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Leuken wasn't even projected on our two deep and crawford sucks. Try again. wasn't he the only freshman to ever get major snaps on the kansas line? pretty much. him and crawford got into some kinda something, luekin got thrown from the hood of crawfords car (rumors) and cracked his head open. he left for medical reasons and crawford was shown the door. To bad too as I thought Luekin was going to be a good OL.

Our two best OL will be lining up against Suh. They got way better as the season went on last year and it showed in our running game. Over the final 7 games sharp was averaging 5 yrds a carry. Hawkinson is going to be a really good LT from what they are saying. Don't you guys have a pretty young OL this year? Let's say you hold KU to 35 again this year. With what you are missing on O how do you score more than that? Great points Jayhawker, but they don't want to hear that. They don't want to hear that even though Reesing was running for his life against them last year, he still threw for 304 yds and 3 TD's. So with that said, one can only assume that KU will score at least 35-40 points on Nebraska. How can Nebraska top that with a new QB and little experience at receiver? You can't run the ball everytime and expect to score 40 plus. You're not the Nebraska of the 90's. i think they realize it's not the nebraska of the 90's. Their right side of their OL will be their weekness and with the improvement of KU's DL, they were good against the run last year, we should be able to keep them from scoring on every series. My prediction 42 - 24 KU. From reports I've seen it appears KU's OL will be a bigger weakness. Plus replacing all your LBs, a still suspect secondary and switching defensive formations. Gives me the conclusion that our Huskers will return to the the Big-XII championship game. the reports i've seen and linked says the OL will not be as bad as last years. Your replacing your QB, and your top WR's plus your entire right side of your OL. You are losing 14 tds from your O. The D switch is going to help out our weakness at LB and the LB's this year are bigger and faster than the three we lost. Apparently you have never heard of Stuckey? With your suspect LB's and DB's I come to the conclusion that KU will play in it's first B12 title game. And that post is what I consider to be "drunk on Kool-Aid" response. Yeah I've heard of Stuckey, but who else have you got?................Anybody?................... But I digress, we'll just have to wait for that Saturday in November to see what's what. funny that kool-aid was invented in nebraska.

Our two best OL will be lining up against Suh. They got way better as the season went on last year and it showed in our running game. Over the final 7 games sharp was averaging 5 yrds a carry. Hawkinson is going to be a really good LT from what they are saying. Don't you guys have a pretty young OL this year? Let's say you hold KU to 35 again this year. With what you are missing on O how do you score more than that? Great points Jayhawker, but they don't want to hear that. They don't want to hear that even though Reesing was running for his life against them last year, he still threw for 304 yds and 3 TD's. So with that said, one can only assume that KU will score at least 35-40 points on Nebraska. How can Nebraska top that with a new QB and little experience at receiver? You can't run the ball everytime and expect to score 40 plus. You're not the Nebraska of the 90's. i think they realize it's not the nebraska of the 90's. Their right side of their OL will be their weekness and with the improvement of KU's DL, they were good against the run last year, we should be able to keep them from scoring on every series. My prediction 42 - 24 KU. From reports I've seen it appears KU's OL will be a bigger weakness. Plus replacing all your LBs, a still suspect secondary and switching defensive formations. Gives me the conclusion that our Huskers will return to the the Big-XII championship game. the reports i've seen and linked says the OL will not be as bad as last years. Your replacing your QB, and your top WR's plus your entire right side of your OL. You are losing 14 tds from your O. The D switch is going to help out our weakness at LB and the LB's this year are bigger and faster than the three we lost. Apparently you have never heard of Stuckey? With your suspect LB's and DB's I come to the conclusion that KU will play in it's first B12 title game.

for all intents and purpose, you did not beat TT. UNL was expected to win the north in 07 and they crumbled so I could say the same about nebraska. I agree with the odds but we held our own against OU but just couldn't stop them in the 4thQ. I would say if you are going to look at last year we should be able to beat OU this year. Interesting stat last year for you Nebraska against 4 toughest opponents. VT, Mu, OU, TT 0-4 outscored 186 - 106 KU against 4 toughest opponents. MU, OU, TT, Tex 1-3 outscored 180 - 99 These two teams are so similar coming into this year that I just don't see how one is a clear cut above the other. Nebraska against 4 toughest opponents. VT, Mu, OU, TT games number 4,5,6 and 9 (with the 9th being the 2nd best team in the country and the only one of the four played after October... with a new coaching staff and a whole new defensive system to learn) KU against 4 toughest opponents. MU, OU, TT, Tex games number 7,8,11 and 12 (with the one win being the last game of the season against a team that had been imploding since mid season... with virtually the same staff and system they've had their entire careers) So Nebraska played almost all of their four toughest opponents before Kansas played their first, while at the same time learning a brand new defense and adjusting to a brand new coaching staff and yet gave up just 10 more points per game with one more loss? Pretty sure that puts Nebraska clearly a cut above Kansas, thanks though. actually we played a ranked USF in our 3 or 4th game of the year. I just put the 4 toughest. you guys faced 3 ranked teams (ranked at the time you played) last year while KU played 5 and unl was just one game ahead of KU. for some reason you think KU had a terrible season last year while unl was outstanding. 1-4 against ranked teams compared to 0-3 for unl. you had 1 loss to an unranked team while KU didn't lose to anyone outside the top 25

