What unsung Husker will emerge in fall camp?

[knapplc]

I thought about Ty Kildow, but does he really have a legit shot at playing time with the three-headed monster coming in?

I think he'll get some touches this year both at RB and in the slot becuase he works his a$$ off or IMO will at least have the best shot of the unkowns. Plus I wouldn't be surprised if he shows up on special teams. I know Bo says all three freshmen backs will get playing time but I think deep down they hope they can red shirt one. If Kildow improves like he did in spring that will give them that option. At one point in spring they were really really optimistic about him and what he was accomplishing. Its not saying much but he was putting the rest of the RB's (minus Rex) to shame.

Which brings up a question - who will be returning kicks/punts? Is that a Kildow job? Or does Turner have that locked up? Jamal could be a lightning bolt on punt returns.

 

[da skers]

I thought about Ty Kildow, but does he really have a legit shot at playing time with the three-headed monster coming in?

I think he'll get some touches this year both at RB and in the slot becuase he works his a$$ off or IMO will at least have the best shot of the unkowns. Plus I wouldn't be surprised if he shows up on special teams. I know Bo says all three freshmen backs will get playing time but I think deep down they hope they can red shirt one. If Kildow improves like he did in spring that will give them that option. At one point in spring they were really really optimistic about him and what he was accomplishing. Its not saying much but he was putting the rest of the RB's (minus Rex) to shame.

Which brings up a question - who will be returning kicks/punts? Is that a Kildow job? Or does Turner have that locked up? Jamal could be a lightning bolt on punt returns.

I think it will play out in camp. They've got a lot of guys and this is an area where both could really help out . At the WR Jamal will get some playing time early but I really don't think he'll be a starter or large contributor until probably midway through the year that being said he's in our top group of guys the coaches have high hopes for this year. I think as fans we need to temper our enthusiasm a touch. Personally I hope I'm wrong and he shows up lights out next week and we're forced to have him be our first guy off the bench come game 1 and have him in 20 snaps a game. He's just that damn of a threat.

 

[RedDenver]

I'm going with Jake Cotton. It'd be pretty funny to me if the Cotton boys all have good careers at NU after some of the negative reactions they got before even stepping on campus.

 

[HuskerT]

I think the position change is going to benefit Eric Martin and he's going to be a beast coming off the edge. The only problem I can see would be the number of roughing the passer penalties he'll likely get called for. My over/under is 3.

 

[NUance]

I'm going with Jake Cotton. It'd be pretty funny to me if the Cotton boys all have good careers at NU after some of the negative reactions they got before even stepping on campus.

Same with Ben Cotton. I'd love to see these guys prove the naysayers wrong. My biggest dig on the Cottons is that I'd rather have seen them enter the program as walk-ons for a couple of years. That would have saved a couple of scholies for those years. Would've been a huge boost to the program.

 

[HuskerT]

I'm going with Jake Cotton. It'd be pretty funny to me if the Cotton boys all have good careers at NU after some of the negative reactions they got before even stepping on campus.

My biggest dig on the Cottons is that I'd rather have seen them enter the program as walk-ons for a couple of years. That would have saved a couple of scholies for those years. Would've been a huge boost to the program.

I agree. I've been a naysayer of the Cottons, but it has nothing to do with them personally, I hope they do well and prove me wrong. I just feel that they should have walked on and earned schollies considering that their dad is a coach and they were barely recruited by anyone other than NU.

 

[RedDenver]

I'm going with Jake Cotton. It'd be pretty funny to me if the Cotton boys all have good careers at NU after some of the negative reactions they got before even stepping on campus.

My biggest dig on the Cottons is that I'd rather have seen them enter the program as walk-ons for a couple of years. That would have saved a couple of scholies for those years. Would've been a huge boost to the program.

I agree. I've been a naysayer of the Cottons, but it has nothing to do with them personally, I hope they do well and prove me wrong. I just feel that they should have walked on and earned schollies considering that their dad is a coach and they were barely recruited by anyone other than NU.

I see that opinion quite a bit. But if they all pull their weight, then that should show they deserved the schollie. Right?

 

[Mierin]

I agree. I've been a naysayer of the Cottons, but it has nothing to do with them personally, I hope they do well and prove me wrong. I just feel that they should have walked on and earned schollies considering that their dad is a coach and they were barely recruited by anyone other than NU.

I see that opinion quite a bit. But if they all pull their weight, then that should show they deserved the schollie. Right?

