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Hi guys, first time poster here but wanted to chime in on the potential for this team as it relates to the 2016 season:

 

I really think next year has all the makings of a breakout year. Tommy, despite the one play at Illinois, clearly has progressed as a passer and decision maker this season. A lot of the 50/50 type balls that you would have seen in the past are no longer being thrown. Running a multitude of screens and timing routes will help Armstrong develop even more next season, including another offseason with Langsdorf. I think it is extremely reasonable to expect Tommy to be around 63-65% completion percentage as a Senior next season, who would've thunk that after the 2014 season?

 

Not only will Armstrong be better, but you're bringing back every play-maker on offense sans Jamal Turner. I would expect for Ozigbo, Wilbon, and Stevenson to make jumps as RB's both running and catching the ball. WR's will still be led by Westerkamp, DPE, Morgan, Reilly, and then add in guys like Alston, and we will more than likely see Grimm on the field as a freshman. This is some of the best overall talent we've had on offense in a long long time.

 

Looking to the defensive side of the ball, Who do we lose that we will really miss? The biggest challenge Riley faces in his first full season is convincing Maleik Collins that he should stay for his Senior season, something that I think we may actually see as he becomes an even more complete player than he currently is. Watching Kevin Maurice last week really excited me to see what he can do as a Senior and we will need to see some growth from guys like Stoltenberg, Davis, etc. Freedom looks like a player that has an extremely bright future and I really think that you'll see an emphasis to move McMullen inside full time after this season.

 

There isn't a Sr. Linebacker on the entire roster, and we start a true freshman in Dedrick Young. These guys could go from being a question mark before this 2015 season to the strongest point of the defense in 2016.

 

It really comes down to the secondary to how the Huskers will fare in 2016 in my opinion. Bringing Gerry back obviously helps but we lose both Davie and Rose this offseason. Will Kalu be the #1 corner? Will we see guys like Mosley, Lee, or Anderson step up and have a large role on the team next year?

 

Specialists look to remain strong as well. Foltz will be a senior (and fully healthy, something he isn't right now) DPE will be fully acclimated and healthy again, and Drew Brown will be an upper classman.

 

 

If you look at that roster from top to bottom, it is really set up for a big year next year. Suffering through these learning curves and setbacks now helps bring a team closer together and should motivate them to be great during the offseason. The non -conference schedule next year looks to be much more manageable, as even Oregon doesn't look to be as daunting as we maybe thought when we scheduled them. I was livid after the Illinois game like everyone else but lets have some patience with this new staff. Adjusting from Oregon State to Nebraska is a completely different ball game, especially when the personnel in place isn't meant for what the coaches want to do. I think we could be in store for some big things next season in a division that should be fairly wide open. Let's finish 2015 strong and ride a wave of momentum into 2016, GBR!

 

And here's another tip for everyone. Quoting giant posts is really annoying, especially for those reading on a phone.

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Yeah, there's a lot returning at offense. If they take to the scheme and the coaching - starting with QB - it could be pretty neat. Defensively, Gangwish is a loss and not just on the field. I'm still concerned about the depth on defense and we might be seeing true freshmen, redshirt freshmen, or JUCOs. Frankly I'm worried at how slow the steps in the right direction will be at the DE position. Could really use another breakout like Freedom.

 

Maybe we find a RB in the meantime and see some young OL step in.

 

Players can improve from year to year, sometimes greatly, but be cautious not to project linear rises. Sometimes players take a step back.

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If you look at it we would be returning ~8 starters from the offensive side of the ball and ~9 from the defensive side of the ball. All 3 people leaving from offense would be offensive linemen (Lewis, Reeves, Kondolo), one of which just bastardized the Husker fan base for the 2nd time in 3 games and the other two seem to be in the way of Jerald Foster, who I believe is going to be a stud lineman. The only true questions for next year's team is the secondary, but given the way our upperclassmen have played against the pass this year it might be an addition by subtraction type of deal.

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Yeah, there's a lot returning at offense. If they take to the scheme and the coaching - starting with QB - it could be pretty neat. Defensively, Gangwish is a loss and not just on the field. I'm still concerned about the depth on defense and we might be seeing true freshmen, redshirt freshmen, or JUCOs. Frankly I'm worried at how slow the steps in the right direction will be at the DE position. Could really use another breakout like Freedom.

 

Maybe we find a RB in the meantime and see some young OL step in.

 

Players can improve from year to year, sometimes greatly, but be cautious not to project linear rises. Sometimes players take a step back.

