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the bigger problem with him, moreso than his height is his weight. You can be a 5-9 corner, which he is. At least he's listed as that, but you need to be carrying about 185 lbs. he's 15 lbs lighter than that.

I hope he understands that we have 4 linebackers graduating. The likelihood of him coming in and starting as a freshman would be greatly increased because of this.

he's the best LB prospect to come through since Rey Maualuga.

March Madness in Nebraska IS Spring Football.

I hope you don't think I am an anti-Grixby type of person here. i am not. I think teams need more guys like Grixby. I think he is te defensive captain this upcoming season without question. he exudes leadership and has dealt with almost everything. I am just saying that I think he'll be our nickelback and not one of te two starters. However, where I do see him being listed at #1 on the depth chart is at PR. He's a shifty little snot, making him tough on punt returns.

This is with full respect to Grix, but I just don't see A Murillo letting JD Booty and D Jarrett convert on 3rd and 18 on him. Don't get me wrong, Grixby shouldn't even have had to cover Jarrett in the first place, which is why I believe he makes a great nickel. Murillo will be a blackshirt next year.

"Billy C" was Joe Dailey's "term of endearment" for Coach Callahan. I thought it was hilarious. I named my puppy dog Billy C as a result of it.

Spring ball will give Armando a huge advantage for the fall. I guess I don't think he'll start for the opener against Nevada, but he'll be on the field more than Grixby against SC and that's really when we find out who our #1s are. I think he'll dethrone Grixby, a 3 year starter, because he's a better CB. He may take a few weeks to get up to speed, this is where spring ball is huge, but he'll be our guy by the SC game. Like I said above, that's a fact. In reality I am actually Coach Billy C.

"What makes you think Murillo will immediately take over for a 3 year starter?"

 

 

Spring ball

it's about time the kids from Michigan started committing there.

I am almost certain there is no official list. The only information you'll get will be hearing reports of people being there. You can probably count on midwest recruits coming, but not guys from CA, and places far away...although that is not always the case (Meno) but a pretty good rule of thumb.

Blake Lawrence will be a WILL his whole career. he does not have the bigger bone structure to play inside. In fact his smaller frame is the reason it took us so long to offer in the first place.

 

Don't give me the McKeon is small too stuff. Lawrence doesn't have McKeon's frame.

I know that the head coach of the New Mexico Military Institute has seen him play and said he's got as much talent as any corner he's seen.

 

Do you know any corners that have gone through the New Mexico Military Institute?

He's probably counting a HS graduate of 2006 Aaron Schulte, who took a greyshirt, so he will not be a member of the team until Christmas and he'll have eligibility as though he is a 2008 graduate.

BigWillie, I've got no idea. I just saw his name on the roster as OL. I figured he was too short for OT, so I made him a guard. He's a total mystery in my book. If you're sure he's a DT, I'll make the switch, but otherwise I'm sticking with huskers.com roster.

I get frustrated when I hear that Grixby sucks. This is simply not true. Grixby getting picked on is a result of bad matchups. Grixby simply cannot matchup with the likes of Dwayne Jarrett, Todd Blythe, Limas Sweed, Adarius Bowman and Malcolm Kelly. All of these WRs are 6-4 200+ lbs. Whereas Grixby is a 5-8+ 170 lbs. he gets poor matchups. If Grixby covers the smaller receiver he'll be solid. This is why I have pegged him to be my nickel corner. I think he'll be on those smaller slot receivers like white on rice.

Murillo is in for spring ball.

"Good stuff Bob, but Q was not a walk-on."

 

haha, I knew that. Brain fart!

Major Culbert is a defensive player that is only playing running back this spring in case we get into a pinch and we need someone at running back. The idea is that we could put him in at running back because he will have gotten some reps and know the offense. Come fall training camp, he should be put back on defense. There is speculation as to where he's going to be on defense, LB or Safety, hence why he's at both spots.

 

As far as the 2nd string SAM backer, it's kinda hairy there. Recently the LJS said that "Ruud will replace departed senior Stewart Bradley, leaving seniors Steve Octavien and Lance Brandenburgh to battle for the starting job at the weakside position." So I suppose that Brandenburgh is no longer on that SAM side. So, who's going to be the backup? It's a little tough to pick. I made the prediction that Kadavy will be the 2 guy. He's been here for what seems like forever, and it's kind of by default. Who else are you going to put there? True freshman or a walkon redshirt freshman? I suspect that if we really got in a pinch we'd probably put Brandenburgh back over there, but who's to say.

 

Titus Brothers: Generally true freshman corners have a tough time adjusting to the speed of Bowl division calibre speed. Thenarse gave an interview during the bowl practices last year where he said his technique was improving, but he was just getting beat. Ralph Brown, Fabian Washington and Cortney Grixby all got picked on and burned their freshman years. Generally I don't expect freshman to come in and make an impact, if it happens, it's a bonus.

this is final.

 

I'm actually Bill Callahan.

- Players in italics are unavailable for spring practice, whether it be because of injury, or because they haven't enrolled yet.

 

- Players marked with a (W) are walkons or former walkons.

 

- Let me know of any inaccuracies and I will be sure to change them.

