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NU's equipment managers take the game used jerseys and wash them for the next game, why would Suh have his after the game?
I don't know if this is still the practice, but NU's equipment managers used to hold the players jerseys until after they graduated, then gave them to the players.
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It was a balanced offense, to be fair, take the 26 sacks out of rushing attempts and make them passing attempts.
Runs
512-26= 486
Passes
476+26= 502
So in reality the passed it a bit more than they ran, but still very balanced.
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Disturbing news leaking out today about there being 1,500 people in Joplin who have not been accounted for. Many of them have surely left town, and the communications systems is basically non-existent, but it's quite possible that there may actually be 500-1000 dead.
The official list of known missing came out today at 232, but several of those have been accounted for today.
The worst thing I heard is what the makeshift morgue is going through, they have to wait to release bodies until they have DNA or dental evidence. They had a mom that positively identified her dead child visually, but then DNA proved it wasn't her child.
My brother just got word that he's being dispatched to handle auto claims over the next 3 weeks (he lives in Lincoln).
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You're confusing feeling vs actions.
An example, I feel like I have to go to the bathroom, I have a choice to not go to the bathroom, to go on the floor where I am, or find a restroom.
As far as the second part, I don't really know what to say to that other than, super.
I don't think that I'm the one confused on the subject. Choosing to hold it doesn't change the fact that you have to pee. That Hetero Joe didn't act on the fact that he is straight until he happened to get lucky one day doesn't make him any less straight during his years of abstinence. Harry the Homo is just as homosexual whether or not he chooses to avail himself of an opportunity to get his gay sex on. Just as with straight romantic relationships, there's more to being gay than the gay sex.
Feelings and actions are different.
People think about killing others, the ones that do it are murderers, the ones that don't, aren't.
People think about taking advantage of really drunk or passed out women, the ones that do it are rapists, the ones that don't aren't.
To be clear, I am not trying to equate those things with sexual orientation, just pointing out that there is a difference between feelings and actions.
For some people, those internal feelings never change about their orientation, I have posted a CDC study that showed between the ages of 18-44, 87% of people who have had same-sex experiences have also had opposite-sex experiences. Greater than 5 of 6 people that identified themselves as "gay" had gone one way or the other. That to me sounds like they are choosing, and changing their minds. How else can you explain it?
I've known a girl for going on 13 years now, she was straight in high school, during the college years she "found" herself and was gay, by time she was 26 she changed her mind back and is now married to a guy and has 2 kids.
That's just one example, but I promise you it's far more common than one side would want you to beleive.
But to be VERY clear, I do not think the government should tolerate discrimination based on sexual orientation even if I disagree with it. I do however think that it would be wrong and unconstitutional to force churches to perform or recognize same-sex unions.
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I think it's a very clear point that acting on ones instincts is a choice, plain and simple. Therefore living ANY lifestyle is a choice on the most fundamental levels. You may not be able to control how you feel, but you can control how you act.
Not saying anything other than living that lifestyle (or any lifestyle for that matter) is a choice, and every choice has its benefits and issues associated with it.
Being gay is no worse than lying, cheating, stealing or other things that are in the bible from a Christian viewpoint. If Christians spent as much time showing love and compassion to people that they feel are sinners rather than trying to legislate our moral compasses, we would accomplish a heck of a lot more and probably be disliked a heck of a lot less.
So for the first x number of years of your life before you popped your cherry, you weren't straight, right? You only became straight when you chose to dip your wick in some lady business, right?
Also, and this isn't directed at you, jliehr, but at anyone hiding behind their religion on the matter: What a person's preferred book of fairy tales says on the subject should be irrelevant to a decision of public policy. We don't all share your belief that some mysterious space ghost made us all and gets mad when we stick our naughty bits where some bronze age witch doctor says we shouldn't. Or when we eat shellfish. Or when we opt not to kill our friends and neighbors that don't share our beliefs. You're free to believe whatever nonsense you want, but if you want to deny someone the same opportunities available to anyone else, you'd better have a better reason than some old mythological nonsense.
