Mid Coast Offense

Scott Frost is the best choice for Nebraska's next coach.

5 hours ago, hansenn said:

You should also listen to the latest Husker Doc Talk podcast. They have Dave Rimington as a guest. He said they told him they were going to make a change at AD and they wanted him to be interim until they found their full time guy. So Rimington knew before Eichorst did. Also he talks about how much of a mess the football program is. It’s a pretty good listen.

Can you provide a link to that podcast please.

Darnay has stated as of recent that he is planning to attend Fresno and Oregon games I believe. Is that correct?

 

I heard this also but can't remember where I read it. Does anyone have a link to the story?

I was actually against the firing of Bo. I thought he should have gotten another year, but after the second recording came out I then realized how toxic Pelini can be. I'm wondering if he has some kind of Bi-Polar disorder.

I was listening to a podcast of "Game Time with Nick Bahe" and the caller from the 12/18/14 podcast, segment 3 at the 17:18 minute mark. The true character of a man is revealed in situations like that. He never appreciated what he had at Nebraska. Good riddance to Pelini.

http://www.stationcaster.com/player_skinned.php?s=111&c=981&f=3760073

Every week they should have a raffle for 50 Husker fans to be able to watch practice.

Mike Riley was Eichorst's #1.

http://journalstar.com/news/local/education/perlman-no-other-offers-made/article_5198a6ba-b968-518d-aec7-354a67b45b27.html

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman said Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst had a list of "potential candidates" for the opening, like any athletic director would.

"They do due diligence on a bunch of them as time goes on so they are prepared to act when it's necessary," Perlman said. "In these situations you don't have much time."

Riley, who has coached Oregon State for 12 years, was the only coach offered the job, Perlman said.

"There were no other offers made," he added, disputing national media reports that Arkansas coach Bret Bielema was offered the NU job on Wednesday. Perlman said he kept regents informed during the coaching search via email.

I believe many of the players are alluding to their displeasure with Harvey Perlman's involvement in the firing of Coach Bo. Eichorst is just the hired gun.

In 2012 I was flabbergasted when Perlman had a press conference, to announce the selection of Eichorst, and Coach Osborne didn't attend. When asked about this Perlman had the nerve to disrespect TO by saying "I think he's disappointed he didn't play a stronger role."

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/60976/osborne-successor-choice-not-his-to-make

Send his ass back to Iowa State, with all of his kids idgaf

Wow. "with all of his kids."

Keep it classy Husker "fan".

You are a real piece of work.

I was wrong.

Coach Solich and the Ohio Bobcats play for the MAC Championship tonight NOT Saturday!

6:00 pm central on ESPN2.

Good luck to Coach Solich!

Yeah, I mentioned in a previous post that since we only have one picture it's difficult to pin point an exact number.

 

 

My degree is in Exercise Science and Physiology.

 

I have have measured body fat levels many times with body fat calipers. And their is absolutely no way for you to have any idea what his body fat percentage is from a picture on the internet. LOL!

 

 

 

And for guys criticizing Austin Cassidy his body fat percentage is irrelevant to the fact that he was the starting safety for the University of Nebraska.

 

He was a BLACKSHIRT, which 99.9% of Nebraskans can't say they have or will ever accomplish in their lives.

 

Most body fat caliper estimates are pure sh#t, and don't account for water fluctuations and what not. I'm not going to get into this with you because most people don't know anything about nutrition and fitness.

 

I know man. Commenting on his body fat has nothing do with his accomplishments at UNL. You're putting two and two together when all everyone was doing was poking fun at the fact he's got a beer belly and looks like your average Joe.

 

 

Hmmm I wonder what's a worse estimate of bady fat? Calipers or YOUR eye balls? LOL!

 

I also understand the Gold Standard of body fat testing is Hydrostatic Body Fat Testing.

 

However, I used the the fact that I have extensive experience with body fat calipers as an example of how nearly impossible it is to guess someone's body fat with your eye balls genius.

 

 

My personal opinion is that people making fun of Cassidy sound like snot nosed brats who are JEALOUS of what he has accomplished in his life.

 

It's not impossible. Go to a bodybuilding forum. We're not talking about exact numbers here, rather estimates.

 

I seriously doubt anyone truly meant it when they joked about Cassidy's physique. And yes, I bet a lot of people are jealous of Cassidy. I know I am. It's just funny to see a guy like Cassidy and then Dennard, who's jacked.

