The King

I'd be pretty surprised if Leroy didn't start with Gerry - and LeRoy had a pick 6 today, I am sure that will help.

I guarantee you Tommy won't be starting if he is, as you say, a terrible passer.

Nobody has Florida/Georgia either and I'd take that first. True point, but honestly of the two, where is there going to be a higher success rate of pulling in kids There is a lot of 3+ star talent in Florida and Georgia than there is in our realistic area.. plus, the LA pipeline helps with the south too.. Ohio would be nice, though..

Foster would've been in the two deep if they didn't yank him around with DT by midseason or so. Not bad to redshirt him anyway - not that he, or Farmer, for that matter, needed it physically. Curious to see what happens with Nick Gates, the third member of last year's GREAT OL haul with that trio.. Still don't like Cross as a starter.. Wilbon, Taylor, Newby.. I don't know, curious to see how they use our deep back field. Taylor or Ameer Jr. (Wilbon).. I also think we might see Demornay in the back field.. Don't forget about Mick Stoltenberg at DE.

Kind of an ironic twist to stick it to the program that gave an......ummm............relatively untested, un-known quantity a major opportunity at a major school a shot................Big time lack of class from JP...... I'm not surprised at all. The majority of that former staff did a pretty good job of displaying their lack of class. Which is funny when you consider they preached about integrity more than any coaches I've ever seen. What is wrong for a guy using a tag that they created to show the fans that the program just made an addition. Just bc they switch jobs they can still use boom. We have moved on and nebraskajustgotbetter. Not a big deal. Oh, ok... (Papuchis gets fired..) #Nebraskajustgotbetter

Offer of a pink shirt maybe..

Stanley Morgan, Jalin Barnett, Eric Lee. Those are the elite players, IMO.

Wonder who his host was.. Thomas brown all over again

Whoever is making the argument no first time HCs, I hope you would've been furious if we somehow hired Narduzzi or Kirby Smart. Defense first yes, but they also have established themselves under two very good defensive coaches, just as Frost has offensively, at Oregon. I've seen those names a lot on 'dream lists'. Frost, imo, is ready to be a HC... just not here. Let him get his feet wet somewhere else. Give him the program in 5 years after Riley is done.

8 of the 18 players from OSU in the NFL are defensive guys... Nebraska 12/22. Given that Banker had no where near the talent (check the recruiting sites) or resources (Given that you're an OSU alum, prior to a couple weeks ago, you know they had sh#t resources and sh#t facilities. Cliff Harris said it best, OSU is the little brother you beat up on in the backyard) I'd say they did pretty well getting that many players into the L. They might not be stars, but they got in there as much lower ranked prospects with few exceptions. OSU has little money and they take from that money and divide it elsewhere leaving the program where it was..no new facilities, upgrades, etc..which is the what stalled out recruiting. I think he was quite accurate & honest about his assessment of OSU as a football school... it's not. Except they do have new facilities and upgrades. The new indoor facility and weight room are far from sh#t. They also have more money than some of the programs that defeated them. So no, he's not accurate. Which was noted in the post, by the bold. And the recent 35 million upgrade was announced AFTER Riley left, was it not? Are you honestly telling me that OSU's facilities compare to Oregon, UCLA, UW, USC. Here, I know this is old - which is why I've said OSU isn't the worst in the pac 12, but its only 2 years old - but TWO years ago, they were second worst in the pac 12 behind WSU As the NFL idiots would say, "c'mon man" http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/39957/ranking-pac-12-football-facilities

