Life in the Red Group

Posted by: Exiled_in_VT on June 22, 2010 2:28PM CST How many more championships would we have won with Jammal Lord at FS and Carl Crawford at QB?

Posted by: charger on June 22, 2010 2:34PM CST It really depends on what is Bubba's 1ST love.

Posted by: BUCK4NU on June 22, 2010 2:36PM CST Exiled- frank would probably not lost his job.

Posted by: TomOs on June 22, 2010 2:39PM CST Jammal probably would have made a good power running back in the I

Posted by: SuperHusker17 on June 22, 2010 2:39PM CST Well you can't really blame him, you have a better chance of playing pro ball longer in the MLB than you do in the NFL. I wouldn't quote me for sure but I feel like the MLB might pay a bit more overall? I'm not sure, just guessing. Can't really blame a kid for going the #1 spot out of high school.

Posted by: Exiled_in_VT on June 22, 2010 2:49PM CST MLB contracts are guaranteed, too. It takes much less toll on your body.

Posted by: throw46 on June 22, 2010 2:51PM CST “I really believe Coach (Shawn) Watson is the best quarterbacks coach in the country. I got a chance to really talk to him about me and how he sees me.” Not sure the kid knows much about quarterbacking with this kind of statement.

Posted by: MattSv on June 22, 2010 2:52PM CST I work with a mother of one of Bubba's friends (yah, I know...take it for what it's worth) she says that Bubba's parents are big on his education, which should bold well for him coming here. He does love baseball though.

Posted by: big94daddy on June 22, 2010 2:59PM CST Determining which sport you love more is important, but you also have to look at your chances of making it to the highest level. The odds of a high school player making it to the majors is not great. If he's as good of a football player as everyone makes him sound, he may have a more realistic chance of a pro career in the NFL.

Posted by: Exiled_in_VT on June 22, 2010 3:07PM CST For every Carl Crawford or Todd Helton there's a Drew Henson and 25 Khiry Coopers.

Posted by: Exiled_in_VT on June 22, 2010 3:08PM CST ...and a Jake Locker.

Posted by: Trashman on June 22, 2010 3:13PM CST Or a Chris Weinke.

Posted by: BUCK4NU on June 22, 2010 3:13PM CST And Khiry hasn't done much in Baseball either.

Posted by: charger on June 22, 2010 3:15PM CST Trash U finely woke up!!

Posted by: Trashman on June 22, 2010 3:22PM CST Charger Yes. Wearing 2000 plastic bags during the afternoon in Vegas took quite a toll. I will have to inform my wife of my real soulmate I found. You guys will be surprised. DBP, once again, has the pics. And if you thought that looked tough to smoke through my Vader Helmet, you shoulda seen me try to bong a beer. Man, I don't know where the time goes.... By the way, Nish gives a bad massage.

Posted by: StephenSt on June 22, 2010 3:23PM CST Ridiculous to say any QB would've thrived in Solich's joke of an offense and inexcusable letting lax of the conditioning program. Jamal Lord was one of the premier athletes NU has ever had play QB. Far better passer and runner than Steve Taylor, Grant, Clayton, etc., but for some reason we didn't have a problem winning 9+ games for 40 years with a dozen of those "servicable" types and Taylor still holds records. I guess your memories are just to short to remember how Frank's play calling went; option left, option left, chuck it deep (all requiring the flabby, out of gas O-line to actually hold blocks) which never happened and Lord was left to run for his life the second the ball was snapped. What a joke you guys think it really mattered what running QB we put back there. We won a National Title in '94 playing half the season with Brook Berringer (RIP) and freaking Matt Turman. Oh yeah, Crawford definitely made the right choice.

Posted by: drivebyposter on June 22, 2010 3:31PM CST In case you missed it Good to see you up trash. Keep the faith. All is forgiven from the BH. I predict it. Bags and all

Posted by: Bullet on June 22, 2010 3:31PM CST tell us how you really feel...

Posted by: BUCK4NU on June 22, 2010 3:33PM CST Stephen You may be right. He may have been a better runner but it was his smarts that hurt him. He had a good arm but didn't make the right choice too many times. Those QB's you mentioned all were smart guys. Not the best athletes but for the most part smart. BTW Brook would have been a pro QB had he not died. Matt on the other hand was told to hand the ball off.

Posted by: charger on June 22, 2010 3:39PM CST Time to punch out for the day. GBR

Posted by: NishBigRed on June 22, 2010 4:07PM CST Trash, How come I had to be the fat guy in the Storm Trooper helmet? Or the Asian guy with the needles? That’s profiling You did look nice in your 300 or more Wal-Mart bags. On the other hand that looks like some green Festival that they would have down town Boulder CO, You sure that’s not DBP instead?

Posted by: Blackshirtsdef on June 22, 2010 4:10PM CST Wheres the best eats in Lincoln for a bunch of mangey helicopter pilots passing through? GBR!!

Posted by: BUCK4NU on June 22, 2010 4:16PM CST Any of the places down in Haymarket would work.

