Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[Mike]

Jon, I read that same article over breakfast this morning. What really surprised me is that Tennessee has resorted to such tactics because their season ticket base has shrunk by about 10,000 over the past decade. I wonder if empty seats will start cropping up in Knoxville.

[Jeff Buchanan]

Have to keep the fan base engaged.

I have no doubt that DB knew w/i weeks of getting the keys to his office that RR was going to be fired.

[WM Wolverine]

Might agree but it was very clear that even during the start of M's losing streak in FB that DB wouldn't give RR the littlest bit of support. Meanwhile he's praised his basketball coach at every opportunity (and deservingly.)

[Ghengis Jon]

Way off topic, but another WWII heroine has passed away. If you ever need a book for a long plane flight or a cruise, I recommend Nancy Wake's autobiography The White Mouse.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14441032

[entropy]

neb fan posted this on recruiting and accuracy:

Top 35 running backs in the 2007 recruiting class - where are they now?

Apologies in advance for cluttering up the board with this crap.

There is a Husker recruit at #55 - amazing how that ended up playing out.


Fourth round pick in 2010, but didn't come close to the hype surrounding his recruiting

1.) Joe McKnight - Southern Cal - 5-stars, 6.1 Rivals Rating, #2 on the Rivals 100, and the #1 overall prospect in Louisiana; Taken in the 4th round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the New York Jets; In three years at U$C, he had 347 attempts for 2,213 yards and 13 touchdowns; In his final season at USC, he had 164 attempts for 1014 yards and 8 touchdowns; In his final college football season it was reported that McKnight was granted free use of a 2006 Land Rover SUV registered to Santa Monica businessman Scott Schenter, in violation of NCAA rules


Has 1,183 rushing yards over three seasons at USC

2.) Marc Tyler - Southern Cal - 5-stars, 6.1 Rivals Rating, #17 on the Rivals 100, and the 3rd-best prospect in California; Returns for his final year at USC, although he has been suspended for making idiotic comments that showed up on TMZ; Had 913 yards on 171 carries and 9 TDs for USC in 2010, and has 1,183 career rushing yards over three seasons.

3.) Enrique Davis - Auburn - 6.0 Rivals Rating, #30 on the Rivals 100, and the 4th-best prospect in Florida; A three-year backup RB at Ole Miss; Finished fourth on the team in 2010 with 337 yards on 82 carries with three TDs Signed with Auburn, but did not qualify and spent 2007 at Hargrave Military and then enrolled at Ole Miss.


Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year in 2009

4.) John Clay - Wisconsin - 4-stars, 6.0 Rivals Rating, #36 on the Rivals 100, and the 2nd-best prospect in Wisconsin; Second-team All-Big Ten in 2010, and was the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year in 2009; Finished his career seventh in school history with 3,413 career rushing yards; Left UW a year early to enter the NFL Draft, but wasn't taken and signed as an UDFA with the Pittsburgh Steelers.


Finished career with 1,408 rushing yards

5.) Brandon Saine - Ohio State - 4-stars, 6.0 Rivals Rating, #50 on the Rivals 100, and the 2nd-best prospect in Ohio; Struggled with injuries and never lived up to his hype; His best season in Columbus was 2009, a year in which he rushed for 739 yards and caught 17 passes for 224 yards; Finished his career with 1,408 yards and nine touchdowns and caught 55 passes for 616 yards and eight touchdowns; Signed as an UDFA last month with the Green Bay Packers.


Is now at Louisiana Tech, where he rushed for 1,181 yards in 2010

6.) Lennon Creer - Tennessee - 4-stars, 6.0 Rivals Rating, #57 on the Rivals 100, and rated the 8th-best prospect in Texas; .Is now at Louisiana Tech, where he was a second team all-WAC RB, rushing for 1,181 yards and 10 TDs on 212 carries in 2010; Spent two years as a backup RB at Tennessee and then sat out the 2009 season due to NCAA transfer regs.


Robert Hughes was Notre Dame's 3rd-leading rusher in 2010

7.) Robert Hughes - Notre Dame - 4-stars, 5.9 Rivals Rating, #77 on the Rivals 100, and rated the 3rd-best prospect in Illinois; How shocking - yet another incredibly-overrated Notre Dame recruit; Was Notre Dame's 3rd-leading rusher in 2010 with 300 yards and 2 TDs on 68 carries; Has 1,392 career rushing yards and 13 TDs.


