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The thing is, we're getting inter-rater reliability and being told to be cautious by the OC. It's not just talk out of Nebraska that Lee can be the real deal. It's coming from scouts and outsiders. Now, it's possible that he's just a workout warrior. There are tons of guys that look good in workouts and can't turn it into anything on the field. However, it's a sign of confidence that he was voted a captain by his peers. I absolutely question what he can do in game situations in front of 90k people. We all should. I also think we can be cautiously optimistic.

Which brings be to the second comment I made to start this post. The staff knows the hype is getting big. We do need to pump the brakes. Even if Lee is as great as he's said to be, it's a team sport. We have no idea how all the pieces fit right now. So yes, the Lee hype might just be that. We need reasons to get excited about the team always. Your not going to ever have a season where the team and media say yeah everything sucks. We as fans need to take that in context and recognize that there's done truth and some urban legend that goes into that. 

With regards to this board, I think we as a culture could stand to not get stuck in being black or white about things. Lee may not be a Heisman contender. However, he might turn into a guy like Josh Allen who keeps everything moving. When we talk about him being overhyped we forget that it's possible or likely he's going to do some things really well that we're not used to seeing. 

12 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

That surprises you?

No, but it surprises me that it's by such a large amount that they would be willing to burn a redshirt. It sounds like they're not taking a QB this year. That increases the value of a Gebbia RS IMO. Having Gebbia at #3 means to me that there's so little dropoff that they feel they can meet team goals if our first two go down. For me, the only reason you burn that redshirt is if it's A. saving jobs or B. leading to a division championship. 

I find the Gebbia comment very interesting. He must be better in order of magnitudes than Andrew Bunch. 

3 minutes ago, 1995 Redux said:

I kinda expect a slow paced, conservative game where we barely cover the spread.  Think they save a lot for week 2.

I agree. I think they're going to try to do everything they can to have all the tricks in the bag for Oregon. I expect this to be another try out for RB. If there's any plays they're still trying to nail the timing on, I'm sure they'll run it over and over as well. 

I don't think there's anything fancy in store, but hopefully they don't get complacent. I somewhat wonder if they'll use too much of the 3-4. 

3 minutes ago, ADS said:

Kieron Williams down to third team is eye opening.

He's coming off an injury. They may be just giving him time to recover but indicating he can play if needed due to lack of depth. 

Edit: Ignore me, I was looking at the wrong Williams. Yes that is surprising. 

I removed a personal attack post. Keep it about the topic yall. 

I went full koolaid. I think Oregon won't be as good as people think. I think we sneak out a win against Wisconsin. Losses to Penn St and tOSU. 

On 8/7/2017 at 10:05 AM, In the Deed the Glory said:

I was having trouble believing in Wisconsin going 11-1, then I looked at their schedule:

 

Utah State

Florida Atlantic

@ BYU

Northwestern

@ Nebraska

Purdue

Maryland

@ Illinois

@ Indiana

Iowa

Michigan

@ Minnesota

 

I still think 10-2, but 11-1 could happen.

10-2 could work for us if we beat them and Michigan beats them. If we manage to limit our conference losses to tOSU and Penn St, could be a good season. I think my look is optimistic, but not unrealistic. There's no reason to think we couldn't pull off wins against everyone else. 

I hear he wore OSU underpants yesterday.

More aes sadai lies.

Admittedly I am not always the sharpest tool in the box - but do these tweets make any sense?

 

I mean to be fair, he might want to make sure he can get to 50 before complaining about 51 votes.

 

 

 

 

If the offensive line struggles and I believe it will, we wont have to worry about a new oline coach as we will be looking for a whole new coaching staff!

 

Why do you believe it will?

Yeah, I would like to know your reasoning on that also.

 

From all accounts the O-line was looking very servicable in fall camp last year and then Foster went down a week and half before the season starts. So they move a transfer walk on senior in Hahn to play guard, when he had been playing tackle all fall camp.

 

The season starts and the O-line is actually playing OK. It is not a completely dominant line, but is holding its own against most opponents.

 

Then the injuries start. Nothing major, just cronic ankle sprains. Knevel gets hit, Gates, Farmer, Knevel misses 5-6 games in that time, Farmer misses a couple of games, Gates doesn't miss a start but is not well the whole rest of the year. At one point in a game I believe the line starts 3 former walk ons, Conrad, Hahn and the center.

 

Foster somehow manages to get back for the last couple of games of the season.

 

All this shuffling and they still won 9.

 

I think you have to understand how much shuffling that went on last year due to injuries, before you really can judge things.

 

Offensive line play is the unit that is most dependent on playing together. They need to develop as a unit. This is acually more important in the run game than pass game.

