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With the exception of the Sun Belt schedule and the Holiday Bowl, the offense really had a thud of a season. The QB play was below average and at times just bad. With that said, there still seems to be an abundance of raw talent at the position. Zac Lee looked like the player we all hoped he'd be against Arizona. Green struggled most of the season but he still possesses a lot of "raw" talent. Latravis has a cannon for an arm to go with good speed and nice size. Taylor apparently has blazing speed. Ron was last year's scout team MVP. Kody was a decent recruit coming out of high school and Brion Carnes's tape blows them all away! So my question to you is who would you like to see under center when September 4th comes around? Who do you think will actually win the starting spot? Which one of these guys excites you the most?

I was very impressed after watching LTW last spring. He has the strongest arm on the team, great size, and good speed. LTW and Cody started their Husker qb jobs at about the same time and if anyone remembers, Cody Green was nowhere near as good as Latravis. Watch the spring game over and you'll see that Cody's play then, mirrors his play during the season. Last year was Zac's third year in the system which makes it easy to understand why he was given the starting spot. Latravis and Cody were both new but with Cody being a true freshman, everyone saw him as the qb of the future. Just my opinion but I feel that Green’s youth was the only reason that he was ahead of Latravis on the depth chart. A Latravis clip

You do not have Martinez in your rankings --- but in terms of speed and quickness, Martinez is in an entirely different league from the others --- he is considered, in pads --- one of the fastest and quickest on the entire team --- likely in the top 3-4 on the squad in that regard (at least that is what people on the team have said). He likely would be far and away the best runner of the QB's. Honestly, the only ones we have seen in action are Lee and Green running the ball. Neither is a very natural runner. Lee is a little shiftier than Green, Green is straight line faster but has poor field vision, runs straight up and down and hits defenders too high and is already falling before contact. Lee is not a natural runner either. That is, neither Green nor Lee are particularly able runners. Mobile, athletic -- sure. But dual threat --- not really. As far as passing is concerned, who knows? Green has shown that he is really out of sorts, inaccurate and slow in delivery (mechanically) and he throws ill advised passes (it is somewhat of a miracle he did not have more picks). Then again, he was young, put in in tough situations and can, and should, improve. That said, unless he vastly improves he aught to redshirt and tinker with the notion of a position change. I'd guess Lee is the certain starter based upon experience --- so long as he is healthy. Martinez and Spano, Green, Kellog, Washington and Carnes will compete for the #2 & 3 spot. Most likely, Carnes --- and, I hope, Green, redshirt. That would still leave Martinez, Washington and Spano as back-ups (in no particular order). Robsker I agree with EVERYTHING you said! I feel like Green wasted his first year. I hope the same doesn't happen with Carnes.

Well West played a decent amount this year and I would expect that to remain the case in 2010, Coaches like him. As far as Green goes, he is someone that the coaches love. Really physical is the description, if he is that physical maybe he can take over the NB spot from Hagg and allow Hagg to move to Safety? Only question is his size, Andrew is listed at 6'0" tall and 175lbs on the roster. However those are from the beginning of the year I believe so it is possible he is heavier now and will also have Winter and Summer Conditioning to get even bigger. Hagg is listed at 6'2" tall and 205lbs, I would guess Green would need to be around 200lbs to play the NB spot as effectively as Hagg. Only question is if Green adds that much weight does that cause him to be a non-factor at cover corner? Prince will be gone after 2010 so we need someone to get some PT there and be ready to step up in 2011 along side Dennard. Gomes and Thorell should be able to handle the nickel and dime spots next season. It would be nice if Green and Middleton can get reps at corner. Prince and West will be gone soon and the only other corners with experience at the spot are Dennard and Blue.