You're confusing feeling vs actions.
An example, I feel like I have to go to the bathroom, I have a choice to not go to the bathroom, to go on the floor where I am, or find a restroom.
As far as the second part, I don't really know what to say to that other than, super.
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A person's sexuality should have absolutely no bearing on an athlete's opportunity to play a sport or the fan support. If you think any different, then that says a lot about you.
Discrimination is not to be tolerated, ever.
and lmao @ anyone suggesting sexuality is a "choice"
couldn't agree more. People do not choose to be gay.
There's two components to that IMO, do they choose what they are attracted to? Probably not (although some do I'm sure)
Do they choose to act on it? Yes, they could always choose not to act on their feelings.
In the same breath murderers could say they don't have a choice, they have problems so on and so forth. I would agree the feelings are there, but you always have a choice on how you act, always.
Every lifestyle is a choice, sexual orientation, drug use, alcohol use, tobacco use, religion. All life is, is a series of choices. Some may be very difficult or confusing choices, some are no brainers, but they are all choices.
Are you suggesting that gay people can choose to just... not be gay? Would it reasonable for me to tell you to stop acting on your 'feelings of heterosexuality'? Of course not. This isn't akin to choosing to not have that extra cheeseburger because you're on a diet. Companionship is a fundamental human desire, and to suggest that consenting gay adults not act on their feelings, which would require them to either stay single their entire life, or be incredibly unhappy in a forced heterosexual relationship, is nothing short of ridiculous.
Not suggesting anything, just saying that they have a choice to live that lifestyle or not. That choice has benefits and consequences, just like eating an extra cheeseburger. You may not be able to control wanting a cheeseburger, but you do have a choice if you eat it or not, right?
The difference is human beings are hard-wired to have sex. We're not hard-wired to eat cheeseburgers.
There are humans that choose to be celibate, right? How can that be if they are "hard-wired" for it?
This gets in to nature vs nurture as discussed before. One thing that is certain, someone can choose if they act on their tendencies or not. I am not saying that is right or wrong, or if those tendencies are natural or a result of experience, but that is a choice.
Just because some people choose to be celibate doesn't change the fact that sex is a part of our basic instincts. What are you actually arguing here? Are you saying gays should be celibate? Why?
I think it's a very clear point that acting on ones instincts is a choice, plain and simple. Therefore living ANY lifestyle is a choice on the most fundamental levels. You may not be able to control how you feel, but you can control how you act.
Not saying anything other than living that lifestyle (or any lifestyle for that matter) is a choice, and every choice has its benefits and issues associated with it.
Being gay is no worse than lying, cheating, stealing or other things that are in the bible from a Christian viewpoint. If Christians spent as much time showing love and compassion to people that they feel are sinners rather than trying to legislate our moral compasses, we would accomplish a heck of a lot more and probably be disliked a heck of a lot less.
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A person's sexuality should have absolutely no bearing on an athlete's opportunity to play a sport or the fan support. If you think any different, then that says a lot about you.
Discrimination is not to be tolerated, ever.
and lmao @ anyone suggesting sexuality is a "choice"
couldn't agree more. People do not choose to be gay.
There's two components to that IMO, do they choose what they are attracted to? Probably not (although some do I'm sure)
Do they choose to act on it? Yes, they could always choose not to act on their feelings.
In the same breath murderers could say they don't have a choice, they have problems so on and so forth. I would agree the feelings are there, but you always have a choice on how you act, always.
Every lifestyle is a choice, sexual orientation, drug use, alcohol use, tobacco use, religion. All life is, is a series of choices. Some may be very difficult or confusing choices, some are no brainers, but they are all choices.
Are you suggesting that gay people can choose to just... not be gay? Would it reasonable for me to tell you to stop acting on your 'feelings of heterosexuality'? Of course not. This isn't akin to choosing to not have that extra cheeseburger because you're on a diet. Companionship is a fundamental human desire, and to suggest that consenting gay adults not act on their feelings, which would require them to either stay single their entire life, or be incredibly unhappy in a forced heterosexual relationship, is nothing short of ridiculous.
