Nebrich likely to Fordham

[metsfan2323]

http://www.thehour.com/blogs/an_hou...cle_1f777ed8-e4d1-11e1-a5dd-001a4bcf6878.html

I'm a little surprised to see Nebrich settle for Fordham, I thought he would have better options. Good school, just a small football program. Hopefully some of their games end up on local TV, I am now a Fordham football fan.

Nebrich gave up being second string at UCONN to play this schedule. If anything happens to Whitmer he might be kicking himself...

Aug. 30 LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY 7:00 p.m.
Sept. 8 at Villanova University TBA
Sept. 15 CORNELL UNIVERSITY (H) 1:00 p.m.
Sept. 22 at Columbia University TBA
Sept. 29 at Lehigh University* TBA
Oct. 6 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY* 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 13 at University of Cincinnati TBA
Oct. 20 Open
Oct. 27 at Holy Cross* TBA
Nov. 3 at Bucknell University* 1:00 p.m.
Nov. 10 LAFAYETTE COLLEGE* 1:00 p.m.
Nov. 17 COLGATE UNIVERSITY* 1:00 p.m.

 

[UConnDan97]

http://www.thehour.com/blogs/an_hou...cle_1f777ed8-e4d1-11e1-a5dd-001a4bcf6878.html

I'm a little surprised to see Nebrich settle for Fordham, I thought he would have better options. Good school, just a small football program. Hopefully some of their games end up on local TV, I am now a Fordham football fan.

I thought that it was always going to be Fordham ever since Dez announced it. It was due to the fact that he would go to play for Coach Moorhead...

 

[pj]

If he develops, the NFL can find him at Fordham. He's assured playing time.

 

[Uconnalliance]

Thought maybe he would of given Maryland a shot with O'brien gone and RE there,sucks he lost a yr of eligibility

 

[SAMCRO]

Like Dan, I would have been surprised if it was anywhere but Fordham. From everything we've read thru his recruitment to his first year, he and Moorhead had a pretty great relationsip. He's going to run the system he originally committed to run coming out of HS, and he will be The Man under center for the next 3 years. Good for him and good for Fordham.

 

[CL82]

I wish him well. I expect him to look like a world beater against that level of competition.

 

[ktuck911]

Looks to be official now.. Fordham it is:

Desmond Conner ‏@desmondconner
#Official as of this morning former #UConn quarterback #Michael Nebrich will attend #Fordham

 

[mattp]

i'm looking forward to following Fordham as Towson-North if they keep pulling in Huskies. i'm kind of surprised he went to 1AA since he could have RSed next year, but good for him.

 

[freescooter]

My take was he wanted to play right away. he can do that at Fordham, and he can do it for the guy who recruited him, so their is a pretty good match.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Count me in as one who would've been surprised if it wasn't Fordham. That was my first thought before any of the speculation came out.

 

[defense]

NFL???

 

[Palatine]

I expect some eye-popping numbers.

 

[Carl Spackler]

I expect some eye-popping numbers.

From Nebrich? Or from whomever the #2 QB at Fordham is?

Sorry - couldn't resist. I had high hopes for Nebrich at UConn, but he was going to have to grind for a few years to get there, and he had a whole system change to work through as well as normal development. Tough hand to be dealt, especially when you've had a taste of the field as a true freshman.


This is a good thing for all sides in the mix. I wish Nebrich the best. I bet the kid is going to have a blast going to school to play football in NYC and he will be a player in that league no doubt.

And on we move toward our 2012 season.

 

[Srqhusky]

I expect some eye-popping numbers.

has he won the starting job?

 

[uconNYC]

NFL???

Skelton the QB at Arizona is a Fordham Alum. As was Vince Lombardi

 

[sdhusky]

has he won the starting job?

If he is going the NFL, does that mean Johnny Mac is going to the HOF?

 

[pj]

No one said he IS going to the NFL, just that it's possible to get there as a 3-year starter from Fordham.

 

[defense]

So based on that statement, why wouldn't more DI players chose to play down to 1AA or the DIII level to have a better chance for the NFL?

 

[pj]

So based on that statement, why wouldn't more DI players chose to play down to 1AA or the DIII level to have a better chance for the NFL?

There's a lot of variables -- quality of coaches, quality of practice and training facilities, quality of practice competition. But I do think a lot of players would have a better chance of reaching the NFL if they dropped a bit. A lot of Alabama and USC recruits would have a better chance of making the NFL at UConn.

 

[freescooter]

Obviously a good player at a D1A school has a better shot at the NFL than players at 1AA schools, but that doesn't mean 1AA level players have zero shot at the NFL. And if you are talented but stuck behind someone else, your best chance might well be to transfer down and get to play every day rather than hold a clipboard in D1. the Raiders had a quarterback from Delaware. the Patriots have a guy from UMass. the Eagles had an all-pro running back from Villanova. there are a fair number of 1AA players in the NFL. Just not as many as 1A guys. Now this is not to say that Nebrich is an NFL caliber player or is not. I have no idea, really, though if I were betting I'd bet not. Been wrong before though.

 

[Carl Spackler]

There's a lot of variables -- quality of coaches, quality of practice and training facilities, quality of practice competition. But I do think a lot of players would have a better chance of reaching the NFL if they dropped a bit. A lot of Alabama and USC recruits would have a better chance of making the NFL at UConn.

I don't agree with any of this. To make the league, you have to get noticed by an NFL scout, it's about who you know, who you interact with, and whether or not they notice you. A kid buried on the depth chart at Alabama, has at least equal, I think, if not more chance of getting noticed by an NFL scout, and need to little to nothing for it to happen, simply because they're regularly in close personal proximity to the people that matter in making it to the league....

as compared to a kid lighting up the field Ouchita Bapist, that's going to need to tap into and develop/use every possible contact they and their coach can turn over to get NFL scouts interested personally beyond looking at film they send out. The kids at the smaller schools need a lot of chips to fall their way, to get on the radar of an NFL scout.

 

[Carl Spackler]

The NFL, is taking a bigger and bigger interest in UConn over the past few years. A kid on the depth chart at UConn, that's not out there a lot on game days, but out there on the field at a pro-day scouting event, is going to get noticed.