Mazour getting some love from Held
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The one not getting ANY love in Fall Camp is Bradley. Never a mention of him after he was told the Spring was his chance to make a move and he failed to do so. Wonder what happened to him. Moses also is MIA but he's a walk on.
Jaylin should have pulled the rip cord at the end of spring semester and transferred to a 1-AA school or a place like CSU. Given that NU has probably has Mills for two years, Mo for three, plus Thompkins, Wan'dale and Rahmir for four, and are closing on two more well regarded RBs means he is seriously buried on the depth chart, with little hope of digging out. At present, he is most likely behind Brody Belt.
I've always felt Bradley has the tools but it seems like his explosion isn't there. I hoped playing at a smaller size would help but he's already down to 200lbs.
What does it say about our 2017 team when Jaylin came in as a true freshman and provided a much needed spark? Yikes
Still 5th string but feeds the Cleti
Trivia:
Tim Beck has been a coordinator at 4 power 5 schools and 3 of those four schools have played in major bowl games during his tenure.
Name the odd school out.
Are you saying that Beck was better than middling at NU, but has managed to catch on with coaches better than him after his departure?
I'm saying he was a coordinator as part of a staff that was able to get Kansas to the Orange Bowl, and now has been named a coordinator at 2 programs (Ohio State and Texas) that arguably are among the top 5 jobs in the nation - those 2 schools could get almost any coach they wanted
Hahaha the white whale. We couldn't bust it out too much though... it worked too well. We had to be down several scores first.
Yeah, maybe...but I would would be on the Husker team (never play) and then basically get any job I ever apply for as long as the dude interviewing me is a Husker fan.
Diamond was very overrated.
Let's review. Wishbone gone, diamond is just an inverted wishbone with speed but give up blocking. How much do you see the wildcat these days? Some but not nearly as much. When was the last time you saw a power I?
Let's review. Wishbone gone, diamond is just an inverted wishbone with speed but give up blocking. How much do you see the wildcat these days? Some but not nearly as much. When was the last time you saw a power I?
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Was really hoping Bradley would put it together. Liked his HS film a lot, thought he would be a good one. I'll be a little surprised if he doesn't transfer out if he's buried on the depth chart when camp wraps up.
I’ve been pushing for specialty I-formation package featuring Damian Jackson in the FB spot.
Scott, I know you read this.. do it!!
The head coaches at all 3 of those other universities were and are far better than the head coach he had at NU during his tenure. He was also only OC in name at OSU, with Herman being the real OC. Given that, I also think we can deduce why he is now at UT.
Who's 4th? Because I don't think it's Bradley. And Mazour is more reliable than Brody Belt right now. I wouldn't mind seeing Mazour get carries before Rahmir Johnson, as he still has to get caught up to the college game.
It's also great to have a guy like Mazour because you don't have to keep a guy like Bradley on scholarship just to have any sort of depth.
IMO....top 2 backs are Mo and Mills. Rhamir will get a lot of reps. Mazzour will be 4th and Belt 5th.
As far as Bradley goes I always felt he was over rated at Bellevue West. He scored 50 touchdowns his senior year. But he did that on 350 carries. B West ran the wildcat with him at QB every time they got the ball inside the 10 yard line. He averaged 7 yards per carry.
Belt at Millard West had 50 touchdowns on 250 carries, and averaged 12 yards per carry (between his jr and sr seasons).
I would venture to say even Weinmaster is ahead of Bradley at this point.
As far as Bradley goes I always felt he was over rated at Bellevue West. He scored 50 touchdowns his senior year. But he did that on 350 carries. B West ran the wildcat with him at QB every time they got the ball inside the 10 yard line. He averaged 7 yards per carry.
Belt at Millard West had 50 touchdowns on 250 carries, and averaged 12 yards per carry (between his jr and sr seasons).
I would venture to say even Weinmaster is ahead of Bradley at this point.
To me, Bradley has an issue with decisiveness. He did appear improved in the spring game with that, but still had moments where he took too long to decide where to go, and at this level, that just leads to being tackled.
He probably should have transferred out after spring as some have mentioned.
At the time, we weren't sure of what was going on with Mo, and Mills wasn't here or wasn't qualified yet, so our RB room didn't have a lot of certainty either.
