Your Top Five Blackshirts
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kchusker_chris
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Think what LD could have been had he had all 4 or 5 years under Bo.knapplc said:
StPaulHusker
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Kind of difficult to name any Huskers under Pelini for Blackshirts since we never know if/when they will get them, but I will give it a shot.
Suh
Wistrom
Peter Brothers
Lavonte David
Tie: Doug Colman/Mike Brown
Suh
Wistrom
Peter Brothers
Lavonte David
Tie: Doug Colman/Mike Brown
Joe_5700
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VA Husker Fan
All-Conference
Jim Skow??? No disrespect to him, but I don't think I'm calling him a bad player by saying he doesn't come close to making my list. And yes, I do remember seeing him play.knapplc said:
Suh, Glover, Wistrom, M. Brown, David. There's probably another 10-15 guys who I wouldn't argue against going in slots 3-5.
Blackshirt96
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Count 'Bility
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Alright. I had to do some thinkin about this one.
1. Ndamukong Suh-Maybe a bit bias because I remember his career most accurately because it was most recent. But also, this guy carried the team, not just the defense. And now, his absence to me over the past 3 seasons has only re-affirmed his greatness. Not to mention, he is the most decorated Blackshirt ever, and that's coming from a team that was not at the elite level. To me, that's hard to argue with.
2. Rich Glover. Didn't witness his greatness first hand, but highlights and stories I've read are not only plenty to put him at #2, but he's very interchangeable with Suh at #1.
3. Grant Wistrom. Thought about him being at 4, but I just cant pass up putting a guy with such a motor that so well defined Husker football, who played at minimum a role in all 4 seasons of Nebraska's incredible 90's run. He was an answer-all-to leader as well.
4. LaVonte David. I just cant pass this guy up. The kicker is the play he made stripping Braxton Miller in 2011. That play saved the season (as much as a 9-4 season can be saved.....). We were in a bad time, and without that play, that game probably spirals out of control and who knows where things go from there. It's really scary to think about, and he stopped it. With a play that, as incredible as it was, was rather routine for himself. The guy was everywhere at all times.
5. Mike Brown. I thought there should be a DB on the list and Mike was as good at they came. He was also the poster child for Nebraska Football as we know it. Great player. Great person. All-American AND Academic All-American. Excelling on the field, in the classroom and in society.
1. Ndamukong Suh-Maybe a bit bias because I remember his career most accurately because it was most recent. But also, this guy carried the team, not just the defense. And now, his absence to me over the past 3 seasons has only re-affirmed his greatness. Not to mention, he is the most decorated Blackshirt ever, and that's coming from a team that was not at the elite level. To me, that's hard to argue with.
2. Rich Glover. Didn't witness his greatness first hand, but highlights and stories I've read are not only plenty to put him at #2, but he's very interchangeable with Suh at #1.
3. Grant Wistrom. Thought about him being at 4, but I just cant pass up putting a guy with such a motor that so well defined Husker football, who played at minimum a role in all 4 seasons of Nebraska's incredible 90's run. He was an answer-all-to leader as well.
4. LaVonte David. I just cant pass this guy up. The kicker is the play he made stripping Braxton Miller in 2011. That play saved the season (as much as a 9-4 season can be saved.....). We were in a bad time, and without that play, that game probably spirals out of control and who knows where things go from there. It's really scary to think about, and he stopped it. With a play that, as incredible as it was, was rather routine for himself. The guy was everywhere at all times.
5. Mike Brown. I thought there should be a DB on the list and Mike was as good at they came. He was also the poster child for Nebraska Football as we know it. Great player. Great person. All-American AND Academic All-American. Excelling on the field, in the classroom and in society.
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StPaulHusker
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Count 'Bility
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yep. pretty much after he got another dui or whatever before the Colorado game in '96. With him on the field, Nebraska probably finds a way to play through the flu bug against texas. But it's rather forgotten that the absence of Farley and the sickness caused major issues with the D that day.
HUSKER FREAK
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What about Terry Conneally
StPaulHusker
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interesting standards Dr Tom had. DUI's? You're off the team. Beat your girlfriend? 6 game suspension, help win a NC.
VA Husker Fan
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One of many fine blackshirts through the years, but never even honorable mention All America. Doesn't belong in this discussion, IMO.
Farley might make the list on pure talent and what he did when he played, but drinking himself off the team keeps him way off my list. You've got to be on the team and on the field to produce, and he wasn't there when he was needed.
Count 'Bility
Banned
It was a repeat violation with Farley though. If I recall correctly, he had one in that prior summer, an incident early season (sat out a couple games or one?) and then that 3rd was the final straw.
beanman
Banned
What happened with Vedral then? Was that a repeat violation? I think he missed his final game as a Husker because of a DUI?