Yeah that's true.

Austin is either going to be a CEO or a Head Football Coach someday making MILLIONS of dollars.

So I guess he will have the final laugh on these guys.

Yeah, I mentioned in a previous post that since we only have one picture it's difficult to pin point an exact number.

 

 

My degree is in Exercise Science and Physiology.

 

I have have measured body fat levels many times with body fat calipers. And their is absolutely no way for you to have any idea what his body fat percentage is from a picture on the internet. LOL!

 

 

 

And for guys criticizing Austin Cassidy his body fat percentage is irrelevant to the fact that he was the starting safety for the University of Nebraska.

 

He was a BLACKSHIRT, which 99.9% of Nebraskans can't say they have or will ever accomplish in their lives.

 

Most body fat caliper estimates are pure sh#t, and don't account for water fluctuations and what not. I'm not going to get into this with you because most people don't know anything about nutrition and fitness.

 

I know man. Commenting on his body fat has nothing do with his accomplishments at UNL. You're putting two and two together when all everyone was doing was poking fun at the fact he's got a beer belly and looks like your average Joe.

Hmmm I wonder what's a worse estimate of bady fat? Calipers or YOUR eye balls? LOL!

I also understand the Gold Standard of body fat testing is Hydrostatic Body Fat Testing.

However, I used the the fact that I have extensive experience with body fat calipers as an example of how nearly impossible it is to guess someone's body fat with your eye balls genius.

My personal opinion is that people making fun of Cassidy sound like snot nosed brats who are JEALOUS of what he has accomplished in his life.

Coach Solich also has a couple of HUGE Nebraska kids on his roster.

In the past they probably would have walked-on at Nebraska:

84 Dietz, Bryce OL 6-5/300 RS FR Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln North Star

66 Lechner, Jon OL 6-5/332 RS SO Omaha, Neb./Omaha Creighton Prep

Noah Keller is from Kearney, NE and he is a hell of a player for Coach Solich.

Keller passed up a chance to go to the NFL last year, but he decided to come back for his Senior year for Coach Solich and help him try to win a MAC Championship.

2010: Named to Nagurski Trophy Watch List...Tabbed as a preseason All-American by SI.com, NationalChamps.net and Consensus Draft Services (cdsdraft.com)... Named captain for the 2010 season ... Racked up a total of 26 tackles for the season ... Achieved his season best against Toledo on Sept. 11 with 11 tackles (three solo), one tackle for loss (sack) one forced fumble and one blocked kick ... Recorded nine tackles, four solo, against Wofford on Sept. 4 and six tackles at Ohio State on Sept. 18.

2009: Named honorable mention All America by SI.com...Second-team All-MAC (first team by Phil Steele)...Led the MAC in tackles per game (11.1) and total tackles with 155 (64 solo, 91 assisted)...The 155 tackles was the highest single-season total for the program in more than 15 seasons and eighth-highest overall...Had nine tackles for loss, including two sacks, one interception, three pass breakups and two forced fumbles...Set a MAC Championship Game record with 16 tackles...Had a career-high three tackles for loss against Cal Poly...Named Ohio's Defensive MVP at the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl

2008: Named second-team All- MAC...Played in all 12 games, starting 11...Ohio's leading tackler with 104 stops (tied for 45th nationally and ninth in the MAC)...Had double-digit tackling efforts against Wyoming, VMI, Buffalo, Akron and Miami... Posted five tackles for loss and one sack...Forced one fumble, snared one interception and broke up two passes...The interception clinched Ohio's road victory over Kent State

2007: Played in 12 games as a true freshman ... Recorded 13 solo and 24 assisted tackles ... Sacked the quarterback 1.5 times and had 2.5 tackles for loss ... Forced one fumble ... Registered a career-high six tackles against Akron

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three times at Kearney ... Recorded 204 total tackles, including 82 solos, in 13 games as a senior ... Finished the 2006 season with 15 tackles for a loss, eight sacks and two interceptions ... Posted 182 solo tackles and 236 assists in his career with 14 sacks and three interceptions ... As a fullback, carried the ball 98 times for 700 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior ... Named captain of the 2006 All-State team ... Named Nebraska Defensive Player of the Year by the Omaha World Herald and the Lincoln Journal Star ... Was the Kearney Hub Co-Defensive Player of the Year ... Earned recognition as a CBS Sportsline Prepstar All-American ... Named a Nike Second-Team All-American ... A first-team all-conference and all-district selection ... Led team to a 12-1 record and a state championship in 2006 ... Helped Kearney to a 31-5 record during his career ... Also lettered in track ... Was the 2006 All-Class State Shot Put Champion ... Won the 2007 Class A State Title in the same event ... Member of the National Honor Society

PERSONAL: Majoring in Biology...Son of R.J. and Terri Keller.

