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[TheCusian]

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he’s right

 

[GoSU96]

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Team speed is clearly better. Now are the really fast guys on the smallish side, yes, but even that is trending better.

Sure NJ and JJ are short, but Pena and Lutz are 6ft.

The speed at LB has clearly improved. Size and speed in the secondary is improving as well.

Taj, NJ, Lutz, all had 70+ plays. Pena ran away from NCSt on the TD return. Tucker had multiple long TD's. Benson has a 50 yd TD.

 

[Crusty]

That article was worth nothing. It was a national guy just guessing.

We had a pipeline to Chicago? McNabb & Chris Slayton are the only two guys I know of that became draft picks at SU in the last 30 years.

A lot of generalities and broad statements. No evaluation of individual recruits or the current recruiting class. Not good at all.

He was talking about recruiting challenges and the current class underscores his point about always being at the bottom of the ACC. Why would he talk about individual recruits in an article like this. Seems to me the article was spot on.

 

[SkyTopBus44]

He was talking about recruiting challenges and the current class underscores his point about always being at the bottom of the ACC. Why would he talk about individual recruits in an article like this. Seems to me the article was spot on.

the article does go into how our pipeline to Chicago dried up and the point the poster made is it never was a place of emphasis in the past. Seems fair considering how few players we have had from the city.

I would also argue that we can’t recruit any position nationally. in the 1990s and 2000s we had an edge at QB when SU was one of the only schools who started African Americans at the position. Now every school does. I think this trend also hurt Nebraska.

 

[Scooch]

I would also argue that we can’t recruit any position nationally. in the 1990s and 2000s we had an edge at QB when SU was one of the only schools who started African Americans at the position. Now every school does. I think this trend also hurt Nebraska.

A great point, and one that is so often overlooked when discussing the SU run of success under Mac and P. From the mid-80s to the late-90s we had McPherson, Graves and McNabb when a disturbing majority of college football programs weren't so much as looking at black QBs.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Nykiem Johnson, Trebor Pena, and Harris. And Luke Benson has above average speed for a tight end

Pena is interesting. Had that great kickoff return but only saw the field on O... I don't even know but he had 1 catch. I don't know if he ever becomes a threat.

All I know, is our wideout group has to be better. Harris, Queeley, and who else? Need more from 2-3 other guys. Benson has to be a factor.