Not suggesting anything, just saying that they have a choice to live that lifestyle or not. That choice has benefits and consequences, just like eating an extra cheeseburger. You may not be able to control wanting a cheeseburger, but you do have a choice if you eat it or not, right?
The difference is human beings are hard-wired to have sex. We're not hard-wired to eat cheeseburgers.
There are humans that choose to be celibate, right? How can that be if they are "hard-wired" for it?
This gets in to nature vs nurture as discussed before. One thing that is certain, someone can choose if they act on their tendencies or not. I am not saying that is right or wrong, or if those tendencies are natural or a result of experience, but that is a choice.
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A person's sexuality should have absolutely no bearing on an athlete's opportunity to play a sport or the fan support. If you think any different, then that says a lot about you.
Discrimination is not to be tolerated, ever.
and lmao @ anyone suggesting sexuality is a "choice"
couldn't agree more. People do not choose to be gay.
There's two components to that IMO, do they choose what they are attracted to? Probably not (although some do I'm sure)
Do they choose to act on it? Yes, they could always choose not to act on their feelings.
In the same breath murderers could say they don't have a choice, they have problems so on and so forth. I would agree the feelings are there, but you always have a choice on how you act, always.
Every lifestyle is a choice, sexual orientation, drug use, alcohol use, tobacco use, religion. All life is, is a series of choices. Some may be very difficult or confusing choices, some are no brainers, but they are all choices.
Are you suggesting that gay people can choose to just... not be gay? Would it reasonable for me to tell you to stop acting on your 'feelings of heterosexuality'? Of course not. This isn't akin to choosing to not have that extra cheeseburger because you're on a diet. Companionship is a fundamental human desire, and to suggest that consenting gay adults not act on their feelings, which would require them to either stay single their entire life, or be incredibly unhappy in a forced heterosexual relationship, is nothing short of ridiculous.
Not suggesting anything, just saying that they have a choice to live that lifestyle or not. That choice has benefits and consequences, just like eating an extra cheeseburger. You may not be able to control wanting a cheeseburger, but you do have a choice if you eat it or not, right?
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A person's sexuality should have absolutely no bearing on an athlete's opportunity to play a sport or the fan support. If you think any different, then that says a lot about you.
Discrimination is not to be tolerated, ever.
and lmao @ anyone suggesting sexuality is a "choice"
couldn't agree more. People do not choose to be gay.
There's two components to that IMO, do they choose what they are attracted to? Probably not (although some do I'm sure)
Do they choose to act on it? Yes, they could always choose not to act on their feelings.
In the same breath murderers could say they don't have a choice, they have problems so on and so forth. I would agree the feelings are there, but you always have a choice on how you act, always.
Every lifestyle is a choice, sexual orientation, drug use, alcohol use, tobacco use, religion. All life is, is a series of choices. Some may be very difficult or confusing choices, some are no brainers, but they are all choices.
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Let me ask a question, is it okay to be a racist college athlete? Should we allow players on the team that are openly anti-semitic, anti-black or anti-hispanic? People were say they were just born that way or were raised that way, that doesn't mean it isn't a choice. There's a choice in just about everything humans do, some choices may feel natural, but that doesn't make them right. In America it took until 2003 to strike down laws against sodomy nationwide via Lawrence v. Texas.
So when did you choose to be heterosexual?
Every single day I make that choice.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2011-05-23-Sex-survey-revelations-on-gay-identity_n.htm
Interesting study, 3.7% of Americans in the 18-44 year old group (37% of the us population, or 113.6 million people in the group) identified themselves as bisexual or homosexual (or 4.2 million out of the group in the 18-44 age bracket) , but 81% of that group admits to experiencing relations with a member of the opposite sex. That means that of the 4.2 million "gays", only 800,000 of them have stayed strictly with the opposite sex. Sounds like a LOT of choice to me, how about you?
