Wow. I wasn't aware Cody Green changed his name to Bobby Newcombe. Awesome!
Newcombe did see time his freshmen year as a WR and Returner. There was one guy by the name of Scott Frost that played QB that year. Are there any Frosts on the roster that will be here next year? He played in every single game that year averaged 9 yards a carry, 24 yards a catch and 20 yards a Punt Return with a TD in each category. He was 1 for 1 passing as well. Also Newcombe had a successful Husker career if you ask me, he just happened to come in at the same time as one of the best (if not the best) to ever play here and throw on top of that the whole injury bug he had in 98 (played in 6 of 13) and I think he did all right. He gets unjustifiably criticized by a lot of Husker fans if you ask me. Just think what that dude could do as a receiver, runner, and returner in the offense we run now. He would have gotten a lot more touches and put up a lot more yards then he did in the old style offense.
I know YOU said it, I was talkling to the dude that mentioned Bobby Newcombe. :thumbs Although you were mentioning the overhyping I was mentioning the situations they walked into and the one Green is coming into with no proven QB.
Wow, I was unaware that I ever once mentioned Cody Green changed his name. The truth of the matter is that he is still in high school and hasn't played a snap of college football. I agree totally with that statement. Statistically speaking, very few true freshmen ever come in and win the starting QB job first game out of the gate. Even Frazier didn't. It's difficult to put into perspective best. Maybe Green will give us our best chance to beat a top ranked team next year while also being the one to best get us beat by a lesser team because of mistakes from being inexperienced. Even Frazier lost to lowly Iowa State his freshman year. Basically, I'm just saying that we're going to take some serious lumps if we start a true freshman next year. However, we're going to also take some lumps next year if Witt or Lee is our starter because neither have any game time experience. Inexperience at QB is gonna kill us next year no matter who is playing.
Wow, I never realized I ever called Bobby Newcombe a bad player or even insinuated that he was a bad player. I also realize that he played WR. Apparently, he was a great athlete or TO would have redshirted him. My point was that while being a good/great athlete, maybe QB won't suit him as well as we'd like. If we're hanging our hats on a senior in high school to lead our team to the promised land next year when he may very well come in here and be suited better for a different position all together, then we're in big trouble.
