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19 minutes ago, Huskerfollower4life said:

Im not saying they have to throw it like last year but its my belief that they should be a balanced team.  Not all run or not all throwing.  Like I said yesterday wasn't a REAL GAME.  Just one can hope they aren't so vanilla with the play calling when it does matter.

I didn’t think they were that vanilla on offense. Ran a lot of RPOs, some qb run game, unbalanced formations, motions, mixed in some 2 back and ran some iso, FB trap, and  screen that looked promising, got into some empty too. 
 

special teams ran a couple fake punts. 
 

defense was bringing juice. DL was moving all over the place, bring LBs, dropping nose tackles to the hole dropper. Mixed up our coverages too. 
 

As far as spring games go, this one was as close to a real game as you will find. 

1 hour ago, Mavric said:

Not sure why the Tweet says Logan.  The article is about Grant.

 

 

Maybe mixed up where he is from with his first name.  

20 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

Eh ... quarterbacks who aren't great passers often use tight ends a ton a security blankets.

This!!  Iowa produce Mackey Award winning TE's every other year bc their QBs aren't very good. They throw  Naked/Bootlegs to TE and, check downs to backs/screens.  WR are usually 4th or 5th on the team in reception.  

1 hour ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said:

I know it's because of concussions but teaching to put your head opposite the ball is going to lead to a lot of missed tackles as it has over the last few years 

I don't think it will cause you to miss more tackles.  It could allow for some more yards after contact, but attacking the back shoulder is more in line with the proper leverage you use when pursuing the ball carrier.  When you track the hip and have to slide you head across to the ball side can cause you to overshoot your target.  Just my opinion and how we work it.  

3 hours ago, SW MO Huskerfan said:

I’m confused. Did he and Reddell skip the NU visit and go to Norte Dame? Or did they just come in for Friday only?

Think they just stayed Friday and bounced to ND sat. 
looks like The 5 star DE from LSN is at Ohio state today. Nebraska on Friday. 

We have to put all of our eggs in the Raiola basket.  You can't go half in on a recruit like him and expect to land him.  If we don't land Raiola, then maybe there is a scenario we could get back into the picture with Daniel.  

Mizzou is 17-19 in 4 seasons with Drink. If he has another below .500 season he could be on the hot seat this year. A huge gripe among Mizzou fans is that he has never had, or developed a QB. Looks like they could struggle at that position again this year, and in the SEC that could be trouble.   They hired Kellen Moore's brother as the OC to call the plays and took that off Drink's plate. But hiring an OC to call plays for an offensive head coach usually is a sign of a make or break year for a coach.  

13 hours ago, Toe said:

 

Statistically, the line regressed a bit compared to 2021.

Could have a lot to do with completely overhauling  the offensive philosophy.. 

12 hours ago, suh_fan93 said:

 

Oregon bringing in a Mauler from the 85287!!!

13 hours ago, Mavric said:

4.47 40 yard (laser timed)

10.65 100 meters

Crazy fast.  That 100m time is his Middle School time.  

2 minutes ago, knapplc said:

I think Dylan Raiola should come to Nebraska. 

After reading this thread I am not so sure. Probably won’t be able to play here and expectations will be too high. He needs to go somewhere smaller like Georgia/or USC where he can play and they will let him mature lol!

20 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Kid is a talent but that play didn’t require a lot of talent or skill. What coverage we playing there on the goal line??

14 minutes ago, Crusader Husker said:

What Lincoln Riley has done with QB's is what makes me think that could be spot #1.

That worries me too.  You couldnt blame a QB wanting to go play for Lincoln Riley.  Pretty good chance you win a Heisman and are a top NFL pick.  

1 hour ago, Red Five said:

 

I see him more like Nate Swift.  A grit guy, brings his lunch pail everyday.  Good route runner.  Deceptively fast.  First one in the gym, last one out.

Maybe an Ed Mccaffrey type.  Grinder.  Deceptively runs past people.  Traffic Catcher.  He is white.  Playbook Junkie.  Great short area quickness.  Pale. Great locker room guy. 

