Isaiah Newcombe
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Right! Some people will never get it. 4 years at Nebraska and a National championship yet hes a fragile b word. This from a Nebraska fan too. Wonder what a fan of a rival school would say if this is the kinda **** a fan of HIS OWN team would say about a guy.
Holla
Crouch was also helped by a lack of competition for the Heisman that year.
Newcombe was electric as QB vs Washington. Looked good running the option with Deangelo.
Newcombe was electric as QB vs Washington. Looked good running the option with Deangelo.
I’m sorry, which season? The season where he didn’t rush for more than 300 yards(all of them)? Or the season he didn’t amass 300 yds receiving(also all of them)?
Crouch totaled nearly as many scrimmage yards (not including passing) his sophomore year than all-hype Bobby did in his entire career. Spare me.
I'm not arguing that Newcombe was better than Crouch. I'm saying your statement that Newcombe was a "fragile b*tch" doesn't make any sense. The guy played half a season on a wrecked knee before finally having surgery on it - that makes him fragile?
Crouch had a better career at Nebraska than Newcombe did - I doubt anyone would argue otherwise. But it's fairly easy to make that point without going full-on a**hole.
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Bobby also had some key punt returns for us plus clutch receptions. We lose a few more without him
one guy's name is etched in eternity in the hallowed halls of Memorial Stadium
the other's is whispered once in a blue moon
the chasm between their careers is monumental
newcombe would've fit in perfectly at NU the last 20 years. an overhyped press box darling whose on-field production sorely lacked. sorry if this offends.
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it's football. Crouch's entire body was shot after the beating he took for 4 straight years, but you never heard a word about it.
I'm curious- which games, specifically, did newcombe keep us from losing?
your post, as usual, almost sounds like baseless feel-goodery.
PCL isn't as bad as an ACL but it had to be in the back of his mind at the very least. Wearing a brace probably was as much of a problem for him as anything. Those things are brutal. Unaware of the injury, I played full court pickup basketball for an hour/day, 3 days a week for about 2 decades on a torn ACL. Everybody is different. I evidently tore it skiing as a 17 year old. I remember the twist and the swelling from that. Never did have it fixed.
Crouch missed his first year at NU while recovering from an ankle injury - does that make him a fragile b*tch? I would think not, but you're the expert.
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Not that it's my argument, but we don't win the 1999 game at Kansas (24-17) without Newcombe (PR TD, Rec TD), nor possibly the 2000 Colorado game (reception along the sideline to get us into FG range).
Not as debilitating as a torn ACL, but Newcombe had no business being on the field that season. He clearly was not right, but Frank kept running him out there until it became painfully obvious he couldn't play. And then Newcombe didn't have surgery until December, which made it harder to come back the following year - and that's when all the drama played out with him and Crouch.
But absolutely none of this was Crouch's fault. He came back to the team, won the job fair and square and had a great career.
Yeah I was going to mention those two. And he had big punt returns to help us in a few others. You shouldn’t discount his contributions to special teams. We would kill for that now.
I’ve got a few Crouch memories, particularly being in the stands behind the end zone at Missouri when Crouch took off for one his defining Heisman TDs. But I can never forget the “exorcist” non-penalty facemask at KSU. Quite possibly one of the worst non-calls in the history of sports. I couldn’t believe he got up from that.
gruesome.
gruesome.
No, but packing his sh*t and heading home to cry like a little girl probably does.....
A few great blocks. Can’t see well # twenty-something made the final block to break the TD.
Been a while since we’ve had that.
Funny- when I saw the first 2 on the jersey my first guess was Ralph but wasnt sure he woulda played special teams that year.