CB Target Henry Gray Commits to Nebraska
September 19th, 2019 at 10:05 PM ^
Good for him. Scholarships are nice.
September 19th, 2019 at 10:07 PM ^
Uh, has he seen their defense? I guess he figures he can win the starting job.
September 19th, 2019 at 10:08 PM ^
I don't understand why we seem to be struggling a bit at CB this cycle. Why wouldn't kids want to play in this system and for Brown & Zordich? They put everyone into the NFL and on a top ranked defense.
September 19th, 2019 at 10:37 PM ^
What makes you conclude that we're struggling?
September 19th, 2019 at 10:58 PM ^
The number of top 250 CB's we're getting.
September 20th, 2019 at 7:43 AM ^
2 of our last 3 corner recruits are top 250 guys (including our only corner so far) And the one who isn’t, sounds like he’s ahead of one of the ones who is
September 20th, 2019 at 1:52 PM ^
Go back a little farther than three recruits.
September 20th, 2019 at 2:10 PM ^
He said this cycle. The further you go back, the better it gets ranking-wise.
Vince Gray was 700 and I liked him more than any of them.
September 19th, 2019 at 11:18 PM ^
Zordich isn’t a good recruiter. It’s fairly obvious. Great coach, no charisma.
We need a Tyrone Wheatley-type back on this staff especially on defense.
September 19th, 2019 at 11:36 PM ^
Like Partridge, who is coaching the safeties?
September 19th, 2019 at 10:10 PM ^
We've got Andre Seldon and several good safety commits who could also play CB. I don't remember hearing much about Henry Gray.
September 19th, 2019 at 10:28 PM ^
He is quite talented...I prefer the Cali kid.
September 20th, 2019 at 5:21 AM ^
I got the impression from Zordich's presser that Dax Hill may end up playing corner. Very smooth and no wasted motion sounds like CB superlatives.
September 20th, 2019 at 8:36 AM ^
It sounds as though, with Dax, they are going to have to make the choice of taking away the opposition's best receiver/half the field or a free safety type position to cover the backside, help out wherever needed and make the big play.
September 19th, 2019 at 10:18 PM ^
It's hard to resist all that corn this time of year. Can't really blame the guy.
September 19th, 2019 at 10:46 PM ^
Corn so fine you could shuck it
September 20th, 2019 at 3:05 AM ^
Hey now this is a family blog
September 20th, 2019 at 8:07 AM ^
And a very visual blog.
::MY EYES!!!::
September 21st, 2019 at 9:29 AM ^
Never been to Lincoln but I heard it actually has a pretty good reputation as a fun college town.
September 19th, 2019 at 10:21 PM ^
despite what happened at OSU last year, I think our DB coach is serving us well. He's got the position under control. This years start kind of cemented this for me. DBs have played pretty well so far after being a big question mark.
September 19th, 2019 at 10:45 PM ^
Yes, the CBs were excellent against both passes Army threw...
September 19th, 2019 at 10:51 PM ^
Don't get me wrong, Zordich is great. But in Lavert and Ambry, he's still working with superlative CB recruits. Next season's starters will be an entirely different challenge.
September 19th, 2019 at 11:14 PM ^
I think Vincent Grey looks great. Was he a lavert level recruit? I don’t think so. Even Watson looked great until OSU.
September 19th, 2019 at 11:28 PM ^
Everyone knew Watson was a liability. OSU just knew how to exploit him over and over again.
September 19th, 2019 at 11:38 PM ^
OSU was the only opponent who had the personnel to exploit Watson.
September 20th, 2019 at 7:45 AM ^
And if we’re being honest, OSU has the personnel to exploit just about anyone. They simply had the luxury of choosing to go after Watson with their stable of gazelles.
Those are the teams you need to be able to put up points against and get some good bounces.
September 20th, 2019 at 7:59 AM ^
If there had been pressure on Haskins, maybe he would not have been exploited so much.