Caleb King = one of several Mensa candidates on this list

8.) Caleb King - Georgia - 4-stars, 5.9 Rivals Rating, #81 on the Rivals 100, and rated the 4th-best prospect in Georgia; Made headlines this summer for failing out at UGa; Appeared in eight games making five starts carrying 80 times for 430 yards and two TDs in 2010; His career ends with 1,271 career rushing yards and 10 TDs; Was a high school teammate of former NU QB Patrick Witt.


In hindsight, one of the biggest studs on this list

9.) Jahvid Best - California - 4-stars, 5.9 Rivals Rating, #94 on the Rivals 100, and the 11th-best prospect in California; Taken in the first round (30th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions; Rushed for 867 yards in an injury-shortened 2009 season at Cal and then declared for the NFL Draft; Was the nation's fifth-leading rusher in 2008 with 1,580 yards (8.1 YPC) and 15 TDs, and was tied for 2nd on the team with 27 receptions; Rushed for 221 yards and was named All-Pac 10 as a special teams player (gunner) as a true freshman in 2007.


Jonathan Dwyer had 3,269 rushing yards in 3 years at GaTech

10.) Jonathan Dwyer - Georgia Tech - 4-stars, 5.9 Rivals Rating, and the 8th-best prospect in Georgia; Taken in the 6th round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers; Had 1,438 yards rushing and 14 TDs on 235 carries in 2009; Named ACC Player of the Year as a sophomore, after rushing for 1,328 yards and 12 TDs in the regular season; Was Georgia Tech's 2nd-leading rusher in 2007 (436 yards) as a true freshman.

11.) Robert Elliott - Mississippi State - 4-stars, 5.9 Rivals Rating, and the 2nd-best prospect in Mississippi; Has been relegated to a backup RB/special teams guy after tearing both the ACL and MCL in his left knee in 2008; Rushed 60 times for 221 yards in 2010.

12.) Bradley Stephens - Texas A&M - 4-stars, 5.9 Rivals Rating, and the 22nd-best prospect in Texas; Left aTm a year early to take a job as an operations manager for a manufacturing company; Rushed for 328 yards over three seasons as a backup to Mike Goodson, Cyrus Gray and Christine Michael; His career was a complete bust, but from all accounts, he was a terrific character guy - one of the few guys on these lists who was just flat-out overrated out of high school.

13.) Brian Maddox - South Carolina - 4-stars, 5.8 Rivals Rating, and the 9th-best prospect in South Carolina; Spent four years as a backup RB at South Carolina; Was USC's 2nd-leading rusher in 2010, with 403 yards and 3 TDs on 74 carries..


Broderick Green left USC and is now a backup RB at Arkansas

14.) Broderick Green - Southern Cal - 4-stars, 5.8 Rivals Rating, and the 3rd-best prospect in Arkansas; Now at Arkansas, where he is a backup RB; Rushed for 365 yards and 3 TDs in 2010; Left USC after rushing for 168 yards in 2008; Redshirted in 2007; Tore a knee ligament this spring and may miss the entire 2011 season.


Dumbass

15.) Terence Kerns - West Virginia - 4-stars, 5.8 Rivals Rating, and the 4th-best prospect in Maryland Never played a down of college football; Couldn't qualify at WVU and spent 2007 at Hargrave Military, where he developed a reputation for being lazy, incorrigible, and irresponsible; Still not being able to qualify, he then spent a year at Lackawanna College (a JUCO in Pennsylvania) but failed out of there.


Like many Husker fans, I thought Bo Williams was a sure-fire stud RB. We were all wrong

16.) Bo Williams - UFlorida - 4-stars, 5.8 Rivals Rating, and the 29th-best prospect in Florida; Left Iowa State in 2010, and was rumored to be heading to UConn, but never resurfaced; Spent 2 years at ISU, where he appeared in two games and carrying 2 (yes, two) times; Sat out 2008 due to NCAA transfer regs; left UFlorida after redshirting in 2007. Had an offer from Nebraska out of high school; Colossal bust.


Could have been a star on Dateline NBC's 'To Catch A Predator'

17.) Antwain Easterling - Southern Miss - 4-stars, 5.8 Rivals Rating, and the 39th-best prospect in Florida; Was kicked off the team by USM coach Larry Fedora in 2008, and never resurfaced; Appeared in 2 games in 2007, where he rushed for 86 yards; Charged with lewd and lascivious battery after having sex with a 14-year-old girl in the school bathroom while a senior at Miami Northwestern HS (he was 18 YO at the time).


One of the blockheads responsible for taking down Jim Tressel

18.) Daniel Herron - Ohio State - 4-stars, 5.8 Rivals Rating, and the 13th-best prospect in Ohio; Will serve a five-game suspension in 2010 - he was one of the tards who got caught selling their OSU gear to the tat shop; Rushed for 1,196 yards and 16 TDs in 2010, and has 2,268 yards and 29 TDs in his career; Redshirted in 2007.

