BIG ERN

13 hours ago, admo said:

Not better ???

 

They won 9 games in back to back seasons.  That number 9 gave Husker fans with Bo Pellini a hard on, and it still does.  #Go Big Red #9 Wins

 

Throw out the pandemic season (may it rest in peace), and what Minnesota did the season before that, Minnesota won 11 games! .... out of 13 !  

 

Even Bo didn't ever never win 11 games. 

 

And most years under Bo the Great, it was 4 non-con games and 8 conf games until we joined the B1G.  

 

How about instead, when we all dive in to the nitty gritty of college football, we give credit where credit is due and let it be as it has been? 

 

Meaning, like it or not but Minnesota has put the s#!t down and won 9 games in back to back seasons, they are the favorite to win, and we haven't had a winning season in 6 years. 

 

No offense, but it has nothing to do with humble opinion of who is better or not, or how awesome the Huskers have practiced since Winter.  Minnesota has been the better team in the series, has won a lot of boring games, and deserves the respect to be called "the better program/team".  Like it or not.

 

The exciting part is that I agree that they are not a dominating football team.  But also, because it is a road game, TV Thursday Night, in Minneapolis, with a mustard looking "Gold Out" for fans. 

 

Minnesota should win.  But, if the Huskers put it together and find a way to earn an upset victory, then that would be a super sweet dream that comes true.  Reality is Minnesota is 7th year with Fleck and knowing how to win these ugly Big Ten games.  Even Coach Rhule admires it.

What does 2019 have to do with tonight?

Rhule > Fleck

Nebraska > Minnesota 

95% of preseason stuff is all nonsense unless you are listening to someone who actually dives into CFB. Fleck is going on his 7th year and they are more proven than us of course - also at home. Minnesota is not better than Nebraska though in my humble opinion. They have good receiving options and are stout on the defensive front. Other than that, MN is a 6-7 win team talent wise. 

The offense has a lot of experience in terms of playing football, but will they mesh game 1? 

Jeff Sims: 23 starts 

RB room: 21 total starts 

Kemp: 25 starts 

Washington: 18 starts

IGC: 7 starts 

OL: Nouli is the least amount of starts with 14...this unit is ready to be a solid one imo. Lack a little talent but exp. on the line always matters

4 hours ago, admo said:

Some might not agree with this - and that is ok - we all have our opinions.... 

 

However, in my honest opinion it is really good to see this new defense without Nelson and Farmer out there or Caleb Tanner.  

 

Not saying they were bad players at all.  They contributed, gave their best.  They were on the field for plenty of games for 3-4 years.  I'm simply noting that it is nice or refreshing to see the defense without them, if you know what I mean.  

I was never a fan of Farmer but I did like Nelson. Not that he was great but he was a decent college player. Tannor got a little better, but in his defense I never felt like he was used correctly under Chinander. 

The 1's 

Lenhardt, Nash, Robinson 

Sherman, Henrich, Reimer 

Newsome, Hartzog, Brown, Gifford, Singleton 

Ohio St AD is retiring after this season...I'm sure Carter will be there to hire a new one along with input if the Buckeyes continue to hate Ryan Day and look elsewhere after another L to Michigan

Nash Hutmacher 0
John Bullock 5
Nick Henrich 3

7 hours ago, In the Deed the Glory said:

This is a very solid observation 

We aren't too far removed from Kanawai Noa or Levi Falck as our third WR option...

Oregon

UCLA

USC

Washington 

Illinois

Iowa

Minnesota

Nebraska 

Indiana

Northwestern 

Purdue

Wisconsin 

Michigan 

Michigan St 

Penn St

Rutgers

Clemson

Florida St

Maryland

Ohio St

Nebraska finally had a favorable schedule next year and will now play @Oregon @USC @Ohio St

21 minutes ago, Husker in WI said:

 

I think he's come up as much as anyone, he's expected to be a leader and I think he'll put up some solid numbers. I just worry about the room as a whole - they're all good players, but no DC is scared of a rotation of Washington, Kemp, IGC, and Fleeks. We really need Betts to be all-in and/or some of the freshman to be studs to be an above average offense IMO. Again I like them all, but I haven't seen anything indicating they can succeed as primary options. 

I think Betts is our best receiver. He had some big plays for us in the past where he can run by people. Hopefully Rhule and co. can get him dialed in. 

Is it me or does it seem that Marcus Washington hasn't really been brought up all spring? You'd think there would be more discussion given he is by far our leading receiver coming back from last year...

