husker98

Well it looked a lot better until you ruined it.

Go home and be happy HCSF. He's gone above and beyond these past three months for us. I'm sure the "Ruud Moos" can run this circus for awhile and keep it on the tracks.

Well ain't that just dandy.

Would be an even bigger troll if he's not N and not even eligible to play.

#SECSECSEC...... oh wait. Excited we got this kid. Big win in the south.

How about we just nuke the conferences and have everyone go independent and play who ever they like. Then at the end of the year we take the 4 teams with the best record and have them play off for bragging rights. A schedule makers nightmare, but a guaranteed black friday game with the sooners every year.

#SECSECSEC

The Burrow possibility is intriguing but i just don't see it happening sadly.

Especially in this case. From what i read and hear they are a lot more interested in # possessions and # times scored off those possessions and then # of turnovers the defenses makes and how many times the offense scores off that. Its all about offensive efficiency and a defense that complements it by give it the ball as many times as possible.

ole chip kelly putting in some work. Also funny that the top three coaches there all also have an Oregon connection.

This is all in pretty well in line with the Oregon model chip Kelly built. Don't expect many if any shutouts. But if everything goes to plant expect plenty of blow outs.

Well even though we lose it's still good to know we screwed ISU. Wonder who they were trying to save that scholly for.

Kinda getting the feeling right now based on what I'm reading for this staff it's less plan A plan B and more: we got a pool guys we think are good enough and whoever commits gets the spot available. Perhaps we take this kid and Palmer both depending on how things shake out elsewhere and both wanna be here. Can never have enough Corners imo, at least that's philosophy with my team on NCAA 14.

In the movie gods and generals there's a line where Thomas stonewall Jackson said they must raise a black flag and give no quarter to the Yankee......... Jackson was also from Virginia. So yup we f#$@ed.

It was well known that he had knee issues coming out of high school. We must also be cautious passing judgment on the other backs as well. They actually ran against the stout run defenses of the BIG 10 with little or no line support. Bryant did not. The picture is very incomplete here, i don't know that we can say for certain how good Ozigbo or Wilbon actually are. But i think we will find out come august.

The italicized, then you haven't spent much time in the recruiting profiles section. Rankings are taken seriously there and used to make some wholly inaccurate deductions about kids and their importance to the class. Its a big forum but its a fun read. The bolded, yes. 12% of all prospects in 2018 are 4* and up. And are doing statistically better on getting to the NFL. Despite there being less of them overall. I have followed your point from the start. My point in my comments which you aren't following, is that those 4-5* are so few because the recruiting services aren't even evaluating the full class of 2018. It's hard to say how many kids they actually see in person. But as the NFL shows, the bulk being 3 stars and lower and many of them starters like for the patriots, it likely isn't near enough but we will never know because none of the sites detail how many kids they personally evaluate. There might well be another 50+ kids who could be worthy of that 4* rank, but as i noted above won't wont get it because the scouts either won't make it to a game or live too far away and will instead evaluate the kid off of grainy hudl highlights, maybe. The system used to rate and evaluate prospects is both flawed and ultimately only accurate for an unknown number of kids. At least 12% i'll assume as the 4* generally do well. Which is 432 kids rated at 4* or higher, while the other 3,683 rated guys the rating maybe accurate for a few but are likely inaccurate for the majority as the bulk of our NFL players and other possible 4 stars are here. Let alone the other 300,00 High school seniors. A system that is evaluating and getting it right on so few, and wrong on so many, is trash in my opinion You are lingering so hard on the numbers certain they refute all doubters while not asking how those numbers got made or why. And that is what I am trying to tell you, and was the point behind my original comment that started this long conversation.

Oh no i fully follow all of that, i'm just highlighting that they are not the end all be all everyone make 4-5* out to be by bringing up the patriots roster and how many 3* they play, and how much they have won with them which i was using to build on in another point but instead became a bigger focus. I never refuted that being that highly rated wont get you there or that those highly rated kids aren't good players just pointing out the problems with the system and how it functions and why it is junk.