19.) Dale Martin - Louisville - 4-stars, 5.8 Rivals Rating, and the 6th-best prospect in Illinois; Ended up at Akron, where he appeared in one game in 2010; Left Louisville to transfer just prior to 2008 Fall camp; Was hurt his freshman year and redshirted.


Derrick Washington was booted from Missouri after a sexual assault arrest

20.) Derrick Washington - Missouri - 4-stars, 5.8 Rivals Rating, and the 5th-best prospect in Missouri; Was booted last August after being arrested for felony sexual assault; A campus detective's probable cause statement filed says Washington entered the woman's closed bedroom while visiting her roommate and allegedly assaulted the woman while she slept; A two-year starter at tailback for Missouri who was also a 2x honorable-mention All-Big 12 back; Finished career with 2,085 yards rushing and 28 TDs, and 65 receptions for 503 yards and 3 TDs.

21.) Ryan Houston - North Carolina - 3-stars, 5.7 Rivals Rating, 19th-best prospect in North Carolina; Redshirted in 2010 after spending three seasons as a backup tailback and designated short-yardage specialist for Butch Davis; Had 713 yards and nine touchdowns on 191 carries in 2009.


Husker recruiting target Shawnbrey McNeal ended up at SMU, where he spent one year

22.) Shawnbrey McNeal - UMiami - 3-stars, 5.7 Rivals Rating, 42nd-best prospect in Texas; Finished at Southern Methodist and rushed for 1,188 yards on 236 carries and 12 TDs in his only season (2009) there; Rushed for 152 yards and three TDs in two seasons at UMiami; Redshirted in 2007. Had an offer from Nebraska; Currently an UDFA with the San Diego Chargers.

23.) Curtis Shaw - UWashington - 3-stars, 5.7 Rivals Rating, 40th-best prospect in California; Is now at I-AA Sacramento State, where he missed most of the season with a concussion; Left U-Dub for "undisclosed family reasons" just prior to the start of the 2008 season; Had 5 catches for 47 yards as a true freshman, after moving from RB to WR midway through the 2007 season.

24.) Justin Sturns - Navarro (TX) JUCO - 3-stars, 5.7 Rivals Rating, and the 61st-best prospect in Texas; Did not qualify and two seasons at Navarro, where he's was their starting RB; After Navarro, was offered and signed by D-2 Abilene Christian, but never qualified and fell off the Earth after that; Went to same HS (Rusk) as former Husker Cody Glenn.

25.) Jamar Taylor - Alabama - 3-stars, 5.7 Rivals Rating, and the 42nd-best prospect in Florida; Ended up at South Florida, but failed out this past spring (question: how does one fail out at USF???); Rushed for 300 yards and 3 TD's in 2008, as a backup tailback; Enrolled early at Bama but left after the first semester and got a hardship waiver to be able to play at USF immediately (without sitting out the requisite year); Was 3rd string in 2007 for USF, rushing for 147 yards and 2 TDs; Played in the same HS backfield as UFlorida's Chris Rainey.

[entropy]

cont..




Led VaTech in rushing in 2008 and in 2010

26.) Darren Evans - Virginia Tech - 3-stars, 5.7 Rivals Rating, 2nd-best prospect in Indiana; VaTech's leading rusher in 2011 with 854 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns; Missed the 2009 season after surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee; Finished 2008 with 1,112 yards and 10 TD's, and broke the VaTech single game rushing record with 253 yards vs. Maryland; Redshirted in 2007 and almost left VaTech after the 2007 season; Declared for NFL Draft this January but wasn't taken and signed as an UDFA with the Indianapolis Colts.

27.) Joseph Reese - UArizona - 3-stars, 5.7 Rivals Rating, 60th-best prospect in Texas; Spent two years at Arizona, left the program and didn't resurface; Appeared in four (4) games for Arizona in 2008, but did not register any statistics; Redshirted in 2007.

28.) Zeke Rozier - Georgia Southern - 3-stars, 5.7 Rivals Rating, 29th-best prospect in Georgia; Was suspended from Georgia Southern's team in 2010, but has been reinstated; Has been sidelined with multiple injuries; Was arrested for kicking a car in a Subway parking lot in 2008; Tore his ACL 2 games into his freshman season and missed the rest of the year;


Morgan Williams had a 1,000-yard season as a redshirt freshman

29.) Morgan Williams - UToledo - 3-stars, 5.7 Rivals Rating, 15th-best prospect in Ohio; Has been a backup RB at UToledo for the past two seasons; Was Toledo's leading rusher in 2008, with 1,010 yards on 169 carries (6.0 YPC) and had 13 receptions for 76 yards; rushed for a school-record 330 yards vs. Miami of Ohio; redshirted in 2007; Will be the Rockets' starting RB in 2011.

