[Husker] Marlon Lucky

[Mike Jaixen]

The use of Lucky as a receiver is exactly why I
suggested that he would make a great wingback.  Your
recollections of Ahman Green are different than mine,
and the years have certainly changed opinions.  My
long-standing memory of Green is his first touchdown
run as a Husker where he ran through two Oklahoma
State defensive backs as if they were merely
speedbumps.  Marlon Lucky has never had a run even
remotely similar to that.

YouTube provides the opportunity to revisit Mr.
Green's career at Nebraska:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k543UYkYqz0

One thing is readily apparant here, and that is your
assertion that the various "Pipelines" had much to do
with Green's success, because oh so often, he'd
scamper for many yards with nobody around him.  It's
very likely that opinions on Lucky would be quite
different if he had arrived at Nebraska in 1995
instead of 2005... 

--- Steve Stone <sstone at pvtnetworks.net> wrote:

> Todd Strong wrote:
> 
> >I must respectfully dis-agree with this opinion.
> >Green ran over people all the time.
> >Lucky has yet to run over the waterboy.
> 
> Disagreement noted.
> 
> But - -
> 
> Green did not pass for touchdowns and was used less
> as a receiver.
> 
> However ... that is basically a quibble.
> 
> In the first half of his junior year, Green figured
> less prominently 
> than some seem to recall. Of course, what we all
> remember is the 
> Ahman Green who totaled something like 200 yards in
> the Orange Bowl 
> like a Viking berserker.
> 
> But that, too, is merely a quibble.
> 
> The only important point: Green was running behind
> Pipeline III, but 
> Lucky is not.
> 
> With very few exceptions, all running backs are only
> as good as their 
> front seven allows them to be.


Mike Jaixen
Blog: http://huskermike.blogspot.com


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