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I think we will win and I would put money on it, but weren't we saying the same thing about Iowa State last year. We were laughing at them for thinking they could beat us again after our 8? turnover game. I know they didn't end up beating us, but they were one well executed play away from doing it, and I think Washington has a better team. Let's not get too arrogant to believe that there isn't a chance we could lose.

I answer that by saying...Remember when third string quarterback Rex Burkhead played?

Another thing with the Offense I find everyone forgetting about is Curenski Gilleylen. He's over 200lbs and fast. He's switched to RB to help solidify things behind Burkhead but NO ONE mentions him.

 

I realize he was hurt through spring but he'll still be back...

 

 

EDIT: Now I'm reading that he switched back to WR? Nevermind then :/

 

He was sitting with the RBs at Fan Day. When did he switch back to WR?

 

 

I was reading something that said he did after the spring game. I'm not finding ANYTHING updated about him though using my google-foo. So, can anyone comment on this that is closer to Lincoln? I don't get to see much out here in NC...

HI preseason magazine had him as a HB FYI.

If someone steps up behind BK we can have a middle of the pack WR core. Our TE's are the best. Done.

I don't care about where some hawkeye is ranked. Dennard has some things to work on. He seems to be less polished than Prince was headed into his senior year. Dennard has all the chances in the world to be a premier guy, but he has to show up every game against the best on the other team. Crick, David, Dennard is the order. They are all impressive players, but that is the order of things imho.

Why are we talking about Iowa? I want to talk about Wisconsin, the Ohio State, and Michigan State (good teams.)

i am not worried...we will have no mire or less injuries due to this thread

i see us losing 3...or 4

Eh.

I think you are looking for "meh."

Which reminds me. Meh.

I miss Grant Mulkey. I know he is from the time which we must not mention, but the dude was an animal. I remember him going across the middle for a pass, catching it and getting lit up. He got a concussion or some type of injury and still held on to the ball. BEAST! (Yeah I know he wouldn't be top 10 and he got dismissed from the team.)

1. Rex is who we thought he was.

2. Our defense is a man (but not 40).

3. Playoffs?!?! No. Rose Bowl? Yes.

1. We couldn't do diddly poo on offense and we couldn't complete a pass.

2. In the words of Kieth Jackson, "FUMBLE!"

3. You play to win the game. Nebraska won't for every game.

How could anyone who claims to be a Nebraska Cornhuskers football fan want to wear black uniforms. Unbelievable.

 

I'm not trying to pick on you here, but I get kind of tired of this attitude. If we wore black uniforms for ONE game, would it really be such a big deal? I don't think anyone wants to change tradition, but it's fun to switch things up now and then for a brief moment. The whole, "This is how we have always done things, this is how we will always do things, and that's that" attitude wears me down.

 

But then again, maybe I'm not a real fan.

Yeah, it would be a pretty big deal. Black is not a school color, I don't know why we would wear it. Teams wearing black for the hell of it is getting old. Lets not put ourselves in the same boat with these disasters:

 

 

And that doesn't even include VT's Pro Combat Black...god forbid that ever happen here.

I look at these uniforms and all I can think of is how much I like them all (except Tennessee. Those are OK.) We have a tradition of giving out black shirts for our starting d-fence. This would be one way to get that fact more attention (don't know how many people outside our fan base who really know about the black shirts.)

Reasons the North Sucks isn't true:

KSU: Micheal Bishop (97-98); Ell Roberson and Darren Sproles (03-04)

CU: Chris Brown and Daniel Graham (01)

KU: Reesing and Co. (07) National title contender? Not really, but very good.

ISU: Seneca Wallace (01-02) Remember them in the top 10 at one point? Troy Davis got 2nd in the heisman in 96.

MU: Brad Smith (even though his teams sucked); Chase Daniel and a whole lot of receivers that rocked (07-08); Gabbert and more receivers (10)

NU: (97-01)

The North held a lot in the beginning. Don't forget the North has had all 6 teams show something special at a given time.

How quickly we forget his input in this. I'm sorry in advance.

 

 

Against the softest defense in Nebraska football history....

 

Yeah not impressed. That defense was pathetic. Watching this video, and watching Courtney Grixby even participate on a D1 football field is just ridiculous. If Beck couldn't produce against a Cosgrove defense, he wouldn't have gotten hired in the first place. Lets see what he can do against some good teams.

 

 

One thing I can immediately tell from this film... Taylor Martinez DOES NOT have the arm Todd Reising did. He can't put the ball where Todd put it for his receivers. He can't make a lot of those throws like Todd did. I think that's what hurts us most with him. Teams know this... they know he can run, they know Burkhead can run, they know BK can catch, but Taylor doesn't place the ball in ideal places for his receivers. You watch every touch down pass we had last year and all looked awkward... Kyler Reed having to stop and wait for the ball a bit to catch it. BK catching the ball at his knees. Niles Paul having to adjust his speed significantly for a ball that should have been caught out front of him in full stride. He just looks awkward when he throws and throws balls in hard places for receivers to catch.

 

And on BECK...

 

Our offense can't be much worse than it was the past 2 seasons. Our defense is going to be just as good if not better. So I'm not too worried. The fumble problems we had the past two years can't get much worse. The lack of passing attack we had last year can't get any worse. "Opposing our will on our opponents" meaning we do what we want no matter where their defense lines up is gone (thank heavens). Beck already has done a few things that are going to prove pivotal.

