Quarterbacks
Why Cody Green should start the Holiday Bowl
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December 15, 2009 by
Let's face it. In the grand scheme of things, the Holiday Bowl ultimately doesn't matter that much. The lasting impression of Nebraska football 2009 has already been formed. It's either a) that Big 12 championship game that so perfectly encapsulated...
Is this the week Green makes it impossible to keep him off field?
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October 29, 2009 by
I yearn for Cody Green to see the field for the same reason most of you do: Potential. It comes in a lot of different forms. There's his four-star potential, the potential that he'll give the offense a spark, the...
Why Green is Not Automatically the Choice
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October 23, 2009 by
The "Put In Green" movement gained steam this week, including even some members of the media. It's a little surprising that people aren't willing to defer to the coaches on who the starting quarterback ought to be. The simple question...
In Defense of Zac Lee
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October 15, 2009 by
Perhaps it's another sign that Nebraska's on its way back that fans would complain about a quarterback after he throws three touchdown passes in the rain to secure a fifteen point win for the first time in years over a...
With Spano out, Nebraska suddenly looks pretty Green at QB
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August 13, 2009 by
Are you ready for the Cody Green era to begin? With the news yesterday of Kody Spano's season ending knee injury--the same knee he had injured in the spring--Nebraska fans were left asking themselves that question: Who do you want...
Is Lee Being Underestimated?
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July 1, 2009 by
Peruse the college football magazines coming out for the 2009 season and you might come to the conclusion that the Huskers are in trouble at quarterback. Both Athlon and Lindy’s rated Nebraska as 11th best in the Big 12 at...
Will Lee Continue to Raise the Bar for NU Passers?
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June 4, 2009 by
It was no surprise when Bill Callahan was hired as head coach at Nebraska that many of the fairly meager passing records at the school would begin to fall. In fact, each year since 2004 has seen a new plateau...
The Big 12: It's like witness protection for prospective pro quarterbacks
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April 28, 2009 by
In case you missed it last fall, 2008 was known as the "year of the quarterback" in the Big 12. From the halls of Columbia, Missouri and Manhattan, Kansas to somewhere in the vicinity of the shores of the Red,...
Latravis Washington Parallels Abound
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April 1, 2009 by
If you're old enough to remember the 1994 season, then you probably recall the drama surrounding the quarterbacks that year. Tommie Frazier was out with blood clots. Brook Berringer collapsed a lung. Walk-on Matt Turman ended up playing in one...
QB Scuttlebutt II - News from the First Press Conference of the Spring
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March 24, 2009 by
What was billed as your every day, ordinary press conference featuring Ndamukong Suh and Bo Pelini turned into an epic hour-plus media afternoon featuring Quentin Castille, Jacob Hickman, and Roy Helu among others. Lot of information there and we'll be...
QB Scuttlebutt
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March 17, 2009 by
As a former wide receiver--or split end in the parlance of the times--I hate giving more attention to quarterbacks. They already get it all (always have, always will) but as a Nebraska fan I've resigned myself to the fact that...
Loss of Witt Not Trivial
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February 26, 2009 by
The Lincoln Journal-Star’s Steve Sipple wrote a nice piece about why NU quarterback Patrick Witt left. In short, Witt was threatening to transfer to another school if Bo Pelini would not name a starting quarterback at the end of Spring...
Quarterback Battle Familiar Territory
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January 19, 2009 by
Rewind in your mind to early 2007. The Huskers were coming off a nine-win season and New Year’s Day bowl and looking to replace a gutty, beloved quarterback. The two main contenders to replace him were a 6’1� 200 lbs....
So...What If Joe is No Go?
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November 20, 2008 by
I'm not going to lie to you. When the Omaha World-Herald's quasi-blog first broke the news that Joe Ganz did not practice yesterday, my stomach sank a little. Ganz - the reigning Big 12 Player of the week - is...
Good and Bad, 2008 is Joe's Show
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October 15, 2008 by
Heading in to the 2008 season, most prognostications concerning the Huskers hinged at least in part on the play of quarterback Joe Ganz. The prevailing wisdom was..."As he goes, so goes NU's offense." The tail end of the 2007 season...
