[Husker] predictions, anyone?

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Jamelle Holloway
 
 


--- On Sun, 9/19/10, Andy Knipp <andy at knipp.com> wrote:


From: Andy Knipp <andy at knipp.com>
Subject: RE: [Husker] predictions, anyone?
To: matthew.a.phillips at gmail.com, "'Jon Johnston'" <jon.johnston at gmail.com>
Cc: husker at tssi.com
Date: Sunday, September 19, 2010, 11:31 AM


I actually thought it a good question as well (though the email did sound
like you were turning on CG). 

Transferring has to be going through his mind. QBs expect to be the best and
as much as any of us like CG, the odds of him beating out a healthy TM are
slim. 

Trivia question, what QB caused future HOF and SB winner Troy Aikman to
transfer from Oklahoma to UCLA ? 



-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
Matt
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 9:18 AM
To: Jon Johnston
Cc: husker at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [Husker] predictions, anyone?

Wow.

Let me put a stop to this right now.

First, I apologize for my previous post.  Not because I think it was wrong,
but because I think it's being misunderstood -- probably because i jotted
something from my phone as opposed to typing something with an actual
keyboard...

...anyway, let me be clear.  *I am NOT 'turning' on Cody Green.*  In fact, I
think it's just the opposite.  I want him to play, and be great, and reach
his potential as a quarterback.  I just don't know how he does that from our
bench.

Let me say what I should have said before:
0) When Cody got his shots yesterday, he was perhaps trying to hard and made
some mistakes.  It happens.  However, it's not helping your cause if you're
vying to be the starting quarterback.  So...
1) Taylor looks like our clear #1, barring injury.
2) Technically, Taylor is a year behind Cody, so it's likely that Cody could
be a 2nd stringer for his entire career.
3) While it's fantastic for us fans to have a great talent at 2nd string for
3 years, it sort of sucks for him.
4) And it looks like we're favoring more of the elusive, jitterbug type QB
(Carnes, Turner) v. big, mobile QB going forward.
5) ...there's a lot of reasons where it might make sense to transfer.  Hence
the line, 'Cody might love to play quarterback more than he loves Nebraska'.
Again, in hindsight, i can see how that can be misinterpreted.  What I
should have said is, 'if Cody wants to start at quarterback, he might have
to leave Nebraska, even if he loves it here'.

So, again, i apologize.  i am vehemently opposed to criticizing players - my
rule is never to say something about a player that i wouldn't say to his or
her face.  i don't think suggesting that a transfer is a good option is a
criticism - it's just being real.

GBR,
-m

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Jon Johnston
<jon.johnston at gmail.com>wrote:

> For being the greatest fans in college football, Husker fans seem to be
> incredibly good at turning on someone whom they can blame for their
> unanswered prayers.
>
> I blame video games. You're playing NCAA Football 2011, and a guy goes
down
> who's ranked 89 goes down, and he's replaced by another guy who's ranked
87.
> You don't see much of a dropoff, they're just virtual human beings.
>
> Same thing translates to watching them on the field. We hold them up as
> icons, but when they're not worthy, they're to be tossed aside like so
much
> trash, "Next Man Up", and all that.
>
> It's not unique to Nebraska, but since we're constantly patting ourselves
> on the back, you'd think we'd recognize it and be a little better at it.
>
> I'll get off this pedestal now. It's gotten too high too support itself.
:)
>
> Jon Johnston
> Corn Nation
>
> On Sep 19, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Steve Reichenbach wrote:
>
> > What I don't
> > understand is fans turning on Green, who, I think, seems to be playing
> > well and seems to be handling being the backup to a freshman in a
> > commendable, team-spirited manner.
>
>
>
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