Are you kidding me? I think I know Oregon schemes pretty well.. Oregon stunts their front four a lot, occasionally dropping DE's such as Armstead into a zone. bringing pressure from other angles, but its almost always 3/8 or 4/7 looks from them. They very rarely bring pressure outside of the red zone. The idea that a bend don't break defense can't be physical or fast is incorrect. You can still fly to the football and rip it away (which is what the Ducks do, gang tackle, don't miss tackles, first guy wraps out, rest go for the ball. This is why they are one of the highest TO margin teams in the nation. Finally, I'll let you argue with the Oregon DC, Don Pellum, who said they are still keeping Aliotti principles, the bend but don't break idea, fine with giving up yards, but will be more aggressive in passing down situations. just not points - something Chip Kelly constantly stated as well. Here are a couple articles from Eugene/Oregon about the "bend but don't break" philosophy that you say we don't run. http://registerguard.com/rg/sports/32366310-81/not-this-time-no.-5-oregon-routs-stanford.csp# - "Erick Dargan intercepted Kevin Hogan at the Oregon 1-yard line and later forced the Stanford quarterback to fumble to highlight another bend-but-don’t-break effort by Don Pellum’s defense." http://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports/245503-112460-oregon-defense-has-stated-its-case- - "As the saying at UO goes, the Ducks will give up yards all day, as long as they win." http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2015/01/10_reasons_why_oregon_ducks_co.html#0 - reason 3 or 4 http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2015/01/breaking_down_the_national_cha_3.html - "The one thing the Ducks don't allow, though, is a ton of points. Bend but don't break is their specialty. " http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/national-championship-preview--oregon-s-secondary-210110821.html - "Oregon will bend and bend, but the Ducks won't break. Take the Rose Bowl, when Oregon gave up 528 yards of offense to Florida State but allowed just 20 points" http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2015/01/09/oregon-ohio-state-college-football-playoff-national-championship-att-stadium/21480097/ But what has remained the same — from the first day of the preseason until the final practice before the championship game — are the philosophies. Oregon still wants to go fast. Ohio State still wants to control the tempo. The Ducks will bend but not break on defense. The Buckeyes would rather not bend at all. All different sources - but yeah, we don't play bend but don't break, right? Well, by that i guess every defense is bend dont break then. It's hard and nearly impossible to just be a straight up shut down, 3 and out defense anymore. Bend dont break in this day and age to me is just what we've been doing here for the past few years. While Oregon may be so in a schematic way of thinking, to me, it's just more than that. it's not all X's and O's. it's a mentality. Aggression. They play with aggression. Even in passive schemes. WE havent been doing that. We've been playing tentative, waiting for the offense to dictate and then try to react. I see Oregon just doing what it does-even if it is a contain and sit back style-in a fast, aggressive, downhill style. it's a pretty widely used philosophy by a lot of defenses I guess. You got into schematics. I guess I was just talking from more of a phsychological standpoint. I would say there are true aggressive defenses still, for instance, schools like ASU, TCU, UW, UCLA blitz FREQUENTLY, trying to put the heat on you, forcing quick 3 and outs. Oregon and other true "bend but don't break" want you to go on increased play drives so they can try and force a turnover. They are completely okay with giving up field goals because they know their offense will put up TDs. I'd consider those previous teams as an "aggressive" defense that is "NOT" bend but don't break. ASU blitzed on like 70% of plays or something insane like that. Dropping everyone into coverage (which is actually the sign of a strong DL) is bend but don't break. 2 high safeties ALL the time is bend but don't break. That's what Oregon does. Yards, not points. Not a lot of teams TRULY do this because they can't rely purely on their offense to get TDs and they don't have the DL/LB play to stuff the run while consistently dropping 7 or 8 in pass coverage. Oregon is very aggressive in their scheme (not playing patty cake, flying to the pall, press corners, force TO's at all costs) but their scheme is not an aggressive one (lack of blitzes, pressures, high safeties all the time) I do, however, agree with you that Bo Pelini's bend-but-don't break was garbage mentally compared to Oregon's, though. Oregon doesn't wait for the team to come at them. They react as quickly as possible and FLY to the ball once the play is diagnosed, wrap & rip