HS Super 6

1. Malachi- Elite Prospect.  Hope he develops

2. Eric Fields- Missile on the field Good frame, great athlete

3. Van Poppel- Physical kid that should fit our scheme up front by being moved around on the interior

4. Ethan Nation- Like our corners that we got. He moves well and competes.  

5. Princewill Umanmielen- Might just have an edge rusher here.

6. Gunnar Gottula- Big OL, decent feet.  Could develop to a B1G OL and play multiple spots

Sleeper- Track guys, (Turner/Loyd/Charles/Barnes) Bet 1 or 2 of these guys turn into players for us.  

Portal-

Sims- Probably our Starting Q

Jones- Instant starter at C

Jeudy- Need big bodies up front and he fits the bill.  

Georgia offered a 24' QB out of Georgia recently.  That has to mean they are keeping their options open and have doubts that Raiola is theirs to lose.  

1 hour ago, Cdog923 said:

Here's my hope: they're at 24.5 PPG by the Nebraska game, score enough to bump that to 25, but still lose so they have to retain him. 

How bout we beat them 42-0, but they make a bowl game played at 11 AM on Dec 16th against a directional school and hang 60 points getting his 25.0 ppg average and he receives an extension and a raise.  

But I would take you scenario too.  

Track kid that can run.  

Ran a wind-aided 10.69 100, wind-legal time of 10.76 as a junior in Spring 2022. Ran 200-meter times of 21.67, 21.86, and 21.87. State qualifier in both events.
 

1 hour ago, Decked said:

Hood has yet to see the field. Rouse has actually produced and produced very early. Hard to say. 

True, but spending a year on georgias scout team is going to prepare him well to take on the big ten west. He went against NFL players everyday in practice. 

If he is 6’5 300 like his profile says, this kid might be a player. On his film he moves well for a big guy. Makes plays outside the numbers and he can re establish the line of scrimmage. Competition must be legit bc he plays for the top team in the country. 

16 minutes ago, Husker in WI said:

 

Turner's 10.25 was with a pretty significant wind so it might be closer than it looks. But yeah, they all fast.

Yep, the 100m would be pretty darn close.  Turner could be a sub 21 200m kid this year too.  That is Tyreek Hill fast.  

Turner.  He has ran a 10.25 100m and a 21.04 200m.  I think Lloyd is around a 10.4-10.5.  Coleman is right about the same as LLoyd.  All 3 can roll. 

10 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

But I think all of them are fast enough to be on the track team.  Two of them are planning on it for sure.

I agree.  Not a knock on Coleman, just pointing out the emphasis put on speed for our skill players in Rhule's first class.  Turner would have placed at the B1G conference meet as a JR in HS.  It will be fun to watch these guys develop on the field and on the track.  Coleman seems very raw  with unlimited potential in both football and track. 

40 minutes ago, Mavric said:

He wants to run the 100 meters for the Husker track team.  Looking to set some more high school records this spring so he's not enrolling at UNL until June.

 

Playing in the Polynesian Bowl which is Friday at 8 PM CST on NFL Network.

He is crazy fast.  With that being said he is the 3rd Fastest incoming Freshman on the football team.  

7 minutes ago, TonyStalloni said:

I certainly agree portal players should be and usually are more effective than junior college kids. Of the fifteen portal players we took last year for this season plus the one juco player, six started every game (two were kickers) and one played about 35% of every game. Of the next five, one saw limited action as sub to let starters rest a series and three were very limited action. Of the next five only Tommi Hill saw action for 3 or 4 early games then was strictly a kick off returner who usually watched the ball go into the end zone. A couple may have been on special teams.  I'm not sure how other team's portal rates fared.

Still not a bad percentage. We probably don’t win a game without Palmer and Thompson. Pretty important. 

20 minutes ago, TonyStalloni said:

Getting kids out of the portal is like buying a used car from someone you don't know. He says the transmission is good but is it really? 

Portal kids are a lot less risky than JUCO players, and teams have leaned on them to fill rosters for years.