Posted by: Blackshirtsdef on June 22, 2010 4:21PM CST Guess it's gonna be Misty's

Posted by: BUCK4NU on June 22, 2010 4:23PM CST Misty's is good!

Posted by: 4LoJoe on June 22, 2010 4:31PM CST Ah, memories. I'm sure, just like most of you, it reminds of my options coming out of high school. Wait... No it doesn't. I guess I had to either get a job or get a job and go to college. Hmmm.

Posted by: drivebyposter on June 22, 2010 4:47PM CST nish, Those bags are not recyclable, hence clothing for trash is readily available and he takes advantage of it with a variety of options.

Posted by: StephenSt on June 22, 2010 4:59PM CST Buck, Agree, Jamal was dumb as a post, but somewhat disagree the other guys were all that bright, much less needed to think a whole lot in TO's offenses. Most pass plays were designed to look like runs and maybe had two options. Lord could've hit the TE on those 15-25 yard drags and flies all day long. Problem IMO was the o-line and the mysterious disappearance of the rest of the option playbook (FB trap, misdirection pitches and screens, etc.). As dumb as Lord was, he stayed pretty cool for a guy who took a lot undeserved lumps on and off the field and never stopped working his tail off for the team and DONU. And Carl Crawford? Probably about as much hype as Mike Grant, Mickey Joseph, Joe Dailey, Harrison Beck, Sam, Cody Green, Jamal Turner, etc., so I don't buy the what ifs when guys like Gerry Gdowski, Eric Crouch, Joe Ganz are the guys who always step up to plate. Frankly, I'm waiting to see what happens when Martinez gets tossed in; the guy's only lost like one game in his whole life.

Posted by: drivebyposter on June 22, 2010 5:16PM CST Trash back to the future

Posted by: drivebyposter on June 22, 2010 5:22PM CST THE BIG TEN IS SCARED TO DEATH

Posted by: BUCK4NU on June 22, 2010 5:30PM CST Stephen Fair enough. IMO TO's plybook was tougher than you think. Lots of reads he expected the QB to make on his own. (not like the OU's and Okst of the world today where the coach calls the audible) But I agree Frank left some things out he shouldn't and the O line did suffer. And don't get me wrong. I liked Jamal! Nice kid, just not much gray matter!

Posted by: BUCK4NU on June 22, 2010 5:32PM CST I also agree about all the hype we see about kids today. Make them earn the hype. We see too many kids bust. I do think we will see less of the bust with Bo. He has that TO quality of getting the most out of a player, no matter where they end up playing.

Posted by: Silicon Valley Husker on June 22, 2010 8:00PM CST Can't help but think that Starling would be better at wideout with the height and the speed. I saw his highlight clip and I'm no coach so I won't judge him as a QB. Many are impressed....

Posted by: Jumbo Stiehm on June 22, 2010 8:10PM CST Zero chance we get this guy,MLB money is too strong.Hey Sip,ask Big game Boob how he feels about the national perception that OU is simply Texas's little girlfriend,dress and all!

Posted by: festusmonroe on June 22, 2010 9:15PM CST You can make a lot more money and incur a lot less wear and tear on your body by playing baseball. I can't blame the kid if that's what he chooses.

Posted by: StephenSt on June 22, 2010 11:23PM CST Buck, Definitely not saying TO's passing game was simple, although he was such an O genius and had about 1000 plays to draw from, I'd be willing to bet he'd have dumbed it down to where JL would've thrived. Just sickens me to see a kid who played his guts out like JL as the brunt of jokes or blamed for 2002. It was a total collapse from the top down. As far as QB hype goes, my concern is Watson doesn't have the nuts to put in a kid before he's perfect in practice, when a lot of guys (Crouch) play better than they pratice (and dang I forgot to put Bobby Newcombe as one of my hyped busts). Frankly, it's my only major beef about Wats. I think he's a great OC and simply didn't have the horses up front last year to execute anything he really wanted to, not to mention too many people think since Zac Lee is another gritty, cocky white off the bench, that he's just like Joe Ganz, when frankly Lee couldn't hold Ganz's jock. Didn't have any real O probs in '08 and IMO we'd have beaten VT, ISU, and UT last year with Ganz. I expect a huge turnaround this year with the loaded oline depth and everyone will say, gee Wats must've got some help or read some books.

Posted by: huskersincedevaney on June 24, 2010 10:28PM CST Stephen, TO's passing game was as simple as it could possibly get because everything depended on the run in his system. When the run was working well, there was no need to pass and when he couldn't establish the run against extremely stiff defenses, it was impossible to pass. His QB's didn't pass enough to even get rated as a passer. As far as Lord is concerned, he could have been an awesome option QB but he didn't have a good supporting cast to help him out. Where Wats is concerned,. I believe he is an excellent OC and that will really show down the road with the caliber of talent they are starting to get into the system on offense and add to that, the caliber of play the Pelini's are getting on defense, greatness for NU is right around the corner.