I think it is harder to get guys to walk on than it was 10-15 years ago because of two things: college tuition inflation and the economy. College tuition inflation is considerably higher than average inflation. Heck, I was in college 15 years ago and tuition wasn't really that bad. A lot of the players that walked on then had scholarship offers to smaller schools, but were willing to pass on free college just for the opportunity to be a part of the Nebraska team. Today with expenses as they are, a lot of these same calibur of athletes have to go the free college route based strictly on economics. The one thing I don't agree with is that we don't have just as many good/great athletes as we had back in 97'. I'd venture to guess we have as many or more than back then considering what the populations of just Lincoln and Omaha have done over the past 15 years.

 

 

I agree with you.

 

 

By the way Coach Solich's Ohio Bobcats are playing for another MAC Championship this Saturday.

 

Coach Solich is getting a lot of those Nebraska kids that were looking at walking on at Nebraska to come to Ohio University.

 

 

 

He has also won the MAC East Championship 4 times.

 

Before Coach Solich got there Ohio had gone to 2 bowl games in their entire history: 1962 and 1968.

 

Since he has been there Ohio has gone to 3 bowl games and they have also qualified for their 4th bowl game.

 

Kids like to play for winners.

 

 

And ironically the more success Coach Solich has, the harder it is going to be to get those kids from Nebraska to walk-on, when they can get a scholarship from the Bobcats.

Any of them starting, or getting any real playing time? No. I'm not too worried about Solich's recruiting.

Oh calm down.

I'm only talking about walk-ons, not the top athletes in Nebraska.

Yeah, I mentioned in a previous post that since we only have one picture it's difficult to pin point an exact number.

My degree is in Exercise Science and Physiology.

I have have measured body fat levels many times with body fat calipers. And their is absolutely no way for you to have any idea what his body fat percentage is from a picture on the internet. LOL!

And for guys criticizing Austin Cassidy his body fat percentage is irrelevant to the fact that he was the starting safety for the University of Nebraska.

He was a BLACKSHIRT, which 99.9% of Nebraskans can't say they have or will ever accomplish in their lives.

Please, that has nothing to do with genetics. His body fat percentage is pretty damn high for a collegiate football player who plays Safety and is supposed to be one of the faster guys on the field.

 

What is his body fat percentage? Or are you just going by the eyeball test?

 

Probably mid to high teens.

 

"Probably?" You cannot be serious.

LOL!

Hilarious.

Please, that has nothing to do with genetics. His body fat percentage is pretty damn high for a collegiate football player who plays Safety and is supposed to be one of the faster guys on the field.

Wow what an ignorant comment. You guys criticizing a guy, who did nothing but give his heart and soul to Nebraska Football, should be ashamed of yourselves.

A little pudge in the lower abdomen is GENETICS. Which also has no reflection on what Austin's actual over-all body fat percentage might be.

And sometimes coaches do like a Safety to carry a little extra weight since a lot of times they have to come up and make tackles like a linebacker.

And he has also been timed at 4.54 seconds, in the 40, so it obviously hasn't affected his speed.

So his body fat percentage is IRRELEVANT to how he played the game.

I think it is harder to get guys to walk on than it was 10-15 years ago because of two things: college tuition inflation and the economy. College tuition inflation is considerably higher than average inflation. Heck, I was in college 15 years ago and tuition wasn't really that bad. A lot of the players that walked on then had scholarship offers to smaller schools, but were willing to pass on free college just for the opportunity to be a part of the Nebraska team. Today with expenses as they are, a lot of these same calibur of athletes have to go the free college route based strictly on economics. The one thing I don't agree with is that we don't have just as many good/great athletes as we had back in 97'. I'd venture to guess we have as many or more than back then considering what the populations of just Lincoln and Omaha have done over the past 15 years.

I agree with you.

By the way Coach Solich's Ohio Bobcats are playing for another MAC Championship this Saturday.

Coach Solich is getting a lot of those Nebraska kids that were looking at walking on at Nebraska to come to Ohio University.

He has also won the MAC East Championship 4 times.