That's not really a good argument. Anyone else who isn't recruited by any other good teams would be walking on and proving themselves worthy of a scholarship, not handed one from the start.

 

[Hunter94]

the old man got the kids in the door for free.......isn't that what our leaders do in America?

 

[Lil' Red]

Offense: Jean-Baptiste

Defense: Joseph Carter

 

[The Dude]

I agree. I've been a naysayer of the Cottons, but it has nothing to do with them personally, I hope they do well and prove me wrong. I just feel that they should have walked on and earned schollies considering that their dad is a coach and they were barely recruited by anyone other than NU.

I see that opinion quite a bit. But if they all pull their weight, then that should show they deserved the schollie. Right?

That's not really a good argument. Anyone else who isn't recruited by any other good teams would be walking on and proving themselves worthy of a scholarship, not handed one from the start.

I'm sure the fact that they were pretty much 100% "N" from the get-go had nothing to do with other schools not wanting to waste time on them.

 

[RedDenver]

I agree. I've been a naysayer of the Cottons, but it has nothing to do with them personally, I hope they do well and prove me wrong. I just feel that they should have walked on and earned schollies considering that their dad is a coach and they were barely recruited by anyone other than NU.

I see that opinion quite a bit. But if they all pull their weight, then that should show they deserved the schollie. Right?

That's not really a good argument. Anyone else who isn't recruited by any other good teams would be walking on and proving themselves worthy of a scholarship, not handed one from the start.

Why is finding out later that they did indeed deserve a scholarship a bad argument? So there's no way for them to prove they deserved the scholarships they got then? You're basically saying that NU shouldn't have offered a schollie even if they were good enough to deserve one. Now that's not a good argument. If this were any other player, we'd be talking about how good the coaches are at spotting "diamonds in the rough" or "developing the talent".

 

[Lyons in the Sea of Red.]

I agree. I've been a naysayer of the Cottons, but it has nothing to do with them personally, I hope they do well and prove me wrong. I just feel that they should have walked on and earned schollies considering that their dad is a coach and they were barely recruited by anyone other than NU.

I see that opinion quite a bit. But if they all pull their weight, then that should show they deserved the schollie. Right?

That's not really a good argument. Anyone else who isn't recruited by any other good teams would be walking on and proving themselves worthy of a scholarship, not handed one from the start.

Why is finding out later that they did indeed deserve a scholarship a bad argument? So there's no way for them to prove they deserved the scholarships they got then? You're basically saying that NU shouldn't have offered a schollie even if they were good enough to deserve one. Now that's not a good argument. If this were any other player, we'd be talking about how good the coaches are at spotting "diamonds in the rough" or "developing the talent".

Do you understand that the cottons can basically get near free schooling because their father is an employee of the university? If I remember right they are pretty smart as well. He is saying if the kids are committed to coming here, then save a scholarship for another recruit. That's why he's saying we should not have offered.

 

[RedDenver]

Do you understand that the cottons can basically get near free schooling because their father is an employee of the university? If I remember right they are pretty smart as well. He is saying if the kids are committed to coming here, then save a scholarship for another recruit. That's why he's saying we should not have offered.

Free school has been bandied about quite a bit, but I'm not convinced the NCAA would allow that to happen since it's quite obviously a recruiting advantage. And shouldn't this "he's a Nebraska kid" have applied to Baker Steinkuhler and Niles Paul? And if an ISU, KSU, or Ohio comes along and offers after NU slow-plays him, what if he goes elsewhere? But you're still ignoring the basic question: if they all pull their weight, then does that should show they deserved the schollie?

 

[HuskerT]

Do you understand that the cottons can basically get near free schooling because their father is an employee of the university? If I remember right they are pretty smart as well. He is saying if the kids are committed to coming here, then save a scholarship for another recruit. That's why he's saying we should not have offered.

Free school has been bandied about quite a bit, but I'm not convinced the NCAA would allow that to happen since it's quite obviously a recruiting advantage. And shouldn't this "he's a Nebraska kid" have applied to Baker Steinkuhler and Niles Paul? And if an ISU, KSU, or Ohio comes along and offers after NU slow-plays him, what if he goes elsewhere? But you're still ignoring the basic question: if they all pull their weight, then does that should show they deserved the schollie?

My argument is that they wouldn't have been offered scholorships by NU if they weren't Barney's sons and I won't be convinced otherwise. Having said that, they may prove to be worthy of the schollies, but I would have preferred that they walk on and if they proved themselves than award them with schollies.