flatwaterfan

I personally would only take 1. They have 3 schollie Qb's on the roster and 2 walkons. I like the concept of 1 schollie qb per class with a goal of having 4 on the roster. To me Haarberg and Leonard are the same with similar build and speed. I seem them as guys who are more throw first but can run a little when needed to keep defenses honest. I say take the first one that accepts.

Another article. https://www.omaha.com/sports/college/huskers/teams/baseball/five-seniors-to-take-advantage-of-ncaa-waiver-return-to-husker-baseball-for-2021-season/article_1229dd95-b324-5651-adfa-607931383809.html#3 I posted because I want bonus points for pointing out the ripple effect! My next prediction is the flux concept. Hold that thought I have to go to the can.

Never considered doing it that way. Just seemed to me that it was slowing the play down but I guess there are different ways of doing things. Thanks for the info.

Good blend of size, speed and power. One thing he will need to do in college is get rid of that little hop he does when the ball is snapped. First step is important as you move up levels.

Sounds like Dawson may be one of the coaches in the box according to what they have done in the past as Chinander prefers being on the sideline. Offensively, I think I would like to see Lubick in the box. Frost can talk to the Offense on the field. I would like to see Mario on the sideline so he can see the QB's eye to eye.

Welcome Patrick! Nice to get a rush OLB.

I would think they would have to waive the roster limit as well. If you have a bunch of players returning your going to probably have a big redshirt class with incoming guys. I wonder if they waive the squad limits for games as roster sizes will be have all those extra players? Interesting how this ripples.

I like to budget scholarships out. I figure at most you would ever do is 3 scholarships for Special teams. (Punter,Kicker,Long snapper) and hopefully you have less than that so you can use them elsewheres but for budgeting count it is 3. That gives you 82 to divide between offense and defense so that's 41 for each side. For defense if you gave out 4 scholarships to each position you would have 44 allocated or 3 too much so take 1 away at each level. So we run a 3-4. So that (3*4)- 1 = 11 DL (4LB*4) -1 = 15 LB's and same with DB's 15. Offense is a little harder as there are more formations and personnel groups so I figure off of 11 personnel and start with a 3 deep. That gives 15 Ol, 3 qb, 3 rb, 9wr,3 te with 8 left over to award. I then allocate an extra scholarship to each of those 5 groups so now you have 16 OL,4 QB, 4 RB, 10 WR, 4 TE with 3 left to divvy up. At this point it's kind of a choice. I throw one to the RB's as that's a high injury position. It can be a RB/WR type, you can throw one on the OL and the final one is either a WR or a TE. That becomes my starting point for an idea number. Then I figure + or -1 for each group as you can't always hit your target and rosters are fluid. I agree it's not unreasonable to do 5 for this class. It also depends on where you are at for other positions and they should be able to be pretty selective now.

Very good points. One caveat. Can't take 5 every year as that would skew your depth a bit too much over time but some years you could do 5. Like you say this might be that year given we only did 3 the previous year. Would be nice to take 4-5 each year consistently. With a supplement from the walkon program. Nebraska has a lot of guard types that become good players.

You may be right. I figure the number to hit is 17 but you have an acceptable range of +-1 which gives you a range of 16-18. We have 4 Sr's and 13 underclassman so the target IMO is 4 although 5 would be within acceptable range. One wildcard is Nouili. I think he could get on scholarship in the next year or so. Not sure if Hixon is still on scholarship? I imagine he is? Watched Yager's film again and just love this pickup as he adds overall value to the squad. Can long snap and played a little nose besides playing OL so he's not one dimensional. I do think he is best at OL though. Reminds me of Banks a little. Yager is reported to be a smart guy which is great for OL. I really like what Austin has done in recruiting since he has been here. Now we will see how well he can develop them.

Osborne and Mcbride.

I think it's a great pickup! For a big guy he has good feet and is nimble. I am really loving the OL class that they have committed. I think they could stand pat with what they have but they will probably go for 1 more. I think Austin is building a strong unit.

More on newest Husker commit https://www.greatlakecanadians.com/player/core-jackson/

I don't think there is a whole lot of individual coaching and individual drills that goes into special teams as compared to positions. There's some for the kicker/punter/long snappers/fielders but beyond that I can't think of any individual work to be done. I think it would be group work? Special teams wouldn't have a lot of plays to learn and techniques to apply as compared to positions. I am guessing that would be a possible reason why some coaches don't have a dedicated ST coach?

I hope your right. One thing I am keeping an eye on is the southern hemisphere. The outbreaks there are generally smaller?May be due to the warmer temps? Bad thing though is they are headed into the fall. If it gets ingrained there it will probably be back this fall just like the flu. We trade it back and forth every year. Perhaps by then the majority will have immunity? Interesting times for sure.

Maybe in May they can reevaluate how things are going. If it's good to go do a bunch of tournaments or perhaps have a summer season this year.

Did not hear Jaimes speak so thanks for that info!

Piper could be in play there. Plus there is a chance for Nouilli to get eligible. I am also hoping Wilson has a bounce back year. Who knows maybe a darkhorse like Miller or Sickterman jumps in the fray.

I also liked what I heard. T.O was always about execution. Other teams would say we knew what was coming but couldn't stop it. Under Mcbride sometimes they would say we tried to do too much so the next week they would simplify and execute allowing them to play much faster without thinking. One thing I would like them to do is to correct the mistakes on the practice field rather than in the film room. I think film room correction works at a pro level but correcting mistakes real time works better at the college level. This is a conclusion I reached during the Bill Callahan years. So after listening to Coach Austin I am thinking Gaylord battling Benhart at RT Wilson battling Piper at RG Jurgens battling Farniok at C Farniok battling Hixon at LG Jaimes battling Bando at LT

I think Farniok could end up on either side? I kind of think Hixon is going to be bumped no matter what. Scrappy player but just got overpowered too much last year. I think we have enough options to capitalize on that he gets bumped to backup LG. Now Wilson is the guy that I am not sure of. If he bounces back and wins that RG spot then Farniok plays LG. If he falters than I see Farniok at RG and I like someone out of Gaylord,Bando and Piper playing LG. (I will assume Nouili is not eligible). I also think they will find a good RT out of the Benhart,Gaylord,Bando,Banks group to start. That's my guess!

Sooo range out to 35 feet. Will be a good fit for Hoiberg offense. If you can get him open he can score. Would like to see more of him defending to see what we have there.

Actually I did which led me to the question. I do agree we have a lot of homegrown Nebraska OL's but most seem to be interior OL. Not trying to get into an argument. Have a good day.

That's okay thanks for taking a stab at it. I take solace in the fact that I think we are going to have some current and future OT's that will be making this list some day.

He's got speed and power. What's not to like?

Sounds like you can help me out with OT's then. I can think of Lingefelter & Behning as good Ot's but which other OT's have we had that were good? That were good in pass pro and run blocking. I am really struggling with this. And I agree about the 30+ but they are all guards and centers!