Before Coach Solich got there Ohio had gone to 2 bowl games in their entire history: 1962 and 1968.

Since he has been there Ohio has gone to 3 bowl games and they have also qualified for their 4th bowl game.

Kids like to play for winners.

And ironically the more success Coach Solich has, the harder it is going to be to get those kids from Nebraska to walk-on, when they can get a scholarship from the Bobcats.

Cassidy is smarter than your average bear. Bo's defense isn't for dummies, and if you can't mentally grasp it, all the physical gifts in the world aren't going to make you great in it. So the coaches have a choice - do you play the guy who's just not getting it, but has all the physical skills, or do you play the brainiac who totally gets it, but is maybe a bit less of an athlete?

 

Before you answer that, remember that these are Cassidy's bona fides:

• First-Team Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American (2010)
  
• First-Team Capital One Academic All-District VII (2009, 2010)
  
• First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2009, 2010)
  
• Four-Time Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
  
• Four-Time Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
  

He was a Psych major at UNL and he graduated last May with a 3.9 GPA. He was a walk-on in 2007 and didn't earn his scholarship until 2010. Cassidy was a gold medalist as a Junior at Lincoln Southwest in the pole vault and qualified for 110- and 300-meter hurdles both his junior and senior years in high school.

 

 

Austin Cassidy is the kind of guy you'll likely see on Sundays in the NFL. He'll be carrying a clip board and wearing a mike and visor, but he's got the brains to be a coach - and when you have a field coach like that, sometimes his lesser physical skills can be overlooked.

 

That said, Cassidy led the team in interceptions this year (2, tied with Lavonte David) and had the only fumble recovery returned for a TD by the Blackshirts. Cassidy was fourth on the team in Total Tackles, ahead of Baker Steinkuhler and Camstache, Crick & Dennard (who both played partial seasons), and Andrew Green (who was 6th on the team, by the way).

 

Maybe in a year with stronger defenders across the board, Austin Cassidy doesn't play. But in this defense, he was definitely a major contributor. For all the times his athleticism wasn't what we wanted it to be, he was still a rock to what turned out to be a very green defense.

 

Maybe he doesn't look that great in a towel. But he's a Blackshirt. And he earned it.

Wow. What a fantastic post.

Your damn right he earned it.

I am going to add a quote from Teddy Roosevelt for all the haters:

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man

stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,

whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly,

who errs and comes up short again and again,

because there is no effort without error or shortcoming,

but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions,

who spends himself for a worthy cause; who,

at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement,

and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly,

so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

Teddy Roosevelt 1910

We need more guys like Harrison Beck???

 

I thought that was funny, also.

When Frost wrote this everyone was saying Harrison Beck was a 5 star stud recruit.

So much for what the recruiting analysts know.

I'd love it if we could get a lot of Nebraska kids on the field. If someone could point out where we've missed the next Ahman Green or Scott Frost, that would be great. Even the next Russ Hochstien or Eric Anderson. I don't remember them coming through the state.

I'm not sure about that, but the difference at Nebraska is we DEVELOPED those Nebraska kids.

Get them in the weight room, a proper nutrition program, get them at the training table, get them in the rotation practice and Nebraska developed them into CHAMPIONS.

Trev Alberts is a prime example. As a senior in high school Trev Alberts was only 220 pounds! Tom Osborne saw the potential in the kid where no one else did.

Here is Trev's story.

A Walk Down Recruiting Memory Lane: Trev Alberts

Couldn't pass up Nebraska opportunity

Feb. 7, 2007 By Trev Alberts

Special to CSTV.com

I really was not a highly recruited player at all. I grew up in northwest Iowa and didn't know a whole lot about the process. Nobody from my high school had gotten a scholarship to a school. It wasn't something I grew up dreaming of doing

My first experience with recruiting was my second game of my senior year. Former Ohio State coach Earle Bruce, who was then head coach at UNI, called my house. I was outside raking leaves, my mom answered the phone and he said he had watched me play a couple of games and wanted me to come play for him under scholarship.

I didn't know anything about it so I talked to my parents, talked to my high school football coach who was also my math teacher - we were a small school that only graduated about 60 students per class. There wasn't a real heavy emphasis on sports - But we put together a recruiting tape after that thinking there may be others interested.

I had had a little contact with Iowa and Iowa State. Then Iowa State offered me a scholarship and Minnesota offered me a scholarship. But Iowa was sort of being hesitant. I think they were sort of hoping to convince me to walk-on.