I do think it's hypocritical in our society though that gay men are the most discriminated against. Many people think lesbians are awesome and want to watch that, yet are revolted by gay men. It's just a double standard setup by men in our society who should find more important things to worry about. People who claim religious reasons for not accepting homosexuality based on the bible but also hang out with alcoholics and other addicts are being hypocritical and selective in their interpretation of the bible and its teachings.
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Oh I have had discussions not just with my family about it but with friends too. But I also know of men who claimed that they were gay and it was not a choice. Now they are married men with kids.
In your discussions with your family members, did they tell you it was a choice they made?
Of course not, I don't know of any homosexual who says that it is a choice. Ultimately it comes down to my religious beliefs. Lets just leave it at that and get back to talking about football.
If you know it's not a choice, I find it odd that you would judge them for "choosing" to be gay. If they were born gay, God made them that way, correct?
He said he doesn't know any that would say it's a choice, but he believes that it is a choice. As do I personally, but whatever floats someones boat.
Let me ask a question, is it okay to be a racist college athlete? Should we allow players on the team that are openly anti-semitic, anti-black or anti-hispanic? People were say they were just born that way or were raised that way, that doesn't mean it isn't a choice. There's a choice in just about everything humans do, some choices may feel natural, but that doesn't make them right. In America it took until 2003 to strike down laws against sodomy nationwide via Lawrence v. Texas.
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What I'm having a hard time understanding with all these tornado's we're seeing is the number of deaths associated with them. The Joplin twister alone has taken over 100 lives and that number will most likely climb higher. And Joplin of all places should be fully aware of the dangers with tornado's since they are smack in the middle of tornado alley. Alabama and Mississippi seen scores of people killed. North Carolina also had an alarmingly high number of fatalities. Yet....the May 3-4 1999 tornado outbreak in Oklahoma produced 60 twisters but only 40 deaths and it included a F5 tornado that tore thru Moore Oklahoma a city similar in size to Bellevue Neb, Norman OK and even Joplin; the May 8th tornado, a F4 tornado that took an eerily similar path to the May 3rd tornado resulted in one death. The May 10th outbreak last year resulted in very few deaths as well. Family members are all the time asking us why we want to live in Oklahoma with all the tornado's. If you ask me...I would say Oklahoma is the safest place to be during severe weather.
It was the lack of warning and the amped severity of the storm in a short time. I know at the hospital they had a 20 minute warning, or so they thought, 5 minutes later the tornado hit the hospital. If you look at the devestation to all the businesses and homes, I look at it the opposite as you and am amazed that people survived it.
EMS people from the hospital I work at went over and said it's unlike anything they've ever seen, and these are guys that were some of the first to arrive after Katrina hit in New Orleans.
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I don't know if it's worse. Lots of folks died in each storm.
It's different, worse is relative.
I live an hour east and work at a hospital in town. My hospital has taken 90+ patients from the area, the worst part about this is many of the places people would turn to for help are gone.
One of the 2 main hospitals in the city, essentially destroyed and evacuated, the other, jammed full.
Wal Mart, Home Depot, Grocery Stores, gas stations, restaurants destroyed. 2,000 or so buildings/home destroyed, up to 10,000 damaged.
Not only did many lose their houses, many have lost their place of employment.
Extremely blessed that the storms died down after leaving Joplin and tracked east\southeast rather than their normal northeast lines, my house would have been right in the path otherwise, as would a metro area of 300K+
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I could also see KC as an option, closer than Denver and Dallas.
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Was just going through some old rosters and remembered Seth Jensen got dismissed or left or something. Anyone know the full story or what path in life he ended up taking?
http://www.gothunderwolves.com/sports/fball/2007-08/news/05162008_Jensen
http://www.gothunderwolves.com/sports/fball/2008-09/news/chieftain-bonham
Seth Jensen, a Division I transfer from the University of Nebraska, turned in his gear Friday.
