Sounds like no one is stepping up at RB

[LarstheRed]

But it all starts up front. An offense struggles when the OL is poor even if they have a great RB. If you have a great OL, an average RB will still have success. Not the amount of success a great RB will have but the offense still functions. It largely works for receivers and QB as well.

No doubt, I'd rather have all the cylinders banging the way they should, but at this point I'd be happy with just getting the motor started.

 

[ColoREDo]

No doubt, I'd rather have all the cylinders banging the way they should, but at this point I'd be happy with just getting the motor started.

I think we all want top players at every offensive position. I just feel that the OL is and will always be the straw that stirs the offensive drink.

 

[Big Red Shrine]

After a whopping 9 practices, Held isn't ready to name a starter because the backs are still picking it up. He's confident they'll have it by Akron. Meh.

 

[Goal-line]

I think we all want top players at every offensive position. I just feel that the OL is and will always be the straw that stirs the offensive drink.

Ya think?

 

[ksuhusker]

Burning Bradley's RS was idiotic considering how much he played.

He could redshirt this season, learn and take the reigns after that. I love the kid, he's the one I hope turns the corner to real big boy ball. Probably because he's a nebraska kid.

 

[Hville]

What short memories people have. I remember when #1 was suspended in 95 and a certain true FR stepped up and we did not miss a beat. Sometimes things are not as close as what we hear. Sometimes they are even closer than we think. Neither one is good or bad. It is what happens in the season that matters.

I'm not sure how forgetting something from 23 years ago qualifies as short memory.

 

[Huskerthom]

LOL...are you really supposing that anyone on this board has forgotten 1995? It might shock you, since you think Ron Brown was coaching defensive backs that year, but some people recall this stuff like it was yesterday. Moreover, no one was shocked to see Ahman step in as he did...he was one of the most ballyhooed of all TO commits.

I never said anything about us not doing well at RB or having a lack of talent...I'm excited about the talent (as mentioned). I do think it odd that Held hasn't been more positive in his comments and that a few of the RB's aren't being pointed out as stepping up. It all seems a bit negative so far.

The lack of a positive comment is not negative. Maybe coach Held is just not as outspoken about his players as our QB coach John Lennon. Maybe he likes to hold things a little closer to the vest. Instead of singing "I love you yah yah yah" to a RS FR before the spring game has even rolled past. That is the point that you seem to have missed. Not all Coaches communicate the same way.

For the record there were an awful lot of NE fans that thought the season was done when LP was pulled in 95. They thought no one could replace him. TO kept things pretty close to the vest as long as he could.

 

[Huskerthom]

I'm not sure how forgetting something from 23 years ago qualifies as short memory.

true. I will yield that point to you sir.

 

[Huskerthom]

After a whopping 9 practices, Held isn't ready to name a starter because the backs are still picking it up. He's confident they'll have it by Akron. Meh.

YEP!!! That is the point.

 

[YUENGLING]

So far there hasn't been much reported of any substance regarding RB's. Recent coaching interviews seem to indicate a running back by committee approach this year. Perhaps, that is Frost's preference, but still...the reports from Held don't seem to be too positive. I'm thinking they need to add another packet of Kool-Aid to the pitcher. I was excited to see the guys they added to the roster but Held's comment's don't match the previous excitement...maybe that's his way of holding out the carrot for all these guys.

I was hoping Bell would begin to separate himself from the group...it's been too long since Nebraska had a back any defense feared.

 

[Paramus]

If our offense averages 42 points per game, does it really matter if we have another Mike Rozier on our roster? There is more than one way to skin a Badger.

 

[HUSKER HOT SAUCE]

I was hoping Bell would begin to separate himself from the group...it's been too long since Nebraska had a back any defense feared.

YUP!

If our offense averages 42 points per game, does it really matter if we have another Mike Rozier on our roster? There is more than one way to kill a Badger.

You bet it matters. We can average 42 points a game on O, and that would be awesome, but, it matters because, if we give up 38 - 45 a game, we would need that running game to eat clock(or better yet, take it to the house), so yeah, it matters.

 

[Greatest Fan of All]

The lack of a positive comment is not negative. Maybe coach Held is just not as outspoken about his players as our QB coach John Lennon. Maybe he likes to hold things a little closer to the vest. Instead of singing "I love you yah yah yah" to a RS FR before the spring game has even rolled past. That is the point that you seem to have missed. Not all Coaches communicate the same way.

Wrong on all counts. First, his interview was loaded with negative comments and very few positives. Held is every bit as outspoken as Verdusco, who looks a lot more like Al Pacino or Dustin Hoffman than Lennon. Third, if you actually watched his interview you'd know he isn't keeping things close to the vest...he's spilling his guts. And last, the point you think I missed was suggested by me in the last sentence of the OP, it helps to read the OP.

For the record there were an awful lot of NE fans that thought the season was done when LP was pulled in 95. They thought no one could replace him. TO kept things pretty close to the vest as long as he could.

This is absolute baloney. There wasn't a single person I knew who thought our season was toast without LP. Of course, I lived in Nebraska at the time and not in the heart of husker country--Maryland--like you likely did. If you think anyone thought the defending national champions with the best defense in the country, Tommy Frazier, and a virtual stable of good RB's was thought to be done...you are way off base. If any Nebraska fans you know thought that way, they were idiots.

 

[All 'N' 011808]

 

[Paramus]

YUP!
You bet it matters. We can average 42 points a game on O, and that would be awesome, but, it matters because, if we give up 38 - 45 a game, we would need that running game to eat clock(or better yet, take it to the house), so yeah, it matters.

All-Big 10 players. We will take as many as we can get. But for 2018 we might already have enough. I am not going to worry about it. Our roster is what it is. We'll just have to go with what we've got.