The Bone Yard

Anyone who doesn't think this is a big loss, can I borrow whatever you are on?

if you are always moving in the right direction, you will eventually reach your destination.

This program is going in the right direction. I am mad as hell about the last month, as mad as anybody. But I still believe the arrow points up.

I could make a laundry list of things i don't like and tell you how upset i am that we aren't 'there yet' but I try to stay big picture for the most part.

Lets try to keep this thread on Heard, an not turn it into a microcosm analogy for Bo & Company

I am not saying it doesn't matter but how is this a big loss? In what way? It becomes an issue if Ameer gets injured and Cross isn't very good and Newby and/or Taylor are not ready to contribute as freshmen. Heard, while Rex was unavailable, provided Ameer with a rest but didn't overtake him. I like Heard but I am not sure how you measure this as a huge/big loss. It matters but there hasn't been much on field performance to suggest it will really hurt the Huskers.

It isn't moving in the right direction. That is the Big picture

No this isn't the fact. The fact is you (possibly) lost LAST YEAR'S 2nd string RB. We don't know where he would have been on this year's depth chart, but possibly lower. As to your ruminations about the freshmen RBs, it is this kind of thinking that has prevailed in the NU program that makes difficult to recruit high level prospects. They will not come here if you don't play them when they have the talent to break the line up. This infatuation with RS everyone has needs to stop. It has a purpose in the right situation but it is not a one size fits all sweater. If Newby is as talented as everyone seems to think he needs to play next year so that is a selling point for the next 20 4* and 5* we try to recruit. Taylor MAY be a different story but given what he demonstrated as a HS senior I seriously doubt he needs a year to rehab. That gives us a likely depth chart of Abdullah, Newby, Cross, Frazier with Taylor a possible RS. If Taylor does not RS then he is probably 3rd on the depth chart, and any one of the three is perfectly capable of being the feature back taking 85-90% of the offensive snaps, even as true freshmen. We see other top level programs do this all the time. There isn't some pall over Lincoln that makes our freshman stupid for a year.

You've made your good points about the numbers. We've bumped heads on this but you have a good point to make. We would be better off if we had 4 or 5 more quality recruits to sign this cycle. In this instance you're harping and crying wolf.

To me this is a huge loss because I really felt BH could have been a difference maker...aka what reggie bush did for usc. All year long I just bemoaned the fact he never was given a chance to get into rhythm. How about the oppurtunity to string 4 or 5 carries together?? I dont dislike AA but just have never seen anything that distanced him from BH or AG, and the carry discrepancy that he got seemd unfair to me. Im kinda suprised that people dont take AA to task for his fumbles at critical times in games over the last couple yrs (s. car, osu, georgia)--if your really being fair there should be consequences for that...anyway, i wish BH all the best. I will definitely follow his career. For Brion's sake I hope he transfers also because I would love to get to see him play. If I were a college coach and I had a chance to start with Moore, Carnes, Heard, AG I would be pretty happy

I've been singing this song for 2-1/2 years now.

I find this point of view interesting... All we have to go on as fans is high school highlights and game day snaps. How can we pretend like gameday is the day the coaches make their decisions on who plays more and who plays less. As far as I know there's still practice 5 times a week.

As for BH being Reggie Bush... not even close. BH has great straight line speed and good vision. He has limited wiggle, runs upright and doesn't have the ability to cut on a dime. He runs with his feet too close together to change directions in a fast manner as well.

I'm not saying any of this to disparage Braylon because I always thought he was talented. But to pretend like the coaches are keeping this guy locked up so he doesn't have a chance is ludicrous IMO. You reward players during the game for what they have done during the week. And sure... Abdullah fumbled in bad times as a sophomore against UCLA and Georgia. Were those the reasons we lost that game? Perhaps it was the catalyst against Georgia but we still could have over come a fumble to begin the 3rd quarter against UCLA. I still blame that loss on the play calling more than the players. By the way... UCLA missed the field goal.

is this still the plan?/who spilled the beans?

Perhaps a meeting with coaches could clear this up. Maybe he's not "switching positions" like he thinks he is, he's just adding another diminsion to his game? We'll see.

exactly... I really hope he ends up staying and sticking it out. Especially if they have some packages for him at slot to give Turner a blow... that would be sick.

I agree but once the cat is out of the bag not sure there is any chance to get it back in or in this case get him to reconsider.