No one disputes he is the best back on the roster. However it doesn't excuse running a kid with known knee issues 51 times in 2 games. The other backs in that time span had a cumulative carry count of 12. That includes receivers. Wilbon only had 5 of those. But i guess, Winning games>player health. Wilbon and Ozigbo did as best they could behind a struggling line, and could have been used more to reduce the wear and tear on Bryant.

My apologies been on the phone all day when typing on here and that can lead to me trying to cut down on what all i would like to say to save fighting spell check which doesnt like half words i use. I did. And your wrong everything i wrote is factually backed up. SN nation looked at only the starting line up, in the link i posted, of the Eagles and Patriots. The patriots only start 5 guys rate 4 star or higher. The Eagles are in all likely hood soon to be beaten down by group of guys who were rated 3 stars coming out of high school. That was my point, that you missed, being that highly rated may get you to the league. Neat. But on the starting line up of the most successful team in America, they are a firm minority. It is my personal belief the system is garbage, this belief is based on my personal experiences. When i played high school ball we had a kid rated 2 stars. He never once met with rivals or any other site that gave him that designation. And as i came to find out later in my broadcast career after meeting some of these people, if you don't show at their events or live within a specific radius where they can see you in person you won't be rated higher than a 3 unless some other circumstances arise. There are simply to many kids, not enough eyes to go see them all. Which brings me to my final point. The recruiting services called my 2 star team mate a project player. Our team doesn't game film so................ and no one came to see him. and he played in every game for all 4 of his years at CSU, and had a chance to continue. But opted not too. Defend all that if you want too but i will call it as i see it.............. Garbage. They have the audacity to categorize and "rate" kids they have never seen, and never will except on aTV or computer monitor. And as to the bolded part, i could waste my night quoting other posts where people assert kid X is a back up to kid Z because the aforementioned kid is rated 50 spots higher. the personal profiles section in the recruiting forum is full of either that blatant assertion or subtle inclination. That comment was aimed at those people less you, but you jumped on it so there you go, less a straw man, more a real man. So your are in fact wrong just like i believe you are about recruiting. So did i.

Curious, I'm guessing your link is the entire roster of the patriots? Because among their starting 22 only 5 were rated a 4 star or higher. The majority are former three stars. Which means the rest of those other 4 and 5 star guys are sitting behind 3 star guys on the bench. Awkward. Off The top of my head I'm pretty there have been years, hilariously, the huskers had more 4 stars on the field then they did. And less to show for it. Also as a side note former consensus nobody out of high school Josh Allen is also now considered by some a front runner to go first overall. While 3 star, manning and media darling tanner Lee likely just threw himself out of being drafted. Not saying they don't get it right on some kids. But often times anyone can watch the film and tell you that kid will be special. We need to stop pretending these stars we put on kids are infallible and truly reflective of their skill. That's how you miss on guys like Amber Abdullah.

Perhaps. But what is wrong and a bad idea in your opinion?

Yea I'd just as soon pass on this kid. Anyone who is seriously considering herm Edwards U probably has issues with making educated decisions. Also recruiting rankings are garbage and doing "ok" in an all star game does not immediately make you a guaranteed hit in college. On a final note this is the second time recruiting topics have invaded the football forum this month. Stop it! We got a forum for that!

Hopefully this staff manages him better than the last group. There was no reason to run him as hard as they did, especially against Ark state with as many other backs as we had.

It really makes me wonder how you stop this. They covered this up to protect their athletic programs. Does handing down the death penalty at Penn state, or Baylor, perhaps motivate programs to root out this cancer in their programs in fear of losing millions in dollars in revenue? Perhaps its time to find out with Michigan State since the abuse and athletic department indifference continue unabated.

Hmm. It's like Baylor all over again.