"Sure I'm disappointed, because I was counting on him," ThunderWolves head coach John Wristen said. "He's had a lot of surgeries, and he said his body was beat up and sore, and he said that he felt like his body couldn't take it anymore."
Jensen, at 6-foot-4, 292 pounds, was a highly touted recruit out of Fort Morgan High School by several scouting services. Jensen, however, was running with the second unit at nose guard. Through nine practices, he was unable to unseat former Pueblo South High School standout Victor Quintana as the starter at that position.
The ThunderWolves are thin at offensive line, and moving Jensen to that side of the ball was an option - one that didn't sit well with the sophomore.
Several players already have checked it in and no coach, including Wristen, wants to talk about players who aren't in camp. The ThunderWolves, however, celebrated Jensen's arrival and were excited about his potential.
"You have to coach and play with the guys who are here," Wristen said. "College football is for guys that truly love the game. We've had nine straight practices . . . and it is a grind. Those who love it fight through it.
"We live in a Playstation society. Guys play the video game and when the going gets tough, they hit the reset button and start over. You can't do that in life. It's too easy to quit nowadays."
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Bubba can take the money and negotiate the college money into his contract.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/scholarship.jsp?content=guide_post_20041003
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Kiper's latest also has Prince going to the Bucs at 20th FWIW.
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Every Adidas school, and most Nike schools are going to the tighter fit. They're lighter, and more difficult to hold onto.
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Are those intended to be actual factual pics of our unis, or are they trying to sell shoes and those are just quick mock-ups?
Don't know, there's a bunch for other teams in their Facebook gallery, several look new. But several also look like there was some photoshop work done to the jerseys.
I certainly like them better than our 2010 jerseys FWIW.
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Saw these the other day, if this is correct, we're dropping the numbers for 2011 on the shoulder pads.
That's a good thing, because Wisconsin's are even closer to ours now
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I've said it before and will say it again, there was no magic in the plays that we ran under TO. A majority of our playbook was taken from other teams and were concepts from other teams. In fact, until the national title runs TO's offenses came up short more often than not in big games against good teams. What happened during the run was a coaching staff that sold out 100% to get the best players on the field, and they were all on the same page giving everything they had to the game. Don't forget that run left TO in very poor health, which led him to step away. The level of talent in that staff, and their experience running that offense over years and years is what made it great. Not a series of lines on a notebook showing players where to go. It was about execution and physical football, something that our offensive staff isn't experienced enough to do at this point.
Fans often confuse the playbook with the success, it was a group of coaches with tremendous experience that had many years refining their craft and learning from their previous failures. It's not like TO could throw that playbook at them, we run through fall camp and go win a national title with Beck calling the plays.
Beck needs to install what he's comfortable with, and make sure all of the offensive staff is on the same page giving their all for the success on the field.
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Taylor's ankle could be a problem ongoing, and I don't think he's shown much growth in the passing game. Cody is a solid backup, and can manage the teams to some wins. Brion had a nice spring game, and has some hype. But it's a different ballgame when the big stage hits, just ask Cody.
It's been nice to win 10 games the past couple of years, but I am ready to see growth in the team this year.
The LB core worries me only because I expect to see the Big Ten coordinators try to get physical with Bo's D. I see the LB's having to take on more blocks and making more plays. Lavonte is amazing running sideline to sideline, but if he had a weak spot it was in gap assignments and shedding blocks sometimes.
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this is not good, Beck better not pull a Watson and have someone ready to play behind this kid, i seriously doubt he will make it though a Big 10 season..contingencies need to be made and i don't mean running the Rex-cat!
Someone will be ready, IMO, and it has little to do with Beck or Watson, and everything to do with:
- Brion being off his redshirt
- Kody being another year removed from his freak injury
- Cody being a year older and a year wiser
Of course, say the #2 guy has injury problems. Then we'll still have problems next year.
