Herd Husker

except the kid is always getting injured. don't know if he could handle the hits in that role...

College Football Power Rankings - Week 15 1 (1) Alabama (15) 13-0 375 Alabama capped a dream season with its win over Texas in the BCS National Championship Game. The Tide did their damage on the ground, rushing for 205 yards and controlling the ball for more than 33 minutes. 2 (2) Texas 13-0 351 Texas rode a roller coaster of emotions in the title game. First the Horns lost QB Colt McCoy to injury, then they rallied behind Garrett Gilbert before succumbing to Alabama. A consolation to Texas: finishing No. 2 in the ESPN.com Power Rankings. 3 (6) Boise State 13-0 346 Boise State exacted some revenge in the Fiesta Bowl, beating an unbeaten TCU team that gave the Broncos their lone blemish last season. Once again, Boise State went to its bag of tricks, calling a fake punt that led to the eventual winning touchdown. 4 (5) Florida 12-1 338 Short of winning the BCS title, Tim Tebow could not have gone out on a higher note. The all-everything QB torched beleaguered Cincinnati for 533 total yards, the highest mark in a BCS bowl game. 5 (8) Ohio State 10-2 313 The monkey is finally off Ohio State's back. The Buckeyes ended their BCS struggles by beating Oregon in the Rose Bowl. QB Terrelle Pryor passed for 266 yards and rushed for 72 more in the best game of his career. 6 (3) TCU 12-0 298 Even the nation's top defense can be tricked. TCU fell short in its first BCS game thanks in large part to Boise State's trickeration. The Horned Frogs will return plenty of talent next season. 7 (10) Iowa 10-2 287 Iowa felt right at home in the coldest Orange Bowl ever. The Hawkeyes stymied Georgia Tech's vaunted triple-option spread, holding the Yellow Jackets to 155 total yards. Ricky Stanzi returned from injury to throw for 231 yards and two scores. 8 (4) Cincinnati 12-0 257 Cincinnati's season for the ages ended with a thud. We'll never know how much Brian Kelly's leaving for Notre Dame distracted the program, but we do know that Kelly didn't play defense and couldn't stop Tim Tebow. 9 (12) Penn State 10-2 249 Hail to the kicker! On a messy (that's being polite) field, Penn State kicker Collin Wagner connected on four field goals, including the winner with less than a minute left. JoePa picked up his 24th bowl win in the process. 10 (7) Oregon 10-2 239 Perhaps the rest turned into rust, because Oregon was not sharp on offense at the Rose Bowl. LeGarrette Blount capped a difficult season with a touchdown but also fumbled out of the end zone to stop a scoring drive. 11 (11) Virginia Tech 9-3 237 Another year, another 10-win season for Virginia Tech. That's six straight double-digit wins for Frank Beamer's crew. Hard to believe, but the Hokies won back-to-back bowl games for the first time. 12 (9) Georgia Tech 11-2 198 Georgia Tech's offense fell flat in the Orange Bowl. After averaging 35 points per game in the regular season, the Jackets had just one offensive touchdown against Iowa. In two bowl games under Paul Johnson, they have been outscored 62-17. 13 (21) Nebraska 9-4 193 Leave it to the game's most dominant defensive player, Ndamukong Suh, to help deliver the Holiday Bowl's first shutout. The Huskers showed their strength on defense, blanking Arizona 33-0. Nebraska finished its first 10-win season since 2003. 14 (16) Brigham Young 10-2 193 Nobody knows Vegas like BYU. The Cougars bowled in Sin City for the fifth straight season, winning for the third time. Max Hall capped his sensational career with three touchdown passes. 15 (17) Pittsburgh 9-3 166 Has Pitt returned to prominence? With their bowl win over North Carolina, the Panthers won at least 10 games for the first time since the Dan Marino era in 1981. Dion Lewis was again the star for Pitt against UNC, rushing for 159 yards and a score. 16 (23) Wisconsin 9-3 157 Save for the beginning and the end, Wisconsin dominated Miami. And that was enough for the Badgers, who won their first game over a ranked team this season. John Clay ran roughshod over the Canes, gaining 121 yards and two scores. 17 (13) LSU 9-3 123 A sloppy game and a sloppy finish for the Bayou Bengals. LSU lost three of its final five games to end the season and lost a bowl game under Les Miles for the first time. The Tigers had been 4-0 in bowls under Miles. 18 (24) Utah 9-3 122 Nobody wins bowl games like Utah. The Utes' victory over Cal was their ninth straight bowl win. And with freshman QB Jordan Wynn leading the way, things look just as good for next season. 19 (14) Miami (FL) 9-3 96 Miami got things rolling on the opening kickoff, then got rolled by Wisconsin. On the bright side, the Hurricanes return lots of talent, but they might be without Graig Cooper, who hurt his knee late in the game. 20 (30) Texas Tech 8-4 69 No head coach, no problem for Texas Tech. The Red Raiders overcame off-the-field issues to rally past Michigan State. Classic Tech offense threw for 460 yards against undermanned Sparty. 21 (31) Mississippi 8-4 67 Dexter McCluster owns the Cotton Bowl. After gaining 180 total yards last season, the diminutive running back piled up 229 yards in the Rebels' win over Oklahoma State. The lowlight: Ole Miss turned the ball over five times. 22 (26) USC 8-4 66 The season was subpar by USC standards, but it ended on a high note in the Emerald Bowl. Turns out that was nothing compared to the Trojans' offseason that saw Pete Carroll bolt to the NFL and Lane Kiffin return to the West Coast. 23 (25) Central Michigan 11-2 42 One of the most entertaining games of bowl season was a fitting end for one of the most prolific FBS quarterbacks of all time. Dan LeFevour, who finished his career second all time in total yards, threw for 395 yards in CMU's double-OT victory. 24 (18) West Virginia 9-3 27 The odds weren't stacked in West Virginia's favor as it played Florida State in Bobby Bowden's last game in Florida. Noel Devine helped the Mountaineers get off to a 14-3 lead, but it was all Seminoles after that. 25 (NR) Oklahoma 7-5 18 Landry Jones gave Oklahoma momentum heading into the offseason, throwing for 418 yards in the Sooners' win over Stanford. The victory snapped Oklahoma's three-game bowl losing streak. Others receiving votes: Navy (17), Clemson (14), Oregon State (7), Stanford (5), Oklahoma State (2), Connecticut (2), North Carolina (1)