Quentin Toailoa is no longer a part of the team so there is no way he will be the back up Center. The other option you listed is Pensick, but I don't see him moving next year. You may not think he has a shot of playing on the D-Line, but Carl P. was recently gushing over him and Randle so they apparently see more in him than you do. It will be interesting to see where he is in 2011 though with all of the D-Line recruits coming in. Don't forget Ash or Sirles for the O-Line, both were highly praised repeatedly with Qvale this year by the coaches. They will make their presence known and I expect to see 1 on the 2-Deep next season. I think Jemarcus Hardrick gets one of the starting Tackle Spots, if he gets the RT spot then I think Marcel Jones takes over at LT. I knew Quentin Toailoa had the injury problem but I didn't expect him to leave the team. We are pretty thin at Center and not so much at DT (Crick, Moore, Stein, Randle, the two recruits (Guy and Rome) and possibly at times Cam Meredith). Yea Carl said some good things about Pensick and Randle but there was similar talk about Kyler Reed at Linebacker last year and he ended up moving back to tight end. What do you think will happen and what do you think should happen at Center?

1. Eric Hagg will play FS ...IMO 2. You have Andrew Green as the back-up CB is Prince...which I agree...but then you dont have him as a nickel, dime or the 7th back position...if he is our 3/4 best corner don't you think he will be our Dime or 7th back... this is what i think CB- Dennard, Prince S- Hagg, Smith Nickel- Gomes Dime- Blue-Green, West 7th- Whoever is behind the Dime back... just my thoughts You would think so but last years Nickel Back, Hagg, was not the 3 or 4th corner. West was #2 at both Left and Right Corner and he never took reps at Nickel. West did take snaps at the 7b which is why I have him listed there. I think Hagg fits more of the SS role. It is very similar to the the Nickel which has been his role for the past 2 seasons.

QB - Zac Lee, Cody Green, Latravis Washington RB - Roy Helu, Rex Burkhead, Tray Robinson FB - Tyler Legate, Tray Robinson WR - Niles Paul, Curenski Gilleylen, Antonio Bell WR - Brandon Kinnie, Khiry Cooper, Will Henry TE - Mike McNeill, Chase Harper, Dreu Young, Ben Cotton LT - Mike Smith, Jermarcus Hardrick, Mike Moudy LG - Keith Williams, Brent Qvale C - Mike Caputo, Quentin Toailoa, Cole Pensick (DT) RG - Ricky Henry, Brandon Thompson RT - Marcel Jones, DJ Jones, Andrew Rodriguez *Red Cat- Taylor Martinez, Rex Burkhead I'm thinking Zac Lee will put up better numbers next year. It would have been ideal for Green to redshirt last year. He looked very antsy whenever he was put in the game as there were false starts and he just didn't looked very composed. I wish he could redshirt next year but that won't happen. Roy and Rex will probably be 1A and 1AA like Roy and Lucky were a few years ago. Tray will play a lot still. I'm betting he'll play some FB again next year like he did against Texas. Niles should finish his career strong and Kinnie should build off of how he finished this season. I'm not sure what's gonna happen with the TE position but there is so much talent there. Hopefully the line plays better than last year. I can't wait to see what this year’s class can do up front. Hardrick, Moudy, and Rodriguez should all be big time difference makers in the near future. Moving Pensick to center would really help with our depth there. I don't think he has a legit shot at playing on the DL. Rex looked good running the Red Cat against Zona and Taylor would be an upgrade since he can also throw. DE - Pierre Allen, Jason Ankrah DE - Cameron Meredith, Josh Williams DT - Jared Crick, Chase Rome, Thaddeus Randle DT - Baker Steinkuhler, Terrence Moore Diesel - Josh Williams, Jason Ankrah Will - Lavonte David, Mathew May Mike - Will Compton, Alonzo Whaley, Matt Holt Buck - Sean Fisher, Eric Martin, Thomas Grove CB - Prince Amukamara, Andrew Green, Lazarri Middleton CB - Alfonzo Dennard, Anthony West, Anthony Blue Nickel- Dejon Gomes, Dijon Washington Dime - Lance Thorell, Anthony Blue 7B - Anthony West, Eric Hagg SS - PJ Smith, Eric Hagg FS - Rickey Thenarse, Austin Cassidy, Harvey Jackson K & P - Alex Henery The DLine won't be as good as last years but there will be a major improvement as far as depth. I'm not sure who Phil's replacement will be in the Dime but there are some pretty good options. Hopefully Compton can improve the way Dillard did this season. Lavonte could also be that guy but I haven't seen much from him yet. The secondary will be stacked again. PJ Smith will make a solid starter. Hopefully Rickey T is back and healthy next year.

