niles Paul to linebacker, hes being brought here to play wide receiver but hes fast so I want him at linebacker! I think that would be best for the team.

I was thinking Grixby. Now that we don't need him in the secondary imagine how fast he would be at LB. Oh and put McKeon at Safety. He'd really bring the wood against the run.