and there is the fact that KU has not lost to a North team at home since Colorado did it in 2004

for all intents and purpose, you did not beat TT. UNL was expected to win the north in 07 and they crumbled so I could say the same about nebraska. I agree with the odds but we held our own against OU but just couldn't stop them in the 4thQ. I would say if you are going to look at last year we should be able to beat OU this year. Interesting stat last year for you Nebraska against 4 toughest opponents. VT, Mu, OU, TT 0-4 outscored 186 - 106 KU against 4 toughest opponents. MU, OU, TT, Tex 1-3 outscored 180 - 99 These two teams are so similar coming into this year that I just don't see how one is a clear cut above the other.

Thought I would take the OL meter a bit further to the coaches Poll top 10 Florida 51 Tex 91 OU 29 USC 91 Alabama 50 Ohio St 62 VT 100 Penn 39 LSU 79 Miss 68 VT should be NC after this season. ND also has 100

i'm waiting for huskerjen to post. she usually has some great knowledge to drop on my head.

repost sorry

Glad you brought that up Jayhawker. Does everyone on this board remember how much time Bradford had to throw last year??? I saw a stat that said he had an average of 6-8 seconds in the pocket and he usually waited until at least the 5-6 second mark to throw the ball! There was really only 1 game where he had to scramble for his life and that was against Florida, and we all know the result of that game!!! This could be a glaring weakness for OU if Bradford proves to not be able to take the heat. Heck, I could find open receivers with 7 seconds to throw!! imagine if Reesing had 7 seconds.

wow, according to the OL experience meter. OU is going to suck this year. OU 29 starts KU 26 starts For the rest of the B12 Tex 91 OSU 86 Baylor 66 ISU 61 UNL 61 KSU 57 Mu 56 aTm 56 TT 52 CU 48

i am not saying you will be bad. i am just talking some football. I see your weakness and your see ours. we don't want to admit ours just the same as most of you do not want to admit yours. Ku could underachieve this year but so could your club. nobody knows at this moment. One thing that can't be denied is that your last 2 trips in lawrence have resulted in blowouts and that should worry you. Your record against ranked opponents over the last 6 years is not good and KU has a good chance of being ranked when that game happens. I'm calling an upset win over OU and a win over TT. If that does happen, that puts a ton of pressure on UNL. I think this is going to be a fun year for both of our clubs. Like I said i'm just here to talk some football and poke some fun your way a bit and i expect it in return. I do believe our OL and DL is going to be better than outsiders believe and that comes from what the coaches are saying this year compared to last year at this time. WOW. You're more optimistic than I am Jayhawker. Until proven otherwise, I have KU losing to all 3 South teams, but sweeping the North. For some reason MM can't figure out how to beat Texas tech. We've come really close in the past, but can't seem to get over the hump. I don't like the fact that we have to play the game in Lubbock this year. I really like the fact that we're switching to a 4-2-5 defense. I think that will help slow down OU, Texas and TT. We're not going to know how good we are until after the 4th game of the season. I think it takes 4 games to evaluate a team. Here's to hoping we go 4-0 in the non con this year. Southern Miss. is better than what Cy is giving them credit for. They have had a winning record the last 4 years, with bowl trip and a bowl win last year to back it up. That game isn't an automatic win for our Hawks. But I think we handle them in Lawrence. i was even optimistic during the Allan years. lol. i believe your "until proven otherwise" happens this year. We have more talent on the field than we've EVER had, Reesing and Meier will be seniors and you can bet they are going to be playing like it's their last.

Our two best OL will be lining up against Suh. They got way better as the season went on last year and it showed in our running game. Over the final 7 games sharp was averaging 5 yrds a carry. Hawkinson is going to be a really good LT from what they are saying. Don't you guys have a pretty young OL this year? Let's say you hold KU to 35 again this year. With what you are missing on O how do you score more than that? Great points Jayhawker, but they don't want to hear that. They don't want to hear that even though Reesing was running for his life against them last year, he still threw for 304 yds and 3 TD's. So with that said, one can only assume that KU will score at least 35-40 points on Nebraska. How can Nebraska top that with a new QB and little experience at receiver? You can't run the ball everytime and expect to score 40 plus. You're not the Nebraska of the 90's. i think they realize it's not the nebraska of the 90's. Their right side of their OL will be their weekness and with the improvement of KU's DL, they were good against the run last year, we should be able to keep them from scoring on every series. My prediction 42 - 24 KU.

