I would like for Dylan to do all those things too, but if it’s gonna cost us TJ, then I’m all in on TJ. I don’t see Dylan getting more elusive, quicker feet. He doesn’t (or shouldn’t) need to be taught how to throw the ball harder/faster, but for some reason he can’t seem to do it. He's going into his junior season and draft eligible, he shouldn’t have to be coached up this much at this point in his career IMO, especially for a 5 ⭐️ recruit who was the #1/#2 overall QB.
So was Drew Allar and plenty of other 5 stars that didn't live up to their recruiting ranking.
That would be my mistake then. I know he was very highly recruited to the point that Saban went to Ainsworth, or at least I thought I read that. Point being, very highly rated and so far a total bust.
agreed. There needs to be an honest legit QB competition aaand a willingness to NIL both as though each are the starter. The competition needs to be transparent.
100% agree. I couldn’t remember what he was ranked off the top of my head. He was wanted nationally. That was a huge recruiting W for us. And what has it gotten us in return? 2 used up seasons with no redshirts and very minimal product.
Malachai Coleman and many other 4* kids that just didn't pan out, all the measurements but not the "want to." or other factors that bring them back to the pack. It's just such a transition from high school to big league college football. All those teams are scattered with talented players, just some teams have a lot more of them. LOL
That’s where I fear we won’t have a true competition. Dylan was handed the job when he committed to us. His “competition” was Haarberg and Gramstaad. Come on, Rhule. 90% of B1G QBs on a roster right now would beat out those 2. We did a huge disservice by not bringing in another QB to actually drive the competition and challenge him to be better. Same way we did Adrian, Tommy, and Taylor. Their backups were never a threat to even challenge them to a game of HORSE. Add in that EJ couldn’t see the field over Dowdell, young receivers were never given the time of day over low-effort guys like Neyor, and Dana making comments about coaches playing favorites, I don’t have much faith in actually having a true competition for the starting job sadly.
Rhule has such a strong committment to the Raiola clan that it clouds his view. It's obvious Matt wanted to win the game last night, but I really don't think he was thrilled with how well TJ played. The last thing Matt wants is a portion of the NU fan base that's maybe ready to move on from the DR experiment.
I could go on a whole rant about how I could not care less if we never recruit another Nebraska high schooler again. Especially with the walk on pipeline virtually being extinct with the new rules, I’d rather focus on actual recruiting hotbeds with talent and take the onesies and twosies from Nebraska than focus on 5-9 players from Nebraska most of whom would never even see the field.
I compare the next two games of PSU and IA to something similar to Minn/NW and Mich/Cincy. It wasn't very smooth sailing against teams of that caliber either.
The problem for TJ becomes whether or not he can stay healthy taking as many hits as he did last night. We saw what happened when we had a bunch of QB runs and it usually resulted in multiple missed games early in the season.
Some of Nelson’s difficulty in getting on the field is that we have a couple of senior TEs who are better blockers. He needs to get a little bigger.
Landing Dylan was a great recruiting coup. It has paid dividends in national exposure and perception. People are maybe a little premature on annointing Lateef. He had a great game against a below average defense. I love what he brings to the table but I think he needs to show it against a better D.
Everyone has an opinion and a right to it but just because the season hasn't gone the way all of us has liked doesn't mean there will or will not be tweaks to the offense next year. My guess and it's only a guess that pieces will be brought in to help Dylan and the team next year.
People had no problem anointing Dylan as a recruit when he had never taken a single collegiate snap or earned the job. TJ has done more to be anointed than Dylan ever did.
It’s fine to be excited about a player and their potential. One game as a starter might be a little early to crown them. Next game this board will probably wishing TJ. never plays again.
A troll calling someone else a troll. Interesting.
That may be true. But again, people crowned Dylan with absolutely nothing but HS tape and hype. I don’t get the ‘calm down about TJ’ train. He’s actually earned it the praise, hype, commotion, and wonder from us today.It’s fine to be excited about a player and their potential. One game as a starter might be a little early to crown them. Next game this board will probably wishing TJ. never plays again.
You do remember who was in our QB room when he committed right? Chubba, Haarberg, Sims was maybe still here. I would say crowning him was logical.
I blame that on Rhule for not bringing someone to actually challenge him and push his growth. He, also, anointed him as a recruit. Same problems we’ve seen with our last 3 4-year starter QBs.
Exactly who was going to come in and compete with Raiola. We offered a transfer QB and he bailed when Raiola committed.
I’d hope we’d recruit guys who aren’t afraid of a freshman, but maybe that’s a lot to ask for. If Dylan broke his leg last year, we run out Haarberg and Gramstaad. That’s 2023 on heroin and fentanyl.
I really agree with needing to work on his running but with his broken fibula and the time it's going to take to recover, that may be a problem. I wouldn't mind seeing him lose some weight maybe getting a little faster to avoid some hits in the future but with his injury it does concern me as to how much he can run going forward.
Anyone that thinks Dylan is content getting paid in college hasn’t been paying attention. The kid works out and prepares like a nfl qb. Will he succeed? No idea. But if he doesn’t it won’t be because he was content getting a million bucks at Nebraska. He has much bigger goals that having $10 million as a 22 year old. Heck, in the family he grew up in, he still can’t afford even his dad’s lifestyle. That’s even ignoring the fact that most hyper successful people aren’t motivated by money, but rather success and legacy. Only the 9-5’ers and poor people focus on money.
He has a fractured fibula that likely has an ORIF to stabilize it and this will expedite his return. There has been no indication of any ligamentous or articular involvement. he will have a full return with no foreseeable limitations. if he balloons up in weight over the next 2 months then that will be his greater limitation.
Always next year. It was a glaring issue last season. If he can't run he needs to be able to sling it down field or our offense will be no better than a wagon in mud
You say you don't like Iowa but you weren't on this board during the Iowa game... dumbass. You only showed up after Iowa took the lead and were ready to jerk off to an Iowa win.
But you think that would have kept him off the field at Bama or Ga who could make adjustments which lessened his ability to block?
