...for next season? Not gonna lie...I like what I hear about spring ball....
NOW....more recruits, please!
NOW....more recruits, please!
so....can you feel excitement starting to build....
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Yep! They could probably make room for 1 or 2 extras if they get really good-ass players, so expect to see a recruiting class right around the size of 2017's, maybe 1 or 2 players smaller.
I am VERY happy with what I am hearing out of spring ball. The D sounds like they are getting really fast and nasty again (thanks, Diaco!), and hearing about the offense having a quarterback that can pass and doesn't rely on his natural skills as a runner to extend plays is wonderful. Don't get me wrong, Tommy was a hell of an athlete, but having your entire offensive identity built around one guy who is going to take some hits is really, really dicey. Now we have TWO guys, both of whom are performing at very similar levels, who can both run the offense in the exact same way. It's about time!
I think all 3 QBs are better options than the athletes playing QB last 8 years. Best QB options since Zac Taylor
Did Tyrell Spain score again or something?
Yup, and Santino Panico just broke a punt return for 5 yards!!
This post would have been more appropriate yesterday, April 1st.
Everything is great during Spring Practice. I will temper my "enthusiasm" until after the first game of the season. 
People should temper things down after one scrimmage in the Spring. And that wavers from the positives to the negatives.
Scoreboard results and game outcomes are almost always built around game planning or preparation from week to week.
Our fanbase overreacts over practice reports where plays are executed in a bubble. Offensive linemen aren't spending hours in film or game prep looking at d-line stunts or blitz packages. Defensive backs aren't reading tendencies of certain offensive personnel.
And on the flipside, if you face a look from the offense, 17 times in practice, you can really predict where the football is going.
And player A can have a shitty practice. It happens. Player B can have a moment where he gets his ass kicked . This isn't necessarily an indictment of their talent or their ability to make plays when the lights come on.
Scoreboard results and game outcomes are almost always built around game planning or preparation from week to week.
Our fanbase overreacts over practice reports where plays are executed in a bubble. Offensive linemen aren't spending hours in film or game prep looking at d-line stunts or blitz packages. Defensive backs aren't reading tendencies of certain offensive personnel.
And on the flipside, if you face a look from the offense, 17 times in practice, you can really predict where the football is going.
And player A can have a shitty practice. It happens. Player B can have a moment where he gets his ass kicked . This isn't necessarily an indictment of their talent or their ability to make plays when the lights come on.
I think everything...and I mean everything hinges on our offensive line. If the can't protect and can't get two or three yards on 3rd down with a power run cam then it's going to be same results different season.
Our fan base also overeacts to a bad half of football in a game that we end up winning by wanting to fire everyone from the coaches to the AD....sad and lame fans anyways.
I agree with Corn. I am excited for next season due to the uncertainty that surrounds this team with new QB's and new defense. Practice reports are not to be getting excited over as they are playing against each other. Riley has said how great of a day the QB's had yet then we hear of the defense having a couple pick 6's. Unless those were with coaches throwing the ball, then the QB's didnt have that great of a day. I know during a game if a QB had a couple pick 6's, this board would be on freaking major meltdown mode.
I don't get the excitement at this point. This program has been a 7-9 win program depending on the year for the past decade plus.
What makes this spring any different?
If they compete against good teams instead of getting blown out and beat teams they are supposed to that would be welcome. Until that happens I expect the same results every year. 7-9 wins, get crushed against good teams when on TV and sneak past average teams, mid level bowl game. Rinse and Repeat.
What makes this spring any different?
If they compete against good teams instead of getting blown out and beat teams they are supposed to that would be welcome. Until that happens I expect the same results every year. 7-9 wins, get crushed against good teams when on TV and sneak past average teams, mid level bowl game. Rinse and Repeat.
I know shampoo bottles say rinse and repeat, but I don't ever do that.
Does anybody actually rinse and repeat?
Does anybody actually rinse and repeat?
Is your wife a bigfoot?
You should probably shave her back instead of shampooing it.
You saved the Do Not Remove Under Penalty Of Law tag just to be safe didn't you?
It could be worse, we could follow a team that the fans don't care about. However, it is pretty funny sometimes on the game thread. NU goes three and out on our first drive against Rutgers and somebody has 'had it" and plans to step back and do yard work. Same guy is back at the end high-fiving everybody. I've been guilty of it myself.
No, it was oversight, thankfully. This was before 911 calls. I heard an intruder, called 0 for operator and got a "Hello. If you would like to place a call... I had no other hope than to rip the mattress tag for immediate response for law and order. I loaded up every weapon I had including the slap chopper and the ginshu knives. Luckily sirens sounded and officers arrived on the scene. It turned out the intruder was only drunken Joe and his equally intoxicated cat tripping over patio furniture and getting poled by my garden rake I had left out. I did have to go down to the station for an hour or two along with Joe and his cat until it was verified I had not willfully defaced a mattress. Joe and his cat were locked up until they could count the number of fingers or mice that were being held up. Two days later Joe finally saw the mouse and his cat saw both fingers. Before then I had purchased a new mattress (with fresh tag) and am ready for the next emergency.
