It’s not necessary. You look at our current roster. There’s easily 27-28 guys on there that IF they’ve suited for games have not played a single meaningful snap. Why rub their noses in it? It would be a jackass thing to do.
Countdown to 105
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A roster of 105 allows for a four deep on offense and defense (5 for some positions) plus specialists. The range will look something like below, where the total is 101 players.
RB - 5, QB - 5, OL - 20, WR - 14, TE/HB - 5
DL - 13, Jack - 4, LB - 8, CB - 8, Safety/Rover- 12
Specialists - 7
The 105 limit pretty much ends the days of local kids being on the team for the sole reason that they really want to be and are athletic enough to do the work.
RB - 5, QB - 5, OL - 20, WR - 14, TE/HB - 5
DL - 13, Jack - 4, LB - 8, CB - 8, Safety/Rover- 12
Specialists - 7
The 105 limit pretty much ends the days of local kids being on the team for the sole reason that they really want to be and are athletic enough to do the work.
I can think of a few posters who could move on and wouldn’t be missed… maybe not 27-30, but there are a few.
Don’t be such a buffoon. It’s easy to see. There’s going to be multiple walk ons fighting for a couple of spots including 3 walk on QBs. Some of it is going to depend on how many walk on QBs and defensive players they decide to keep. I think maybe 1 or 2 walk on QBs will be put on scholarship but most of the remaining walk ons will be gone along with several under performing scholarship DBs.
I think the group that gets the cut most is defensive back.
Currently we have 28 DB’s.
Currently we have 28 DB’s.
Stay classy. Maybe I’ll enlist litespeed to do a poll to see who the terrible posters are… I’ll gladly let my name be represented in this poll and see how many votes I get. Would you allow your name in such a poll? Methinks you wouldn’t like what you find…
I’m puzzled by all the concern about 105 limit. I’m pretty sure we won’t be lamenting on the quality of 4th and 5th string guys. I might be wrong.
Glad you are good Easy - you are missed. Be well.
Agreed. I'm actually more worried about the quality of some of our 1's.
Just about every Husker fan wants to see area kids do well. It’s only natural for there to be remorse if things don’t work out for them. We fall in love even with distant recruits and want them to succeed as well. Some of maybe is living vicariously through them chasing the dream we once had as kids.You truly do not know most Nebraska fans on message boards.
I’m wondering if the roster size limitation is going to end up putting some older QBs in to the portal from top programs.
27-28 guys? Name them.
We ain’t doing your work for you. This has been mentioned literally hundreds of times on this board. Go use the search function. The case has been presented - you go disprove it..
We ain’t doing your work for you. This has been mentioned literally hundreds of times on this board. Go use the search function. The case has been presented - you go disprove it..
Quality of the psn groups 1s and important 2s. Top third, middle or bottom third.
QB - top, RB - middle, WR - top, TE - middle, OL - middle
DL - middle, LB - middle, DB - middle
ST - bottom
RB
The sad thing is I don’t know if we have 5 RBs that could ever see the field.We have a lot of walk-ons on the roster not ever going to play. IM Hipp ain’t on this roster.
EJ, Ives, Nelson, Parker, Booth.
Ives and Nelson must show something this spring or you go into the spring portal and dispose of one of those guys. Maybe a 6th for a FB.
QB
Technically think we are already down to 5 QBs but I think you have 4 with HH as an emergency option. Longval seems like the obvious dude to move cause he’s older and still hasn’t climbed the depth, but seems more talented than Soukup. God help us if we ever have to play anyone outside of DR, TJ, or Davila.
OL- I count 22 on the roster. Seems that Teddy P and Corcoran are the obvious good byes. Yes they had legit talent. Yes they started games. But their bodies are telling them to quit. They are too broken for football. It ain’t magically going to change
WR- Magini, DJ Singleton (way to small), and Haussmann out and then your at that Magic 14
TE- who knows. If Carter is a WR, which I think is best, I don’t see a lot of talent here. Carter needs a top notch coach and I think WR coach is way better than TE coach to tape into his skill. HH and LL then there are a lot of unknowns. But I’ve been saying for years now Matt Rhule hasn’t had TE based offensives really. Greg Olsen fled Carolina when Rhule came in. And please don’t get your panties in a bunch Rhule fan club. This just his style. He ain’t the only coach to be like that. When it comes to receiving anyways.
Long story short. 105 is very do-able. I didn’t think so until I really started looking at the roster the way inWV broke it down
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I think it's possible that EJ could start the season at the level of productivity he finished last season and if so, he could be a in the top third of RB talent in the league. I think the staff likes what they see in Parker, and also were complementary of Ives focus in bowl practices. He might have given them an excuse to not sniff so strongly in the portal.
If Raiola can get a better feel for the QB run game, he could be top 3 or 4 in the league. I think Holgerson can get him there and if Thomas sticks around, he is a definite added bonus to that room.
If I am Raiola and Rhule, I am all for keeping both Corcoran and Teddy P on the roster if they are medically cleared to play. Corcoran apparently had a pretty wicked tear, so he might be done. But if healthy, Turner might be a starting guard and Teddy could at least provide an experienced backup tackle.
As for TE, I think Holgerson sees use for a more inline blocking TE (Lindenmeyer, Markway) and more athletic guys that can be moved around (HH, Carter Nelson). Holgerson likes Lindenmeyer.
The WR room is already working itself out. But that room has leveled up at least one notch.
I completely agree that 105 guys is plenty to field a full, competitive team and to run practice. Nonetheless, there will be something lost, particularly at a program with the walk-on tradition of Nebraska. My wife's brother is a perfect example. He came out of a town of 700, walked on and was cut twice -- once after freshman year and once following his redshirt year. He was literally 10th string at his position. Coach Osborne and his position coach sat him down and respectfully thanked him for trying but told him they didn't see a future for him on the team. He spent that summer lifting and running and conditioning in ways specific to his position, showed up the first day of fall camp and basically refused to leave. They let him come back. Eventually, some guys at his position quit, others got hurt, he worked harder than others and, long story short, he ended up as a starter for two seasons. You would recognize his name if I mentioned it.
Heck, even I went through something similar. Played at a small college and then transferred to UNL thinking I could play there too. It took about 30 seconds for the coaches (and me) to realize I was nowhere near good enough. But the point is that they gave me a chance in the same way my brother-in-law just wanted a chance. A lot more walk-ons will be like me (never even close to good enough) but there were always that couple who "made it." And now they won't have that opportunity.
We loved them and could in a way relate to them. Just off the top of my head I can think of walk-ons who contributed from Ansley, Orchard, Plattsmouth, Hyannis, Crawford, Benkelman, Wahoo, Tekamah, Cozad, David City and Shelby. There were many others. When those kids were playing, their whole towns came to a halt on game days. The rest of the state took pride in it too and helped everyone feel like this was truly "our team." Those walk-ons were us. With Rhule having his own walk-on story, he understands this.
I worked in college athletics for many years and fully realize this is the time of "corporate" college football. Although I don't necessarily like some of what is going on, I'll continue to watch and support "my" team. But something has been lost and it's a shame. Just one guy's opinion.
