No, that is not what I am saying at all... Suh was very special, no doubt. But to say Crick and Stein aren't capable of being equally as dominant is low-balling them a bit, imo. . . . Both Crick and Stein have all the physical tools necessary to control any given game(sorry, I thought this was common knowledge). . . . I am not saying anyone can learn Pelini's system and go out and throw 300lbs OL around like rag dolls. By that logic Bo or Carl could line up at DT and play better than Suh, because they know the system better than anybody else. :facepalm:
I am saying Crick and Stein are just as special as Suh. Maybe not as physically gifted, but all around they will be just as good, if not better.
Wow. Could not disagree with you more. You're talking about one of the most physically gifted and aggressive DTs of all time. Not just recently, not just at Nebraska, but for any team, anywhere, ever. And you're saying that not just one, but two of our current players are "just as special?"
Crick has had some pretty good games in his tenure. But where are you getting the impression that Steinkuhler is even remotely as good as Suh? Which game(s) can you point to where Steinkuhler has had a significant impact? I can point to several where he's had little to no impact at all.
I've talked a lot of football in my day. More than is probably good for me. I've heard some bold predictions. But this.... this is madness.
Your taking the "special" comment out of context. I don't mean that they will be in the Heisman running(although that'd be great!), I am say that, at the very least, they will be as productive and dominant at the college level as Suh/Crick. They will take as many double teams when it's all said and done. And that my friend is "special".
Suh wasn't considered one of the best of all-time until his senior year. Up to that point, he was by all accounts very average, with some potential. . . The same can be said of Crick and Stein at this point, but I regress, that is not the point I am trying to make.
Steinkuhler had a more productive sophomore year than what I saw Suh had his Sophomore campaign. . . . No Stein didn't dominate any games, but either did Suh, until his Senior year. . . . And I can see that being under the Pelini brothers for five years will probably pay off bigger for Stein in the end, than it did for Suh. I don't see how that is that hard to understand or expect.
Crick and Suh's junior campaigns were fairly similar statistically. . . Crick is not Suh, but Crick WILL have to be accounted for just as much as Suh was his senior year(the same can probably be said of Stein down the road), that is "domination" to me.
With as deep as our D --esp. the DL-- is, it should be easier for Crick/Stein to control any given game than Suh/Crick. It is crazy to expect anything less, imo.
