Mike & Mike in the Morning

[Cy the Cyclone]

"The real great football kids want a chance to play in the NFL, and right now, Nebraska is not that kind of program.

When NU was great back in the 90's what kind of NFL players did we have, NU didnt have All-Pro QB's or All-American WR(besides Irving Fryar). No we made our living on O-Linemen, and RB's on offense and then we would recruit great D-ends, LB, good cover corners, and ball hawking safeties. Callahan almost did the exact opposite and tried to get great QB's and WR's, which is not going to work cause those kids are going to the Floridas and USCs. I dont want to go back to 30 options a game and pounding the FB and RB, but NU needs to somewhat get back to their roots and go after the great O-Linemen, and RB's find a hidden gem to play QB(there is plenty of those in TX-Chase Daniel, Todd Reesing), not a NFL prototype. Then focus on defensive recruiting."

I think that is one of the best points I have heard about Nebraska's sitaution. I couldn't agree more. If you can recruit the linemen, running backs and defensive players, you don't have to have a NFL quarterback to win at the college level. It will always be hard to get the next Joe Montana to come to Nebraska.

I think you picked the wrong guy for your analogy there-- the Joe Montanas are exactly the kinds of QBs we'll have to try to find because the other schools won't be looking for them.

Just remember that for every Joe Montana out there, there are 10 Dave Kreigs or Ken Andersons who end up laboring away at some little college like Milton or Augustana. If we can continue to find those guys...the one's that get passed over by the "BIG QB/NFL COMBINE" schools just because they aren't playing in the football recruiting hotbeds of the US, I'll be more than satisfied.

 

[huskerpilot]

Any of you guys catch it this morning??

Eric somebody filling in for the other Mike, not Golic called Husker football the girl at the bar who thinks she's a 10 but really is only a 7.

And he also stated something to the effect that NU isn't a good job.

I think you must have to hate NU to work for ESPN.

The one way to shut these people up is for us to win an NC...lets just do it

 

[Glendower]

"The real great football kids want a chance to play in the NFL, and right now, Nebraska is not that kind of program.

When NU was great back in the 90's what kind of NFL players did we have, NU didnt have All-Pro QB's or All-American WR(besides Irving Fryar). No we made our living on O-Linemen, and RB's on offense and then we would recruit great D-ends, LB, good cover corners, and ball hawking safeties. Callahan almost did the exact opposite and tried to get great QB's and WR's, which is not going to work cause those kids are going to the Floridas and USCs. I dont want to go back to 30 options a game and pounding the FB and RB, but NU needs to somewhat get back to their roots and go after the great O-Linemen, and RB's find a hidden gem to play QB(there is plenty of those in TX-Chase Daniel, Todd Reesing), not a NFL prototype. Then focus on defensive recruiting."

I think that is one of the best points I have heard about Nebraska's sitaution. I couldn't agree more. If you can recruit the linemen, running backs and defensive players, you don't have to have a NFL quarterback to win at the college level. It will always be hard to get the next Joe Montana to come to Nebraska.

I think you picked the wrong guy for your analogy there-- the Joe Montanas are exactly the kinds of QBs we'll have to try to find because the other schools won't be looking for them.

Just remember that for every Joe Montana out there, there are 10 Dave Kreigs or Ken Andersons who end up laboring away at some little college like Milton or Augustana. If we can continue to find those guys...the one's that get passed over by the "BIG QB/NFL COMBINE" schools just because they aren't playing in the football recruiting hotbeds of the US, I'll be more than satisfied.

Hehe that's kind of my point. Montana was 3rd on the depth chart at ND when he got to play as the result of an injury and then didn't do all that well at the combine and went 82nd (I think) over all. He didn't suck or anything, but he wasn't that amazing on paper.