September 20th, 2019 at 1:54 PM ^
Everyone knew Watson was athletically limited, but he was so well coached and polished in his technique that it required an A++ level athlete to abuse him. That says a lot about both Watson and Zordich.
September 19th, 2019 at 11:36 PM ^
I'm not about to blame Zordich for a defensive gameplan that put our 4.7 CB in man coverage against an OSU 4.3 WR. He seems to be pretty good at coaching the kids, it's his recruiting that could use some help. Otherwise we are going to have a team full of 4.7 CBs in the near future trying to cover OSU.
September 20th, 2019 at 12:45 AM ^
But this all goes back to Harbaugh and his recruiting overall. In year 5 our OL is still in flux with little real depth. I get it if this was year 2 or 3 as OL is the toughest for kids to play into, but in year 5???
September 20th, 2019 at 2:15 AM ^
Well, very little known depth. It’s hard to become known when you’re behind Onwenu, Ruiz, and Bredeson for the last 3 years. The depth on the interior could be great or terrible, we just don’t know. As for tackles, I think we got fairly serviceable play with our #4 tackle from Fall camp. Not many teams have 4 guys who can play well at tackle.
September 20th, 2019 at 7:17 AM ^
The interior OL is a bit thin, with Spanellis and Filiaga, but the recent recruiting class addressed that and hopefully a couple of those kids are ready next year. There might be some reshuffling between inside and outside OL by next year.
September 20th, 2019 at 7:53 AM ^
How is our OL in flux exactly?
We have an injury to an all conference left tackle... which would have pushed the loser of the RT battle into a starting job... except he got hurt... so the 4th string tackle had to start two games and played well. How many programs do you see with 4 viable tackles?
As for the interior, we have 3 players up for all-conference recognition, with Bredeson and Ruiz in conversation for national awards. We don’t know what is behind them, so it’s hard for you to say there’s no depth.
Lets pretend for a moment that depth is an issue (it’s well known the confidence in Spanellis is high). Say Onwenu goes down. Runyan has the ability (and is likely a better fit) to play guard. Bringing our serviceable tackle from the past two games back into the starting lineup. Giving us a Hayes-Bredeson-Ruiz-Runyan-Mayfield line that pretty much everyone would be comfortable with.
Not many programs can sustain two OL injuries on the two deep and still put out a competent line. I really fail to see this “flux” or lack of depth.
September 20th, 2019 at 1:57 PM ^
You can't argue that the up and down recruiting isn't hurting depth. Especially when you have a strange lack of targeting guys to fit specific needs combined with attrition.
September 20th, 2019 at 2:34 PM ^
Our oline could hardly have been more stable. Only injuries have caused any uncertainty.
It's the mirror opposite of in flux.
September 19th, 2019 at 11:22 PM ^
Bagmen bringing that sweet, sweet, corn!
September 20th, 2019 at 1:05 AM ^
"Hot-buttered, popped, creamed--how do want want it, son? You'll be up to your neck in it..." ~ Scott Frost
September 19th, 2019 at 11:26 PM ^
Nebra$ka
September 19th, 2019 at 11:38 PM ^
Scott Frost's mom obviously had an influence
September 20th, 2019 at 12:16 AM ^
Michigan hadn’t shown much interests in him the past month fwiw. I know there will be people that can’t grasp the idea of that, but Gray was no longer a top target
September 20th, 2019 at 9:49 AM ^
For what reason? It isn’t like we don’t need viable bodies at the position.
September 20th, 2019 at 10:12 AM ^
Because he committed to Nebraska... Duh.
September 20th, 2019 at 3:37 AM ^
Nebraska bagman cometh
September 20th, 2019 at 6:07 AM ^
Nebraska has bagmen now? I thought that was just the SEC.
September 20th, 2019 at 7:06 AM ^
Don't you mean a recent visit to Nebra$ka...?
September 20th, 2019 at 8:34 AM ^
Shades of gray..... best of luck young man, they hit harder in NE