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    Camping Out: Running Backs

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    Nyatawa had some great points about using DPE on jet-sweep action the same way Oregon State used James Rodgers. Oregon State would use Rodgers 3 or 4 different ways coming off jet-sweep action. That will be cool to see.

     

    It's funny, after being to three Wisconsin games I still get a little triggered reading the words jet-sweep.

     

    I am with you on that one. I still have Indy flashbacks.

    2015 Pre-Season Coaches Poll Released

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    Not anymore it doesn't. The playoff poll is the only one that matters.

    Yes, the playoff poll is the only one that matters, but this poll, the media poll, and the entire media frenzy does have an impact on the opinions of the playoff poll members. It's only human nature to think that TEAM A beating a #5 ranked TEAM B is a big win for TEAM A.

     

    Yea I think ColoradoHusk is right about that. Where these teams start the season keeps them toward the top of the lists and on the tip of peoples tongues for the majority of the season. Even when they haven't played anyone or done anything. Then, when/if a loss does come, they never fall very far regardless of how well a Pre Season unranked team has done. There shouldn't be any rating until about week 8. When teams have played a bit of their conference schedule and there's enough film and on paper to truly see what you've got in a football team. How the hell should anybody be ranked based on how good we "think" they "might" be? It's always been done this way and it's dumb. It's all a big hype machine and usually a lot of the hype surrounds the SEC. Last year was a great example.

     

    Ranking teams before a game has been played is bad... but ranking teams before they even practice one time... COME ON!! They could at least wait a little closer to the season, jiminy christmas.

     

    It's the coaches poll. They don't watch other teams practice, their opinion wouldn't change if it was 3 weeks ago compared to a week before the season. They are focused on themselves right now.

     

    I wasn't suggesting that the coaches would watch practice. I was thinking more along the lines of a team being decimated by injuries, departures, dismissals, etc. What's the rush? I would personally like to see the first poll after about week 4 and the end of non-conference play (end of non-conference play for everyone except for the SEC of course, they always save a FCS game for November).

    2015 Pre-Season Coaches Poll Released

    in Husker Football

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    Not anymore it doesn't. The playoff poll is the only one that matters.

    Yes, the playoff poll is the only one that matters, but this poll, the media poll, and the entire media frenzy does have an impact on the opinions of the playoff poll members. It's only human nature to think that TEAM A beating a #5 ranked TEAM B is a big win for TEAM A.

     

    Yea I think ColoradoHusk is right about that. Where these teams start the season keeps them toward the top of the lists and on the tip of peoples tongues for the majority of the season. Even when they haven't played anyone or done anything. Then, when/if a loss does come, they never fall very far regardless of how well a Pre Season unranked team has done. There shouldn't be any rating until about week 8. When teams have played a bit of their conference schedule and there's enough film and on paper to truly see what you've got in a football team. How the hell should anybody be ranked based on how good we "think" they "might" be? It's always been done this way and it's dumb. It's all a big hype machine and usually a lot of the hype surrounds the SEC. Last year was a great example.

     

    Ranking teams before a game has been played is bad... but ranking teams before they even practice one time... COME ON!! They could at least wait a little closer to the season, jiminy christmas.

    2015 Alternate Unis

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    Overall I like the new uniforms. Not a fan of the numbering style or white cleats.

     

    IMO, they would have been outstanding if the numbers were solid (no duct tape outline or dividing of the numbers) and the cleats were red.

    RB Aphonso Thomas [SMU - Signed LOI]

    in 2016 Profiles

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    Welcome AT!

     

    I like what I saw on his film (which was mostly take the hand-off and run right). What I didn't see was him switch the ball to his left hand, catch the ball, or block a linebacker. I have to trust that HCMR and Coach Davis have done their homework. I will say this, the young man certainly has the size for a pro style offense.

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