[Husker] Thoughts

[Scott R Lawson]

Steve while I agree with almost everything you've posted here I would
temper the Crick speculation simply because there hasn't been as
dominant a defensive player as Suh in nearly 30 years at the collegiate
level (and this is not only my opinion but the opinion of most). I would
hate to see Crick have a down year because he got caught up in the
expectations of replacing a guy who by most accounts should have won the
Heisman trophy this year and plays defensive tackle.

Crick is a great player, but we won't see another Suh for maybe decades.

Scott in NY




-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
Of Steve Stone
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:21 AM
To: husker at tssi.com
Subject: [Husker] Thoughts

1.The Texas game may have produced some interesting conseqences,
including:

a) Re-establishing NU among the Big XII's elite
b) Impressing the be-jesus out of a lot of Texas high school athletes  
(recruiting)
c) Ditto for not a few kids outside Texas
d) Giving an "Unfinished Business" incentive to next year's squad
e) Costing Colt McCoy the Heisman

2) The Holiday Bowl should give some O-line injuries time to heal. And  
some fans time to regain a degree of equipoise.

3) We seem to have the ghost of Steve Pederson hovering around on this  
list: after a 9-3 regular season and a squeaker loss for the conference

championship, some would like to see certain coaches fired. Have we  
learned NOTHING from recent history?

4) I got my wish for this season: the Huskers were competitive in every

game.

5) At a recent Big Red Breakfast, Carl Pelini was asked if Eric Martin  
would ever play first-strong on defense. He answered by saying that in
the  
future Martin would BE the defense, pretty much covering a recent List  
question as to who's going to replace Dillard.

5) Who can replace Suh? No one could truly replace him, but over the
next  
two seasons Crick might become a new Suh. I envision young Steinkuhler  
joining Crick in the middle of the D-line.

6) Pre-season, Brandon Kinnie's JC coach said we wouldn't hear a whole
lot  
 from him this first year but he's become a star over the next two
seasons.  
I'd bet in 2011 we'll be saying, "Mo who?"

Steve Stone


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