[Husker] The young and the restless (spring game notes)

[David Strong]

Thank you for this post.  well done.

Dave


On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 9:57 PM, David Elfering <aroundomaha at gmail.com>wrote:

> I went to the spring game today and came away with some opinions (me and
> over 60,000 other people).
>
> Here's a cliff note version:
> - Penalties: 20 total, are you kidding me? We can't blame B12 refs for THIS
> day :)
> - Young gun: Holy moly Brion Carnes looked excellent. I know... the third
> string guy always does but I thought he had a presence as the white team QB
> that I haven't seen for a while. He just made things happen.
> - Happy feet: In contrast I thought Tailor Martinez seemed tentative, but
> he
> did still make some plays
> - Rex on the run: No doubting it, Rex Burkhead is a quality back
> - Kellog who?: We have some depth at QB as I thought Ron Kellog really did
> a
> nice job. Nothing jumps off the page but like Joe Ganz he just finds ways
> to
> get it done.
> - Putting the special in special teams: We had some nice returns today. Wow
> Jamal Turner looks to be a difference maker. Nice run backs and finds the
> creases. Amazing for his age.
> - Vanilla, flavor of the day: Hard to gauge the offensive and defensive
> changes since EVERYTHING looked vanilla to me. We did run a lot of I
> formation on offense, pitches, etc. I didn't notice any special influx of
> 230 pound linebackers as we prepare for old school B10 hit fests.
> - Flu season not a worry: Well at least for wide receivers since they have
> trouble catching most things :) <that's pun... mostly>.
>
> In essence I thought we saw some nice line play here and there, way too
> many
> penalties, and some signs of youth making a deep impact in the coming
> season. We have (IMO) depth at QB and some emerging backs. The receivers
> remain a work in progress in my eyes but there were both a few nice snags
> and a few heinous drops. The penalties were worrying and I ponder the
> discipline of the team as this seems to be a central theme after the past
> couple years.
>
> To be honest I got a little bored but maybe it was getting way too much
> sunshine and at my age it makes me sleepy :)
> ---
> David Elfering
> aroundomaha at gmail.com
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