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O-Line, LB's and QB's 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.

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.

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.

Chris should have seen the field more, but he was very injury prone. He missed a couple of those games his senior year with a back injury.

Works for me, 247 and Huskers Illustrated are announcing another writer next week and a new partnership.

There is nothing about the people that write the Linux kernel or applications that run on Linux more flawless than Microsoft's engineers and coders. There's just fewer people using it, therefore less people try to exploit the vulnerabilities that exist than those who attack Microsoft. Sigh. You didn't check the links did you? The long and short of it is that web servers are more valuable to hack than home computers. Linux/unix is on more servers (in addition to embedded devices, smart phones, etc.) than Windows. Therefore, there should be a lot of hackers trying to break into linux/unix. I did read the links, they are highly slanted and dangerous articles, Linux is a more secure OS out of the box, no argument, but that doesn't mean you don't need to protect it and that it's not vulnerable. People attack Apache all of the time, go look at the stats for Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies and what their preference is regarding Linux vs Windows for Web Servers. People attack end users because they're the weakest link in the system, and always will be. Curious if you're in the IT field and what you do.

Invest in antivirus software. Or even better, say "NO!" to Windows. because OSX doesn't get viruses, right? OSX is only slightly better than Windows. Try using linux - it actually doesn't get viruses. Linux is just as prone to viruses as OSX or Windows, it just isn't targeted as much. That is incorrect, but I'm done hijacking this thread. Here's 2 links if you want to know more: link1, link2 There is nothing about the people that write the Linux kernel or applications that run on Linux more flawless than Microsoft's engineers and coders. There's just fewer people using it, therefore less people try to exploit the vulnerabilities that exist than those who attack Microsoft.

Rivals sells ad space, some of the people who place the ads have injected Malware into the ads, the individual sites have no control over it.

Invest in antivirus software. Or even better, say "NO!" to Windows. because OSX doesn't get viruses, right? OSX is only slightly better than Windows. Try using linux - it actually doesn't get viruses. Linux is just as prone to viruses as OSX or Windows, it just isn't targeted as much.

They have mentioned that upgrades are coming, so that should be interesting. I could just be stupid, but I can't find how to view a members profile or search the forums at 247 yet, pretty basic features to be missing if they actually are. This is still, by far, my favorite place to discuss Husker Football, but I do also enjoy reading the articles that John and Sean put out, and some of the posters at RSS.

It's not pulling up on my computer, says page doesn't exist yet. So now who's on top? HO, HI or BRR? Bet scout really hurts from this, luckily for them ESPN piggybacks off their writers. I would say HuskerOnline with John Talman, Sean Callahan and the crew. HI and 247 have a head of steam, they picked up a TON of sites tonight, The new sites at 247 were online for a bit, but are back down now. Think 7 sites went over tonight... Nebraska, Indiana, Florida, Kentucky, Iowa, North Carolina and Florida State. But it looks like most of them were split, the Rivals employees stay and will run their own sites and the independants are moving over to 247. I've I said, I think Rivals still has the best Husker staff.

It's done. HuskersIllustrated is now nebraska.247sports.com and nebraska.rivals.com is now HuskerOnline.com Looks like Sean Callahan and John Talman are now running the Nebraska Rivals site. Mike and Aaron are good guys, but Sean Callahan and John Talman are top notch.

Knew this thread was here somewhere, as of midnight Huskers Illustrated is moving over to 247, Aaron and Mike Babcock will be moving over there, but Sean Callahan, John Talman and the rest of the staff will stay at Rivals for now, presumably to fill their contracts. I think Rivals Florida and North Carolina groups are headed over also. Rivals may be in serious trouble.

