Nebraska Spring Game: Grudge Match of the Century
Saturday’s Spring Game will be the only Husker Football available to scratch our collective itch for the 2017 season for a few months. At Husker Corner and Eight Laces, we want to take full advantage.
Here at the Corner, we pride ourselves in our fantasy football supremacy.
With months to go until any real butt whooping takes place inside the daily fantasy realm, we found a way to get a little action during the spring.
So, when the idea was brought to the table to throw down over the Husker Spring Game by Brandon Cavanaugh at Eight Laces, the competitive juices on both sides made it a reality. Enter the Grudge Match of the Century.
The stakes are for bragging rights between Husker sites, but the real winners are our followers. The winning site will receive two tickets to the Nebraska football opener versus Arkansas State.
The Draft
Each site will snake draft 10 players: 1 QB, 2 RBs, 2 WRs, 1 TE, and 4 defensive players
We let Eight Laces pick first as an act of good sportsmanship.
Also they’ll need all the help they can get.
Results:
Team Eight Laces:
Quarterback: Tanner Lee (1)
Running Backs: Devine Ozigbo (17), Wyatt Mazour (20)
Wide Receivers: Stanley Morgan (4), De’Mornay Pierson-El (5)
Tight End: Tyler Hoppes (9)
Defenders: Joshua Kalu (8), Eric Lee (12), Carlos Davis (13), Mohamed Barry (16)
Team Husker Corner:
Quarterback: Patrick O’Brien (19)
Running Backs: Tre Bryant (2), Mikale Wilbon (3)
Wide Receivers: Keyan Williams (14), Bryan Reimers (15)
Tight End: David Engelhaupt (18)
Defenders: Chris Weber (6), Chris Jones (7), Mick Stoltenberg (10), Aaron Williams (11)
The Rules
We all know Nebraska has come up with some pretty complicated scoring systems over the years.
Ignore those.
This is the only scoring that matters.
Passing:
Touchdown pass – four points
25 passing yards – one point
Two-point conversion (pass) – one point
Interception – deduct two points
Rushing:
Touchdown run – six points
10 rushing yards – one point
Receiving:
Touchdown reception – six points
10 receiving yards – one point
Miscellaneous Offense:
Kickoff return touchdown – 10 points
Punt return touchdown – 10 points
Fumble recovered for touchdown – 10 points
Fumble lost – deduct two points
Defense:
Defensive player touchdown – 12 points
Interception – six points
Fumble recovery – six points
Blocked punt, PAT or field goal – six points
Tackle – one point
Tackle for loss – six points
Sack – six points
Safety – six points
The Important Part
So how do you win those free tickets?
Pick a team to root for in the Grudge Match of the Century.
Team Husker Corner (#TeamHC) or Team Eight Laces (#TeamEL)
The only thing you need to do to enter the contest for the tickets is tweet or share your allegiance with those hashtags.
Here at Husker Corner we also encourage some good old fashioned trash talk, feel free to get creative.
Vote for the Husker Corner: Tweet at @TheHuskerCorner, or post on The Husker Corner Facebook Page.
Vote for the Eight Laces: Tweet at @EightLaces, or post on the Eight Laces Facebook Page.
REMEMBER: A fan of the winning team will chosen at random to receive two tickets to the Nebraska football opener versus Arkansas State.
Make sure you follow both sites on Twitter and Facebook!
Best of luck to all!