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We are all old. Bobby Graduated in 01, so he wouldn’t have had this kid until a couple years after that. Of course Bobby and I are the same age and my youngest is 4, man I will never retire.Man I'm old. Or did Bobby have a kid at age 12?
Retirement is overrated.We are all old. Bobby Graduated in 01, so he wouldn’t have had this kid until a couple years after that. Of course Bobby and I are the same age and my youngest is 4, man I will never retire.
Well his dad and former Husker Bobby Newcombe was a big time recruit for us. I believe would have been a Husker legend at QB, but I digress.
He's also the Head Coach at Casteel High in the Phoenix area. Was State Champs 3 years ago. I'm sure they have talent coming out of there and I can't think of a better IN than a former Husker being the coach.....
Bobby was not a very good qb... but please tell us how he was better than Crouch.
Imo before his knee injury he was better than crouchBobby was not a very good qb... but please tell us how he was better than Crouch.
Bobby was not a very good qb... but please tell us how he was better than Crouch.
Imo before his knee injury he was better than crouch
Imo before his knee injury he was better than crouch
Imo before his knee injury he was better than crouch
Wasnt that the game where Crouch was a complete gamechanger at WR, QB, and a little RB or WB or whatever iirc?Why don’t you rewatch the Iowa game and get back to us.
Wasnt that the game where Crouch was a complete gamechanger at WR, QB, and a little RB or WB or whatever iirc?
I often wonder what we would have looked like offensively with Newcombe remaining at QB and Crouch the swiss army knife scoring from ALL positions.
Wasnt that the game where Crouch was a complete gamechanger at WR, QB, and a little RB or WB or whatever iirc?
I often wonder what we would have looked like offensively with Newcombe remaining at QB and Crouch the swiss army knife scoring from ALL positions.
I said my opinionWhy don’t you rewatch the Iowa game and get back to us.
Good for you, just always felt Bobby was a better all around quarterback than Eric. Still think when frank begged Eric to come back, it started the downfall of franks tenure.Your opinion STINKS
Funny, I don't see us having two Heisman trophy QBs at the same time. Just one.
The only reason crouch won the Heisman trophy is because frank ran him in the ground highlighting him. His last 2 games were evident of that. Again it’s jmoThank You!.. not saying Bobby Newcombe wasn't an All-American type talent at receiver or could have been at QB as well.. but Crouch won a Heisman Trophy. It's pretty tough to argue that a guy was flat out better than a Heisman Trophy winner. I'm sure Coach Frost would be more than willing to take a player of either of their caliber today.
The only reason crouch won the Heisman trophy is because frank ran him in the ground highlighting him. His last 2 games were evident of that. Again it’s jmo
Not exactly. As I remember it, Frank did talk Crouch into coming back but Newcombe remained the starter for the first couple of games. I absolutely loved Newcombe, but he struggled at QB after that knee injury, and Crouch was delivering better results.wait, didn't Newcombe win the starting job? then Crouch threatened to quit the team, and then Frank made Crouch the starter? I thought it was something like that...
I agreeNot exactly. As I remember it, Frank did talk Crouch into coming back but Newcombe remained the starter for the first couple of games. I absolutely loved Newcombe, but he struggled at QB after that knee injury, and Crouch was delivering better results.
The only reason crouch won the Heisman trophy is because frank ran him in the ground highlighting him. His last 2 games were evident of that. Again it’s jmo
Not exactly. As I remember it, Frank did talk Crouch into coming back but Newcombe remained the starter for the first couple of games. I absolutely loved Newcombe, but he struggled at QB after that knee injury, and Crouch was delivering better results.
I still shake my head when I think about an answer Crouch gave somebody a few years ago. Somebody was asking him about all of the QB draws that Frank called. Crouch said, "most of them weren't called plays. I would get to the line of scrimmage and see what the defense was in and just say F###. This play won't work and we don't have a good audible out of this either. So I would just get the snap and take off (and run)."The knee injury took away Nukes explosion. He was never the same after that. Even as a WR he was never that 1997 Nuke ever again.
I honestly think if TO was there in 1998 he wouldve used Nuke and Crouch for that matter differenty. I think Nuke couldve been that pass first run second guy who was super explosive when he did get his number called. Imo Nuke and Crouch after Nuke for hurt were hamstrung by Solichs not so versatile offense.
It won Crouch a heisman but imo it would NOT have won Nuke one. He couldn't run the option as well as Crouch could. I do however think he was a better passer early on than Crouch was.
Then jammal Lord became that RB playing QB like Solich made Crouch. Frankie wasnt a good OC at all.
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He was probably improvising his way out of some of those play-action passes Frank used to call on 3rd and 12. You know, where absolutely nobody pays the slightest bit of attention to the fake and just goes full-tilt for the QB. It's amazing Crouch could make it up on stage to receive that trophy.I still shake my head when I think about an answer Crouch gave somebody a few years ago. Somebody was asking him about all of the QB draws that Frank called. Crouch said, "most of them weren't called plays. I would get to the line of scrimmage and see what the defense was in and just say F###. This play won't work and we don't have a good audible out of this either. So I would just get the snap and take off (and run)."
I've never tried to play half a college football season on a torn PCL. Is that an easy thing to do?Bobby was a fragile b*tch
Crouch epitomized NU
the end.