Dagan will likely walk on to NU this fall

Wow, a rational post! Totally agree, look I have coached football for 10 years now, I pick my starting 11 on defense since I am the DC. Guess who I pick, THE BEST PLAYERS that will give the team the BEST CHANCE TO WIN. It is ALWAYS that simple, just like at NU The only time there is a bit of an emotional edge is during a blow out and then there might be a few kids that are hard workers but not that good and they might get more PT then some kids with more talent. Is the most athletic player always the best one to put on the field? Or do you need to take into account team chemistry and the mental side of the game? If it was that simple like you suggest, why even play the games? Just hand that crystal football trophy to the team that is on top of the recruiting rankings each year. I think it's obvious that every single coach wants to win every single game that they coach, yet you put multiple coaches in a room and they don't all agree on who should run the offense and give the team the best chance to win. There is nothing simple about it, especially when you're dealing with college age student athletes that can be more up and down than a roller coaster. If you don't think there was division on the staff of who should start, then I don't know what to tell you. Here's a note from our former outgoing offensive coordinator, aka the Anti-Christ to most Husker fans after the first game of the year. "Watson didn't even proclaim Martinez his starting quarterback. He indicated only that he'll use Martinez and Green going forward." Not trying to rehash the Taylor vs Cody debate from last year at this point, it's really a clean slate. But anyone who doesn't see that Taylor's personality and Bo's handling of it caused tension in the team last year has blinders on. Would Cody or Zac have been able to overcome that explosiveness gap with their abilities as leaders? We'll never know, and can argue that forever.

Bingo. Oregon had some many weapons at the RB, QB, WR spots that it was hard to pin-point where the ball was going to go. While, Auburn really only had one true threat on offense the whole season, Cam. Signed Michael Dyer and his 1093 yards, 6 YPC and 143 yards in the NCG, and Onterio McCalebb's 810 yards with 8.5 YPC and their combined 15 TDS. Not to mention their under-rated receivers

Bo has been by to see him, but honostly, not really.

Means that location/family will play an even bigger role in his recruitment I'd imagine. Missouri, Arkansas closest - Oklahoma, Nebraska next. Everywhere else is probably a plane ride away. Hard to say, Darnell should be home next month and AFAIK is supposed to have a full recovery. However, I would say Arkansas is the leader at this point due to proximimity (closer to Springfield than Columbia).

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Which doesn't even make sense, Kody took a normal redshirt in 2008, then hurt his knee in Spring of 09, and again in Fall of 09. He then sat last year, so unless the NCAA is going to go against their own history, there is no way Kody can get a 6th year since he voluntarily set out a year.

Sweet!

What or who are you referring to here? Robert Sallie comes to my mind, but I cant remember any football recruits. Roburt Sallie wasn't a clearinghouse issue really. He signed with Washington out of high school, then failed to qualify, while the NCAA Clearinghouse did have questions about his transcript from his prep school, it was Nebraska's own admissions office that screwed up and enrolled him when he hadn't been cleared. It was then a Big 12 rule that kept him from coming to NU after he graduated from his junior college, not the NCAA.

If he were open to playing another position he might get an offer, but with a small class, we'll only take an elite QB.

I am not the biggest Taylor Martinez fan, I admit, but I will say one thing; do not count that young man out. He has the talent and it factor inside, and he does know how to work hard. It's hard to be a leader when you don't have a chance. Taylor played for 3 different high schools, and never the same one two years in a row. He then came to Lincoln and mostly played WR on the scout team for a year, then was thrust into the limelight this fall as our starting QB. And even as the starting QB, he didn't have the greatest relationship and fit with his QB coach and OC which hobbled his development. Taylor has much room to grow as a leader and team mate, but he certainly has the ability to do it. It's only natural that his leadership skills would be trailing in development with his history. He has proven that he can make great strides and prove doubters wrong, and to count him out, when he has the same chance as every other QB on the roster is very premature.

Yes and no, Beck will install his own terminology into the offense and we will likely move away from the WCO route concepts, but the offense will still be an offense. Is it easier for Beck to teach from what he knows or to try and adapt his teaching style to an offense that Bill Callahan brought over and Shawn Watson tried to tweak? You have new players every year that have to learn the system, our QB"s have Taylor with only 1 year in the previous system, and Cody Green with 2. No other QB on the roster has done much with the prior system (Carnes on scout team, Spano injured, Turner coming in new and possibly Starling), so you aren't throwing away that much. Then factor in our RB's where we only have Burkhead coming back with any real experience, WR's? Kinnie is back, the only big contributor in that side. You still have the TE's and OL, but their schemes won't change that much in the new offense. I don't know exactly what Beck will throw out there, I just hope it relies much less on the deep zone read than we did this year and migrates more to the pistol offense. You can do so many things out of the pistol offensive schemes that would fit our talent, it's basically an offense modeled off our our mid 90's offense without the QB under center. It allows the zone read, traditional option, and opens up the play action passing game better. But we'll see what happens.