 

2007 Depth Chart

QB

Sam Keller

Joe Ganz

Zach Lee

Patrick Witt

Beau Davis

 

RB

Marlon Lucky

Cody Glenn (day to day)

Kenny Wilson

Marcus Mendoza

Major Culbert

Quentin Castille

Roy Helu

Matt May (W)

Lance Thorell (W)

 

H-Back

J.B. Phillips

Matt Senske (W)

Thomas Lawson (W)

Paul Farino (W)

Justin Makovicka (W)

Colton Koehler (W)

Kevin Thompsen (W)

Mike Hays (W)

 

WR

Maurice Purify

Terrence Nunn

Nate Swift

Frantz Hardy

Menelik Holt

Will Henry

Todd Peterson (W)

Niles Paul

Chris Brooks

Dan Erickson (W)

Wes Cammack (W)

Prince Amukamara

Eric Hagg

Curenski Gilleylen

Patrick Kitzul (W)

Xavier Rucker (W)

Keith Graham (W)

Matt Donahue (W)

Ben Lester (W)

 

TE

Josh Mueller

Hunter Teafatiller (W)

Mike McNeil

Sean Hill (W)

Dreu Young (W)

Andy Sand (W)

Ben Tasa (W)

Dan Glassman (W)

Ryan Hill

 

LT

Carl Nicks

Mike Smith

Jacob Hickman

Victory Haines

Marcel Jones

Aaron Schulte (W)

Mike Masin (W)

 

LG

Andy Christensen

Jacob Hickman

Cruz Barrett

Jordan Picou

Cory Iske (W)

 

C

Brett Byford

Victory Haines

Andy Christensen

Mike Caputo (W)

 

RG

Matt Slauson

Mike Huff

Keith Williams

Jacob Hickman

Jaivorio Burkes

Dennis Bergland (W)

 

RT

Lydon Murtha

Matt Slauson

D.J. Jones

Victory Haines

 

Base End

Zach Potter

Ty Steinkuhler

Joseph Townsend

Pierre Allen

Kevin Luhrs (W)

Jared Crick

Andy Poulosky (W)

 

NT

Brandon Johnson

Shukree Barfield

Craig Roark

Demetrious Davis

Taylor Escamilla (W)

 

DT

Ndamukong Suh

Ty Steinkuhler

Kevin Dixon

Seth Jensen

Ben Martin

Terrence Moore

Zach Jepson (W)

Ben Franzluebbers (W)

 

Open End

Barry Turner

Clayton Sievers

David Harvey

Will Yancy

Thomas Rice (W)

Tony Sullivan (W)

Luke Lingenfelter (W)

 

SAM

Bo Ruud

Lance Brandenburgh

Kyle Moore (W)

Austin Stafford

Tyler Wortman (W)

Andy McNeil (W)

 

MIKE

Corey McKeon

Phillip Dillard

Nick Covey

 

WILL

Steve Octavien

Lance Brandenburgh

Major Culbert

Blake Lawrence

Thomas Grove(W)

Jeff Hayre (W)

 

SCB

Zack Bowman

Andre Jones

 

WCB

Armando Murillo

Cortney Grixby (Nickel)

Titus Brothers

Corey Young

Shawn Sullivan

Anthony Blue

Ryan Ford (W)

Matt O’Hanlon (W)

 

FS

Tierre Green

Brian Wilson

Titus Brothers

Anthony West

Adam Watson (W)

Austin Cassidy (W)

Matt May (W)

Lance Thorell (W)

 

SS

Larry Asante

Rickey Thenarse

Major Culbert

Ben Eisenhart (W)

LaTravis Washington

 

K

Alex Henery (W)

Adi Kunalic

Daniel Lee (W)

Jake Wesch (W)

Zach Egger (W)

 

P

Dan Titchener (W)

Michael Such (W)

Tyler Kester (W)

 

LS

T.J. O’Leary (W)

Nate McBride (W)

Brian Benzel (W)

Robbie McEwen (W)

Justin Baumgartner (W)

Mike Caputo (W)

Is there any reason at all why D Todd isn't on any radars? Is he not fast enough, is he not tall enough? what's the deal there?

I think Barry Turner is the best athlete on the team. I wouldn't care if they lined him up at TE, RB, Safety, WR or LB.

Senior Bo Ruud's switch from weakside linebacker to strongside linebacker highlighted a rundown of position changes supplied Tuesday by Nebraska coach Bill Callahan.

 

Ruud will replace departed senior Stewart Bradley, leaving seniors Steve Octavien and Lance Brandenburgh to battle for the starting job at the weakside position.

 

"That will be an outstanding position for Bo, (because of) the way we're playing coverage and what we're asking the SAM to do in coverage. Also, in terms of his blitzing, that'll be an ideal spot for Bo," Callahan said.

 

In addition, junior Clayton Sievers will move from strongside linebacker to the "open" defensive end position, where he will compete for playing time come August with classmate Barry Turner. Turner will be sidelined for all of spring practice with a shoulder injury.

 

"I think Clayton will find a home there," Callahan said.

 

Other players on the move:

 

-- Redshirt freshman Pierre Allen, from "open" end to "base" end, where he will compete for playing time with junior Zach Potter. The 6-foot-5 Allen, listed at 225 pounds last season, weighed 266 last week, Callahan said.

 

-- Major Culbert, from safety to I-back (he practiced at I-back during Cotton Bowl preparation). "He was impressive," Callahan said, adding, "We still feel he's a defensive player, and he'll make a contribution on defense. We're not going to lose that side in terms of his progress.

 

"This just puts him in position to help us at the running back position in an emergency situation . . . However, I'm not saying he couldn't contribute (at I-back), because he certainly can."

 

Also:

 

-- Tierre Green, from strong safety to free safety; Rickey Thenarse, from cornerback to strong safety; Anthony West, from corner to free safety; Mike Smith, from defensive end to offensive left tackle; Matt Slauson, from right tackle to right guard; Jordan Picou, from defensive line to center/left guard.

OU is having a very good start to their recruiting efforts in 2008. They are doing some fantastic things there.

 

god i hate stoops.