Nah. With Beck's simplified offense, the QB will be expected to do less. Unlike the Watson-Gilmore Disaster, we'll be more playmakers than just the QB and RB positions. With Turner, Rex, Bell, Reed, Green/Abdullah/Heard, and Kinnie to help them out, TM could go down and both Cody and Brion will be more than capable of keeping us going. We may not be ideal, but we'll still be quite effective.
But Taylor is definitely running on glass ankles. The training staff needs to find a way to tape the hell out of those things to keep him going.
That's actually not true, the quarterback will be expected to actually read the defense pre-snap and make audibles this year. Last year the play was called from the sideline and the QB ran it no matter what the defense showed.
Then the passing game was really pretty simple, 2 reads then tuck and run. Our line down the stretch combined with Martinez ankle were awful.
The terminology and concepts are expected to be more basic, yes, but the QB will be expected to do more than what happened last year.
Jamal Turner has been quoted as saying how much easier it is to learn at WR than QB, and that was part of the switch.
I think you're off on this. There has been a lot of indication that the audibles will be called from the sideline. It's probably going to a situation where our offense hurries to the line, gets set, then looks to the sideline for the signal.
As for the passing game, the WCO passing game relied on timing. It sounds like this is going to be more sandlot football: Get open and you get the ball. Plus, I think all indications are that we are going to make short passes and rely on our receivers/backs/TEs to get some yards after catch with their speed. Look for the QBs to throw lots of flats, screens, drags, and slants. Not exactly difficult throws.
Jamal Turner's quote cannot be taken as any evidence of how complex our QB's jobs will be. Learning WR will ALWAYS be easier than learning the QB position, no matter how simple or complex the offense is from a QB standpoint. Indeed, it's impossible to imagine an offense where learning WR is as or more complex than learning the QB position.
There's also been direct quotes during interviews from Taylor that he didn't have the freedom to change plays at the line last year, but will this year.
All passing games rely on timing, and precision. Receivers will have more abilitiy to adjust routes, but that doesn't equal "sandlot" football.
You claim the QB will be expected to do less than last year, I ask how that's possible when last year Taylor had 1 play, basically no pre-snap adjustments, and on passing plays basically had 2 reads and then tuck and run. That is as easy as it gets for a QB in the passing game. Beck will throw more at the QB's than Watson did in 2010. Now if you want to compare to what Ganz was asked to do, that's much different. Zac in 09, and especially Taylor in 10 had very little responsibility in the offense.
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this is not good, Beck better not pull a Watson and have someone ready to play behind this kid, i seriously doubt he will make it though a Big 10 season..contingencies need to be made and i don't mean running the Rex-cat!
Someone will be ready, IMO, and it has little to do with Beck or Watson, and everything to do with:
- Brion being off his redshirt
- Kody being another year removed from his freak injury
- Cody being a year older and a year wiser
Of course, say the #2 guy has injury problems. Then we'll still have problems next year.
Nah. With Beck's simplified offense, the QB will be expected to do less. Unlike the Watson-Gilmore Disaster, we'll be more playmakers than just the QB and RB positions. With Turner, Rex, Bell, Reed, Green/Abdullah/Heard, and Kinnie to help them out, TM could go down and both Cody and Brion will be more than capable of keeping us going. We may not be ideal, but we'll still be quite effective.
But Taylor is definitely running on glass ankles. The training staff needs to find a way to tape the hell out of those things to keep him going.
That's actually not true, the quarterback will be expected to actually read the defense pre-snap and make audibles this year. Last year the play was called from the sideline and the QB ran it no matter what the defense showed.
Then the passing game was really pretty simple, 2 reads then tuck and run. Our line down the stretch combined with Martinez ankle were awful.
The terminology and concepts are expected to be more basic, yes, but the QB will be expected to do more than what happened last year.
Jamal Turner has been quoted as saying how much easier it is to learn at WR than QB, and that was part of the switch.
Cody Green opens up about transfer
in Husker Football
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He specifically says in that article that he does not want to be in a run and shoot type offense, and says our passing game is moving in that direction.
He also confirmed that he did have a concussion in the Iowa State game.