Illinois week notes Micah now #2
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Micah must have violated some team policy and apparently sat on the bench for one game and now got demoted for it.
Also must not be handling and/or responding to the discipline very well if Rhule decided he now needs to miss a second game. Wouldn't be surprised if he's finished playing.
Also must not be handling and/or responding to the discipline very well if Rhule decided he now needs to miss a second game. Wouldn't be surprised if he's finished playing.
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No idea what this about, but I hope Micah responds well. And the message to the team is received.
Kai Wallin has been looking good when he gets in there.
-Has only gotten to know Bret Bielema during time in the Big Ten. BB heads up a Big Ten coaches group chat.-Micah Mazzccua will not play this week. Not injured.-Says Henry Lutovsky's healthy and ready to go as starter at that spot. Was earmarked as the starter coming in.-Illinois has altered what they do defensively since last season where Nebraska won 20-7.-Says NU OL has done a really good job but won't know anything about the group until B1G play.-Understands the gravity of Friday being the 400th consecutive sellout.-"My job though is to make sure we in that game."-Jimari Butler will be available Friday.-Put 2s in earlier against UNI than normally would because of short week coming up.-"We're trying to compete to win the Big Ten."-Nonconference is "preseason" and now the season begins with the stakes higher in league play.-Defense didn't like how they tackled against UNI.-Will find out how physical Huskers are Friday.-Really hard to focus on specific situations during weeks in the season. Haven't had many difficult situations with three straight games in hand at halftime.-Having to find away to do more situational stuff in practices.-Kai Wallin could have played last year but redshirted.-Kai can mix in with the 2s and even the 1s.-Riley Van Poppel will redshirt.-Says RVP can play 8-10 plays a game this year or could be Ty Robinson in the future.-"Embrace the delay"-Told Ty Robinson he should leave and go make some money, but guys like Ty "are why guys like me coach".-Aidan Flege's long snapping was great. Set to be in for short snaps (field goals) and Camden Witucki on long snaps (punts).-Advantages to be home during a short week: use of own facilities and not having to travel.-Have to be physically, mentally, and emotionally ready.-NU was all three last year at Illinois.-Preseason fluff is not real. Gotta be ready to go now.-Illinois has big power running game with mobile quarterback and two explosive WRs on the outside.-Tommi Hill and Marques Buford and DBs will have to do well.-Most of the week is the same for Nebraska, despite game being on Friday. Sunday was slightly different, and Thursday will be a walkthrough.
When you have depth it makes it easier to enforce team discipline because you have other people who can fill in.
He may as well get these habits fixed ASAP. They won’t serve him well in the future when there’s real money on the line.
Micah was giving me Incognito vibes in one of the early games, which I don't dislike, but believe needs to be channeled to avoid penalties, etc.
"The team doesn’t just want to win. They want to play to a standard while they win." --Rhule
That was very obvious on UNI's final possession to end the game. You could tell that the subs did NOT want to give up a TD to them. My hats off to those subs.
That was very obvious on UNI's final possession to end the game. You could tell that the subs did NOT want to give up a TD to them. My hats off to those subs.
OK ideally both Micah and NU want this to go well and this season mutually benefits both of them and we move on to the next year being better off. Both him and NU.
Now that we got that disclaimer out of the way.....Per his Husker bio, Micah Redshirted in 2020, but hasn't taken his COVID year. So if this is something where he can't put it all together, and it costs him hundreds of thousands of dollars not getting drafted, he could come back next year.
Corcoran, did use his COVID season, but only played in 3 games, so for how they've handled appeals so far, that would probably be allowed too.
Now that we got that disclaimer out of the way.....Per his Husker bio, Micah Redshirted in 2020, but hasn't taken his COVID year. So if this is something where he can't put it all together, and it costs him hundreds of thousands of dollars not getting drafted, he could come back next year.
Corcoran, did use his COVID season, but only played in 3 games, so for how they've handled appeals so far, that would probably be allowed too.
How long until Carter passes Bonner
Probably getting close to OR
It sounds like Nelson has a ways to go with being confident with the playbook.
That would probably be my concern too. All of his touches so far, he comes in specifically for a handful of plays designed to get him the ball. How comfortable is he with the 90 other plays where he doesn't. I think we have some other concerns about WRs blocking, TEs producing, etc that are more important to our offense than a talented freshman hybrid player. Just MO
No knock on Bonner, but he is nowhere near the playmaker Nelson is. Nelson isn't a hybrid at this point. So Bonner might be the starter now, but I think Nelson will continue to gain snaps. You can't get back your senior year of high school, but damn, think if Nelson would have enrolled early.
I would really like to redshirt him, so when he does step on the field, his time is maximized
Would have been ideal but you can't sit him at this point with the way he is progressing. This is a potentially magical season, all hands on deck.
I'm impressed, don't get me wrong....but you can't just make up years of never playing 11 man football. Years of never playing WR or getting coached to play WR, by a paid coach(vs Ainsworth where it's a volunteer staff). We heard in practice at times he's had drop trouble, which might be from not have years of consistently catching balls.....hell wasn't he in one of the On3 videos being shown how to be fitted properly for shoulder pads that allow you to catch over the shoulder? I think on one side of the scale is immense talent, and on the other is a lot of small adjustments to playing big time ball and being a position specific player. Just my .02
I personally choose to pump the brakes on Nelson. If he was ready to take over games, he'd be starting. Each fan can make their own conclusions tho.
I am intrigued to see what Bonner could do with some targets. You aren't a 4 star player by accident, and I think just like our TEs, he could make a bigger impact.
I heard that he caught his wife cheating on him then flushed her phone down the shitter causing a domestic violence charge…oh wait, you said Micah
Have absolutely no idea. I would Guess, it is academics or maybe not being punctual. Something where he has a bad altitude and needs to be more responsible, but in the big picture realm of things, not Major,
I don't have the answer, but for what it's worth ... when he was pulled out of the game in favor of a sub against Colorado, he reacted very negatively. Pouted, went off by himself, did not join the other OL on the bench. Did anyone else happen to catch that? I remarked to the guy I was sitting with that Micah was showing a piss poor attitude. I don't know if this has anything to do with anything, but it was noticeable. FWIW
Rhule doesn't play when it comes to the culture. Hopefully Micah doesn't ruin his shot..
I didn't notice that. Do you think he was pulled toward the end of the game to give some second teamers some PT, or do you think he was subbed out due to performance?
I saw someone on Reddit postulating that he was puffing his chest to coach Raiola in practice for some disagreement. Probably not true. But could be lol
I had heard it had to do with potential raising up and maybe throwing a hand at coach Raiola.
Coach said he’s still coming up to speed since he wasn’t there in spring. Wasn’t a knock on him just time in role.
Rhule said in a press conference that it was just his 3rd game of 11 man football and wasn't here for the spring. I've heard him say that they have packages for him. I took that to mean that they weren't confident that he could execute the whole playbook
Well it’s technically his 4th game of 11 man, since he played in an all star game. So I’m not sure why he isn’t 100% up to speed yet? Poor coaching and a lot of excuses. Can’t even tell the truth about how many games of 11 man he’s played.
