#16 Bubba Starling
Fr • QB • 6-5 • 195 lbs
| Hometown: | Gardner, Kan. |
| Previous School: | Gardner Edgerton |
| Recruiting Class: | 2011 |
Is the Era of the Two-Sport College Athlete Coming to an End?
<font size="2">Khiry Cooper is said to no longer be with the Nebraska football team, yet the door remains open for a return. After being a fifth-round baseball draft pick out of high school, Cooper hasn't had a lot of success at the plate in college. Bo Jackson once had tremendous …
Talking Recruiting with Big Red Report
The regular season is over. The bowl games are more than a month away. But things are not slow in Husker world. It's a hot time for recruiting. Coaches are on the road making in-home visits to prospects as NU tries to gain momentum in assembling their 2012 recruiting class. …
Bubba Watch Begins
Husker fans are going to be glued to twitter, online news sources, sports radio, and whatever else they can use to find out Bubba Starling information. Starling has until just before 11 PM CST to make the decision to either sign with the Royals, or play football and baseball for …
Position Battle Buzz - Offense
With Bo Pelini's disdain for preseason depth charts, we won't likely know for sure who's playing where until Sept. 3. That said, through five days of camp we are starting to get a few clues as to how things are playing out so let's play the guessing game, starting with …
Get Ready to Gear Up with Big Red Network
In case you haven't noticed, there is not a whole lot of football news during these dog days of summer. Sure, we stay interested reading the stuff coming out of Big Ten Media Days and waiting to see what Bubba Starling will do. But, really, it's a waiting game until …
Husker Football Numerology
You know football news it a bit slow when you get excited about the new football roster being released. Am I right? Not to be too Navin R. Johnson about it, I always take a keen interest in the numbers assigned to - or selected by - incoming freshman. If …
Tweaking the NCAA12 Huskers
With two days of good gameplay under our belts you by now no doubt know that Taylor Martinez' digital doppelganger can't throw the deep ball. Like at all. There was a crucial moment in my third or fourth game of NCAA Football 12 where digital Tim Beck (played by me) …
What Will Bubba Starling Do?
The question of the week is why very highly touted recruit Bubba Starling is on campus in Lincoln, NE. The obvious answer is he is there to take part in player workouts. Examining the motives of a recent high school graduate when millions of dollars are at stake just makes …
Bubba's Shot at the Bigs
Bubba Starling is from Gardner, Kansas. If he got into a car and drove to Memorial Stadium, it would probably take him around four hours. Though now, that distance seems much further. The Kansas City Royals selected Starling as the number 5 pick in this year's draft. The millions likely …
Don't Pencil In That Title Just Yet
Jim Tressel's resignation at Ohio State sparked the potential for turmoil amid the top of the Big Ten Conference this season. Among the favorite topics of discussion for the analysts since the weekend: whether Bo Pelini can lead the Huskers to a Big Ten Title. The theory goes, even in …
The Early Recruiting Trail
The main reason it is too early to talk about 2012 recruiting is not about how far away signing day is or that evaluations of players are difficult to complete without reviewing at least a few games of their senior season. No, it is because recruitment in 2011 is not …
Spring Is In The Air
Last April, the Red White game at Memorial Stadium was expected to be a showcase of quarterback backups and what the defense would do without Suh on the field. Instead, fans at the game caught a glimpse of speed that an option spread attack could provide. Led by Taylor Martinez …
Staff Changes and Future Implications
The recent staff additions and changes are significant, even more significant than a recruiting class (or two! or three!) Why? These coaches have the potential to be in Lincoln affecting the course of the program for much longer than four years. Maybe not all of them. Things change, after all. …
Recruiting Roundtable Discussion
Most sections of the Internet dedicated to Husker news and obsessing about the state of the Husker coaching staff. We are too, obviously. But we also refuse to let that topic hijack everything. Nebraska recruited a darn fine class of young players to their football team recently. We covered it …
The Big Ten's best newcomers
What do we know about recruits? Next to nothing but let's play the game anyway. By now you've no doubt heard or read that Nebraska brought home the second best recruiting class in the Big Ten behind Ohio State. But who among our new conference foes got the "best" player …
Best Class in Ten Years?
With all of the focus on who the new assistant coaching hires will be, what people may not realize is that Nebraska may have just signed its best class in ten years. The only competition might be the class of 2005 and the class of 2007 - both much larger …
Media Reacts to Top Prospects Going to NU
Nobody really knew how Bo Pelini and the Huskers would be different in the recruiting process as Nebraska transitions to the Big Ten. So far recruiting seems to be business as usual, if not better than expected. The media had plenty of stories to choose from in this class, but …
2011 Husker Recruiting Class Breakdown
The Huskers signed 20 recruits and 11 walk-ons to their 2011 recruiting class. Read on for the full list with breakdowns by position and home state.
Signing Day Open Thread
Here we are, the biggest college football day until the first game of next year. (Sorry Spring Game). This post will serve as our open thread/immediate reaction. We'll keep updating this post throughout the day, you keep commenting.
Recruiting Roundup: Interview with Bryan Munson
National Letter of Intent Signing Day (a holiday for college football fans if there ever was one) is just days away. Nebraska is trying to put the finishing touches on their 2011 class and keep a hold of the pledges they already have. To get a big-picture view of the Huskers' …
Who Will Be QB in 2012?
This year's class has been touted by the major recruiting services as a strong one for Nebraska due to offensive line and secondary positions. But an important fact in the rankings is that the Huskers have offered scholarships to two of the top quarterbacks in the country. When Jamal Turner …
The Names You'll Hear in the New Year
<font size="2">The long offseason begins and while there will be plenty of buzz about the stable of studs on defense, those fans who want to experience some measure of hope for the offense will likely focus on a few names. In fact, fans may spend as much time talking up …
All Eyes on Martinez
The Holiday Bowl provides a potential moment of redemption for Husker quarterback Taylor Martinez. The success he had against Washington the last time he faced the Huskies, the cloud of his last performance and his need to hold off potential competitors for the quarterback job are all factors in this …
Let's Hope Bubba Starling Sticks with Big Red
Every article written about Bubba Starling so far points out one of two things, what an incredible all-around athlete this guys is, or if he's the next Carl Crawford. Carl Crawford is a Tampa Bay Devil Ray who originally signed on as an option QB in 1999 with the Huskers before …
Early Commits Paying Dividends in the Rankings
Like preseason polls or summer preview magazines, recruiting rankings are rarely more than a conversation starter. Nebraska's been a pretty interesting case study for their value over the years. For every study that shows more heavily starred teams traditionally succeed more often, the specter of the Callahan era lurks in the …
Huskers Land Big Quarterback Commit
Bubba Starling isn't just a big-time baseball and football prospect. The Kansas native is big period. He's 6'5". But he's not one of those plodding pocket passers. Rather, he's a speedy player to boot. And he's got a cannon for an arm. Which is probably why defending national champion Alabama had …
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