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    Nebraska 14 point favorites over Western Michigan

    in Husker Football

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    Last year, Mizzou and WV whipped these guys, and were good teams. Indiana and Iowa beat them by a little, and they were only mediocre teams. (7-5/7-6)

    We got whipped by Mizzou also. W. Michigan beat Iowa last year (28-19).

     

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    Western Michigan is returning 7 starters on the offense*, 10 starters on defense, and no K/P. Nebraska is returning 5 starters on offense, 6 starters on defense, and 2 K/P. (* Denotes starting QB returning)

     

    Last year there were 9 teams in the NCAA that had 18 or more returning starters and 7 of the 9 improved their record from 2006. Making the list were teams like Virginia which went from 5-7 to 9-3 and Florida Atlantic which went from 5-7 to Sun Belt Champs. Teams with 17 returning starters included Central Florida which went from 4-8 to CUSA Champs and Illinois which went from 2-10 to the Rose Bowl.

     

    There were 33 teams last year that had 12 or fewer returning starters and of the 33 only 8 managed to improve their record. Some of the less experienced teams that really dropped last year included Notre Dame which had just 9 returning starters and went from the Sugar Bowl to 3-9! Nebraska went from 9-4 to 5-7 with just 11 returning starters and Northern Illinois with 12 returning starters went from 7-6 to 2-10.

     

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    Best Offensive Player: Senior WR Jamarko Simmons. If he's not the biggest wide receiver in the country, then someone else is calling a tight end a wideout. The 6-2, 234-pound Simmons might be built a bit like a fullback, but he has good speed, nice hands, and a nasty competitive streak, for good and bad. He started out last season as the nation's hottest receiver with 38 catches in his first three games and finished with 84 grabs for 980 yards and six touchdowns. He'll be an All-MAC star and Hiller's favorite target once again

     

    Best Defensive Player: Senior CB Londen Fryar. The son of former NFL star Irving Fryar has developed into a premier MAC cover-corner and top pro prospect. A good tackler with excellent speed, the 5-11, 192-pound senior got better in coverage last year with 16 broken up passes. (Another 2nd generation Husker alumn. Did we recruit this guy?)

     

    The defense should be a killer. Even though it wasn't the jailbreak pass rushing group of 2006, when Ameer Ismail was hitting every quarterback that moved, the D still put up decent numbers in the backfield and did a good job against the pass. The run defense needs to be a little bit more stout, and it should be.

     

    The offense will keep pace with everyone through the air, and it has a good back in Brandon West to work with. There's no reason Tim Hiller and the passing attack can't put up 300 yards or more on anyone other than the top secondaries with Jamarko Simmons, Schneider Julien, and TE Branden Ledbetter as dangerous as any trio in the MAC.

     

    2007 Schedule

    CFN Prediction: 6-6

    2007 Record: 5-7

     

    Sept. 1 at W Virginia L 62-24

    Sept. 8 Indiana L 37-27

    Sept. 15 at Missouri L 52-24

    Sept. 22 Cent Conn. St W 51-14

    Sept. 29 at Toledo W 42-28

    Oct. 6 Akron L 39-38

    Oct. 13 at No Illinois W 17-13

    Oct. 20 Ball State L 27-23

    Oct. 27 at Eastern Mich L 19-2

    Nov. 6 Central Mich L 34-31

    Nov. 17 at Iowa W 28-19

    Nov. 24 Temple W 16-3

     

    This game could be tougher than at first glance.... <_<

     

     

    I dont see how this schedule helps your argument of a tough game. Number of returning starters doesn't matter either. Duke returned 22 starters a couple of years ago and went 1-10. They are a middle of the pack MAC team and their two "good" games were against middle of the pack Big 10 teams.

    SIGNED: QB Cody Green

    in 2009 Profiles

    Posted

    This guy looks pretty awesome on rivals.com videos, like a cross between Jamarcus Russell and Pat White. Big Time looking player. Has NE and aTm only in the 'high interest' category, so looks like we have a legit shot. :woo

    Ummm, thanks for the news!

    Reminds me a lot of turner gill

    Big XII Tourney

    in Other Husker Sports

    Posted

    Get it done.

    I agree with you. I wonder how Anderson is going to start his pitchers. Does anyone know if he has said starters for the next 3 games? Or has he decied yet?

     

    I believe Jennings is pitching tonight. Other than that it's all up in the air. I'd assume he'd use weber against Kansas St. and use Dorn against Oklahoma st. then assuming we get that far that would leave pribanic for the big 12 championship game

    Former C Jeff Lanning

    in Husker Football

    Posted

    Here's the line on former NU catcher Jeff Lanning who is currently at regional-bound U. of New Orleans. Kinda let one go there...

     

    Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH

     

    33 Lanning, Jeff. .414 46-46 169 52 70 9 0 12 44 115 .680 24 5 36 0 .495 2 0

    Softball dropping fast

    in Husker Baseball

    Posted

    Rhonda takes no responsibility for how this team is doing. All she offers is the excuse that the team is young. Many many young teams play with passion and win. Ours does not.

     

    It isn’t just this year, the softball team has been going down hill since Peaches graduated. Peaches carried Rhonda.

     

    Rhonda runs the team like a business where only her strange form of passion is allowed. It doesn’t connect well with the players.

     

    Advice to Rhonda…quit talking negatively to so many of your players about other players. They all know you do it and they don’t like it. Under pressure, you make more errors than any of your players do on the field.

     

    Thats cause Peaches came from the best high school in the state. PL baby!

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