Mavric Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Offensive Line The quarterback, of course The 3-4 defense New leaders, waning of Pelini era Offensive skill positions OWH Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 Sam still can't help himself from dragging up Pelini.... 3 Quote Link to comment
spurs1990 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Sam still can't help himself from dragging up Pelini.... He made it sound like this passed group of seniors didn't buy in. I feel like those guys poured just about everything they had into the season. It was a great group of leaders that I felt like were 100% bought in. Sure they weren't recruited by Riley, but they certainly looked to give it their all. Loss of leaders is always a question going into a new season. Still, relating this back to Pelini seems to be a large stretch. 1 Quote Link to comment
Making Chimichangas Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Sam still can't help himself from dragging up Pelini.... He made it sound like this passed group of seniors didn't buy in. I feel like those guys poured just about everything they had into the season. It was a great group of leaders that I felt like were 100% bought in. Sure they weren't recruited by Riley, but they certainly looked to give it their all. Loss of leaders is always a question going into a new season. Still, relating this back to Pelini seems to be a large stretch. Even though I genuinely want to comment about the part in red... What I want to say would be counter-productive. Pelini is gone, most of the kids recruited by him, and his staff, are gone--it's just time to move on 2 Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 It's relevant, as it was for Pelini when he ran out of Callahan's recruits, as it is for every new coach. The less recruits you have leftover from the previous staff, the less excuses you have. How Riley does with his own guys is a big story even if we're sick of hearing about Pelini. 1 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 It's relevant, as it was for Pelini when he ran out of Callahan's recruits, as it is for every new coach. The less recruits you have leftover from the previous staff, the less excuses you have. How Riley does with his own guys is a big story even if we're sick of hearing about Pelini. I generally agree. However, to me, that's more of a talent/skill set issue than "buy in" issue....at least as it pertains to this last group of seniors. Quote Link to comment
Cdog923 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I don't know if "buy-in" from the Pelini holdovers was necessarily a binary condition. I believe guys like Armstrong, Westerkamp and Rose-Ivey were on board with Riley and the coaching staff and what they are trying to do. Others? Not so much. Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Nebraska’s running game in 2016 generally got worse as the season progressed. NU averaged 6.6 yards per carry in a 24-13 win over Northwestern — then never again eclipsed 5 yards per carry that season. In losses to Ohio State, Iowa and Tennessee, Nebraska outright abandoned the run — NU’s struggling defense had something to do with that — and gained 78, 90 and 61 yards, respectively. The 61 yards against Tennessee was NU’s second-lowest output of the Big Ten era. In Riley’s two seasons, Nebraska rushed for fewer than 100 yards five times; from 2011-2014, it happened twice. That's kind of a big deal. Cavanaugh said the scholarship numbers — NU has 17 linemen on scholarship, which doesn’t include Conrad — are closer to what he wants. Uh, Cav, you have 20% of the roster tied to your position group. If you can't get it done with that many guys.... 1 Quote Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Nebraska’s running game in 2016 generally got worse as the season progressed. NU averaged 6.6 yards per carry in a 24-13 win over Northwestern — then never again eclipsed 5 yards per carry that season. In losses to Ohio State, Iowa and Tennessee, Nebraska outright abandoned the run — NU’s struggling defense had something to do with that — and gained 78, 90 and 61 yards, respectively. The 61 yards against Tennessee was NU’s second-lowest output of the Big Ten era. In Riley’s two seasons, Nebraska rushed for fewer than 100 yards five times; from 2011-2014, it happened twice. That's kind of a big deal. Riley didn't have the luxury of Helu, Abdullah, or Burkhead neither. Of course he is partly responsible for not having those type of players on campus as well. Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Nebraska’s running game in 2016 generally got worse as the season progressed. NU averaged 6.6 yards per carry in a 24-13 win over Northwestern — then never again eclipsed 5 yards per carry that season. In losses to Ohio State, Iowa and Tennessee, Nebraska outright abandoned the run — NU’s struggling defense had something to do with that — and gained 78, 90 and 61 yards, respectively. The 61 yards against Tennessee was NU’s second-lowest output of the Big Ten era. In Riley’s two seasons, Nebraska rushed for fewer than 100 yards five times; from 2011-2014, it happened twice. That's kind of a big deal. Cavanaugh said the scholarship numbers — NU has 17 linemen on scholarship, which doesn’t include Conrad — are closer to what he wants. Uh, Cav, you have 20% of the roster tied to your position group. If you can't get it done with that many guys.... 3 of those scholarship linemen shouldn't be on scholarship anymore. Quote Link to comment
Decked Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Line should be much better with a Healthy Gates, Foster, and Farmer alone. Not to mention a decent center in Raridon. Need to have Farniok and another backup at that RT spot take a leap. Would watch Wilson as well. Quote Link to comment
Cdog923 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Line should be much better with a Healthy Gates, Foster, and Farmer alone. Not to mention a decent center in Raridon. Need to have Farniok and another backup at that RT spot take a leap. Would watch Wilson as well. Not to get too wild, but I would like a scenario where Farniok is good enough to push Gates back to RT. Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Line should be much better with a Healthy Gates, Foster, and Farmer alone. Not to mention a decent center in Raridon. Need to have Farniok and another backup at that RT spot take a leap. Would watch Wilson as well. Not to get too wild, but I would like a scenario where Farniok is good enough to push Gates back to RT. I would like to see a scenario where we didn't have 3 senior OL on scholarship that will probably not see much of the field. 2 Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Nebraska’s running game in 2016 generally got worse as the season progressed. NU averaged 6.6 yards per carry in a 24-13 win over Northwestern — then never again eclipsed 5 yards per carry that season. In losses to Ohio State, Iowa and Tennessee, Nebraska outright abandoned the run — NU’s struggling defense had something to do with that — and gained 78, 90 and 61 yards, respectively. The 61 yards against Tennessee was NU’s second-lowest output of the Big Ten era. In Riley’s two seasons, Nebraska rushed for fewer than 100 yards five times; from 2011-2014, it happened twice. That's kind of a big deal. Cavanaugh said the scholarship numbers — NU has 17 linemen on scholarship, which doesn’t include Conrad — are closer to what he wants. Uh, Cav, you have 20% of the roster tied to your position group. If you can't get it done with that many guys.... 3 of those scholarship linemen shouldn't be on scholarship anymore. Yeah, but NU doesn't cut dead weight. Here's hoping the RsFr guys progress quickly. Quote Link to comment
Cdog923 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Line should be much better with a Healthy Gates, Foster, and Farmer alone. Not to mention a decent center in Raridon. Need to have Farniok and another backup at that RT spot take a leap. Would watch Wilson as well. Not to get too wild, but I would like a scenario where Farniok is good enough to push Gates back to RT. I would like to see a scenario where we didn't have 3 senior OL on scholarship that will probably not see much of the field. Wouldn't we all. Quote Link to comment
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