HQW #10: Where have you gone Grant?
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Eric the Red
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Last year it was Cory Ross....who will be the vocal team leader????
Yeah I know it's old, but I love myself
Yeah I know it's old, but I love myself
johnny_husker
Four-Star Recruit
Defense It will be -----> Adam Carriker / Steve Octavien
Offense It will be -----> Zac Taylor / Dane Todd
They are and have to be the ones that lead this team.
I like the fire they bring.
GO BIG RED
Offense It will be -----> Zac Taylor / Dane Todd
They are and have to be the ones that lead this team.
I like the fire they bring.
GO BIG RED
NU fan in Denver
Starter
Agreed. I think ZT will step into the leadership role this year. He has the offense down and so do many of his surrounding players. Now he can focus on rallying the troops and helping the youngin's along.
Eric the Red
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For Huskers' leadership, this is a rebuilding year
For Huskers' leadership, this is a rebuilding year
BY RICH KAIPUST
WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
• Chadron Eagles plan to focus on teaching rookies
• On the Web: NU Football
RELATED
• Chadron Eagles plan to focus on teaching rookies
• On the Web: NU Football
LINCOLN - Between them, Adam Carriker, Jay Moore and Stewart Bradley started 93 games and played in 125 over the past four football seasons.
They were fixtures on the Nebraska defense with strong personalities. They commanded respect from those around them.
While acknowledging the loss of leadership created by the expiration of their eligibility - and calling the trio "outstanding players" - NU defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove said the Huskers have players who can replace them.
"I think we have a lot of candidates," Cosgrove said. "I don't want to get into specific names right now, but we have a lot of candidates, particularly at linebacker and in the secondary.
"I think we'll have more leaders this year than we've had in the past. At least I'm anticipating it."
Nebraska must replace three other starters on defense, but Carriker, Moore and Bradley were the rocks. They had survived the coaching changes, the 2004 spiral, the attempt to restore the Huskers' name on the national scale.
NU FootballSpring practice starts Wednesday
Spring game is April 14
Coming Sunday, a position-by-position look at the Huskers.
Teammates appreciated their style and effort. But they're not thinking in terms of one, two or three players feeling the pressure to replace all they represented.
"It's up to a lot of different players to do it," senior cornerback Zack Bowman said. "It's not on one guy."
As Carriker, Moore and Bradley charged immediately from the Cotton Bowl to pursuing their NFL dreams, NU head coach Bill Callahan said the Huskers moved almost as rapidly in finding and grooming replacements. By the time spring practice starts Wednesday, some of the work already will have been done.
"We've been real proactive," Callahan said. "Right after we got back from the bowl, I grabbed Tim McFadden, who does our senior leadership seminars, and I got him attached and integrated immediately to our seniors.
"We are not waiting for summer to arrive and all of a sudden crown the senior class as the leaders of the team. We did it in January and February, and we're continuing to do that and filter down that leadership into the junior classes."
Carriker and Moore were the defensive ends on a four-man front that included loose and likable Ola Dagunduro and Barry Cryer in between. With all four gone, Callahan said sophomore-to-be Ndamukong Suh would be somebody to watch blossom on the defensive line.
"I see Suh in more of a leadership role," Callahan said. "He's a vocal guy. He cares, he's concerned. He's a guy who wants to win, wants to play at a high level, wants the people around him to work and play at a high level, too. I see him as an emerging leader on this football team."
The Husker defense is most experienced in its linebacking corps, which includes seniors Bo Ruud, Corey McKeon, Steve Octavien and Lance Brandenburgh - and lost just Bradley. The secondary includes three seniors at cornerback (Bowman, Cortney Grixby, Andre Jones) and one at safety (Tierre Green).
Up front, however, it will take a host of non-seniors to handle almost a complete makeover. They'll be led by defensive line coach Buddy Wyatt, the former Alabama assistant who replaced John Blake in December and led the Huskers through the latter half of Cotton Bowl preparations.
"This is a group that has some game experience," Callahan said. "It's not like they're foreign to what we're trying to get accomplished. They've been on the field, been through the drills, and they know they've all got to step up and play, and play at a higher level for us to be successful. But I'm confident that they can."
