Nebraska Football: Grading the 2019 Recruiting Class

[AlaskaGuy]

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/nebraska-football-grading-2019-recruiting-class

 

[AlaskaGuy]

The murky world of uncommittable scholarship offers

 

[corn train]

This thread seems like a trap now G

 

[ThereIsNoPlace]

Why does everybody think Frost cares about defense? His track record shows he is simply trying to score more points - faster than the other team. He simply lets the other team tire out or make their own mistakes & lose a possession here and there. It's his M.O..... quit trying to bring back the Blackshirts of old. Until this strategy doesn't work to put him in the CFP, he will not change. Now, if year 5 or 6 comes along and he hasn't sniffed a trophy due to defense, he will make a change similar to what Dr. Osborne did in early 90's.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

Why does everybody think Frost cares about defense? His track record shows he is simply trying to score more points - faster than the other team. He simply lets the other team tire out or make their own mistakes & lose a possession here and there. It's his M.O..... quit trying to bring back the Blackshirts of old. Until this strategy doesn't work to put him in the CFP, he will not change. Now, if year 5 or 6 comes along and he hasn't sniffed a trophy due to defense, he will make a change similar to what Dr. Osborne did in early 90's.

I think he's going to try turning Nebraska into a Chip Kelley Oregon type team ... run & gun with speed.

 

[ThereIsNoPlace]

I think he's going to try turning Nebraska into a Chip Kelley Oregon type team ... run & gun with speed.

His undefeated season at UCF is the model....just with 4 & 5 star offensive players instead of UCF's 3 stars.

 

[Footballnut]

Frost cares about defense, but not the way most think. He wants the defense to gamble asks make plays, force turnovers. Feel trade some big plays for turnovers any day all day. Points per possession is the key statistic. Get the ball back to the offense.

He doesn't need a top 10 defense in total yards, but he wants a top 20 defense in turnovers forced. So yes, he cares about defense, just not in the way most poodle like to think l...limiting teams to 200 yards and 10 points isn't the goal for him.

 

[psaboy]

I think he's going to try turning Nebraska into a Chip Kelley Oregon type team ... run & gun with speed.

The best Oregon team really was not a serious contender for championship. The PAC 12 is probably the 5th rated conference of the Power 5, since the start of the so called playoff system. Run and gun with speed is good, to a point, but you still need a bit of D, IMO. Too bad CF never had opp to really show what they could have possibly done in 2017

 

[AlaskaGuy]

The best Oregon team really was not a serious contender for championship. The PAC 12 is probably the 5th rated conference of the Power 5, since the start of the so called playoff system. Run and gun with speed is good, to a point, but you still need a bit of D, IMO. Too bad CF never had opp to really show what they could have possibly done in 2017

Chip's Oregon team was a FG away from beating Auburn for the national championship. A few years later his Oregon team kicked the teeth out in a royal beat down of a Jameis Winston led FSU team. Two days after that game the Ducks lost two starters when they failed their piss test (smoking weed). Now if Nebraska wanted a B1G 10 type grind 'em out offense then they should have hired someone else for HC.

 

[ThereIsNoPlace]

Frost cares about defense, but not the way most think. He wants the defense to gamble asks make plays, force turnovers. Feel trade some big plays for turnovers any day all day. Points per possession is the key statistic. Get the ball back to the offense.

He doesn't need a top 10 defense in total yards, but he wants a top 20 defense in turnovers forced. So yes, he cares about defense, just not in the way most poodle like to think l...limiting teams to 200 yards and 10 points isn't the goal for him.

Which is what I stated. Frost is not interested in bringing back the Blackshirts of old.

 

[Tomhusker]

Which is what I stated. Frost is not interested in bringing back the Blackshirts of old.

As long as the offense scores more than the defense gives up, I'm ok with that.

 

[psaboy]

Chip's Oregon team was a FG away from beating Auburn for the national championship. A few years later his Oregon team kicked the teeth out in a royal beat down of a Jameis Winston led FSU team. Two days after that game the Ducks lost two starters when they failed their piss test (smoking weed). Now if Nebraska wanted a B1G 10 type grind 'em out offense then they should have hired someone else for HC.

All I was pointing out is the Oregon, except for a few (2-3) years were never a real threat to be a champ, let alone power. They had their 15 minutes of fame and have faded back to also ran. Frost was part of the best years their, but if Oregon had any form of D, they may have been the best. I now the Frost plan is to be O designed, but some form of D is needed.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

 

[Footballnut]

I would grade the class a solid B+ missing on a pass rusher and not filling the class entirely keep it from being an A. Now, if we get some grad transfers that could help in that regard it could move up to an A

 

[Footballnut]

Also, I love the BTN guys, but Ty Robinson is not going to the offensive side of the ball.

 

[corn train]

Also, I love the BTN guys, but Ty Robinson is not going to the offensive side of the ball.

Perhaps because he will be in the offensive backfield so often sacking those quarterbacks it would appear he was an offensive player?

 

[AlaskaGuy]

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