As for the comments on Tim Beck, I think he is a pretty good OC. Bo Pelini hamstrung him quite a bit, and it wasn't until the bowl game after Bo was fired, that Tim got to do a little more of what he wanted to do, and it was pretty evident.
Now I think we have had some clunkers at OC over the years, but Tim Beck wasn't really one of them and is a reason he continues to get good jobs.
He probably should have transferred out after spring as some have mentioned.
At the time, we weren't sure of what was going on with Mo, and Mills wasn't here or wasn't qualified yet, so our RB room didn't have a lot of certainty either.
As for the comments on Tim Beck, I think he is a pretty good OC. Bo Pelini hamstrung him quite a bit, and it wasn't until the bowl game after Bo was fired, that Tim got to do a little more of what he wanted to do, and it was pretty evident.
Now I think we have had some clunkers at OC over the years, but Tim Beck wasn't really one of them and is a reason he continues to get good jobs.
Bradley is a waste, and Mazour should play special teams. Only reason people like him is he is a kid from Nebraska.
Mills, Washington, Wan'Dale, Rahmir, Thompkins (depending on knee), Jones will probably all get carries before Mazour. The kid works hard, but there are way better athletes ahead of him.
Rahmir will be just fine. Did Mo Washington and Adrian need to get caught up last year? They were fine. Rahmir has way better speed and fits this O great.
Nice try. Clearly you haven’t been paying attention. Danny Woodhead 2.0. You know it and I know it.
Not trying to defend Tim Beck. He had his own limitations propped up by a ridiculous ego. However, Pelini never allowed Beck to target and recruit HIS own QB's. Beck wanted his scheme to be multiple with a bigger emphasis on chucking the ball all over the yard.
Beck had more success at other stops because his QB's were simply better throwers.
Annoying how people see one or a few posts and think it represents the majority. I certainly never felt this way.
Beck inherited TMart and I think he would have had a great Senior season if not for injury. Tommy was Beck's recruit and had limitations in aspects of the passing game that prevented "chucking the ball all over the yard".
If I'm hearing you right, Bo was more enamored of QBs that facilitated the run game, whereas Beck probably wanted guys more like Todd Reesing.
Looking back on the history of QBs and QB recruiting during the Pelini era, things were a series of swings and misses for the most part. Spano (5.7) injured/never contributed, Green (5.8) bust, Carnes (5.8) bust, Turner (5.8) converted to WR and played quite a bit, TA (5.7) four year starter, Stanton (5.7) bust, Bush (5.4) transfer a go-go and eventually played at ILL, Darlington (5.5) major concussion and good "team guy". TMart (5.7) was moved to play QB and started 3+ years until he was completely hobbled.
So most of these guys were well regarded coming out of HS. Is it possible to have this much bad luck? Or was Beck not recruiting the kind of guys that could effectively run his offense? The former is certainly possible and the latter seems kind of stupid.
Just another product of the great Spring Game Hype Machine and Scout Team Rumor Mill.
What was the guy's name who was allegedly just an unblockable DE on scout team a few years ago, was it Colin Miller? Sounds like he'll finally see the field some this year.
Well, the wildcat is pretty much what NU and most teams run. When Arkansas started doing it they used to two RB's...but now everyone that isn't Mike Riley has a QB that can run so it is basically "the wildcat" but just with a QB.
Well, now you are stretching it a bit. A running QB is still a QB. A RB or WR is not a QB and although they can throw, they very seldom do. Teams often take the QB out or split them out. A bit of semantics I understand but when they put the CU WR as a RB, that is a true WC formation - in my opinion.
It was great! Saw the Ohio State comeback game on the other day with T-Mart, Burkhead, Ameer and Aaron Green all in the backfield at once. I mean, that was cool.
Did Pelini play for Tressel? Ohio State was a power run team back then so it’s natural he’d want to also be run heavy. Beck was limited by what he had. TMart didn’t have the mechanics to make a passing game consistent. And he paid the price with his body which made QB runs unreliable. TA was the best of the bunch in my opinion of providing a balanced attack. He took over some games.
bo is a simpleton who wouldn't understand a dynamic offense if it banged a booster's wife in his bedroom.
he couldn't strategize his way out of a wet paper bag.
beck used NU as a stepping stone and I don't blame him. cannot imagine working for/with that moron.