For Huskers' leadership, this is a rebuilding year
BY RICH KAIPUST
WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
• Chadron Eagles plan to focus on teaching rookies
• On the Web: NU Football
RELATED
• Chadron Eagles plan to focus on teaching rookies
• On the Web: NU Football
LINCOLN - Between them, Adam Carriker, Jay Moore and Stewart Bradley started 93 games and played in 125 over the past four football seasons.
They were fixtures on the Nebraska defense with strong personalities. They commanded respect from those around them.
While acknowledging the loss of leadership created by the expiration of their eligibility - and calling the trio "outstanding players" - NU defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove said the Huskers have players who can replace them.
"I think we have a lot of candidates," Cosgrove said. "I don't want to get into specific names right now, but we have a lot of candidates, particularly at linebacker and in the secondary.
"I think we'll have more leaders this year than we've had in the past. At least I'm anticipating it."
Nebraska must replace three other starters on defense, but Carriker, Moore and Bradley were the rocks. They had survived the coaching changes, the 2004 spiral, the attempt to restore the Huskers' name on the national scale.
NU FootballSpring practice starts Wednesday
Spring game is April 14
Coming Sunday, a position-by-position look at the Huskers.
Teammates appreciated their style and effort. But they're not thinking in terms of one, two or three players feeling the pressure to replace all they represented.
"It's up to a lot of different players to do it," senior cornerback Zack Bowman said. "It's not on one guy."
As Carriker, Moore and Bradley charged immediately from the Cotton Bowl to pursuing their NFL dreams, NU head coach Bill Callahan said the Huskers moved almost as rapidly in finding and grooming replacements. By the time spring practice starts Wednesday, some of the work already will have been done.
"We've been real proactive," Callahan said. "Right after we got back from the bowl, I grabbed Tim McFadden, who does our senior leadership seminars, and I got him attached and integrated immediately to our seniors.
"We are not waiting for summer to arrive and all of a sudden crown the senior class as the leaders of the team. We did it in January and February, and we're continuing to do that and filter down that leadership into the junior classes."
Carriker and Moore were the defensive ends on a four-man front that included loose and likable Ola Dagunduro and Barry Cryer in between. With all four gone, Callahan said sophomore-to-be Ndamukong Suh would be somebody to watch blossom on the defensive line.
"I see Suh in more of a leadership role," Callahan said. "He's a vocal guy. He cares, he's concerned. He's a guy who wants to win, wants to play at a high level, wants the people around him to work and play at a high level, too. I see him as an emerging leader on this football team."
The Husker defense is most experienced in its linebacking corps, which includes seniors Bo Ruud, Corey McKeon, Steve Octavien and Lance Brandenburgh - and lost just Bradley. The secondary includes three seniors at cornerback (Bowman, Cortney Grixby, Andre Jones) and one at safety (Tierre Green).
Up front, however, it will take a host of non-seniors to handle almost a complete makeover. They'll be led by defensive line coach Buddy Wyatt, the former Alabama assistant who replaced John Blake in December and led the Huskers through the latter half of Cotton Bowl preparations.
"This is a group that has some game experience," Callahan said. "It's not like they're foreign to what we're trying to get accomplished. They've been on the field, been through the drills, and they know they've all got to step up and play, and play at a higher level for us to be successful. But I'm confident that they can."
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Touchdown Tommie
All-Conference
I hope we see these guys flying around the field and making huge plays. It could turn out to be a very exciting year to watch some of these guys!!!
husker rob
All-American
we will have to wait and see which ones step up.
LEAD, FOLLOW, OR GET THE f#*k OUT OF THE WAY
LEAD, FOLLOW, OR GET THE f#*k OUT OF THE WAY
MCAT800
All-Conference
Eric the Red
Team HuskerBoard
The point of me bringing this article up again is we still don't have a true leader....Cory Ross was pretty good but no one like Wistrom or Mike Brown in recent years.
NUpolo8
Banned
I remember after the "Diassapointing" two loss season in 96, Wistrom making every one run stadiums in the summer until everyone got sick. He and Peter absolutely dragged that team onto thier backs and made them go undefeated in 97. Who can do that in this squad? I am more afraid now that when a guy like Keller gets in people's faces, Keller (or whoever does it) will be the bad guy.
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