Great Huskers on Not-as-Great Teams

[DuckTownHusker]

Curious to know who you think were great Husker players that were part of a team that was somewhat average.

Most recently, I'll have to say Ameer Abdullah. It's not that we didn't have other offensive talent around him (Armstrong, Bell, Weskterkamp, etc), but Ameer could have been a national title running back if he ran behind a line like Alabama or even Wisconsin as had lately.

 

[BubbaGene]

Suh

Edit: Suh was on a championship caliber defense offset by a bad offense.

 

[djlhuskerfan]

Roy Helu comes to mind on offense and Adam Carriker on defense

 

[jmatlock]

Any husker that played in the 21st century unfortunately

 

[Lavaman]

Curious to know who you think were great Husker players that were part of a team that was somewhat average.

Most recently, I'll have to say Ameer Abdullah. It's not that we didn't have other offensive talent around him (Armstrong, Bell, Weskterkamp, etc), but Ameer could have been a national title running back if he ran behind a line like Alabama or even Wisconsin as had lately.

Joe Ganz

 

[HuskerGene]

Jon Bostick

 

[ColombianHusker]

Santino Panico?

 

[DuckTownHusker]

Suh

Edit: Suh was on a championship caliber defense offset by a bad offense.

I thought about Suh as well. You hit the nail on the head with the statement about championship defense. When you've got guys like Crick, Dennard, Amukamara, Hagg running around, how can you not win a load of games?

 

[ColombianHusker]

I kid.

Suuuuuuuuuhhhhh!

 

[Uncle Buck]

Train wreck Novak

 

[Huskerthom]

Lavonte David that dude was such a beast.

 

[BigRedAvenger]

Jamal Lord.

 

[CrabHusker]

Jon Bostick

I don't know that those teams were really bad. Granted, Bostick would have been awesome on the 2018 or 2019 squad.

 

[BubbaGene]

I thought about Suh as well. You hit the nail on the head with the statement about championship defense. When you've got guys like Crick, Dennard, Amukamara, Hagg running around, how can you not win a load of games?

They actually did win a lot of games....just not a few key ones that could have pushed them into big boy territory.... and one in particular for the B12 trophy....

 

[Elwood von Kiowa]

Train wreck Novak

I'll vote for Train Wreck. If he had played on a better team, he'd be mentioned in the same breath with Butkus & Nitschke (& Suh).

And from the year after Novak graduated:

Bobby Reynolds


No, I'm not old enough to have seen them play. Just heard the stories from my Dad (who played across from Tom and in front of Bobby).