GMoose

Husker football...

Just look at the guy, his initials are the first two letters of SWAG for god's sake!

I think Ganz was the de facto QB Coach this year, anyway. You could see him on the sideline during every game, coaching Taylor up. Plus, he's already had a whole year to study Beck's offense. I really think he would be a great addition to the permanent coaching staff. And the dude bleeds husker red. In the words of Toto, it's gonna take a lot to get him away from here.

Any of that in this thread is simply looking through red goggles. Don't get me wrong, David is an amazing LB. Best NU has seen in years, but not the best LB out there. Kuechly: 191 tackles (102 solo), 12 TFL, 0 sacks, 3 INTS, 1 TD. Lavonte: 122 tackles (57 solo), 11 TFL, 3.5 sacks, 2 INT.

I thought Fickell was being retained as Urban Meyer's DC? Doubt Mike Stoops would take a co-DC position. SportsbyBrooks reporting that Stoops to NU is a decent possibility.

A couple have. I, personally am still debating in my mind the name of Randy Shannon Interesting. That would be good for NU with FLA recruiting. I kinda feel like Shannon has been holding out for a head coaching gig though. Whether or not he gets one is starting not to look so good.

Apologies for not reading through all the old entries, but has anyone thrown the name Tim DeRuyter into the ring? I'd think Nebraska would love to have him.

Well OSU has more returning starters than NU, so I'm sure where that logic comes from. Oh and by the way, one of those returning starters is Braxton Miller. And this time he'll have Urban Meyer coaching him. Advantage OSU.

Ahahahahahaha

A thing to think about is with losing Carl, Bo might take over some more of the defensive coaching/calling again.

Joe Schad now reporting FAU has agreed to terms with Carl and TO was among those who recommended him to FAU

So even Mike McNeil is a better QB than Curtis Painter...

If Lavonte had last year's numbers he probably would have won.

Well he's 17th in total tackles, so I don't know if he's the most productive per se in CFB, but he is dominant. The fact of the matter is that he is undersized, which is a risk in the NFL. A risk because he might not pan out because of that size. I think he'll be one of those mid-rounders who Gruden and those guys are talking about as one of the steals of the draft halfway through next season.

Looking at Brad Edwards' bowl projection, him and Schlabach both have Arkansas in BCS bowls. I thought a conference couldn't send more than two teams, guess I was wrong. If Arkansas gets an at-large that changes Nebraska's outlook quite a bit in terms of an opponents I'd think. EDIT: Misread the projection. Both those two had Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl, not BCS bowls. Makes sense.

I sense a meme coming on...

Arkansas fans are saying Capital One or Cotton vs. Boomer Capital One is ahead of Cotton in the pecking order right?

Yeah I kinda doubt it

I spoke with an outback bowl official Friday who said the SEC slot is likely filled by UGA or USC, which makes me think Arkansas is pretty much a lock for Capital One. Since Wisconsin probably wins the rematch, I believe it'll come down to who the Capital One chooses, Nebraska or MSU. Outback Bowl would love to have NU.

I think Capital One Bowl is looking pretty likely right now. The two remaining Wisconsin games have a huge impact on the outcome of our bowl situation, we need to wait and see what happens with them

And getting into the game to hand it off a few times is somehow going to prepare Carnes for a pressure situation? How? And you'd be a lot happier if Martizez threw a pick or Carnes came in and fumbled an exchange? We've done that in every win this year except for Ohio St. And there's a lot to be said for not giving games away after you have a nice lead. Just ask Wisconsin, Texas A&M, etc. I don't see where I said it would prepare Carnes for a pressure situation, nor did I say I'd be happy with a turnover. As I said, some reps are better than no reps in my opinion. I just don't see how keeping Martinez in there late, when our sole purpose was to run the ball, does much of anything. One way football teams get better is by building depth and experience, and you build that by getting in second and third stringers. We haven't had many opportunities to do that this year, but we had a good opportunity for awhile there. Up 20-0, I would bring Carnes in. If something went wrong, have the more experienced Martinez come in to finish the game out. With the way our defense was playing, I think Carnes should have gotten a little more time. Exactly. If you're going to go 3 and out 3 times in a row with 10 minutes left in the game, why not do it with Carnes? Get him some snaps. Same with Heard and Turner.