Agreed. A real barn burner but it probably says something when the guy who replaces you while you are still there wins the Heisman. But Bobby had, IMO, a great Nebraska career. 3 passing TD's, 12 rushing TD's, 3 receiving TD's, and 3 punt/kick return TD's. Almost 2300 all-purpose yards. Still a HS coach in AZ.
Quitter? The guy stood up to a weekly pounding in Frank’s offense. The guy was tough as nails. I will just leave it at that.
I never questioned his athletic ability, just his character.
Physically tough, yes. Mentally? I'm not convinced. I'll leave it at that.
Sorry I don’t have your rose colored glasses on. Was Crouch a great Husker? Yes, absolutely. He won a Heisman trophy. But when he hit his first bit of adversity he took his ball and went home. That shows his character. That is my point. It took his coach driving to his house and begging him to come back. Don't know why that is so hard to believe.
Rose colored glasses? Lol. You just said you will never know what happened. Yet you question the guys character. It’s just interesting to me why you and Ed would think you have a handle on someone’s character that you have most likely never met. It’s a pretty serious thing to question someone’s character.
I don’t know what happened between Solich snd Crouch. All I know is the kid was one of the fastest quarterbacks we’ve ever had. I know he almost got his head ripped off in Manhattan Kansas, he ran over an Iowa defensive back, and when he got a crease he was gone. He never was a good throwing Qb but he had excellent instincts as a runner. He was better than any quarterback we’ve had since. Armstrong and both Martinez’s aren’t even in the ballpark. I’ve always understood why people where upset with the evolution of the offense with Crouch but that’s not his fault.
You do realize he did the same thing in the NFL...right?
I just can’t bring myself to criticize a guy for not wanting the NFL. Crouch really wanted to be a quarterback. Once he realized that wasn’t going to happen he made a decision. There’s players right now every year quitting football at all levels. The Wisconsin linebacker that was a first round draft pick quit on San Francisco. Almost all of them say the long term affects aren’t worth the money to them. I have to respect that. Football is very physical and more kids are choosing not to play it. We have seen a huge increase in basketball and soccer numbers in Nebraska. We had trouble fielding a team for football as our numbers have been shrinking every year. Most the kids who’s parents I’ve spoken with don’t want to be anything other than quarterbacks or wide receivers. Most that we made linemen just quit and said it was boring. It’s a different generation. Things change and I’m ok with it. They had a huge video game tournament on ESPN this weekend. It draws more fans than almost any Olympic sport. They sell out stadiums so people can watch others play video games. It hurts me to say this but Wrestling doesn’t get the numbers video games championships do.
Which all contributes to the narrative that he should’ve been a RB or WR … would’ve been better for his post collegiate career AND would’ve been better for the T-E-A-M.
