PenthouseTiger Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 i know you're tired of watching our speed, but watch the first 30 seconds of this video of the ACC 100m championships in outdoor track the guy who wins isnt on the football team, but 2nd and 4th place are (it lists the names in the video, but 1st place is clemson's travis padgett (and olympic alternate last summer) 2nd place is Clemson wr/return man jacoby ford, and forth place is cj spiller) Quote Link to comment
Bleeding Husker Red Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 CJ Spiller stats: G Rush Recv. Punt Ret. Kick Ret. Int. Ret. Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G 11 612 430 127 419 0 168 1588 9.5 144.4 He doesn't just run. no, but the point is he isn't as great as he is touted... and the "yards per play" being 9.5 is including kick returns??? because uh, that skews it a TON Seems to me he's getting too much credit. One thing Ive noticed about him from video is it can take him 3 or more steps to cover 5 yards. That suggests to me he isn't as fast as some make him out to be. He does have some shiftiness though. Looks like he can usually make the first tackler miss and THAT could be a problem. Quote Link to comment
PenthouseTiger Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Is Clemson=Okie State? After last night I hope not. They pretty much fell apart in the 2nd Half, and I'm not sure the defense was there the whole game. Quote Link to comment
zE bOp Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Spiller and Clemson are sorta like Kendell Hunter and Okie ST. Spiller is better, but both players and teams are inconsistent. Quote Link to comment
PenthouseTiger Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 CJ Spiller stats: G Rush Recv. Punt Ret. Kick Ret. Int. Ret. Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G 11 612 430 127 419 0 168 1588 9.5 144.4 He doesn't just run. no, but the point is he isn't as great as he is touted... and the "yards per play" being 9.5 is including kick returns??? because uh, that skews it a TON Seems to me he's getting too much credit. One thing Ive noticed about him from video is it can take him 3 or more steps to cover 5 yards. That suggests to me he isn't as fast as some make him out to be. He does have some shiftiness though. Looks like he can usually make the first tackler miss and THAT could be a problem. guess you'll find out tomorrow Quote Link to comment
ClemBert Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I hope we aren't "Okie State"...they lost their bowl game a mistake I hope we don't make. Quote Link to comment
husker B-rent Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 but you will make. Quote Link to comment
deathvalleybob Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Told you we had crazy team speed. Good win nebraska. Quote Link to comment
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