[Husker] Marlon Lucky

[Tommy Thompson]

I remember Ahman Green as having enormous power.  I remember his first year 
when it seemed he moved all 11 Kansas players at one time.  The video you 
listed is excellent, by the way.  Shows a lot of what we are missing 
today...mostly great blocking and great execution.  One poster was dead on 
when they mentioned downfield blocking.  Only it wasn't just the 
receivers...everyone got after it until the play was blown dead.

Of course, if we had switched from the current offense to the option, I'm 
sure we'd all be remembering the days when a quarterback actually hit his 
receivers in stride and could spread it all over the field.  We'd all be 
complaining that Tommie Frazier couldn't pass...oh wait...that was just 
Chris Collingsworth, I think (chuckle).

Tommy Thompson
"GO BIG RED"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Jaixen" <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>
To: "Steve Stone" <sstone at pvtnetworks.net>; <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Marlon Lucky


> 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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