eastern time?

I live in Inwood. Its about 6 hours away from Huntington. I go to school in Frederick, Maryland though. Many of my friends went to Marshall. I love it up there. [/quo nice, yeah i can't complain with living here.

we dont wanna miss out like we did on noel devine...

Where do you live now?? i still live in huntington, yourself?

none if carnes commits!!!!

He is correct. The admission standards are very low. I do not go to WVU, but I do have many friends there. And it amazes me how some of those kids get into college. Well played mitch7. Trust me I have heard them all. But to be quite honest I love West Virginia, its a beautiful place if you ever get a chance to see it. i agree wvhuskerxx, i was born and raised in lincoln and moved to wv when i was 18 to attend marshall on baseball scholarship and have been here ever since. wild and wonderful baby!!!!

Every season is a season of what ifs.

dear mother of owa, you will not be attending classes or be playing on the field, let your son make the decision...he's a big boy now. if it were up to my parents i would have played baseball at nebraska instead of marshall, and i have 0 regrets.

this is some bs!!! especially now that pete caroll is leaving usc....

set to visit Lincoln 1/23/10 per rivals. hope he leaves as commit!!!!!

Agree to all the above!!!

. Source? Don't see him on the commit list? And no one has confirmed the rivals article yet...

I agree

Kenny Bell 3* WR from Boulder, CO and Braylon Heard 4* rivals 100 RB from Youngstown, OH. Hope we can convince Heard to leave the mountainqueers and be a Husker!

i really like ganz in the program. he represents what nu's football program is about...hard work and dedication to the program will get you on the field and prepared for success. i feel he will rub off on the qb's and make them better.

Nice!!! him being involved in spring practices should give him a good chance to compete with e. martin to replace dillard.

yeah...minus the knee problems

here's what i've been thinking.... - two offensive decommits in the last two days = watson most likely gone (one being tyler gabbert, watson's prize recruit this year) - two juco commits from fort scott today = possibility jeff sims is in the mix to replace watson and bringing his two top players with him. - but i dont know why bo would go for a juco head coach to be our oc. granted sims has put fort scott in the elite of juco football, but i think we can snag someone with a little more prestige...

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i agree, think if joe ganz was thrown into the situations as a TRUE freshman....??? we would have shunned him and he never would have grown to the great player he was last year! give green some time to develop and learn the system, he will be a great qb for us in good time...patience husker fans.

i vote wats for 1 more year, last year was top 20 in the nation in total offense. i feel this year will feed an intense qb competition for next year. whoever wants the job the most will earn it and have more success than this year. since wats is on the hot seat i feel he is gonna really step it up in the off season and come up with a plan to put some points up (so we won't have to lean on our defense every game). give the guy a chance, one bad year with a horrible 1st year starting qb and an inexperienced true freshman with all the potential in the world. i remember us dreading watson going to alabama and possible leaving to be a hc at new mexico, one bad year...things can't be worse next year (knock on wood).

i agree. i remember at the beginning of the season watson saying this kid had a better arm than ganz and could make all the throws.....haha under threw paul twice for picks. one of two things happen before next season....one, cody green starts all year or two, watson gets fired. if we had an average offense we're sitting at 12-1 and big 12 champs!