NUance Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Sophomore goes from long shot to key cog on offensive lineBy BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Monday, August 29, 2011 11:55 pm Smart guys, those Longs. Brent Qvale knows. He's a neighbor to twin brothers Spencer and Jake Long. "They're just normal guys who take way too hard of classes," joked the Nebraska sophomore offensive lineman. ... Go-getters, those Longs. And if you dare to doubt it, just take a look at where Spencer Long's resolute ways are taking him right now. To a starting spot on Nebraska's offensive line this Saturday? It's possible. No depth charts are out, but it seems he's in a tight battle at right guard with redshirt freshman Jake Cotton. LINK I have to admit I don't know much about Spencer Long. Could it be possible this guy starts? Sounds like he'll be at least #2 on the depth chart. According to Christopherson anyway. Quote Link to comment
hskerholic Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 If he starts then Pelini saying the best person will play is true and can recruits that if a walk on Sophomore can work hard and earn a starting spot a true freshman on scholarship can also! Or it means people are banged up and need rest? Quote Link to comment
Blackshirt316 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 A week before the first game Bo would say everyone is a potential starter. Quote Link to comment
da skers Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Sophomore goes from long shot to key cog on offensive lineBy BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Monday, August 29, 2011 11:55 pm Smart guys, those Longs. Brent Qvale knows. He's a neighbor to twin brothers Spencer and Jake Long. "They're just normal guys who take way too hard of classes," joked the Nebraska sophomore offensive lineman. ... Go-getters, those Longs. And if you dare to doubt it, just take a look at where Spencer Long's resolute ways are taking him right now. To a starting spot on Nebraska's offensive line this Saturday? It's possible. No depth charts are out, but it seems he's in a tight battle at right guard with redshirt freshman Jake Cotton. LINK I have to admit I don't know much about Spencer Long. Could it be possible this guy starts? Sounds like he'll be at least #2 on the depth chart. According to Christopherson anyway. I've had some private conversations with other members here for about 10 days now about this guy. He started getting a serious look in the 8 deep about 2-3 weeks ago when we had all of our guys standing around with bandages on their vajay-jays. He was pretty impressive and with the extra reps improved greatly. He always had pretty good effort. This is a case of a kid getting better from having extra reps and taking advantage of it. He's presented some problems for the Dline at times so its not just a case of guys ahead of him being hurt anymore. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share Posted August 30, 2011 Sophomore goes from long shot to key cog on offensive lineBy BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Monday, August 29, 2011 11:55 pm Smart guys, those Longs. Brent Qvale knows. He's a neighbor to twin brothers Spencer and Jake Long. "They're just normal guys who take way too hard of classes," joked the Nebraska sophomore offensive lineman. ... Go-getters, those Longs. And if you dare to doubt it, just take a look at where Spencer Long's resolute ways are taking him right now. To a starting spot on Nebraska's offensive line this Saturday? It's possible. No depth charts are out, but it seems he's in a tight battle at right guard with redshirt freshman Jake Cotton. LINK I have to admit I don't know much about Spencer Long. Could it be possible this guy starts? Sounds like he'll be at least #2 on the depth chart. According to Christopherson anyway. I've had some private conversations with other members here for about 10 days now about this guy. He started getting a serious look in the 8 deep about 2-3 weeks ago when we had all of our guys standing around with bandages on their vajay-jays. He was pretty impressive and with the extra reps improved greatly. He always had pretty good effort. This is a case of a kid getting better from having extra reps and taking advantage of it. He's presented some problems for the Dline at times so its not just a case of guys ahead of him being hurt anymore. That's awesome! It's exactly what the walk-on program is designed to produce. 1 Quote Link to comment
Pedro Guerrero Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Either way if Long or Cotton starts the OL as it stands right now is pretty green as far as playing experience goes. Hardrick and Caputo are the only ones that have seen any “real” time and Hardrick shared that time with Sirles. Quote Link to comment
IlliniHusker Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 This is both good & bad news. Good news because it shows that a walk-on gets a fair chance to make the team. Bad news because NU has so many young inexperienced players on offense that it will PROBABLY result in penalties, fumbles and missed assignments. I believe our offense will struggle mightily against good defenses again this year. Quote Link to comment
BIG ERN Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Lots of inexperience, crossing my figures we dont play as dumb as last year. Quote Link to comment
da skers Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 This is both good & bad news. Good news because it shows that a walk-on gets a fair chance to make the team. Bad news because NU has so many young inexperienced players on offense that it will PROBABLY result in penalties, fumbles and missed assignments. I believe our offense will struggle mightily against good defenses again this year. Thankfully we won't hit a good defense until B10 play so that will give us a while to figure it out. The one thing people are forgetting here is that this line is base on forward technique that has us making contact with the defender be that in run or passing situations. We're not constantly moving backward trying to change the direction of the defender's momentum which is hard to do with a young line and requires a lot of excellent technique. We pretty much look to move the guy in front of you out of the way similar to most high school lines. These young guys have grown up in programs that are much further ahead of programs in the 80's and 90's so the gap isn't as bad as it used to be. They'll have some growing pains along the way but it isn't like they'll be clueless either. I'd rate them as slightly better than average (depending on the day) at this point with the potential to be good by mid season. I guess we'll really know when they have guys in front of them that they haven't figured out from playing against them everyday. 1 Quote Link to comment
