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I've been hard on him all season, but...Lamar Jackson, kid might just be exactly what we need next season.
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@Redux that's why I said next year.
In all honesty, I think a strong sports psychologist would go a long way for some of our players. Lightbourne and Jackson among those who could benefit the most.
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attitude and effort is much better. Agree with @StPaulHusker, tackling still needs to get better if he wants to make it in the league. Several times it looks like he tries to go low with the shoulder rather than initiating contact through the player.
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I think you're exactly right here. With regards to talent, I see two things and one is probably more or less wrong. First, I think more than the talent ceiling, it's a depth issue. If any of our guys goes down or is gassed, we're more or less SOL. This team has had me the most fearful of any team out there. When Washington got hurt early against tOSU, I felt it hurt our ability to stick to the ground game. It feels pretty clear to me that behind the 1st stringers, there's not a lot to look forward to. This feels consistent with the documented attrition that we've had from past recruiting classes. Second, I think we need the talent to generate a pass rush when we need to. While we've been so much better at getting sacks this season, I feel like there are far too many downs where we give QBs a clean pocket to make their throw. This may (strongly) contribute to why our DBs struggle so much at times. The D-line is the only place where I feel something is really off at this point.
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I'm staying optimistic with the D-line. I think we can sell kids on "We're a pass rush away from being a one loss team".
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I think this is the thing that should stand out to us. He's still a freshmen. There's room to play cleaner. This is going to be fun to watch in the years going forward.
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SIGNED WR Wan'Dale Robinson [Nebraska - Signed LOI]
Huskerzoo replied to Mavric's topic in 2019 Profiles
I thought we just went with the giant cookies. Is that no longer a thing? -
SIGNED WR Wan'Dale Robinson [Nebraska - Signed LOI]
Huskerzoo replied to Mavric's topic in 2019 Profiles
Rumor mill I've heard says that family wants him to be somewhere closer to home. -
SIGNED WR Wan'Dale Robinson [Nebraska - Signed LOI]
Huskerzoo replied to Mavric's topic in 2019 Profiles
Got a source for that captain pessimism? -
It would be awesome if it didn't feel like my brain was trying to escape my skull.
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Walgreens cheaper version of Excedrin Migraine, the stuff works and within 15 mins. It what @Reduxsaid is true, then you'll have that for a week or 2.
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@Moiraine Thanks for looking into that.
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@Mavric did they control for games played in this?
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I know you're being sarcastic, but if you follow closely enough, you learn that this is true. There are some people that routinely seem to have credible insights.
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I think we can tentatively pencil in both of those guys. Still waiting on the recruiting updates from the weekend to start coming in. I imagine we will get them soon now that schools getting out for the day.
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The chair is ours!
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Not gonna lie, I'm equally excited about the potential of the 5$BoBC as I am about HCSF's first win. Best trophy in football.
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Related to this, there are two options. Either Scott Frost has no clue what he's talking about when he says we need to clear some rot from the team or it's all about recruiting. Now there's something to be said about recruiting the guys that you want for the team, but this isn't treating a cold, it's fighting cancer. There's a growth that needs to be removed from this team, only once we get rid of what's wrong can we start really moving forward. Guys out there have the yips, they're playing hesitantly, they're making the mistakes that come with overthinking, they're not just balling out. I think this is most true on special teams, but you can see it elsewhere too. We don't need guys who are talented, we need guys who are talented, know they're talented, buy into the system, know the system, and know that system is going to allow them to win every game. If anyone has tried teaching, you know how hard it is to change multiple things. Additionally, it's horrible to teach multiple things at once and that's what HCSF is having to do. It's going to be a ride, but we'll get there, it just isn't going to be fun this year. Use it as an excuse to brag about how great Nebraska fans are (through thick and thin) and to drink way too much with friends. Take in the awful, so you can appreciate the bad and eventually not take for granted the good/great.
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A zscore is a standard score where 1 (either plus or minus) represents 1 standard deviation of a normal distribution. So the -.60 means that we're at roughly better than 30% of teams out there, whereas 70% of teams are better than us. -1.27 means that we're better than about 10% of teams, with 90% of teams better than us. I posted some links that kind of help explain it.
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For those of you unaware of what zscores are: https://stattrek.com/statistics/dictionary.aspx?definition=z_score and if you don't know what a standard deviation is: https://www.mathplanet.com/education/algebra-2/quadratic-functions-and-inequalities/standard-deviation-and-normal-distribution
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Feeling excited but a little gross about a job interview at the University of Iowa.
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I'm an assistant professor as well, so I am asking to gain some perspective. What puts you on the job market after a year or so? I was approached by a department chair from another university to send in an application for a new position, but I turned it down because I was in year 2 of my job and thought I need more time to lay roots somewhere.
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@Thanks_Tom RR two reasons. The first is that I got married to someone who is also looking for a position in academia. My school initially talked about a position opening up a year from now and could point to a lot of reasons why that needed to happen. At some point last year, the narrative changed to maybe in three years when the chair retires. I'm not thrilled about the idea of living away from my wife for another 2 years on top of this one.
The second reason is the research infrastructure. Our IRB is terrible and our masters program isn't as research focused as I was led to believe. It means that I can't run a good chunk of my research agenda, the part that I'm most passionate about, very easily. I very much would've preferred to not move again.
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I can commiserate about a university overselling a bit during the hiring process. Right now, I feel that the institutional support for me is weaker than I would have liked, but what keeps me settled at the moment in my current job is several strong, supportive colleagues.
Family matters was a BIG reason that I accepted this job in my current location, so I can also understand your wish to improve your home/work balance.
Good luck with the search.
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Michigan players: Nebraska gave up 'after the first series'
Huskerzoo replied to r06ue1's topic in Husker Football
Personally, I think this continues this season until we get through a first quarter and maybe first half without a turnover. I think the team saw that turnover and saw the game play out in the blink of a moment. Watch Spielman on the AM pick. He was done on the play the second it happened. They're all in their head about it. -
My father in law is a huge Michigan guy, probably fits the profile of a booster. I base my response based on his reaction to a large degree. I think a loss to Nebraska isn't the end. A loss to Nebraska, plus a loss to tOSU could be. I think by and large, Michigan is kind of where we were with Bo. You've got to win the big games. If you drop a weird one here and there, it's not the worst thing in the world. Losses to ND, MSU, tOSU will seal Jimbos fate. You win those games but lose 1 or 2 weird ones, you're fine. You keep losing all of those and I imagine he'll be gone.
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But a team rebuild is the same as a team oil change...right?
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As good as we could've hoped for. Lets get the optimism train going again.
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Frost says "there's a chance' AM will play next week.
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Sunken gardens were insanely hot but a great place to get married.