QB’s No Longer Separate Teams From the Pack
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September 2, 2008 by
There was a time in college football when a good quarterback was a rare commodity. I’m not talking about a good locker room leader or a capable field general, but rather someone you could ask to throw 30 or more...
One-Year Wonders
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August 14, 2008 by
Forecasting how Joe Ganz might look as a senior has been difficult, in part because he hasn’t done much to prove one way or the other how good or bad he’ll be. So instead of looking at Ganz' brief on-field...
What Do We Have in Ganz?
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August 11, 2008 by
Based on what we've seen thus far, there are two sides to Joe Ganz. On one hand you have a quarterback who compiled a 163.38 QB rating in three games as a starter. If he had compiled the same rating...
A War Is Coming
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July 21, 2008 by
Granted our country is already at war, you might even say two wars, but in Husker football terms, I’m talking about the battle for the starting quarterback job next spring. It’s hard to think of the last time Nebraska went...
The Importance of Quarterback Depth
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July 16, 2008 by
The recent verbal commitment of quarterback recruit Cody Green got me considering the Husker roster at that position. While it is nice to see this sort of talented and high-profile recruit come in to the picture, he’s still a long...
Position Breakdowns: Quarterbacks
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April 23, 2008 by
Outlook: The Huskers find themselves in familiar territory. For the third straight year they’ll have a senior quarterback with starting experience with some young guns to develop behind him for the future....
Lee’s Cross-Training Could Payoff Big
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April 8, 2008 by
The Omaha-World Herald ran a nice feature recently on Zac Lee. Among the little-known background on Lee was that he has a strong baseball pedigree. That may seem irrelevant to football, but perhaps it’s not so trivial when you consider...
Sympathy for Sam
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October 30, 2007 by
In the wake of the announcement that NU quarterback Sam Keller will miss the remainder of the season with an injury, I find myself feeling a great amount of sympathy for the kid. When you consider his arrival, this 2007...
Under the Radar, Witt Rises to Third
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August 22, 2007 by
The “Perfect Storm� forecasted by the Big Red Network’s own Darren Carlson earlier this spring continues to brew as Patrick Witt has now risen to third on the depth chart. As expected, Sam Keller and Joe Ganz hold the #1...
Sam Keller Adds Credibility
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August 21, 2007 by
We all know that Sam Keller had an edge on Joe Ganz in terms of live game experience. Keller performed at a high level on the field in a BCS conference and Ganz has yet to start a Division I...
QB Competition Positive, Even If Not Real
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August 7, 2007 by
Many of us have been anointing Sam Keller to be Nebraska’s starting quarterback for 2007 since the day his transfer to Nebraska was announced. Yet coach Callahan has maintained that the starting quarterback job remains open for competition. So is...
Salute to the Monday Morning Quarterback
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June 15, 2007 by
In the spirit of the great Bud Light marketing campaign, and what the heck…Father’s day, the Big Red Network salutes you, Monday Morning Quarterback....
Hilburn Commitment Could Mean Lee the Man for 2008
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June 15, 2007 by
Adrian Hilburn, a junior college wide receiver and teammate of Zach Lee, became Nebraska’s eighth commit for the class of 2008. While the list of suitors (Tennessee and Texas A&M among them) would seem to indicate Hilburn’s obvious athletic merits,...
The Tao of Steve
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June 14, 2007 by
"The Tao of Steve" was a fun film that came out back in 2000. It was named for the cool exhibited by guys like Steve McQueen, Steve Austin ($6 million man), and Steve McGarrett (Hawaii Five-0). Those who had...
Coming Soon: The Return of the Mobile Quarterback
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June 13, 2007 by
It seems funny to think that mobility could be lacking at the quarterback position in Nebraska. But not since Jammal Lord was starting back in 2003, have the Huskers had a real rushing threat at the quarterback position. Since Sam...
Game Managers and Gunslingers
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June 12, 2007 by
If you haven’t heard this distinction before, it’s a good way to think about how different quarterbacks approach the game. Brad Johnson is an example of the classic game manager. He seldom excites anyone with his approach to football, but...
Quarterback Most Important Player
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June 11, 2007 by
A few weeks back, I called the defensive line the most important unit on a football team. But there’s no doubt (and I’m not breaking big news) that the quarterback is the most important single player on a football team....
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