Sorry separate thread: EJ in the portal.
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They should have made any player who opted out of a game pay back their schollies when this all started. That woulda helped. Dont play? Pay back the scholly then since you didnt hold up your end of the deal.
College football has always been the NFL minor league for free. It is now becoming official and they are going to have to support it financially.
You give me unending **** about Gebbia for 6 years, and then you turn around and do the same thing to another player you effin' loser. Grow the **** up.
What are you talking about? Why are you so Jeffrey-Dahmer obsessed with Gebbia? You’re nuts, and you appear to have anger control issues. Are you an adult?
Everything you say is pure self-projection and reflects badly back on yourself. Almost feel bad because you have severe mental issues that are clearly displayed in your posts.
You called me an effin loser and told me to grow the **** up, while, in the same post, telling me my posts reflect badly on me, and claim I self-project.Everything you say is pure self-projection and reflects badly back on yourself. Almost feel bad because you have severe mental issues that are clearly displayed in your posts.
Take a moment, or the rest of your life, to mull that one over dipshit. Again, are you an adult, because you’re operating at about a 4th grade level. #gebbiafanboy
Kids are gonna walk in from high school and then after year 1 in college they will be auditioning for their next gig.
Back to the topic at hand, players like Emmet and Williams leaving in the portal just epitomizes how terrible this transfer portal era has been overall for college football. What would have been two great Husker success stories and lifers at Nebraska in any other era, these stories are cut short due to money and greed, short term reactive thinking, and bad influences both inside and out. It's not the college football I grew up a fan of, and certainly don't think I'm the only one with that sentiment. It's bad enough to watch the bad football we've seen over the last decade, but to top it off, eventually these are all just going to become mercenary players jumping from team to team. There's no longer going to be any joy as a fan watching your favorite players grow in the program through the years, if they're all just going to come and go the very next year, and go to the highest bidder as mercenaries. Didn't think I'd ever say this, but college football really is a tough sell anymore.
100% agree. It sucks the life and fun out of it. From one season to the next you don't know who will be on the team.
What I used to love about college football was that starting on signing day you got a commitment from a kid that usually lasted 4-5 years. They grew with the team and at the school. Williams and EJ were going to be those kids that started out unheralded and overlooked. NU believed in them and they were starting to become stars here. Then they decide to take their talents elsewhere.
Would we have kept Frazier if the transfer portal existed back then? Maybe not. I know the story goes he was homesick his freshman year. Would we have kept both Crouch and Newcombe. No way. Both guys grew into good players at other positions. Suh stated he almost left in 2007. Probably would have been a portal loss.
Last season we had barely any portal attrition and I felt relatively good. And for the most part the portal has mostly been for guys that weren't starters or guys with star potential. Now it's everyone that wants bigger paydays. This isn't sustainable short of becoming what has ruined MLB. It will be the Yankees and Dodgers and nobody else has a chance.
I think the playoff is the only smart thing that they've done in years. The portal and to a lesser extent NIL are killing the sport. Loyalty is gone. How can kids just switch schools at a whim? What about degrees and culture and relationships? All those things matter too. When players go to 3-4 universities you can't possibly have formed strong foundations in any of them.
I do think it's good to have some form of NIL and paying players to share in the massive revenue pot, but just like the NFL we need caps soon. The only problem is the NCAA which everyone complained about lost its teeth and is now the equivalent of the UN security council. It's a massive free-for-all and not an environment conducive to success for anyone.
I like EJ. He is/was our best back. And often overlooked is his physical durability. Unlike Rahmir or Ervin who could never stay healthy, EJ rarely got injured. He also has good hands as a receiver and is a fairly decent pass protector on blitzes. I hope he ends up staying.
All that said, his biggest drawback is that he lacks breakaway speed. Even if he stays we need to find in the portal a guy with all of EJ’s skills but with greater speed. I know, easier said than done. But it is what we need.
All that said, his biggest drawback is that he lacks breakaway speed. Even if he stays we need to find in the portal a guy with all of EJ’s skills but with greater speed. I know, easier said than done. But it is what we need.
sucks, but we can find someone…or someone’s with his skill set. I’m confident that DH will do a significantly better job than Satt with giving more touches to the most talented backs next year. Feels like we have been struggling to do that for the better part of 5 seasons.
I was going to contribute something important to this thread but I gotta run...
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C’mon man. This past week or so I was beginning to believe you were reasonable.Everything you say is pure self-projection and reflects badly back on yourself. Almost feel bad because you have severe mental issues that are clearly displayed in your posts.
We’ll be fine. Dana’s going to attract a quality RB. I love EJ but let’s not confuse him with Saquan Barkley.
My exact thoughts. Finally got to show what he could do, but definitely replaceable. Good luck to him.
Then Rhule hired Dana who started to make him look like an all conference player. Sucks for him because I think he goes into next year as the starter and could potentially have a massive year. Dana knew his talent and how to get him involved.
He could very well end up like Ajay Allen - transfer to another P4 team and fizzle out.
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need a better back than EJ. had spurts, last couple games were fine, but otherwise, he, just like all the others get taken down by a hard sneeze, blow blocking assignments and get our QB killed far too often, and lack the speed to really make themselves standout.
AJ Allen I thought played pretty well at Miami.
Not many carries it appears but very good YPC. Injured?He got passed over by other backs at Miami. He had 70 carries in 2023 and only 24 carries this year.AJ Allen I thought played pretty well at his new school.
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He's starting for Miami.AJ Allen I thought played pretty well at Miami.
