How do we look at Linebacker?

[StuckinChicago]

Ross's legs are like fricken tree trunks, I dont know of anybody on the team, barring o lineman, whose legs are bigger. Its kinda freakish looking.

[NamelessHusker]

Ross's legs are like fricken tree trunks, I dont know of anybody on the team, barring o lineman, whose legs are bigger. Its kinda freakish looking.

I hope he has a breakout season like Sproles did. Ross reminds me so much of Sproles. I know several people hate KSU, but you have to give credit where credit is due. Sproles was probably the best RB KSU has ever had and will ever have.

[StuckinChicago]

The only thing that he has going against him is that he is somewhat injury prone and is always nicked up, and the fact that we couldnt pass a lick last year. Hopefully he can stay healthy and have a big year this year.

[DaveH]

The only thing that he has going against him is that he is somewhat injury prone and is always nicked up, and the fact that we couldnt pass a lick last year. Hopefully he can stay healthy and have a big year this year.

Yea, that turf toe he has last year was really painful. I applaud how he fought it most of the year. Hopefully he can stay away from injury this year.

[kramer]

The Mike linebacker for those of you who are not familiar with linebacker breakdowns is the INSIDE position. The Will and SAM are outside linebacker spots. We have enough guys on the inside to fill that spot. Right now Lance Brandenburgh  is the current starter at that position according to the post-spring game roster.  Right now, the depth  at linebacker includes newcomers Steve Octavien, Phillip Dillard, Dontrell Moore, Nick Covey to go along with Lance Brandenburgh, Bo Ruud and Stewart Bradley, Andy Kadavy and Corey McKeon

 

Nick Covey is slated to play Will or Sam but from what i have heard, he still has some weight to put on, so i look for him to go on special teams this year.  Lance Brandenburgh is the current starter at Mike and if Phillip Dillard steps up this fall, he should be the starter and Lance would be the backup and Corey McKeon would be third in line at that spot. It will be tough to replace a guy like Barrett Rudd on the inside.

 

For the Will and Sam positions, i expect Steve Octavien to take over the Will spot (why wouldn't he? He had a amazing spring game). Backing him up would be Bo Ruud and Andy Kadavy. Keep in mind Octavien is a Juco, so he wont be here all 4 years and Bo Rudd was great at the spring game but Andy wont see the light of day this year and he's already a junor.

 

At the Sam position, look for Stewart bradley or Dontrell Moore to take over that starting spot or a possible rotation. Moore still has not picked up the defensive packages completly and still is learning, so throwing in a guy who doesn't know the defensive alignments could be killer to the defensive line and backfield because it leaves our middle wide open for screen passes. Moore will be a junor this year and with him playing, he will have 1 more year left to play just like Octavien. Adam Ickes is not a player that i am to excited about. He is a senior and will graduate this year, leaving our LB core at the sam position VERY thin next year with only 2 guys returning.

 

Bill Busch wants a 4 man rotation at each spot and we only have 3 right now and several of the guys in the rotation graduate next year or leave early for the NFL or just are not DIV-A and Big12 material in my opinion.

 

That should give you an idea why after this year we will be thin at OLB

Does Covey really have an opportunity to ever play here. Seems there are alot more players at his position to over take

Covey is up to 227 pounds, IMO too big to play S unless he's an athletic freak. We need him at OLB

[Pedro Guerrero]

Farley struck fear into the other defenses like I haven't seen in a long long time... If you look back at the 95 and even the 96 season the guy was a monster..

 

In 1996 the games that Farley didn't play in Nebraska lost... Charlie McBride once said that Terrell had the fastest first steps he had even seen... When you go back and look at Terrell coming off of the corner, for a sack or punt block you understand what he's talking about...

He had the attitude to go with it. Too bad would couldn't quit drinking

I never undersood why he was so fast on the field but he couldn't out run the freakin Lincoln Police.

[StuckinChicago]

Its hard to run when you are drunk. Things keep getting in the way, like buildings.

[NamelessHusker]

Its hard to run when you are drunk. Things keep getting in the way, like buildings.

[Pedro Guerrero]

In the Husker Illustrated season preview there is a quote from Cosgrove about the top 3 LBs on the team. He says that Bradley, Ruud, and Octavian are the top 3 regardless of position and the Ruud or Octavian could move to the inside. That way we can get all three on the field at one time.