Season ending surgery
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WTH. This initially was not a serious injury, supposedly. Has Chris Jones played this year? Might as well save him for next year.
I guess that means a continued starting job for our best running back Wilb... er... um...
Maybe this means Riley will play for the future and start Bradley!
Oz and wilbon can be a good 1-2 punch if the play calling allows it. I see them having a good 3-game stretch before we hit PSU.
Maybe this means Riley will play for the future and start Bradley!
Oz and wilbon can be a good 1-2 punch if the play calling allows it. I see them having a good 3-game stretch before we hit PSU.
The problem with our running game has very little to do with the quality of our running backs.
I think Wilbon is limited - well rounded but have never really seen any explosion out of him. He knows the offense - limits mistakes - so I understand why he plays, but Oz is more productive. Give him the rock. Agree running game problems are about the blocking or lack thereof.
Yet we are looking for a QB in the 2018 cy cycle, while we ignore that our RB room is trash
Has Bradley not learned any running plays in all the months he's been there? I noticed Wisconsin could cram the ball right up Diaco's ass with a true freshman, but we took the redshirt off ours so that we could never hand him a football.
This is what I mean about half measures. Redshirt a guy or don't. Love Ozigbo's heart, but he isn't the same back in the 4th when he's played every snap. He's gassed and it shows. Where the hell is Bradley if he's not an RS and Wilbon and Bryant can't go?
Same story with Tyjon Lindsey. This is the coaching tree that is supposed to be known for jet sweep, but we can't seem to find 11 guys who can run jet sweep nor to figure out ways to put the ball in Lindsey's hands.
This is what I mean about half measures. Redshirt a guy or don't. Love Ozigbo's heart, but he isn't the same back in the 4th when he's played every snap. He's gassed and it shows. Where the hell is Bradley if he's not an RS and Wilbon and Bryant can't go?
Same story with Tyjon Lindsey. This is the coaching tree that is supposed to be known for jet sweep, but we can't seem to find 11 guys who can run jet sweep nor to figure out ways to put the ball in Lindsey's hands.
JD and Tyjon will be nuggets of offensive gold to the incoming coach.
Boy oh boy this is all so true! The mismanagement of our running backs this year defies belief.
First, we take a guy who has tired knees - - so tired that he has to rest two days out of four in Fall camp - and then in the first two games we run him like an abused greyhound at a corrupt race track. And then... surprise!!... he is injured. And it is a mystery injury. Shh... can't know what it is! Then we play Wilbon even when Ozigbo is doing slightly better. Then Wilbon goes down and we run Ozigbo into the dirt without Bradley getting more than two handoffs. So we remove Bradley's redshirt because he is just too damn valuable not to play. But then you don't really play him.
And don't get me started on Lindsey and the jet sweep and our total lack of imagination on offense in general that does not maximize our talent. You nailed it: other teams can play true freshman and they excel. We play them sparingly, burning redshirts for no good reason
We've been how many years now trying to find a coach who can realize that if you grind a kid for 30 touches a game he's gonna be ragged by the time you're playing the games that decide your fate?
Same thing when Rex was here you hardly saw Ameer touch the football until Rex hurt his ankle. Granted, he was only an NFL talent...why would you give him a chance to spell your lead back...
Makes no sense. Osborne kept a stable of running backs and substituted liberally to give guys a rest. The exception was when you had a guy like Rozier who was playing for a heisman
Just a humble opinion. How can you run a jet sweep when your offensive line is usually pushed backward? You can't.
Bradley needs to put on more muscle. He might be quite good in 2 years.
I agree, priority suggests a good running back.
Bradley needs to put on more muscle. He might be quite good in 2 years.
I agree, priority suggests a good running back.
Has Wilbon or Ozigbo ever gone the distance after breaking past the d line? I don't think so. A good back can do that at least once in awhile.
Note to head coach....... recruit a running back or two.
Why? He's already fired according to some. Just keep cashing checks until they announce it right?
Head coach could mean Riley or his successor. Either way, we need more RBs.
As I read through most of these posts, I am shaking my head. I have never been around a coach who didn't want to win more than anything else. They thrived on the planning and game experience and the relationships. Not all were winners, some were absolutely terrible, but if you talked to them you would think they were football gurus.
So here we are after Solich, Callahan, Bo and now Riley - all since 1997. None of them were able to get the job done to the satisfaction of one group of the other. They didn't recruit, they didn't build an identity, they didn't develop talent or a combination but I can tell you 100% that none had a good O coordinator!
Seriously, why did things spiral like they did? These weren't stupid people, we can't be that unlucky can we - that is if you even believe in luck which I do not. How can it be that four different men tried and failed. One is still at and doing pretty well at Ohio (you have to admire his commitment at his age and how he turned things around kept it going there), anther is an assistant at the pro level, another is at Youngstown State and doing better than average and now. I am just looking for that common denominator. Poor coaching, poor recruiting, poor facilities, poor whatever. You could point that there were poor assistants in each of these regimes along the way which did hurt but I look back at the number of players we have had that made all league, second team or even honorable mention. Then the number of players who went to the NFL continues to decline. We have had spurts where recruiting is good and even nudges greatness but nothing sustainable.
So it is the chicken and egg concept maybe. We get poor recruiting and that causes a bad few years, a coach gets sideways, recruits are scared off, he gets fired, we start all over again and each year we lose a little more than the previous team talent wise it seems. I could be wrong.
