Hercules

Exactly. 2002 was Frank Solich's worst year. How do you not see the connection?

It was the ridiculous influx of Nike money, which bought the coaches, the uniforms, and all of their new facilities.

That's what I was thinking as well What does it matter if they're "alternate" uniforms for that season or not? The point is, don't wear all red or all white, because obviously they're cursed.

BOOM! I could go for this: YES If they ever make the helmets look like that, I will make it my life's work to destroy every one of those N stickers so that they never see the light of day. While I'm at it, I'll burn all of the black jerseys. You don't give the offense blackshirts. They're not blackshirts. Those are for the starting defense, in practice. You don't sell out on that. Okay, then how about those black tops with the white traditional helmets? Meets everybody halfway.

BOOM! I could go for this: YES If they ever make the helmets look like that, I will make it my life's work to destroy every one of those N stickers so that they never see the light of day. While I'm at it, I'll burn all of the black jerseys. You don't give the offense blackshirts. They're not blackshirts. Those are for the starting defense, in practice. You don't sell out on that.

I think instead of just changing the color scheme or the placement of the stripes, or doing something "futuristic," we should keep the really basic red and white look, except that the jerseys should be poorly made, so that by the end of every game they're in tatters and our players look like warriors.

I sure hope they include black in the uniform. I've always thought Nebraska should look more like...

Sure... but we can all agree that if the score at the end of the game is not in our favor, then obviously it's because of the uniforms, right? Oh yes. Absolutely. And Herc, you are evil for posting the all-red game. Sooner Magic. Yuck. Hey, I'm just saying, why tempt fate? I mean, I'm not superstitious... But I am a little stitious.

For those that are too young to remember...

Sure... but we can all agree that if the score at the end of the game is not in our favor, then obviously it's because of the uniforms, right?

I don't know where it got those wacky "N's" from the 90's. We've had the same N on the helmet for a long time...

Must... contain... excitement... stay... cautiously... optimistic...

Or because he wants some pizza.

Frost had a great senior year, but he didn't have the kind of year that Heisman Finalists Gill, Crouch, and Frazier had their senior years. I don't think anybody likes starting a true freshman or a redshirt freshman because that's always going to be a rough year - however, I think that the upside people see is that they have four years to grow in that spot, and that kind of experience produced far stronger senior seasons than those QBs who only got significant playing time starting in their junior or senior year. Overall though, I don't think it matters that much. You put the best player on the field, whether they're a true freshman or a fifth-year senior. There have been tons of great players to come out of either scenario.

Perhaps the reason we prefer less turnover at the QB position is because historically, Nebraska's best Quarterbacks have been 3-4 year starters. Turner Gill was a 3 year starter (only because freshmen didn't play on the varsity squad back then). Tommie Frazier was a 4 year starter. Eric Crouch was a 4 year starter.

Well, if Rex can lead CFB in rushing, have atleast 1871 yards and a 5.45 ypc avg., score atleast 28 touchdowns and avg 144 yrds per game. All while putting together some highlight runs, and carring NE to 3 huge wins over ranked conference opps, including back to back performances against the #7 & #11 teams where he goes for 223 yrds, a 5.87 ypc avg and 3 tds & 178 yrds a 6.14 ypc avg and 3 tds... Then yes, he can also be a Heisman finalist. Keep in mind that Gerhart put up just 21 less yards, nearly 3/4 of a yrd more per carry and 6 more touchdowns just during his conference games compared to Rex's entire season last year. And all of that was good enough to finish second because Richardson, who rushed for 1542, 6.2 ypc & 15tds, was the best offensive player, on the best team, in the best conference in CFB. As others have said, either you have to be an absolute stud who makes highlight plays and carries your team, or you have to be the best player on the best team. Right now Rex is neither. He is a really good player on a good team, just not elite Taylor Martinez was a Heisman candidate his freshman year....a long shot though Taylor was a Heisman candidate after rushing for 241 yards against Kansas State, and when Nebraska was a top 5 team. If Rex puts up that kind of performance, and Nebraska's that good, he'll be in the Heisman conversation. That's what fro daddy is saying, too, it's just that there's not much reason at this point to think that Rex will put up a performance like that, or that Nebraska will reach the top 5 next year...

