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Meanwhile in Michigan

 

http://www.mlive.com...green_weig.html

 

Pretty sure LeVeon Bell was 240 last year. And since this kid was regarded as the top RB in the country, I assume he is a standout runner. If a guy is able to keep most of his speed, 240 pounds on a RB is a scary weight for opposing defenses to face. If he has a tendency to gain weight easily, that could mean muscle as well. If that's the case, then that is damn impressive.

 

I guess he fluctuates pretty bad. He was at 270 during his Sophomore season. No doubt he's an elite athlete but it may be a question of work ethic, above all else.

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Meanwhile in Michigan

 

http://www.mlive.com...green_weig.html

 

Pretty sure LeVeon Bell was 240 last year. And since this kid was regarded as the top RB in the country, I assume he is a standout runner. If a guy is able to keep most of his speed, 240 pounds on a RB is a scary weight for opposing defenses to face. If he has a tendency to gain weight easily, that could mean muscle as well. If that's the case, then that is damn impressive.

 

I guess he fluctuates pretty bad. He was at 270 during his Sophomore season. No doubt he's an elite athlete but it may be a question of work ethic, above all else.

Maybe not work ethic so much as discipline. He's got work ethic if he dropped the weight before but it takes discipline to maintain it, and that's something a lot of 18 to 20 somethings lack.

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@RobinWashut: Former #Huskers recruit. RT @EdwardLewisBSR: Jim Mora said DE Owa Odighizuwa will miss the season with hip injuries.

 

That....sucks...?

 

:dunno :dunno :dunno

 

Good for us, as they will most likely be starting a true freshman

 

It's definitely good for us, but I have conflicting emotions about it.

 

He almost came here, but decided on UCLA.

They beat us last year at their place.

Now we have a chance to show him exactly what he missed out on when they come to Lincoln, and he won't be playing. Does he even make the trip?

 

On one hand it sucks that he got hurt. I mean you'd have to be a pretty big a-hole to cheer when someone goes down for the season, but on the other hand it helps us out in the end.

 

But, like you said, it forces a inexperienced freshman to step up.

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We will have to agree to disagree. If you are going to burn a kids RS, you had damn well better play them. 20-40 touches a year while your #1 is getting 80-90% of the touches is not good roster management. There is a reason why 2 of our 3 highly recruited RBs from a couple of years ago left. And I don’t blame them.

Your right, we will just have to agree to disagree. I see no point at all, to ever RS a RB, unless you can't land them. We can, and that is why we won't waste an extra year of scholarship for no reason, unless it was due to a Medical Hardship. Ok, we will go back to last year, because it was a year where we had Abdullah, Rex, Cross and Heard. Lets see if any of these guys got 80-90% of the carries.

 

Nebraska Rush Attempts by RB/FB: 458

Abdullah: 226 @ 49%

Burkhead: 98 @ 21%

Cross: 55 @ 12%

Heard: 52 @ 11%

 

You bring up 2011 and how Burkhead was our workhorse. Sure your correct on that, but what do you expect when your trying to win games and your QB is injured. You go with what works, and that was Rex. He wanted the carries for goodness sakes. Why don't I see people like you saying that T-Mart wasn't a workhorse? He had 189 carries INJURED. Just 100 less than Rex. Average that throughout the season, and that is about 7 less carries a game. We got our freshman and younger guys out there to get their feet wet. That is what you do as freshman/sophomores and when they become more adapt to the game, you play them more. Besides that, Rex only averaged 21 carries a game. That is not many if you ask me. Some games more than others, but its not like he was carrying the ball like this in 3-4 consecutive games. Want to talk about a workhorse, check out what MSU did to Le'veon Bell.

 

A few of the Red-Shirting arguments here are irrelevant by you 74Husker.

 

1) Green was asked to redshirt and he said no that he wanted to play. I'll bet he feels stupid now as Rex went down and last spring he was really dead even with Ameer. Said that he wanted to go to an offense where he'd be "used in space." Tell me we couldn't get him the football in space.

 

2) Braylon Heard came to campus in a round about way. He was a full year late. If you redshirt him, he becomes a kid that is a 24 year old 5th year senior. Not unheard of, but very much so unorthodox.

 

Taylor and Newby are different cases.

 

Two totally different backs with different skill sets. If they can help, they play.

I'm not going to disagree with anything you said on points 1 & 2. My bone of contention is that if the RS is burned, you need to get that guy meaningful snaps, get him some totes. Period.

 

You don't need to kill your #1 guy while another guy can carry some of the load.

 

With that being said, I'll bet you a gyro that both Terrell and A. Taylor burn their shirts this year. I'll go double or nothing that they don't get 100 CARRIES between them, while Ameer is getting killed.

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