What's Kenny Bell's status/injury situation?

[Dagerow]

Sorry, if I missed it somewhere else (I looked but couldn't find much), but what happen with Bell?

[Mike Mcdee]

Groin issue. If he isn't needed this weekend, don't use him. Those injuries need time to heal, they nag. I strained mine pretty good earlier this season and needed about 3 weeks rest before I was pain free. What he needs to do is as long as he is mobile, he needs to be out there with his group helping coach those guys up. He's a captain and a vocal leader. If you can't lead from the field find another way to get in and help. Hope we get him back soon though, because he is a talented guy.

[Dagerow]

Thanks

[Count 'Bility]

Pretty sure this was his issue off and on last season, as well as the later stages of 2012 it began to hamper him some.

[kchusker_chris]

groin issue is keeping Avery Moss out all season too. blame the S&C staff?

[Omaha_Style]

Before going into a completely different career field, I was a certified CSCS (Strength and conditioning specialist) as well as held a ACE certification. My take on the injuries is that if the team lacks the endurance and physical ability to perform all game, blame Dobson. You can't place blame for pulled groins or torn ligaments / tendons on the staff.

[Abdullah the Butcher]

We could change our program to be more like Oregon, more agility and flexibility than pure strength training.

[Count 'Bility]

We could change our program to be more like Oregon, more agility and flexibility than pure strength training.

Honestly, that's what football is coming too. It just is.

 

But I just think that players are getting so big, so strong, and so quick, and combine all that with so fast, I mean, seriously, look at what they put their bodies through. There's only so much that things like tendons and ligaments can put up with in terms of exerted force. I just watch in awe at Lebron James. The guy is 6-8, 260 and he flies around like he's 5-10, 170. It's just absurd if you really think about it.

[QMany]

We could change our program to be more like Oregon, more agility and flexibility than pure strength training.

We currently do Yoga and some of the other things Oregon implements.

[NUpolo8]

 

We could change our program to be more like Oregon, more agility and flexibility than pure strength training.

We currently do Yoga and some of the other things Oregon implements.

Oddly, that doesn't appear to be listed here.

 

http://www.huskers.com/pdf8/836571.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=100

 

http://www.huskers.com/pdf8/836632.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=100

 

http://www.huskers.com/pdf8/836570.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=100

 

 

Here is an excerpt from the first paragraph on Oregon's S&C page.

 

The strength and conditioning staff has a natural concern for the efficiency of movement. It has been defined as "getting from Point A to Point B with the maximum amount of force in the minimum amount of time."

 

Also, man noodling through Oregon's websites.....,WOW

[QMany]

Husker players embrace yoga as part of new training: http://m.omaha.com/huskers/husker-players-embrace-yoga-as-part-of-new-training/article_2f6a5ea2-3c57-52cd-a003-377fd21cb5a7.html?mode=jqm

[NUpolo8]

Husker players embrace yoga as part of new training: http://m.omaha.com/huskers/husker-players-embrace-yoga-as-part-of-new-training/article_2f6a5ea2-3c57-52cd-a003-377fd21cb5a7.html?mode=jqm

Cool. Good find. I could see how using it as a recovery program would help.

 

But to call that similar to this

 

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9630732/oregon-ducks-use-speed-school-train-fastest-offense-espn-magazine

 

I feel is a stretch.

[kchusker_chris]

 

But to call that similar to this

 

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9630732/oregon-ducks-use-speed-school-train-fastest-offense-espn-magazine

 

I feel is a stretch.

 

 

That's pretty impressive.

[NUpolo8]

 

But to call that similar to thishttp://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9630732/oregon-ducks-use-speed-school-train-fastest-offense-espn-magazine

I feel is a stretch.

 

That's pretty impressive.

And I kinda feel dumb for nitpicking Q's point. I am pretty tired of trying to be Oregon and I don't think Nebraska should have to.

 

But Nebraska was proactive and visionary for years in departments like S&C. I just feel like most of the time this staff/program is checking trends, then glomming on to said trend.

[QMany]

I didn't (and wouldn't) call our program similar to Oregon's. I just pointed out that we have started to implement some programs, such as yoga and some other mobility/flexibility regimens, that Oregon has been using.

 

I hadn't read about Oregon's "Speed School," thanks for posting. I think we need to be innovative and should have these kinds of programs in place.