Everybody here is talking about Rex as an individual, but the Heisman is a team award. If Nebraska goes undefeated, we're pretty likely to have an offensive playmaker in the conversation - either Rex or T-Mart. If we've lost two or more games by that time, I highly doubt that Rex would have put together the kind of individual season that he'd need to get mentioned. The guys that aren't playing on top 5 teams who still get invited usually have pretty incredible seasons - think RGIII or Suh.

You're ignoring the reality of the learning process. You can't just learn everything all at once. It takes time, and patience.

At least they have grass...

Why couldn't they have students do the camera work and production, but use the play-by-play from the radio feed?

So you fire the O-line coach, and have someone come in and coach OL and QB? well, how much time do you think Beck is spending with all the qbs? TM is in his 3rd season and he is still a project, that means the backups are getting plenty of development? Beck is a rookie OC and his hands are more than full.......just sayin, maybe you don't can Cotton, but i wonder how much coaching these kids are getting... In TM's first year at Nebraska, he was a WR on the scout team. In his second year, he was a QB under Watson, and had to learn a brand new scheme. In his third year, he was a QB under Beck, and had to learn another brand new scheme. THAT'S why they haven't addressed his mechanics as much as you'd hope. It's not because we have bad coaches or because we need a "dedicated" QB coach, whatever that is. It's because Martinez is a unique QB who needed more help with his mechanics than most did to begin with, and on top of that he's had a new system to learn every year he's been here, until now. NOW, we're finally in the same system in consecutive years for the first time since the Callahan era, so we're going to see everyone on the offense (not just Taylor) being able to work on some of the finer details of their game.

I agree that 7 on 7 drills doesn't really inform us much on how Martinez reacts to pressure, but if Beck's and DiNardo's analysis is accurate, Martinez should be better off simply from getting better pocket depth. They did discuss how he wasn't getting enough depth last year, and as a result he would feel pressure much sooner than he should have. Now he's getting better depth, so the hope is that he'll feel more comfortable, which will give our receivers time to get into their routes, which will result in better timing and better accuracy (as long as the offensive line does its job). damn guys, wouldn't you think such simple cures could have been coached up during last season, instead of waiting until this spring? i mean really, how long do you run the damn car with the low oil light on, before you put some more in....this just seems silly to me, instant cure?........ Beck has said this offseason that there were times last year where he was so busy teaching his offense to everyone else that he didn't always have time to coach the QBs up like he needed to. Remember, it was their first year in his system - not even the assistant coaches knew what they were doing all the time. They were simply busy learning the scheme, and when you're in the heat of a moment during the regular season, it's way easier to revert to old habits than to form new ones. THIS is the time of year where you can form new habits, where you can actually fix things rather than just adjust to them, like Beck was saying in the video. That's why you're seeing this stuff happen now and not during the season. Also, nobody's pitching this as an "instant cure." It's just progress. We don't know exactly how consistent Taylor is with his improved mechanics, but look at the film - he's definitely improved. That's all you can ask of a guy.

I agree that 7 on 7 drills doesn't really inform us much on how Martinez reacts to pressure, but if Beck's and DiNardo's analysis is accurate, Martinez should be better off simply from getting better pocket depth. They did discuss how he wasn't getting enough depth last year, and as a result he would feel pressure much sooner than he should have. Now he's getting better depth, so the hope is that he'll feel more comfortable, which will give our receivers time to get into their routes, which will result in better timing and better accuracy (as long as the offensive line does its job).

Great segment on the BTN. Taylor looks like he's done a great job improving his footwork, based on the film they showed, and Tim Beck is doing a great job teaching. Awesome to see!

Turn on the Big Ten Network right now to watch an interview with Tim Beck discussing Taylor's progress.