[Husker] Burkhead 'questionable' but will travel

[Mike Jaixen]

Let's not read too much into Hundley.  After his 72 yard scoring run, he finished the day with 6 carries for 68 yards.  So that's one carry for 72 yards, and five more for -4 yards.



 
Mike Jaixen
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________________________________
 From: Aaron Wolfson <awolfson0 at gmail.com>
To: Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com> 
Cc: "husker at tssi.com" <husker at tssi.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Burkhead 'questionable' but will travel
 
I don't think we'll know how good UCLA's offense is until after they play a
real defense, i.e., Nebraska.

Let's say they're better than Southern Miss, but not as good as they were
last week. Within that, who knows? I think the fact that they are starting
a redshirt freshman at QB will help. They won't be able to run it as well
as they did against Rice, and passing could be a problem. The QB, while
he's a runner, is more of a Cam Newton-type physical runner than a Denard
Robinson-type burner, so presents less of a challenge than Alford of
Southern Miss did, in my opinion.

Aaron


On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:45 AM, David Strong <gobigredlist at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Man, a year ago i would have freaked out at news like that. But after
> last
> > Saturday it doesnt seem as much like the end of the world. I know it was
> > just one game against a rebuilding team, I'm not making any declarations.
> > But it looked like good players and good coaches all making good things
> > happen. We should get the win in LA and continue to improve looking to
> put
> > it all together against Wisconsin. Hope I dont get caught looking ahead
> but
> > I cant help it.
> >
> > Dave
>
>
> Getting back to the original subject matter, I'd agree with Dave.  We saw
> four good backs this week, each one with a different approach.  Abdullah is
> lightning quick, and went through a couple of small holes so quickly, the
> D-line didn't have time react.  Heard is much the same, but lacks Ameer's
> first step, I'd say.  Then Cross, well, there's a guy that will go at you
> if he needs to.  His carries at the end of the game were punishing.  Much
> like Burkhead but without his shiftiness.
>
> And Marrow at fullback is a guy I'd try to avoid.  Definitely runs
> downhill.
>
> I'm more comfortable with a game without Burkhead this year than I would
> have been last year.  I'd rather not, but I'd rather see Rex run later this
> year if available rather than use him up next week.
>
> Now, how good was that UCLA running game, or, how bad was that Rice run
> defense?  There's a question for discussion.
>
> Nick
> -- "In politics stupidity is not a handicap."
> Napoleon Bonaparte
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