Carl Crawford vs. Bubba Starling

[Xmas32]

I've often wondered if the absolute beating Lord took wasn't mostly self-inflicted?  He was running behind a 1st Team All American tackle and behind a solid center.  Back then, I thought the OL was unfairly blamed because it seemed Lord wasn't exactly on the same page as his OL.  I always wondered on the plays where he made something out of nothing came from him going the wrong way to begin with.

Good point as well.  The offense just seemed to be Lord left and Lord right.  He did have Diedrick as a RB his in '02.  In '03..yeah you had Josh Davis and Cory Ross as the next 2 leading rushers.  No wonder Lord felt he had to carry the team.

 

[Husker from Kansas]

Starling had potential to have been a stud in Pelini's offense. Guy was a pretty darn good runner, both fast and elusive, not T-Mart fast but every bit as fast if not faster than TA.  I thought he threw the ball every bit as well as TA did in HS. Guy just seemed to have that mystical "IT Factor".