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Spring Practice Thread #1 (3/16/18) Post Practice Video With Coach Frost Added

Huskerthom said:
I agree with all except. Gebbia, just not convinced he will be the starter. Not saying he will not be. Just not convinced he will be.
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I don't think anyone will try to convince you he will be the starter, nor should they ... this will be an interesting (and important) development. Personally, I do think TG will win the job, but that is based primarily on his success as a HS QB in a strong league, the gamer I saw at the Spring Game last year (kid looked like he should be pulling the coaches headset cords rather than running an offense, but might have been the best QB on the field that day), and the weight gain since arriving at NU. Kid might not have the arm strength POB has, but he is accurate.

Read anything on the subject written thus far and you get the impression intelligent efficiency (accuracy + quick decision making) will win the job this fall.

Gonna be fun.
 
FullbackTrap said:
I don't think anyone will try to convince you he will be the starter, nor should they ... this will be an interesting (and important) development. Personally, I do think TG will win the job, but that is based primarily on his success as a HS QB in a strong league, the gamer I saw at the Spring Game last year (kid looked like he should be pulling the coaches headset cords rather than running an offense, but might have been the best QB on the field that day), and the weight gain since arriving at NU. Kid might not have the arm strength POB has, but he is accurate.

Read anything on the subject written thus far and you get the impression intelligent efficiency (accuracy + quick decision making) will win the job this fall.

Gonna be fun.
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I have no issue with anything you said.
 

From the link...
Three months later, though, offensive coordinator Troy Walters had a relatively rosy outlook on what he and Frost entered spring ball with skillwise.

“I like what we have,” Walters said. “I think we have some depth at the receiver position, guys that have played and guys that have made plays. … Overall, I’m excited. We’ve thrown a lot at them in the last couple weeks and they’ve taken it all in. Now I think they’re ready for spring ball and I’m excited to see what we really have.”

That change in tune is driven by several factors.

Morgan stayed. Multiple other returners appear to be good fits in an offense like Frost’s. The Huskers focused on skill in recruiting, landing 10 players expected to be given a chance at earning a spot. Some of it was quick infusion — Arizona Western’s Greg Bell and Jaron Woodyard and East Mississippi’s Mike Williams come to mind — and some of it is building a young foundation for the future.
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More from the link above about possible offensive versatility...
Spielman earned freshman All-America recognition after racking up 55 catches for 830 yards in 2017. He added 10 carries for 79 yards, but maybe just as relevant is the fact that he played running back most of his career at Eden Prairie High in Minnesota and spent his redshirt year here making the transition to receiver. His high school coach Mike Grant predicted even before NU fired Mike Riley that Spielman would find himself in the backfield more often as his career progressed.

None of sophomore Tyjon Lindsey, Woodyard and Williams — primarily receivers — put up much in the way of rushing stats last season, but each has the skill set to do so. Bell, meanwhile, had 201 receiving yards in addition to 1,217 rushing at Arizona Western.

Jones, who arrives this summer, is also naturally suited. He rushed for 695 yards and had 401 receiving yards, averaging 12.3 per offensive touch for state-champion American Heritage High in Plantation, Florida, in 2017.
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From the link...
When Nebraska played UCF in 1997 at Memorial Stadium, Frost was the starting quarterback and Beckton a young receivers coach.

It was arguably the turning point in Frost's career after he was booed in the game because the Huskers were trailing the little known Knights at halftime. NU went on to win 38-24 after training 17-14 at halftime. The second half set the table for the following week's 27-14 win at No. 2 Washington, which put Nebraska in a position to capture the 1997 national championship.

"The first time I've met him we talked about that,” Beckton said of the 1997 game in Lincoln. “I've met him on the recruiting field when he was in Orlando. He was down trying to get a quarterback in Orlando. We are actually on same the field. He was working for Oregon at that time. I went up to him I said, ‘I was a receivers coach, and we played you guys back at 97.’ He looked at me and kind of cringed a little bit. He said, ‘Yes, that was a tough day for me.’ First time I met him, I brought that up to him.”
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More from the link above about Beckton...
What Beckton also remembers about that day was the atmosphere in Memorial Stadium, and how the Knights were treated in defeat.

That memory stuck with him for 20 years, and his loyalty to Frost, along with the opportunity they have at NU both played a factor in getting him to leave Orlando.

"This place was a special place when we came, and we were leading Nebraska at the half," Beckton said. "We came off the field, and we basically got a standing ovation. Then at the end of the game, we obviously lost it but just the fans just coming up to us and treating us like we had basically won the game. I know the fans and the atmosphere is unbelievable here and I'm excited about getting going.”
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All 'N' 011808 said:
And this...
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So outstanding. Using virtual "movement" to teach physical movement - just makes sense. And if we haven't been using that tool before in Nebraska football, in spite of the perception we've been given about all the technology we've been using - we've been behind the times.

So many other fields use virtual movement in training - pilots, police officers, military, heck even high school driver's ed courses.
 
All 'N' 011808 said:

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Not trying to sound negative here, but, I always take these comments with a grain of salt unless they are negative. Mainly because that would be a bad way to make a connection with your team. How would you feel if your coach came out and said? We have absolutely no talent at this position. So they will almost never say, "Man these guys suck." This is probably the closest anyone has come.

 
Huskerthom said:
Not trying to sound negative here, but, I always take these comments with a grain of salt unless they are negative. Mainly because that would be a bad way to make a connection with your team. How would you feel if your coach came out and said? We have absolutely no talent at this position. So they will almost never say, "Man these guys suck." This is probably the closest anyone has come.

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I get that. The thing I'm focused on in this story is the depth statement that was made back on December 20 when this staff looked at the roster and said oh crap...that doesn't look good. If their assessment of the bodies on the roster has indeed changed their tune a little, that's great.
 
Good article on D-line coach Mike Dawson...

They'd just begun their new duties when Husker football's chief of staff Gerrod Lambrecht turned to Mike Dawsonand said, "I've never seen you smile so much as the last two days."

The defensive line coach wasn't about to dispute that. When he walked through the doors of North Stadium for the first time, he described it as something "that takes your breath away a little bit." In addition to that smile glued on Dawson's face, there were all those N's on his wardrobe. Lambrecht joked with Dawson he'd never seen so many of those on a person either.

Sitting at a table on the sixth floor of Memorial Stadium last Wednesday, two days before his first practice as a Nebraska coach, Dawson looked more than comfortable in his new attire. He wore a red polo with a strong-jawed Herbie Husker on it. And he spoke of the feeling you get when you take a job at a program that has done big things before. He thinks of the people who were here prior to him, and what he thinks Nebraska football means in the landscape of college football.

"I can't wait to represent it," he said.
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247Sports Article Link
 
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