30.) Andre Tate' - UMinnesota - 3-stars, 5.7 Rivals Rating, 3rd-best prospect in Minnesota; Never played a down of college football; Spent two years at Minnesota where he played on the scout team, and then transferred to I-AA Illinois State, but he failed out of there before he ever took the field.

31.) Charles Neal - Oregon - 3-stars, 5.7 Rivals Rating, 56th-best prospect in California; Spent the 2008 season at Fullerton College (JUCO); Left UOregon after the 2007 season; He was injured and did not play - then transferred to Saddleback JUCO in California, where he totaled 300 yards in two years there, and never moved on to a 4-year program after that.


Fat, lazy, and stupid is no way to go through life, Son

32.) Brandon Johnson - Washington - 3-stars, 5.7 Rivals Rating, 58th-best prospect in California; Failed out after two seasons at Washington; Was rumored to be a player who is not a hard worker; Finished career with 127 carries for 390 yards and 5 TDs; As a true freshman, was U-Dub's 2nd-string tailback, rushing for 196 yards on 51 attempts.

33.) Jeremy Reed - Kansas State - 3-stars, 5.7 Rivals Rating, 5th-best prospect in the state of Kansas Currently M.I.A. - literally fell off the face of the Earth after the 2007 season; Appeared in two games in 2007, rushing for 25 yards on 5 attempts.

34.) Josh Oglesby - Virginia Tech - 3-stars, 5.7 Rivals Rating, 18th-best prospect in North Carolina; Three-year backup RB and FB at VaTech; Has 122 carries for 472 yards and 2 TDs in his career.


Ran from a Knoxville cop and the cop caught him - on foot

35.) Daryl Vereen - Tennessee - 3-stars, 5.7 Rivals Rating, 16th-best prospect in North Carolina; Is now a reserve outside linebacker at Tennessee; In three seasons at Tenn, he has 22 career tackles and one sack; One of the reasons he didn't cut it as a RB? He was arrested in January 2008 for public intoxication and underage drinking...get this - he tried running from the cops, but a Knoxville police officer ran him down on foot.

*******snip********


I vividly remember several RSSers bitching when we offered Roy Helu :facepalm:

55.) Roy Helu, Nebraska; 3-stars, 5.5 Rivals Rating; Taken in the fourth round (105th player selected overall) in the 2011 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins; Second-team All-Big 12 in 2010 and honorable mention All-Big 12 in 2009; Rushed for a team-high 1,245 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2010; Broke NU's single game rushing record with 307 yards against Missouri; Finished his career with 3,404 rushing yards - 5th-best in NU history - and 28 TDs.

[madootra]

Jeremy Reed literally fell off the face of the Earth? Interesting.........

[lineygoblue]

Entropy ... my good friend ... you missed your calling, sir. You should have been a sports writer. Great post.

LMAO at #15 ... sometimes, one word sums it up very well ...

[entropy]

Not mine, but I will take the credit. Lol

[Rob F]

BTW, Ent, you coming to The Big House anytime this fall?

[lineygoblue]

I think he's planning to be there when Nebraska comes to town ...

[entropy]

Yes.

[Rob F]

Good to know, but don't bring too many red-clad friends with you! I'm just guessing, but I expect to see half the state of Nebraska crossing the Michigan border via I-94 from mid-week on, leading up to their first game at The Big House.

Seeing that many, many Husker fans will come to Ann Arbor looking for tickets, the laws of supply-and-demand will make that game be one PRICEY ticket!

[Rob F]

Liney---I got your email---and found the first one, too, in my email "spam". I've saved your email addresses and now know better how to reach you. Thanks for the reply and info and words of wisdom!

[entropy]

Good to know, but don't bring too many red-clad friends with you! I'm just guessing, but I expect to see half the state of Nebraska crossing the Michigan border via I-94 from mid-week on, leading up to their first game at The Big House.

Seeing that many, many Husker fans will come to Ann Arbor looking for tickets, the laws of supply-and-demand will make that game be one PRICEY ticket!

I would imagine around 10-15K will get in . Distance and the Wisc game will keep the numbers down.

I've had flights and hotel reserved for almost a year now. I can't wait.