There is talent on both sides of the ball. Sad thing is only one side played to its potential this season. Nebraska's recruiting classes have been pretty good the past few years on both offense and defense. There is no way a team of its caliber should rank 101 in total offense, 80 in total points scored, 68 in rushing and 101 in passing! (1)(2)(3)(4) It's ridiculous but the defense faced the same problem a few years ago. It was stacked with high caliber recruits who weren't being coached up to their potential: Steinkuhler, Potter, Turner, Allen, Suh, Wortman, Dillard, Ruud, Octavien, A Jones, Bowman, Murillo, Grixby, Blue, Asante, and even Green. In the end we find out that the same defense many people said had no talent actually had a decent amount of NFL caliber players, even had a future heisman candidate. Maybe the 09 offense doesn't have the same hidden gems that the 07 defense had but the cupboards certainly are not bare. Hopefully the offense starts using the talent that it has. *1 http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/sortableStats...;dir=descending *2 http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/sortableStats...;dir=descending *3 http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/sortableStats...;dir=descending *4 http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/sortableStats...;dir=descending

There's a big difference between a hardworking kid who put in his time to completely earn the system for four years and become the No.2 QB, and a guy who didn't work hard or put in the mental reps for the LINEBACKER position and who is in his first season as a QB. Let's not forget, this Ganz kid got reps over Harrison Beck (didn't he?), was Taylor's No.2, fought Keller pretty close in what most figured was just coach speak to keep Ganz from leaving, and then got his shot as a No.2 coming in for No.1's injury. LTW couldn't sniff the rotation at linebacker in spite of his immense physical talent, his years in the system, the VERY RARE level of need we had at LB last year. Instead of cracking the LB rotation, coaches went to a newly converted RB and a couple of true freshman walk-ons - one of them a walk-on SAFETY at the time - to fill the void. And despite this year's huge hole at QB and the HUGE need to redshirt Cody Green, LTW never gave coaches that possibility and we went after a transfer like Paulus and rushed Spano back from injury. And on top of that, even after deciding to forgo Cody's redshirt, LTW got stuck into a couple games so that he wouldn't be saving this year. Sure does not sound like coaches are looking at him as even having 2-deep potential. But no doubt he is playing an important role on the team, especially this year, and something that is very needed. I'm sure he's a good kid, too...I am just extremely bewildered at the basis on which people are thinking he is going to learn the O down pat. excellent in all areas....... How Latravis did at linebacker has nothing to do with his ability to play qb. He never played backer before he came to NU, they tried him there because of his size and skill set. I'm sure Zac and Cody wouldn't have fared too well on defense either. It really surprises me that anyone who's seen this guy play qb in practice, scrimmages, or games wouldn't want this guy to get a chance. The theme for football these days is to get your athletes the ball and the wildcat is the latest craze. NU ran it last year with Marlon Lucky. Now you have this guy who is 6'3" 225, and runs some where around a 4.5 with a strong arm and you don't want this guy to see the field??? I wish we used our talent. If they feel like Cody is the future, they could have Cody and Zac run whatever offense Wats plans to run next year while Latravis is the Wildcat/Tebow guy.

Latravis isn't a linebacker. He played both ways in high school but he never played backer. Dual threats get moved all the time in college. LTW could have been like Martinez and fought for a spot a qb from day 1 but he's not that kinda guy. Paul Thompson from Oklahoma went through something similar. Never got his shot until his 5th year and led OU to a Fiesta Bowl birth. I hope this guy gets his shot

I'm with Huck. LTW has the best arm on the team. The comment about him being inaccurate doesn't make much sense. Maybe you haven't seen Cody and Zac but their balls have looked pretty bad! LTW does have a strong arm but most people would see that as a positive. We came close to never seeing Ganz because of Keller and Beck. Turns out Ganz was a pretty good qb. LTW needs a shot!

