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It's hard to judge how good or bad a QB or RB is when the OL is terrible. Well the opposite is true as well, it was hard to tell how good or bad our OL were last year because of the awful QB play. But I do agree with you that I thought out OL was much improved from the previous season and I expect a similar jump this year.Our OL was better than people like to think last year. Depth is better this year and I’m betting the blocking improves overall.
I hope you’re right but I’ll believe it when I see itIt’s simple. We didn’t have a good passing game last year, so all the defenses moved most of their LBers and Safeties up in the box.
By having a good throwing QB and some deep threats, they won’t be able to cheat up by filling the box up. And that should create a few more open lanes for our RBs.
you referring to him beating up the security guard?You guys are so obsessed with Prime and you don’t even know about the recent coverup with his other idiot loudmouth dumbass kid
I don't think they were any better at pass pro but we didn't pass as much. Run blocking was up from terrible to ok.It's hard to judge how good or bad a QB or RB is when the OL is terrible. Well the opposite is true as well, it was hard to tell how good or bad our OL were last year because of the awful QB play. But I do agree with you that I thought out OL was much improved from the previous season and I expect a similar jump this year.
I’m not convinced that we will be able to run the ball this year. Have we really upgraded our RB room? What evidence do we have that our OL is going to be better than last year? Will our DBs be able to hang with their WRs.
Thanks for the break down.Whether Nebraska can run the ball well in 2024 should be a seperate concern from whether they will run it well vs Colorado.
CU is transitioning to the 4-2-5. Its naturally leaky vs the run game anyway, but it might even be more succeptible because the interior of their Dline is going to include the following:
5"10 290 lb Chidoze Owinko, a transfer from Houston. This kid is a Thad Randle body double. He is a decent pass rusher, but struggled vs the run last season in the Big 12 and he's going to be paired up with the interior of Nebraska's offensive line that will abuse him physically. Next to Owinko is one of only 7 returning starters for CU, Shane Cokes. This kid is 6'3 275 and will be one of the leanest starting Dtackles Nebraska faces in 2024. He played on the edge a lot last season, but will be moving inside in their new scheme.
CU brought in Anquin Barnes from Alabama. He has legit size at 6'5 315. But he's never played a single snap in 2 seasons. This kid is a Corey Collier caliber transfer. His presence is inconsequential.
Arkansas transfer Taurean Carter is another Big bodied dude who will be better than Barnes, but the knock on him at Arkansas was that he struggled vs the run.
Regardless of the combination CU trots out there, we are talking about 4 interior defensive linemen with only 23 combined starts at the Power 5 level. If you compare that to Nebraska's interior offensive line, you're looking at a group with over 90 total starts amongst any combination of Scott, Mazz, Jenkins, Lutovsky, or Corcoran.
And all 4 of those CU players will be playing in only their 2nd game of that defensive scheme. Its a significant advantage for Nebraska
CU is trying to build a defense that will generate a consistent pass rush in the Big 12. I think it's a smart move and with their pass rusher additions on the edge, the scheme change, and the addition of their new DC, I think they will be able to generate a lot of pressure.
But that will come at a cost IMO - they're gonna struggle stopping the run.
It will be very interesting to see if Nebraska can effectively run the ball vs teams like Illinois and Rutgers early on in the season. That will tell us if they can run it effectively later on in the schedule.
But I don't think they will have any trouble accumulating big chunk plays in the run game vs CU.
It's hard to judge how good or bad a QB or RB is when the OL is terrible. Well the opposite is true as well, it was hard to tell how good or bad our OL were last year because of the awful QB play. But I do agree with you that I thought out OL was much improved from the previous season and I expect a similar jump this year.
Some interesting charts. I don't have any from the year prior so can't say if Jim is right, but compared to college football as a whole... surprisingly better than I expected. I mean 3s to throw per drop back is alarming.I don't think they were any better at pass pro but we didn't pass as much. Run blocking was up from terrible to ok.
This is a great breakdown, @Cornicator . Thank you.Whether Nebraska can run the ball well in 2024 should be a seperate concern from whether they will run it well vs Colorado.
CU is transitioning to the 4-2-5. Its naturally leaky vs the run
Holy shit.. NBC wants this game at Night... Almost exactly 10 years after this game:
Yeah it isIt's not recent.
[IMG alt="Sean Callahan"]https://on3static.com/xf/data/avatars/s/0/164.jpg?1673229083[/IMG]Where did you see this?
Holy shit.. NBC wants this game at Night... Almost exactly 10 years after this game:
This is a great breakdown, @Cornicator . Thank you.
This reminded me of a CU fan convo I saw on that Bill Simmons clip earlier. I've been trying to figure out why CU fans have this insane confidence coming off a 4-8. This kind of explains their rationale.
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They are gonna be like the USA men’s Olympic basketball team in the 90sReturning Colorado starters
WR - Hunter, Horn
QB - Sanders
DT - Cokes
LB - Bentley, Woods
CB - Hunter
S - Sanders, Silmon-Craig
Starters that started at previous school
WR - Sheppard (Vanderbilt)
G - Mayers (UTEP), Brown (Jackson St)
C - Walker (UConn)
T - Benson (Indiana)
DT - Nwankwo (Houston)
DE - Hayes (Pitt), Green (ASU)
CB - Hodge (Liberty)
New Starters
T - Seaton (HS)
TE - Hart (tOSU)
RB - Hayden (tOSU)
NB - McKinney (Oklahoma St)
Number of Colorado starters that started their career at Colorado = 1, Seaton, a true freshman LT.
Returning Colorado starters
WR - Hunter, Horn
QB - Sanders
DT - Cokes
LB - Bentley, Woods
CB - Hunter
S - Sanders, Silmon-Craig
Starters that started at previous school
WR - Sheppard (Vanderbilt)
G - Mayers (UTEP), Brown (Jackson St)
C - Walker (UConn)
T - Benson (Indiana)
DT - Nwankwo (Houston)
DE - Hayes (Pitt), Green (ASU)
CB - Hodge (Liberty)
New Starters
T - Seaton (HS)
TE - Hart (tOSU)
RB - Hayden (tOSU)
NB - McKinney (Oklahoma St)
Number of Colorado starters that started their career at Colorado = 1, Seaton, a true freshman LT.
Some interesting charts. I don't have any from the year prior so can't say if Jim is right, but compared to college football as a whole... surprisingly better than I expected. I mean 3s to throw per drop back is alarming.
Thank you for this breakdown.Returning Colorado starters
WR - Hunter, Horn
QB - Sanders
DT - Cokes
LB - Bentley, Woods
CB - Hunter
S - Sanders, Silmon-Craig
Starters that started at previous school
WR - Sheppard (Vanderbilt)
G - Mayers (UTEP), Brown (Jackson St)
C - Walker (UConn)
T - Benson (Indiana)
DT - Nwankwo (Houston)
DE - Hayes (Pitt), Green (ASU)
CB - Hodge (Liberty)
New Starters
T - Seaton (HS)
TE - Hart (tOSU)
RB - Hayden (tOSU)
NB - McKinney (Oklahoma St)
Number of Colorado starters that started their career at Colorado = 1, Seaton, a true freshman LT.
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