Our two best OL will be lining up against Suh. They got way better as the season went on last year and it showed in our running game. Over the final 7 games sharp was averaging 5 yrds a carry. Hawkinson is going to be a really good LT from what they are saying. Don't you guys have a pretty young OL this year? Let's say you hold KU to 35 again this year. With what you are missing on O how do you score more than that?

i am not saying you will be bad. i am just talking some football. I see your weakness and your see ours. we don't want to admit ours just the same as most of you do not want to admit yours. Ku could underachieve this year but so could your club. nobody knows at this moment. One thing that can't be denied is that your last 2 trips in lawrence have resulted in blowouts and that should worry you. Your record against ranked opponents over the last 6 years is not good and KU has a good chance of being ranked when that game happens. I'm calling an upset win over OU and a win over TT. If that does happen, that puts a ton of pressure on UNL. I think this is going to be a fun year for both of our clubs. Like I said i'm just here to talk some football and poke some fun your way a bit and i expect it in return. I do believe our OL and DL is going to be better than outsiders believe and that comes from what the coaches are saying this year compared to last year at this time.

Here's the link. Turns out it wasn't that hard to find. LINK You were active in that conversation both before and after I asked. It's possible you missed it, but I'm sure you're not missing it this time. Thanks. edited. i am pissy today for some reason go back to the kansas board. we worked through our issues yesterday. don't need your input. thanks.

to be fair, some think that Lee is as good as Reesing. Which he could be, but without the WR's

and let's not forget that unl is going to be 50/50 against CU and MU this year also.

Is this the same Athlon that all you KU fans mocked and called a joke cause you weren't in the top 25? i don't recall calling athlon a joke. i really could care less about being in the preseason top 25. we didn't do much to prove we belong last season so i'm cool with it.

why do you think NU beats TT but ku has no chance against them?

if only coaches could play, we would have the biggest OL you ever saw.

I don't buy that. They will have more experience than they did at the beginning obviously, but I don't think it's going to help against our biggest strength, the D-line. A young and inexperienced O-line is very crippling. No matter how well they develop by November I don't see them being able to contain Suh as well as the other guys who apparently have stepped up quite a bit. Who cares if you buy it or not. It's the truth. NU falls to KU this year. No way you come into Lawrence and win. You haven't done it since 2003. What makes you so confident that Nebraska can do it this year? Just like you said there was no way KU would lose in Lincoln last year? i had a bad feeling last year, didn't even watch the game, just listened to it with my freaking father-in-law. he still won't let me live it down. I went. I thought we would win, but I was by no means sure of it. Better luck this year I guess. i wanted to go but was moving to a different town that day so I just listened to it on the radio. i could hear my husker family yelling from inside my house. thought about burning it down but then realized that was my stuff in there.

from athlon: Offensive linemen Even with the loss of three starters, there doesn’t appear to be much concern in Lawrence about the Jayhawks’ trench warriors. Jeremiah Hatch, a tackle last season, should be one of the league’s best centers in 2009. Right tackle Jeff Spikes, a 6'6", 314-pound sophomore, is one of the Big 12’s top young linemen. He struggled a bit early last fall but worked out the kinks by the end of his freshman season. Kansas is incredibly inexperienced at the other three positions. Not only is left tackle Tanner Hawkinson a redshirt freshman, but the former tight end is playing the position for the first time. Left guard John Williams is a redshirt freshman, and junior right guard Sal Capra is a first-year starter.

I don't buy that. They will have more experience than they did at the beginning obviously, but I don't think it's going to help against our biggest strength, the D-line. A young and inexperienced O-line is very crippling. No matter how well they develop by November I don't see them being able to contain Suh as well as the other guys who apparently have stepped up quite a bit. Who cares if you buy it or not. It's the truth. NU falls to KU this year. No way you come into Lawrence and win. You haven't done it since 2003. What makes you so confident that Nebraska can do it this year? Just like you said there was no way KU would lose in Lincoln last year? i had a bad feeling last year, didn't even watch the game, just listened to it with my freaking father-in-law. he still won't let me live it down.

I think we'll find, the longer we interact, that we think a lot alike. And we both get grumpy. Aside from our differences in teams, I appreciate your input. You're intelligent and often funny. Bygones. sounds good. i felt bad for snapping as i truly do like interacting with husker fans.