I don't pretend to know what is going on in Lincoln. I watch games and see exactly what Langsdorf is trying do based on the D, but we don't execute. Our D is in total shreds right now. Diaco was hailed as a savior D god who would turn things around. How did that turn out? Why? Because he is an idiot and never could field a decent team? No, most likely he flat doesn't have a single league honorable mention player on his D.
I have no answers but every year in the summer I read the crazy predictions of 10-2 and putting W's behind most teams we play and how we have addition by subtraction and I wonder what everyone is thinking. There is no reality of the situation there and I still am not sure there is.
One thing is for sure, this league is not getting any easier from top to bottom. Purdue is better, Iowa is consistent, Illinois is building for the future, Michigan state has rebounded, Rutgers is even better, Maryland is recruiting well and here we sit. It is easy to sit and blame an AD and the past four coaches but there is something missing besides winning.
So here we are after Solich, Callahan, Bo and now Riley - all since 1997. None of them were able to get the job done to the satisfaction of one group of the other. They didn't recruit, they didn't build an identity, they didn't develop talent or a combination but I can tell you 100% that none had a good O coordinator!
Seriously, why did things spiral like they did? These weren't stupid people, we can't be that unlucky can we - that is if you even believe in luck which I do not. How can it be that four different men tried and failed. One is still at and doing pretty well at Ohio (you have to admire his commitment at his age and how he turned things around kept it going there), anther is an assistant at the pro level, another is at Youngstown State and doing better than average and now. I am just looking for that common denominator. Poor coaching, poor recruiting, poor facilities, poor whatever. You could point that there were poor assistants in each of these regimes along the way which did hurt but I look back at the number of players we have had that made all league, second team or even honorable mention. Then the number of players who went to the NFL continues to decline. We have had spurts where recruiting is good and even nudges greatness but nothing sustainable. So it is the chicken and egg concept maybe. We get poor recruiting and that causes a bad few years, a coach gets sideways, recruits are scared off, he gets fired, we start all over again and each year we lose a little more than the previous team talent wise it seems. I could be wrong.
I don't pretend to know what is going on in Lincoln. I watch games and see exactly what Langsdorf is trying do based on the D, but we don't execute. Our D is in total shreds right now. Diaco was hailed as a savior D god who would turn things around. How did that turn out? Why? Because he is an idiot and never could field a decent team? No, most likely he flat doesn't have a single league honorable mention player on his D.
I have no answers but every year in the summer I read the crazy predictions of 10-2 and putting W's behind most teams we play and how we have addition by subtraction and I wonder what everyone is thinking. There is no reality of the situation there and I still am not sure there is.
One thing is for sure, this league is not getting any easier from top to bottom. Purdue is better, Iowa is consistent, Illinois is building for the future, Michigan state has rebounded, Rutgers is even better, Maryland is recruiting well and here we sit. It is easy to sit and blame an AD and the past four coaches but there is something missing besides winning.
Great post. One thing missing for all of them. A great QB. Once Frank lost Crouch things went south although Lord bought him time. None of our coaches since Tom retired have been good enough to overcome either an assistant's deficiencies or a lack of talent at key positions. Tom could do that AND he had GREAT players. The NFL was littered with guys who played on his championship teams in particular O linemen. Callahan recruited great talent and put a lot of guys in the NFL but his DC and his assistants were not up to snuff. Pelini didn't recruit well enough and hired incompetent assistants and he still wouldn't have gotten fired if he had acted better. Riley? Offense starts off terrible then the defense falls apart but I bet Harbaugh wishes he had Lee right now. Every program is trying to do the same thing and we just have to put it all together.As I read through most of these posts, I am shaking my head. I have never been around a coach who didn't want to win more than anything else. They thrived on the planning and game experience and the relationships. Not all were winners, some were absolutely terrible, but if you talked to them you would think they were football gurus.
So here we are after Solich, Callahan, Bo and now Riley - all since 1997. None of them were able to get the job done to the satisfaction of one group of the other. They didn't recruit, they didn't build an identity, they didn't develop talent or a combination but I can tell you 100% that none had a good O coordinator!
So it is the chicken and egg concept maybe. We get poor recruiting and that causes a bad few years, a coach gets sideways, recruits are scared off, he gets fired, we start all over again and each year we lose a little more than the previous team talent wise it seems. I could be wrong.
I don't pretend to know what is going on in Lincoln. I watch games and see exactly what Langsdorf is trying do based on the D, but we don't execute. Our D is in total shreds right now. Diaco was hailed as a savior D god who would turn things around. How did that turn out? Why? Because he is an idiot and never could field a decent team? No, most likely he flat doesn't have a single league honorable mention player on his D.
I have no answers but every year in the summer I read the crazy predictions of 10-2 and putting W's behind most teams we play and how we have addition by subtraction and I wonder what everyone is thinking. There is no reality of the situation there and I still am not sure there is.
One thing is for sure, this league is not getting any easier from top to bottom. Purdue is better, Iowa is consistent, Illinois is building for the future, Michigan state has rebounded, Rutgers is even better, Maryland is recruiting well and here we sit. It is easy to sit and blame an AD and the past four coaches but there is something missing besides winning.
Weren't we supposed to see Wyatt Mazour at some point? He checks all the boxes (smart, walk-on, from a small town in NE).
We don't substitute liberally because every game we are too busy doing one of 2 things:
1) Trying not to lose games in the fourth quarter against teams like Ark. State, NIU, and Rutgers (the games decent programs use to build depth and experience)
2) Getting our nads served to us on a platter
Neither situation is conducive to resting your starters and building for the future
Had heard he hurt a hammy, but I don't know where he's been lately. They certainly need him right now, so this would be the time to get him off the milk carton.
