cheeserunza

Now THAT is a good first post. Kudos. Thanks for the kind words. I make the rounds on these message boards, but seldomly post. This post just struck me as funny. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I certainly fault no one for being a fan and/or a homer, I just wanted to point out that perhaps the poster wasn't being as objective as he thought he was.

To summarize your posts in this thread: QB – Most talented ever at MU RB – Considered by Pinkel to be the best ever at MU WR/TE – Only slight drop off from last year (who were considered by many to be the best ever at MU) OL – Expected to be a strength on a team (which apparently has many positions considered to be the best ever) but not living up to expectations, YET. DL – Lots of talent and the fastest ever at MU (as good as NUs) LB – Best ever at MU (NU’s starters might be as good as MUs backups) DB – Too many good players to list. (probably top 3 in the conference) A couple observations: You are tempted to call the RB position a push based on what Washington did last year. What does last year have to do with anything? You seem to want to give your OL (and DL for that matter) the benefit of the doubt based on youth and potential, but yet fail to recognize that NU has talented young players across the board (particularly on Defense) with huge potential as well (ie starting 2 rs freshmen lbs) I think this post illustrates the difference between NU and MU as programs. Many of these positions on MUs current team, you have considered to be the best ever at MU. And in a game I consider to be a 50-50 contest, NU has only one player on its current roster which can be considered in the top five at his position in NU history.