 

Agreed, it is often difficult to separate accurate projections versus sunshine pumping. I just find it difficult to not be excited about the potential of this team in year 2. The roster sets up for a big year and statistically speaking the jump a team makes from year 1 to year 2 under a new staff is usually the biggest improvement you're going to find. Recruiting Collins back for his Senior year would be absolutely massive, just not sure how realistic/unrealistic it is at this point. There's some publications that have him as a top 10 player in next year's draft lists and some that don't have him even in the first round.

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Yeah, there's a lot returning at offense. If they take to the scheme and the coaching - starting with QB - it could be pretty neat. Defensively, Gangwish is a loss and not just on the field. I'm still concerned about the depth on defense and we might be seeing true freshmen, redshirt freshmen, or JUCOs. Frankly I'm worried at how slow the steps in the right direction will be at the DE position. Could really use another breakout like Freedom.

 

Maybe we find a RB in the meantime and see some young OL step in.

 

Players can improve from year to year, sometimes greatly, but be cautious not to project linear rises. Sometimes players take a step back.

Being the overly optimistic guy I always find myself being, I would say the second year under a coaching staff should show much bigger than average jump in play than your average from year to year.

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Everyone that has asked me what I thought about the Huskers this year, knowing I'm a fanatic, has gotten the same response from me.

 

"They're gonna be good next year."

 

I expected growing pains, not on the level we have seen though. But beyond that the 2016 season sets up nicely. It is a hard schedule, something we may fear but need to actually grow as a team.

 

The Davis twins should be special next year, all our Offensive weapons, and our defense will be experienced. The holes we fill will be very talented too.

 

Yeah I don't expect much anymore this season, I've kinda written it off honestly. I expect a pretty big year in 2016. This team deserved it, the fans are dying for it and the staff needs it.

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Hi guys, first time poster here but wanted to chime in on the potential for this team as it relates to the 2016 season:

 

I really think next year has all the makings of a breakout year. Tommy, despite the one play at Illinois, clearly has progressed as a passer and decision maker this season. A lot of the 50/50 type balls that you would have seen in the past are no longer being thrown. Running a multitude of screens and timing routes will help Armstrong develop even more next season, including another offseason with Langsdorf. I think it is extremely reasonable to expect Tommy to be around 63-65% completion percentage as a Senior next season, who would've thunk that after the 2014 season?

 

Not only will Armstrong be better, but you're bringing back every play-maker on offense sans Jamal Turner. I would expect for Ozigbo, Wilbon, and Stevenson to make jumps as RB's both running and catching the ball. WR's will still be led by Westerkamp, DPE, Morgan, Reilly, and then add in guys like Alston, and we will more than likely see Grimm on the field as a freshman. This is some of the best overall talent we've had on offense in a long long time.

 

Looking to the defensive side of the ball, Who do we lose that we will really miss? The biggest challenge Riley faces in his first full season is convincing Maleik Collins that he should stay for his Senior season, something that I think we may actually see as he becomes an even more complete player than he currently is. Watching Kevin Maurice last week really excited me to see what he can do as a Senior and we will need to see some growth from guys like Stoltenberg, Davis, etc. Freedom looks like a player that has an extremely bright future and I really think that you'll see an emphasis to move McMullen inside full time after this season.

 

There isn't a Sr. Linebacker on the entire roster, and we start a true freshman in Dedrick Young. These guys could go from being a question mark before this 2015 season to the strongest point of the defense in 2016.

 

It really comes down to the secondary to how the Huskers will fare in 2016 in my opinion. Bringing Gerry back obviously helps but we lose both Davie and Rose this offseason. Will Kalu be the #1 corner? Will we see guys like Mosley, Lee, or Anderson step up and have a large role on the team next year?

 

Specialists look to remain strong as well. Foltz will be a senior (and fully healthy, something he isn't right now) DPE will be fully acclimated and healthy again, and Drew Brown will be an upper classman.

 

 

If you look at that roster from top to bottom, it is really set up for a big year next year. Suffering through these learning curves and setbacks now helps bring a team closer together and should motivate them to be great during the offseason. The non -conference schedule next year looks to be much more manageable, as even Oregon doesn't look to be as daunting as we maybe thought when we scheduled them. I was livid after the Illinois game like everyone else but lets have some patience with this new staff. Adjusting from Oregon State to Nebraska is a completely different ball game, especially when the personnel in place isn't meant for what the coaches want to do. I think we could be in store for some big things next season in a division that should be fairly wide open. Let's finish 2015 strong and ride a wave of momentum into 2016, GBR!

 

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Coach Riley better hope 2016 is our break out year because if it's not, and we lose 4 or 5 games, I could see him gone by the end of the season.

Really??? If he loses 4 games he is going to be fired in his second year??? That would mean we are back to winning 9-10 games which most are predicting will be a decent improvement over this year where we have already lost 3.

 

So....you really think that Riley is going to be fired after his second year while showing an improvement?

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