“As far as the whispers and everything … I think they’d make a huge mistake, because I think he’s quite a man and quite a coach,” Rich Gebbia, father of Nebraska freshman quarterback
Tristan Gebbia.
“My son loves playing for them. Those decisions are beyond me and my son.”
But the elder Gebbia, who played collegiately at Mississippi, also attended the game against Wisconsin on Oct. 7 and watched the collective sinking of heads and the emptying of stands in the fourth quarter as the No. 5 Badgers pounded out a 38-17 victory.
“Yeah, I think you get that a lot with college coaches across the country, and I think it’s just par for the course,” the elder Gebbia continued. “And that’s unfortunate.
“We don’t have anything to do with that decision. And as I said before, he loves the guy. He couldn’t be happier with him.”
“Coach Riley has done everything to develop him as a player,” Rich said. “All the young kids, obviously the freshmen, they love the coaching staff, and that’s all I can say.
If you win, it’s a great thing. But if you don’t, it is what it is in college football.”
“I’ve never seen him so happy,” Rich said. “Just the environment — me, as a parent, I couldn’t ask for [better]. [Riley] has given us everything he told us he would give our son.”
I think Gebbia stays.