Then my high school principal, who was a huge Nebraska fan, cut out an article of me and sent a letter to Dave Gillespie, the recruiting coordinator at Nebraska, and said, "You might want to think about looking at this kid." Gillespie then called my high school coach and asked for a film. We sent tape of a couple of games and it was a week later when I was in accounting class and my high school coach came in and said, "You're not going to believe it. Nebraska called!"

About a week later, John Melton, the former inside linebacker coach there, was at my door and was there to offer me a scholarship to play football at Nebraska. It was a fast deal. I think Nebraska probably lost out on some bigger names, bigger recruits than I was.

At that point, Iowa realized Nebraska was serious about me, and they quickly offered me a scholarship. That didn't sit real well with me. It was really hard and I had initially committed to Iowa, specifically, verbally committed to Dan McCarney.

Then my dad said, "I would understand completely if you would like to take a trip to Nebraska. Of course we know you're not going to go there. But just go see what they got."

We went to Nebraska and we were literally stunned at what we saw in terms of the facilities. I remember being in the old Fleetwood Cadillac, heading down Interstate 80 East and saw everything Nebraska had to offer and knew that was the place I wanted to go. I knew I was going to disappoint my family and the Iowa coaches.

But my dad broke the ice and said "Look Trev, of course me and mom would like to see you in Iowa City."

And I had grown up a huge Iowa fan, but he said, "If you choose to go to Nebraska, we would understand why."

I was just so impressed with Coach Tom Osborne and his philosophies. Football was always down on the list. He talked about developing the whole man, about developing you spiritually, socially and academically. Really the athletic part was at the end. His feeling was if you had a kid who had his academic life, spiritual life and social life in order, the athletic part would just naturally follow.

Unlike other coaches who promise playing time and that you'll start, he never promised me anything. He promised me the opportunity to compete. And I really appreciated that. If you're good enough, you'll play as a freshman. If you're not good enough as a senior, you're not going to play. I really liked that. There were no false pretenses. It was real simple.

I had made up my mind that I was going to Nebraska and I called Coach McCarney and broke the news and he was not real pleased. But he understood. He was classy. He understood the opportunity. Iowa was still building its program at the time.

I didn't know much about Nebraska football. I didn't know anything about the history. I could have named every player at Iowa through the 80s. I knew every one of them. I didn't know much about tradition at Nebraska, but I knew about the Oklahoma games, I knew they set the standard, at that time, for winning and doing it the right way. They had the most academic All-Americans. They took their academics seriously first, then took their football seriously.

There was a passion, a devotion and a demand of excellence there that was just remarkable. I could just feel it when I walked around. I was humbled with the opportunity to get to go and play.

UNI, which was Division I-AA (now the FCS), Minnesota, Iowa and Iowa State were all after me and then there was Nebraska. Nebraska was clearly the cream of the crop. And I was honestly a little bit stunned when they offered me a scholarship. I was up for a challenge and I remember leaving and my dad said, "Don't fail. Don't come home because you got kicked out of school either because you flunked out or got in trouble."

I am all for walk-ons and I understand the "pride", but lets face it, that 97' team prolly won't happen for another 30 years having that many starters on offense from Nebraska. He didn't mention that we had a VERY GOOD defense and all of them WEREN'T from Nebraska.

 

Another thing, Tom Osborne is one of the greatest college coaches of all time.

I don't think Frost or anybody is saying we need that many Nebraska kids to succeed. His point, more or less, is that doing things a certain way with certain players worked beautifully for Nebraska. As far as the defense goes, this is the one side of the ball where we need to recruit talent that I don't think is available in Nebraska. You can get away with a couple of playmakers and a great offensive line, but you need a great defense to compete nationally.

 

Honestly, I think more than anything you can attribute Nebraska's success in football to the great lines they had, both offense and defense. If you can produce excellent line play on both sides of the ball, everything else is much less difficult to manage.

Well said.

I agree.

I am all for walk-ons and I understand the "pride", but lets face it, that 97' team prolly won't happen for another 30 years having that many starters on offense from Nebraska. He didn't mention that we had a VERY GOOD defense and all of them WEREN'T from Nebraska.

 

Another thing, Tom Osborne is one of the greatest college coaches of all time.

I think that goes without saying.

However, Scott did say, "I’m all for going to California and Florida to recruit great players."