The Dude

I recognize the name. Not too familiar with them.

Washington fa' sho'. Maybe Fresno State.

I'm just a dude.

I met Brann Dailor when I saw them in Omaha. Really cool dude. He was just chillin' in the crowd when the other bands were on stage. Can't wait for The Hunter, September is going to be a good month.

It never ceases to amaze me how much fans of such a manly sport care so much about fashion and vanity.

She was the head cheerleader from the Compton cheerleading team in Bring it On. Yeah, I know that, what are ya gonna do? A lot of fine trim in that flick and I am buzzzing like a mofo. I've seen that movie like 4 times haha. Yeah I recognize her now.

I don't know who that is, but she's pretty hot.

naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

I voted today.

Stalkerazzi.

I never made that claim. I've said that local recruiting bases has as much to do with it than anything, at least twice now... Also, there isn't exactly a mass exodus for top QBs to cold weather schools. Which was my whole point.

Yes, unless you're playing Oklahoma maybe. I've always kinda rooted for them when we weren't playing them.

Haha.

Which really has nothing to do with this discussion. I simply submitted that most top pro-style QBs go to warm weather schools. And provided ample evidence to support the claim.

Of course elite guys are going to be a small sample. That's why they're elite. Another small sample of the same direct correlation: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/555409-college-football-recruiting-2011-where-are-the-top-10-quarterbacks-headed

Oh the irony of talking about NU being a cold weather school when it's a million, billion, trillion degrees outside It's so damn hot, milk was a bad choice.

Haha.

2011 NFL Draft first rounders: QB - Cam Newton - Auburn QB - Jake Locker - Washington QB - Blaine Gabbert - Missouri QB - Christian Ponder - Florida State WR - AJ Green - Georgia WR - Julio Jones - Alabama WR - Jonathan Baldwin - Pitt 2010 QB - Sam Bradford - Oklahoma QB - Tim Tebow - Florida TE - Jermaine Gresham - Oklahoma WR - Demaryius Thomas - Georgia Tech WR - Dez Bryant - Oklahoma State 2009 QB - Matthew Stafford - Georgia QB - Mark Sanchez - USC QB - Josh Freeman - Kansas State WR - Darrius Heyward-Bey - Maryland WR - Michael Crabtree - Texas Tech WR - Jeremy Maclin - Missouri WR - Percy Harvin - Florida WR - Hakeem Nicks - North Carolina WR - Kenny Britt - Rutgers TE - Brandon Pettigrew - Oklahoma State And so on and so forth. History proves that most top receivers and quarterback gravitate towards warmer weather. This is a fact, whether you like it or not. It doesn't mean it's impossible to get those types of guys, it just makes it a whole hell of a lot harder. That and the fact that we don't have a strong recruiting base that produces those types of players, and the fact that we don't have a history of making QBs and WRs rich. All of this puts us at a *HUGE* disadvantage at getting those guys.

I Heard it would be Abdullah, but he might be a bit Green at this point.

This "it's too cold to pass" idea has been around for a LONG time in Nebraska, but it's just not true. Michigan thinks we live in the balmy south and they've had pro-style QBs with great WR talent for years and years and years. You can recruit those kinds of players here, we just chose not to for 30 years because we wanted to run a unique offense. __________________________________ Part of the genius of Osborne is that he stuck with the Option when he realized it would open a recruiting avenue to players that most other schools weren't going after. That allowed us to attract the top QBs and RBs from option-style high school offenses. Cornering the market on a specific kind of talent is a wise move. I maintain that Osborne's offense as it existed in the 90s would not only succeed but could dominate right now, just like it did then. But you'd have to have the coaches to teach it and frankly, we don't. The guys we have now coach their kind of offense - whatever that is - and that's what we want them to do. Watson failed miserably when Bo asked him to coach an offense with which he was not familiar. That's the square peg/round hole problem that we've had these few years past. Michigan also has a much stronger local recruiting base. They've been able to build a history of sending WRs and QBs to the NFL because of it. We never had such luxuries, huge difference. You're dead on on the bit I bolded.

If I can expand further on my point about NU not being able to pull it top throwing QBs, I think it has more to do with our inabilty to pull in top WRs. WRs don't like playing in cold weather, most big time WRs go to warm weather schools. Blue Chip QBs tend to follow them. Cold weather schools get the leftovers. Sure there's a few top WRs now and then who don't mind it, but we'd be fighting Michigan, Notre Dame, and Ohio State for them. And all those schools have more of a history sending WRs and QBs to the NFL, so that's a losing battle. If I have my choice between the best running QB in the nation or a below average to average throwing QB, I'll take the runner. That's the barrel the head coach at Nebraska is looking down.

My point still stands. If fact you kind of proved it. We didn't get top guys when we were trying for force a square peg into a round hole. We got leftovers like Lee and Keller. History has proved it. Whether you choose buy it or not.

That name sounds made up. Tommy Armstrong is what you name the QB you created on Madden. Don't lie to me, I know you have.

History tears your point to shreds. And Joe Ganz is an awful example of someone who ran a "pro-style" offense. As he did not. I'm just using these guys as examples of good passers. And what exactly is the evidence that tears my point to shreds? At Nebraska we get guys like Turner Gill, Tommie Frazier, Eric Crouch, ect.. Blaine Gabbert and Josh Freeman types go elsewhere. We don't get big time NFL level WRs and QBs at Nebraska, we just don't. When we can sign two of the top running QBs in the nation in the same recruiting class, like we literally just did, it's pretty obvious what kind of QBs we attract. When was the last time we signed two of the top passing QBs in the nation in the same class?

History tears your point to shreds. And Joe Ganz is an awful example of someone who ran a "pro-style" offense. As he did not.