 

1. We now look at the defense and go where they are weak. Watson used to say who cares if they have 7 in the box, we're still going with the running play we called 2 minutes ago. Beck says "Taylor, audible it. See what the defense is doing and go where they are weak, where they have a mismatch."

 

2. Receivers don't run to a spot and wait for the ball. Receivers now look at who's guarding them, evaluate which moves work best, and then use those moves to pick one of 3 or 4 routes available to them that will be hardest for that defender to get to.

 

3. Taylor is now lining up primarily in the shot gun. He's going to see the field well and direct back there. He can change things if needed.

 

4. Offensive Line and Running Backs have a 3 deep of depth. This is going to enable us to stay more fresh, play physical etc. We had a lot of injury concerns the past 2 years on the offensive line resulting to very very thin spots. Now if someone get's hurt put #2 or #3 in and it's similar talent.

 

5. Watson used paragraphs to call plays. Now, Taylor can say the play in a sentence. This speeds up the tempo so defenses can't get set as well and get their breath. This makes for less chance of mishearing a play call and thus confusion amongst players. This leads to smaller learning curves for young players and hopefully, faster time on the field. etc.

 

 

We've heard reports out of summer practice that the offensive line looks great. Some of those freshmen are indeed coming up behind Burkhead. Taylor has his legs back. Kenny Bell and Jamal Turner are lightning fast receivers. Team bonding is the best it's been since the 90's. Brandon Kinnie and several others have stepped up to lead big time. The defense is the deepest and smoothest it's been since Pelini has been here. Nothing to worry about.

1. I thought Watson was the one who said we shouldn't run at teams who stack the box and would audible to what the defense gave us.

2. Routes will still be called in huddle. There will be an opportunity for the receiver and quarterback to go with what they both see when the defense presents itself.

3. I thought we need to move to more under center run right at teams. I think it would have helped our o-line's confidence. I thought too many times last year we had too much play development and not enough explode off the ball and just driving your guy to Canada.

4. We have nothing proven about our depth at RB. We have loads of talent to compete, but no locks outside of Rex.

home games and penn st in not so happy valley

Black uni's for penn st at home next year!!! New tradition!!!

So far the vote is 9-2 in favor of the Defense, with one vote for "equal."

 

Would you guys say Nebraska is defined more by its defense or its offense? I think when people think of Nebraska football they automatically think of a ground-pounding run game first, and our identity across the college football landscape is defined more by the offense than the Blackshirts. Is that symptomatic of football in general, or is it because we ran a "unique" offense (the Option) for so long?

 

Under T.O. I would have to agree with this statement. Everyone knew we were going to run right over and through them. But now, under Pelini, our identity has shifted more to a defensive team. Everyone knows we are going to be very aggressive on D and extremely hard to score on.

Not so sure about that. I live in SEC country, and (with the possible exception of LSU fans who are familiar with Bo), when you mention the Huskers the first thing they talk about is a physical, run-first, grind 'em down offense. I attribute that to the length of time that Nebraska ran the Power I/Option. I think this probably holds for most of the country.

That is cuz most of the SEC doesn't know what an offense is or looks like.

It's a celebration!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSV36-bz-Xw

I am depressed every day I think about the fact that we didn't get Vandenberg.

To the guy who looks like he is the age of his own number.

Wait a sec........NU left the Big XII?!?!?!?!?!

 

 

Yeah, right after Colorado joint the Pac12. . . .

But why would anyone leave? All I hear is about how Texas, er, the Big 12 is so great.

Win or lose, we still booze

BOOZE HARD

Write me up as scared. The one thing teams could still do with some success was scramble for yards when we closed down the passing game. Look at Gilbert who has below average scrambling ability and got 71 yards and 2 tds on us. Locker still couldn't throw against us in the bowl game but still managed to run around for 83 yards and a touchdown. Yeah those aren't electric numbers but when teams couldn't throw and we all knew they couldn't, they still had some success outside the pocket. Wisconsin also has two monster halfbacks to rely on as well that will only make Wilson's transition easier. I think this make Wiscy the new favorite.

Martinez or Burkhead might have a shot at getting on the offensive team. I'm more worried about the lack of potential on the offensive line.

 

 

Lack of potential? Seriously? Sure, they're young.....but no potential?

 

I think barring injury Tmart/Rex easily get in this year as they're both money. With our defense shutting down the Big10 offenses we'll have lots & lots of chances to learn Beck's system this year and should progress in a somewhat linear fashion. Having Carnes and three greased lightning freshmen rbs backing them up helps boatloads too.

 

Heh, sorry Hercules.....the kool-aid is overwhelming me. :koolaid2:

 

I think there's a lack of potential for the offensive line to very good this year. We have some potential down the road, but I think our potential for this year looks no different than the past few seasons.

 

Yeah, I should have known that's what you meant. Sorry....

 

I still think Barney's job might be a LOT easier under Beck though. Just speculation with zero proof of course. We'll see my friend but don't be too shocked if things improve in a substantial way.

I also think Beck might have an offensive style more suitable to what Barney knows better as well (maybe).

Double Post

I think the second article got it right. Nebraska is the greatest!