RedDenver Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 This is both good & bad news. Good news because it shows that a walk-on gets a fair chance to make the team. Bad news because NU has so many young inexperienced players on offense that it will PROBABLY result in penalties, fumbles and missed assignments. I believe our offense will struggle mightily against good defenses again this year. Thankfully we won't hit a good defense until B10 play so that will give us a while to figure it out. The one thing people are forgetting here is that this line is base on forward technique that has us making contact with the defender be that in run or passing situations. We're not constantly moving backward trying to change the direction of the defender's momentum which is hard to do with a young line and requires a lot of excellent technique. We pretty much look to move the guy in front of you out of the way similar to most high school lines. These young guys have grown up in programs that are much further ahead of programs in the 80's and 90's so the gap isn't as bad as it used to be. They'll have some growing pains along the way but it isn't like they'll be clueless either. I'd rate them as slightly better than average (depending on the day) at this point with the potential to be good by mid season. I guess we'll really know when they have guys in front of them that they haven't figured out from playing against them everyday. Thanks for your insight. I've been wondering how much the change in offense has affected the OL assignments and technique. And how much the change in OL translates to the players on the team. Are we better off now with the guys we have or do we need to recruit for the new OL? Quote Link to comment
bshirt Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 This is both good & bad news. Good news because it shows that a walk-on gets a fair chance to make the team. Bad news because NU has so many young inexperienced players on offense that it will PROBABLY result in penalties, fumbles and missed assignments. I believe our offense will struggle mightily against good defenses again this year. Thankfully we won't hit a good defense until B10 play so that will give us a while to figure it out. The one thing people are forgetting here is that this line is base on forward technique that has us making contact with the defender be that in run or passing situations. We're not constantly moving backward trying to change the direction of the defender's momentum which is hard to do with a young line and requires a lot of excellent technique. We pretty much look to move the guy in front of you out of the way similar to most high school lines. These young guys have grown up in programs that are much further ahead of programs in the 80's and 90's so the gap isn't as bad as it used to be. They'll have some growing pains along the way but it isn't like they'll be clueless either. I'd rate them as slightly better than average (depending on the day) at this point with the potential to be good by mid season. I guess we'll really know when they have guys in front of them that they haven't figured out from playing against them everyday. Thanks for the keen insight, da skers. LOVE the smashmouth approach to Oline practice and scheme. Thank you God!! We get average to good play from our freshman saturated OLine this year & I'm deeply impressed. We continue recruiting the road-graders and we're BACK. Quote Link to comment
Scarlet Overkill Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 This is both good & bad news. Good news because it shows that a walk-on gets a fair chance to make the team. Bad news because NU has so many young inexperienced players on offense that it will PROBABLY result in penalties, fumbles and missed assignments. I believe our offense will struggle mightily against good defenses again this year. Thankfully we won't hit a good defense until B10 play so that will give us a while to figure it out. The one thing people are forgetting here is that this line is base on forward technique that has us making contact with the defender be that in run or passing situations. We're not constantly moving backward trying to change the direction of the defender's momentum which is hard to do with a young line and requires a lot of excellent technique. We pretty much look to move the guy in front of you out of the way similar to most high school lines. These young guys have grown up in programs that are much further ahead of programs in the 80's and 90's so the gap isn't as bad as it used to be. They'll have some growing pains along the way but it isn't like they'll be clueless either. I'd rate them as slightly better than average (depending on the day) at this point with the potential to be good by mid season. I guess we'll really know when they have guys in front of them that they haven't figured out from playing against them everyday. Always look forward to your posts. Quote Link to comment
BigWillie Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I would be really surprised if Spencer wasn't the starter on Saturday. Him starting really has nothing to do with other guys letting down either. Spencer is a kid who has put on massive amounts of weight, switched to OL, and has just done terrific since the switch. He looks to be just one of those kids who got overlooked as a recruit and is now making everyone realize what a mistake it was. Supposedly an absolute road grader as a run blocker. Really, really excited to see if all the good news about this kid is true on Saturday. Quote Link to comment
bshirt Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I would be really surprised if Spencer wasn't the starter on Saturday. Him starting really has nothing to do with other guys letting down either. Spencer is a kid who has put on massive amounts of weight, switched to OL, and has just done terrific since the switch. He looks to be just one of those kids who got overlooked as a recruit and is now making everyone realize what a mistake it was. Supposedly an absolute road grader as a run blocker. Really, really excited to see if all the good news about this kid is true on Saturday. "absolute road grader as a run blocker"........the very, very finest music to my ears. Thanks BigWillie! Quote Link to comment
Danimal Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Great to have another good guy in the mix. Looks like we could have some real depth at O-line this season. Quote Link to comment
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