Monday Practice 4/1
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I can't believe nothing leaked from the scrimmage Saturday - zero, zilch, nada. They really have it locked down tight in Lincoln it seems.
Yes they do...
Yet the local media would lead us to believe that they have many many many inside sources on everything else. Hmmmm
On Saturday they ran about 25 live plays....other than that it was a normal practice.
We've heard some good things about Belt. It's nice to have that insurance policy of a kid who knows the offense and can do the job in the early fall while the newcomers get up to speed. I expect Belt to play some.
The kid is a legitimate D-1 player. Wisconsin would have taken a kid like that and he would have had 150 yards against a Pelini defense. Good size and speed. Smart kid who's been in the system and knows the offense.
Is that after Wisconsin’s starting RB put up 400 yards rushing?
Like I said before, he murdered millard north two years ago. He was too fast and too strong to tackle. Easily the best player on the field.
Brody Belt is the new Wyatt Mazour confirmed
I doubt that. Woodhead was extremely fast. Belt was listed at 5-8 and 185 as a freshman but I think he's probably heavier than that now. You know most of our RBs are not as big as what some people think when you see them out in street clothes. Devine was a legit big back. Marlon Lucky was listed at 5-11 and 218. There was no way in hell he was that big. I stood next to him at Brother's in Lincoln and he was lucky to be 5-9/10 and 185.
Some notes:
Held says backs need to step up, Mo and Mazour look good at times
Bradley needs to be more consistent, get up field quicker
Katerion Legrone has had good spring at TE
Held very excited about Hoiberg hire
Held said JR. Day a big success, recruits love the way we practice
Vedral says Saturday scrimmage kinda rough for offense, but cleaned some things up today
Andre Hunt says receivers ready to prove themselves after Stan, AM a big reason he came to NU
Walters says D will embarrass O if offense doesn't bring A game, O competed and was better second half of practice
Walters wants best O in BIG
Held says backs need to step up, Mo and Mazour look good at times
Bradley needs to be more consistent, get up field quicker
Katerion Legrone has had good spring at TE
Held very excited about Hoiberg hire
Held said JR. Day a big success, recruits love the way we practice
Vedral says Saturday scrimmage kinda rough for offense, but cleaned some things up today
Andre Hunt says receivers ready to prove themselves after Stan, AM a big reason he came to NU
Walters says D will embarrass O if offense doesn't bring A game, O competed and was better second half of practice
Walters wants best O in BIG
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LJS on Saturday's practice: Quarterbacks coach Mario Verduzco said his quarterbacks were abducted by aliens on Saturday. Noah Vedral expanded on that, saying Saturday was not a good day for the quarterbacks.
General vibe seems to be that the Dline has taken a big step and is making the offense work for things. Dline+Darrion and Damion+1 added year is paying dividends. If both of those guys stays healthy, it will allow Carlos to play pretty much exclusively, which will be a better fit for him. Davis/Daniels squared plus Stille is a really nice core group. They can get some things done up front.
General vibe seems to be that the Dline has taken a big step and is making the offense work for things. Dline+Darrion and Damion+1 added year is paying dividends. If both of those guys stays healthy, it will allow Carlos to play pretty much exclusively, which will be a better fit for him. Davis/Daniels squared plus Stille is a really nice core group. They can get some things done up front.
The opportunity is there for Hunt and Woodyard. Go grab it and run.
Couple more:
340 pound Damion Daniels new nickname "Snacks"
Frost excited about Hoiberg, hopes to attend PC
340 pound Damion Daniels new nickname "Snacks"
Frost excited about Hoiberg, hopes to attend PC
Let's hope "Snacks" can play like "Potroast"
These updates are awesome!
I can't wait for fall camp to start and hearing about even more stuff going on.
Thoughts:
1.) Hearing that the D line is getting really nasty and disruptive is music to my ears. Damion Daniels is 340 lbs?! Jesus, that's huge.
2.) Not worried about the QB's having a bad day at all.
3.) Wondering if Mo Washington will ever play another snap for us.
4.) After Spielman and Warner, its sounding like Andre Hunt and Wan'Dale are going to be the next two receivers getting a lot of action. I wonder whatever happened to Javeon McQuitty?
I can't wait for fall camp to start and hearing about even more stuff going on.
Thoughts:
1.) Hearing that the D line is getting really nasty and disruptive is music to my ears. Damion Daniels is 340 lbs?! Jesus, that's huge.
2.) Not worried about the QB's having a bad day at all.
3.) Wondering if Mo Washington will ever play another snap for us.
4.) After Spielman and Warner, its sounding like Andre Hunt and Wan'Dale are going to be the next two receivers getting a lot of action. I wonder whatever happened to Javeon McQuitty?
All this talk about the defense beating the offense in scrimmages has me concerned. It’d be one thing if this were the Clemson defense or Alabama defense besting their offenses, but our defense was just soooo bad last year. It’s hard to imagine it improving that dramatically, without the offense regressing and perhaps doing so because 2 of the 3 biggest weapons (Stanley & Ozigbo) are gone.
Hopefully I’m making a mountain out of a mole hill and the offense is just as good as before and the defense really has improved that much. But guess we’ll find out in about months.
Hopefully I’m making a mountain out of a mole hill and the offense is just as good as before and the defense really has improved that much. But guess we’ll find out in about months.
Everyone is just assuming our offense will be even better this year. AM is a sophomore and everyone is now in year two of the system. But we have BIG questions at running back if Washington is out, as well as at wide out and the offensive line. Believe it or not we may not be as good as we were last year. I think we will be eventually, (and probably even better than last year), but we may sputter early in the season.
1) Going through weight and conditioning for the 2nd year in a row under Duval and the defensive players understanding the schemes on defense.
2) Our defense defends the same offense day in and day out might also be another reason why the defense has been getting the upper hand early in the scrimmage’s.
We’re going to have to wait till the start of the season to actually see this offense at it’s full strength with the new backs coming this summer..
That match between Brody Belt and Nick Bockwinkle is still one of the best I've seen. Pile drivers galore..