Miscellaneous 2023 Offseason Thread

[Cincydawg]

Nebraska has very good fans, or so I hear.  

[GopherRock]

WTF? Browns stadium needs major renovations already?

NFL Team Might Relocate To Buckeyes' Ohio Stadium For Several Seasons (msn.com)
NFL Team Might Relocate To Buckeyes' Ohio Stadium For Several Seasons (msn.com)

More recent journalism says that the Browns won't be going to C-bus.

The biggest problem with that stadium is the location. The stadium, science museum, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have both the freeway and railroad (former New York Central Water Level Route) between them and the rest of downtown. Furthermore, that is the only frontage on Lake Erie for several miles in either direction that isn't still heavy industry unloading or Lakefront Airport. I don't know enough about the political geography of Cleveland to know if there was a better site in the area.

Burn on, Cleveland. Burn on


https://youtu.be/XVNuT4fkjAs

[FearlessF]

Nebraska has very good fans, or so I hear. 

66,000 of them at the spring scrimmage
Fullback trap - first play of the game - then that game ball given to Frank Solich

[Mdot21]

Michigan vs Texas in Ann Arbor is ON for 2024. I might have to go to that one...


https://twitter.com/UMichFootball/status/1650870480684068865?s=20

[Mdot21]

ESPN ranks the best RBs in 2023. Blake Corum is #1 and Donovan Edwards is #5. Singleton from Penn State at #4 ahead of Edwards is a joke imo. Edwards is better. Shoot Edwards is better than the guy they have at #1- Corum. I'm taking Edwards over any RB in the nation if you ask me.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/36223888/ranking-college-football-best-running-backs-2023-season

[FearlessF]

[ELA]

ESPN ranks the best RBs in 2023. Blake Corum is #1 and Donovan Edwards is #5. Singleton from Penn State at #4 ahead of Edwards is a joke imo. Edwards is better. Shoot Edwards is better than the guy they have at #1- Corum. I'm taking Edwards over any RB in the nation if you ask me.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/36223888/ranking-college-football-best-running-backs-2023-season

I said going into LAST year that I thought Edwards was the best RB in the conference.  His ability receiving the ball is what separates him.  I think he improved his between tackle carrying last year to the point that I think he's the #1 back in the country.

[Mdot21]

I said going into LAST year that I thought Edwards was the best RB in the conference.  His ability receiving the ball is what separates him.  I think he improved his between tackle carrying last year to the point that I think he's the #1 back in the country.

Yeah, Edwards is freakishly good imo. He played the last half of the season last year with a broken right hand and missed a couple games and still wound up just short of 1,000 yards on only 140 carries- and it's not like he padded his stats vs weak OOC- he only had 15 carries combined through the first 3 weak sauce OOC games of 2022.

If he stays healthy and they figure out how to use him more in the passing game- he's going to be a 1st rd pick in the '24 draft and imo he's already the most talented RB that I've ever seen at Michigan. Only guy who might've been more talented was Wheatley- but that's just because Wheatley was about 6'1, 230 could run 4.3 in the 40 and was a 10.5 100m guy. Wheatley had nowhere near the agility, make you miss capability, or pass catching/route running skills of Edwards.

[ELA]

Only guy who might've been more talented was Wheatley- but that's just because Wheatley was about 6'1, 230 could run 4.3 in the 40 and was a 10.5 100m guy. Wheatley had nowhere near the agility, make you miss capability, or pass catching/route running skills of Edwards.

I've said I think Wheatley is the best college RB I've ever seen, other than Reggie Bush.  I think you are underrating his agility.  Pass-catching?  Correct.  But backs weren't asked to do that outside of designed screens back then.  And really, those weren't even that common until the late 90s

[FearlessF]

Memorial Stadium Makes List of Most Instagrammable Sports Venues in North America

The home of the Huskers ranked fourth for college football venues

https://www.si.com/college/nebraska/football/memorial-stadium-makes-list-of-most-instagrammable-sports-venues-in-north-america

OLBG, a sports betting community, analyzed Instagram hashtags and Tripadvisor reviews to see which stadiums are standing out to fans. Once the data was collected, Memorial Stadium ranked No. 10 for Most Instagrammable Sports Venues in North America.

The home stadium for Husker football was the fourth highest ranked collegiate stadium, trailing Tennessee's Neyland Stadium (7th), Texas A&M's Kyle Field (8th) and LSU's Tiger Stadium (9th). The top position in North America went to Dodger Stadium.

[CatsbyAZ]

Link: Pac-12 football officiating is in crisis again after a mass exodus of referees

Guess where they are heading - the Big Ten: "... 5 officials at the referee position have left the Pac-12. Four referees have resigned and a fifth, Mike Mothershed, retired after a 28-year run in the conference. Referees Chris Coyte, Francisco Villar, and Steve Strimling have been hired by the Big Ten Conference."

"David Coleman, the vice president of officiating for the Pac-12, has a crisis on his hands, much like in 2018 when the NFL lost four longtime referees in a hiring spree from the TV networks. The Pac-12 had seven crews last season, meaning they will have to replace more than half of their crew chiefs, and with the departure of Wharrie, one of the potential officials to get a bump-up is also gone. This is a massive drain of talent at the heads of the crews..."

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[Mdot21]

Florida State seems too high to me, but then again...who else you putting there? 

Bama might be too high as well, I think they are really going to struggle because of lack of elite WRs and really poor QB play, and an OL that is good, but not what it used to be when Bama was well......BAMA. 

[FearlessF]

Saban is hitting the portal for a QB
I assume he will find one