Are you kidding me? I think I know Oregon schemes pretty well.. Oregon stunts their front four a lot, occasionally dropping DE's such as Armstead into a zone. bringing pressure from other angles, but its almost always 3/8 or 4/7 looks from them. They very rarely bring pressure outside of the red zone. The idea that a bend don't break defense can't be physical or fast is incorrect. You can still fly to the football and rip it away (which is what the Ducks do, gang tackle, don't miss tackles, first guy wraps out, rest go for the ball. This is why they are one of the highest TO margin teams in the nation. Finally, I'll let you argue with the Oregon DC, Don Pellum, who said they are still keeping Aliotti principles, the bend but don't break idea, fine with giving up yards, but will be more aggressive in passing down situations. just not points - something Chip Kelly constantly stated as well. Here are a couple articles from Eugene/Oregon about the "bend but don't break" philosophy that you say we don't run. http://registerguard.com/rg/sports/32366310-81/not-this-time-no.-5-oregon-routs-stanford.csp# - "Erick Dargan intercepted Kevin Hogan at the Oregon 1-yard line and later forced the Stanford quarterback to fumble to highlight another bend-but-don’t-break effort by Don Pellum’s defense." http://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports/245503-112460-oregon-defense-has-stated-its-case- - "As the saying at UO goes, the Ducks will give up yards all day, as long as they win." http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2015/01/10_reasons_why_oregon_ducks_co.html#0 - reason 3 or 4 http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2015/01/breaking_down_the_national_cha_3.html - "The one thing the Ducks don't allow, though, is a ton of points. Bend but don't break is their specialty. " http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/national-championship-preview--oregon-s-secondary-210110821.html - "Oregon will bend and bend, but the Ducks won't break. Take the Rose Bowl, when Oregon gave up 528 yards of offense to Florida State but allowed just 20 points" http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2015/01/09/oregon-ohio-state-college-football-playoff-national-championship-att-stadium/21480097/ But what has remained the same — from the first day of the preseason until the final practice before the championship game — are the philosophies. Oregon still wants to go fast. Ohio State still wants to control the tempo. The Ducks will bend but not break on defense. The Buckeyes would rather not bend at all. All different sources - but yeah, we don't play bend but don't break, right?

I like this idea. It seems that some of the key players in MSU's defense are the safeties. I think Gerry and Alexander position us well to handle that stress.I actually thought Gerrys over aggression got him burned too many times this year. And got him the most INTs. Gerry is the last safety we should be complaining about right now. He saved our bacon.. a lot. He did tend to work outside, in on tackles which is horrific form Always inside \ out. Quick little cut inside on the edge against Gerry got him yelled at a few times. Next year our safeties should be monsters.

It's working out pretty well for Oregon.

8 of the 18 players from OSU in the NFL are defensive guys... Nebraska 12/22. Given that Banker had no where near the talent (check the recruiting sites) or resources (Given that you're an OSU alum, prior to a couple weeks ago, you know they had sh#t resources and sh#t facilities. Cliff Harris said it best, OSU is the little brother you beat up on in the backyard) I'd say they did pretty well getting that many players into the L. They might not be stars, but they got in there as much lower ranked prospects with few exceptions. OSU has little money and they take from that money and divide it elsewhere leaving the program where it was..no new facilities, upgrades, etc..which is the what stalled out recruiting. I think he was quite accurate & honest about his assessment of OSU as a football school... it's not.

So crazy that it would never happen. Outside of punter & snapper, Bussey is one of their lowest rated recruits and only one of the recruits lower than him, is not from Tennessee (which, factors in because some states try and keep healthy relationships with their schools, shocker.) Not to say I think Bussey will get cut or anything, but there are some shenanigans happening in that place when you have 100+ recruits in 4 years and I'd be worrisome of why so many people do not completely finish the program, coupled with the extreme RB depth.. Even if Bussey were "let go", he doesn't come to N to anyway. Also, Sheriron Jones is pretty much akin to AJ Bush. Needs a lot of work, but has all the tools and athleticism and a CANNNNNOOOOON for an arm. Good get for Tennessee. Bummed we didn't pick up his recruiting again.

Saw some talk about Burrow in this thread Man, did we f#*k that up. Kid was ALL N and we told him we wanted no part of it, not even until after Urban snatched him up.