Asked by Husker Max

7/14/2014

Who is more key to the success of the 2014 Husker football team?

34%

Ameer Abdullah

66%

Randy Gregory WINNER

34%

Ameer Abdullah

Who is more key to the success of the 2014 Husker football team?

2 Comments

Rob Powers

Without Ameer the offense will depend too much on Armstrong.

Shelly Baker

Tommy Armstrong is not going to be able to carry the team. He will need a great Amer to control the defenses concentration. Tommy will make to many mistakes and unless Johnny Stanton is ready to take over the offence we will need a great Amer.

66%

Randy Gregory

9 Comments

Michael Cosyn

Bo's defenses as of late have been downright offensive, so defense is more important than offense at this point.

Bart Burroughs

if it's true that defense wins championships then by default, gregory is more important.

Visitor

He'll be the leader on defense and set the tone. Ameer is great, but we're pretty deep at running back…not DE.

Rick Jameson

Plenty of good backs

Vance A. Herbek

Randy Gregory is more important because players like him at his position are hard to come by and defense wins championships. I love Ameer Abdullah but we have backs behind him that can be weapons on our offense. We have a stable of running backs.

Visitor

We have other running backs, not as good but there is more depth behind Ameer, then there is on the defense side behind Gregory.

Bill Weber

We have a plethora of very good backs but are thin at defensive end.

Jack Gillam

Love both players but defenceman needs to be dominate this year.

Erik Olson

Backups and impact on respective unit

What should define Nebraska’s running back room heading into 2026?

Asked by Husker Max

1 month left

What should define Nebraska’s running back room heading into 2026?

69%

One clear feature back One clear feature back

31%

A situational committee A situational committee

69%

One clear feature back

3 Comments

David Weaver

Feature back is important to have but DEPTH is also CRITICAL. If don't have a feature back then either then depth chart is flooded with talent. But in the Big Ten you better have a GREAT 2nd and 3rd string to make it through the season. With EJ it helped he was so quick he didn't take huge hits

Terry Barker

Nebraska was always most stable when we had a feature back that can actually "carry" the team with his legs.

Ron Joseph

Nebraska in the past was successful with one top back. We've fallen on hard times because we haven't developed or recruited a great back. But the others need to be developed so we have a pipeline of backs like we use to have.

31%

A situational committee

4 Comments

Thomas Wright

Roger Craig & Tom Rathman ring a bell ? Not only a dynamic duo playing for NU, but also for the 49ers !! YES we want multiple RB’s to rotate in & out to keep their legs fresh!! GBR 🎈

SEW

Look at the success in the playoff, the teams have 2-3 capable RB's they use to keep them healthy and offer the D different looks. Johnson was unique, most backs can't take that many snaps a season and stay healthy and sharp.

PJ SAid

Every good team, including the NFL, will rotate backs on a regular basis. This last year Nebraska should have used a 2nd running back more often - NEB is lucked out EJ stayed healthy.