I wondered about that. I think you're right. no not the 05 class, the 07 we had alot of highly rated recruits that commited, but like for ex 10 4* players OL Javario Burkes - no longer with the team (injuries?) RB Q Castille - kicked off DT Kevin Dixon - what happened to him? LB Blake Lawrence - injuries, personal problems? DL Joseph Townsend - what happened to him? DE Willian Yancy - what happened to him? all of those guys were 4* the rest were Niles Paul zac lee Armando Murillo Larry Asante what happened to these guys: DT shukree barfield LB austin stafford DL demetrious davis DB shawn sullivan Looks like a pretty good recruiting class. Javorio started as a true freshman. Just had medical problems. Q broke out late last year and was expected to be half the reason our offense was gonna have success this year, even though we were breaking in a new QB. K Dixon got in to legal trouble, transferred to Troy St, and had a pretty solid season. I'm betting he would've done pretty good if he would not have been kicked off the team last year. Townsend never made it here so we'll never know with him. Will Yancy is the only 4 star that probably would have never seen the field but in his defense, I think he may have had injury problems. Barfield didn't get a lot of pt but he was a pretty good DT. He rippid it up his last game for us with 2 sacks against the Buffs. Austin Stafford had a lot of off the field problems. We'll never know how good he could've been. Shawn Sullivan was not good. I have know clue what happened to Demetrious Davis either. Looking back, this class was solid! Curenski, Prince, Jaivorio, Marcel, Barfield, Asante, T Moore, Murillo, Hagg, Lee, Kunalic, Lawerence, Helu, Castille, Ryan Hill, Witt, Blue, Crick, Paul, and Latravis who could be a beast if given a chance. Solid!!

You must have just started watching football. Any person who really knows anything about college football knows that after the formation of the conference, NU was the favorite to win the Big XII title every year of that decade. Get a clue! A lot of people today seem to have very short term memories!

Does the loss of Quentin Castille make the Jayhawks the favorite for the division? Where do you all see the team finishing this year???

This is my second Husker game watching this year. The other game that i saw was against KU. Nebraska usually isn't a very competive team when it comes to basketball but man, I'm very excited for this years team!

I feel you! USC Trojans and the New England Patriots are two teams I will always hate because of all the fair-weather fans they have RIGHT NOW!

Does anybody know what he did wrong? If not for the troubles with the coaches, would he be fighting for a starting spot right now?

He's been back on the team for a while.

I know he's had his troubles with the coaching staff but does he have what it takes to ever contribute? Talentwise, where does he stack up with the rest of the lb's?

Has anyone seen Lester Ward play, either in high school or on the scout team?

Just watched the RB's v LB's vid also and I was very impressed with Rex. I'd have to agree, he was by far the best back out there. The backfield will be solid in a few years with Rex and Trey!

Helu and Castille will carry the running attack for us next year. I think Mendoza will get in the mix next year when Castille is in at fullback. Mendoza's style is very similar to Chris Rainey and Jeff Demps of UF, he needs to see the field. A few years from now, Trey Robinson will be a baller. I've heard that he didn't have a good season this year but if you watch his highlights, you can tell that he's a baller. I see him being something like Brandon Jackson. I've yet to see any highlights of Lester Ward and Collins Okafor highlights weren't any different than Leon Jackson's were. Okafor's entire highlight tape is of him running in open field without breaking a tackle or even making a juke, spin, or cut. Maybe Burkehead will help out but I think Trey Robinson is the future at the spot.

Everybody wanted Keller to start. t's messed up for all these fans to blame Callahan for not starting Ganz over Keller. Sam had experience and anyone who watched the spring game that year could tell that he also had the stronger arm. Picking Ganz over Keller at the beginning of the 2007 season would've been like picking the Arizona Cardinals to make it to this years Super Bowl. Things might've worked out with Ganz but you can't blame Callahan for going with Sam

Stafford was a very talented qb but don't forget about Joe Cox. Cox has experience and he is a very good qb. He had a few starts the year after DJ Shockley left and he looked very impressive. Georgia also has very talented rb's in Caleb King and Richard Samual. They underachieved big time in last season but I don't see it happening two years in a row.