Stats are based on the 2022 season. Non-bold players are transfers 

Quarterback (6/7 West schools are projected to have a transfer starting QB)

(MN) Athan Kaliakmanis 3 TD, 4 INT (54%) 946 yds

(WI) Tanner Mordecai 33 TD, 10 INT (65%) 3,524 yds (Southern Methodist)

(NW) Ben Bryant 21 TD, 7 INT (57%) 2,732 yds (Cincinnati) 

(NE) Jeff Sims 5 TD, 3 INT (59%) 1,115 yds, 305 rush yds (Georgia Tech)

(PU) Hudson Card 6 TD, 1 INT (69%) 928 yds (Texas)

(IA) Cade McNamara (56%) 180 yds (Michigan)

(IL) Luke Altmyer (47%) 125 yds (Ole Miss)

Running back (6/7 West schools are projected to have a non-transfer starting RB)

(WI) Braelon Allen 1,242 yds  (5.4) 11 TD

(PU) Devin Mockobee 968 yds  (5.0) 9 TD

(NE) Anthony Grant 915 yds  (4.2) 2 TD

(IA) Kaleb Johnson 779 yds (5.2) 6 TD

(IL) Reggie Love 330 yds (4.6) 2 TD

(NW) Cam Porter 286 yds  (3.3) 2 TD

(MN) Sean Tyler 1,027 (4.9) 7 TD (Western Michigan)

Offensive Line (Illinois is the only school with one All-B10 returnee on the OL)

Tight End (Only two schools return a tight end who had at least 200 yards receiving last year)

(MN) Brevyn Spann-Ford 497, 2 TD

(IA) Luke Lachey 398, 4 TD

Wide Receiver 

(IL) Isaiah Williams 715 (8.7) 5 TD

(WI) Chimere Dike 689 (14.7) 6 TD

(MN) Daniel Jackson 557 (15.1) 5 TD

(PU) TJ Sheffield 480 (10.4) 4 TD

(NE) Marcus Washington 471 (15.2) 1 TD

(MN) Corey Crooms 814 (14.3) 5 TD (Western Michigan)

(IA) Seth Anderson 612 (14.6) 7 TD (Charleston Southern)

(PU) Jahmal Edrine 570 (14.6) 6 TD (Florida Atlantic)

I graded out all factors, some separate from this list and had the following in order for offense in 2023. NOTE: there are 4 new head coaches in the West which will make things interesting. 

1. Wisconsin
2. Nebraska
3. Iowa
4. Minnesota
5. Purdue
6. Illinois
7. Northwestern 

5 hours ago, Pedro G said:

It appears the battle with Miami will continue. Hopefully the N coaches stay in close contact with him to keep Miami from flipping him. 

I would not be shocked at all if he doesn't end up in Lincoln 

I don't care about ratings anymore honestly (besides DL). Just coach up kids and win games. 

I doubt we have a chance but Antonio Reeves from Kentucky is rumored to hit the portal. Had us in his top 5 out of HS. Averaged 14 ppg last year. 

Is Nebraska still at 2 open roster spots? 

Plays a lot like Luke Reimer 

Fidone dwarfs Riley Ducker and others 

https://twitter.com/qbcoachnewcomb/status/1658863852535132161?s=46&t=i5EkReXoS09Ur5GYf422pA

88 but we could technically be lower if someone has accepted the 'retirement package' I assume there will be two LBs to hit the portal this week 

Obviously I wanted CT to come back but I think Nebraska is better with a true mobile QB going forward. Always felt like this was our bread & butter. 

90/85 but I assume the staff wants 3 more portal players. If 8/10 of these leave I wouldn't be surprised to get to that number. 

Javier Morton

Seth Malcom

Kaine Williams 

Tommi Hill

Emmett Johnson

Tamon Lynum

Jalil Martin

Chase Androff

Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda  

Ajay Allen

Only 7 more to go but I'd guess 10 since we need a few bodies at certain areas. 

7 minutes ago, soup said:

There have been times in the past several years, and in the spring game.  Where there are wide open running lanes, and our backs just run right into the defender instead of cutting outside or inside.  I know not every time it will work, but man some of those are just WTF? why did he cut right when one yard left was nothing but green grass.

 

Is that ability or practice?

Grant many times last year wouldn't get vertical to get the extra yard and drove me nuts. 

Ervin has shown he doesn't have the best vision, but with QB being under center it will help him more. 

Allen is more of a shotgun zone read guy but either way I hope he stays. 

Rahmir is someone who I still like and he has the straight line speed and toughness to be effective. 

IMO so far I'd have my three as Grant/Rahmir/Ervin in that order. Allen has lots of potential if he can dig deep to find it under this staff. 

It will be interesting to see if Teddy returns healthy does that put Turner at LT over Benhart or slide to guard over Piper?