 

I am not comparing these guys at all, but part of the reason why the 94 and 95 lines were so great is that they stayed pretty healthy all year. They started the same guys all year. It is so important.

 

With that said the offensive line does need to get better. If they stay healthy I think they will. They brought in a very talented class in 2016. They rolled the dice and RS all of them, they probably could have used a couple of them last year, but now they still have that year.

 

 

It is on Cav to make this unit better, I don't think you or I have to tell him that. He knows what is at stake.

Also of note is at the end of the season or qb had a fully torn hamstring. That's going to impact how the line looks.

This article should scare Husker fans to death. Klatt basically says that when Riley has a NFL caliber QB he jumps up and wins some games. When he doesn't.... it's back to .500 football. I pray that Diaco can turn the defense around or I'm afraid Klatt is right.

That's not what the article says at all. The quotes are that Tanner Lee is a good fit. Says that when osu had a good fit at qb the production went up. The NFL quality thing isn't mentioned anywhere.

I'm allergic to corn and a ton of pollen. My first job was at 14 working at a rec center.

I just saw that. (28% of Income) / 12 = monthly rent. Therefore the claim is that the following is 'needed' to pay rent in each city, rounding:

 

SF: $4200

NYC: $3800

Boston: $3200

LA: $2600

DC: $2400

Chicago: $2300

Seattle: $2000

Philly: $1560

..

Dallas: $1200

..

Phoenix: $960

 

I don't know -- "needed" is rather vague. It seems like a good way to blow the variation out of proportion (at both the top and the bottom). But maybe not.

Also worth noting this is for 2brs at market value.

This is crazy. I knew there were variations. But I didn't realize it was this much.

 

 

Seems a little low for Seattle. Renting a room here right now goes for about 1k if you're fairly far away from the city center and rail system. My first year here I made 40k, was in income restricted housing and rent was still 1200 a month (studio). I wasn't even particularly close to anything. For a 2br, it's shooting up even faster in Seattle proper it's about 2700 a month at market value for somewhere not in prime location (e.g. by Amazon) 3200 a month to 3700 a month if you do want to be down there.

 

I think this hurts us most at the Northwestern game. We're arguably still a year or so away from competing with tOSU and Penn State. The other teams on our schedule don't especially scare me through the air. NW seems like the game this has the most potential to impact.

 

Nebraska has been a year or two away from being anything but average for 15 year's or so per the fanbase.

Yeah... Almost like we had a bunch of nine win season or something. Weird isn't it.

I think this hurts us most at the Northwestern game. We're arguably still a year or so away from competing with tOSU and Penn State. The other teams on our schedule don't especially scare me through the air. NW seems like the game this has the most potential to impact.

 

Apparently, in a face-to-face conversation, HCMR told Bryson Williams that Nebraska will not be offering him a while ago. Coaches made their evaluation and decision, so Bryson moved on. All good for each side.

He's made comments (off the record) that he wants to go to a school that plays and beats Nebraska regularly.

 

Had a top two of Iowa and Wisconsin.

 

Good for the kid, can't blame him one bit.

I would have the same chip on my shoulder. I'm glad he ended up at a good program.

For what it's worth, Blades is on the roster as of right now: http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=100&SPID=22&SPSID=4

Whereas KJJ is not. So we know it's somewhat updated.

He acts like a kid that didn't put the work in to make sure he qualifies and then blames Nebraska for him not qualifying.

 

Not sure where his negative Nebraska attitude is coming from.

When did he blame Nebraska?

To quote a free rivals article, 'There are rumors of Nebraska moving into position as his latest leader after a great visit.' Article was written by a national guy.

Also worth noting that bookie, Moore and Chase were all on his team at the opening. As were a few other top NU targets.

Lets go ND

SBNation preview is up!

I can't help but feel that WI is being over hyped this season. They'll be good and do the stuff that Wisconsin does, we know that. However, they lost their two top RBs, an All-American left tackle, two all-conference DBs, a 1st round draft pick OLB and a 3rd round draft pick OLB. . So yeah, lots of senior leadership and returning starters, but they lost some talent. They're still gonna be good and I have no problem looking at them as favorites in the West, but lets be reasonable about going undefeated.

Just for the record, you all suck at understanding what a kool aid thread is all about. Go start a bitter beer thread.

"NU’s coaches go on vacation starting next week. ... Players will get some breaks in there, too. If any more players choose to leave the program — Mike Riley said at FNL there was no news report there — it could come after that break, and just before training camp."

http://www.omaha.com/huskers/football/recruiting/big-fat-recruiting-update-june-a-recap-of-the-last/article_4588f76e-5ce0-11e7-826c-1f5e152d8490.html