Am out vs iowa
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Maybe. Maybe not. Acting like we've seen enough to know one way or the other is laughable. The play that is being discussed here happened because Stepp got destroyed by the linebacker he was attempting to block.
Haarberg is not the answer. Perhaps down the road but if he was that good he would have been playing.
I ain't worried about ****. I have a 40 game sample size for AM. I know what he is
I not going to lie,but I really feel for MartInez not playing in this game regardless if he has never brought us from behind this is a game where I could see Nebraska jumping out to a 2 score lead by halftime and winning this game not having to come from behind…
And Iowa has no film on the QB that will line up against them. I like the Huskers to win and it could be by multiple scores.
Tough crowd. Can we watch Smothers play significant snaps before cancelling him off the list.
Where is Rambo at? He was screaming for a different QB all season. Curious what his thoughts are. But I have a feeling he isn't happy if Haarberg isn't the starter
Where is Rambo at? He was screaming for a different QB all season. Curious what his thoughts are. But I have a feeling he isn't happy if Haarberg isn't the starter
I haven’t seen or heard from him in quite sometime now on HOL..
He finally gets his wish under the circumstances I’d rather not have.. Martinez is still the best we have and I hope Smothers plays well and even brings us a win but there was a reason why Martinez was our starter because no one else could beat him out..
Now Smothers gets his big opportunity…
Much of what you said makes me think of Jamaal Lord as well as AMart.
Did not like either as a QB but I can't fault them for seemingly giving their all and playing tough throughout their careers.
Where I can, and I think most people feel this way, find fault is with their head coaches for not finding better QBs to supplant them or at the very least be a viable option for when they are hurt or playing like crap.
I really believe most people don't really dislike AMart. It's simply misdirected frustration for Frost and staff not finding someone better. And at the very least doing such a **** job of finding him Wr and OL help.
We know that smothers is pretty damn fast.. We also know that he looked pretty decent in In his one meaningful series. That is until a holding call derailed that drive. Which is something that Martinez had to deal with several times a game.
Short week, inexperienced QB regarding getting snaps with the first team offense. Nebraska does not have a dominant running back nor do they have any dominate WR's to throw to.
No wonder the pt spread has flipped on this game.
Point spread flipped because the better QB isn‘t playing..
I.diots O.ut W.ondering A.round!
Very intrigued and excited for the opportunity Smothers has and if Haarberg gets some snaps even better. If he looks bad or make mistakes I'm not going to write them off and I wasn't expecting much this week regardless, but this is a great opportunity going into the spring and next season. It's a short week against a decent defense, lets see what the kid has before writing him off.
It's not just that play. He's looked slow and indecisive running the ball in most of the plays I've seen of him.
Dang, I wasn't aware Frost contributed to that thread. Learn summin new every day with some of the Nostradami on this board.
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Send that crippled up Martinez our way. I suspect he could win the starting job for Iowa. Didn't he just become the all time total offense leader for nebraska? He's your best player.
Haarberg looked like our best QB in the Spring game . Good enough for me
we held the record for big 10 holding calls coming into the season, if we had them wear boxing gloves with the thumb attached, would it effect the big ten calling them?
No idea. Maybe. But Smothers is gonna have to deal with very average oline play, something Martinez had to do for 4 seasons.
I hope he lights it up. Maybe he has whatever Martinez is missing.
He's had skill outside minus last year. He holds the ball too long, throws off his back foot and makes bone head plays far too often.
If Smothere and Nebraska lose to Iowa by 3 to 10 points because he has a turnover or 2, what's the difference?
So did Breon Carnes a few years back…the spring game means absolutely nothing
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There's this one PI no-call I seem to remember.........(your point is well taken)
I hope so but I have a terrible feeling that we're going to see how much experience means for us..
As beat up as Martinez was since Minnesota I blame frost for not playing smothers in the second half of that game and all of the Purdue game, and yes we probably would have lost them but it didn’t gain frost and the team playing a hurt Martinez because we freaking lost anyway if smothers played in those games he’d be a lot more experienced and Martinez might be fresh
Dude once had a super sweet pitch off the option that cemented his legend....in my mind.