Luke McCaffrey
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Probably more appropriate to say I’m surprised he didn’t agree to play WR sooner.
Yep. And Frost was right to ask him to switch to WR. The kid is not a QB. What a wretched analyst of QB talent Harry Potter was. Kid should never have been recruited as a QB in the first place.
He was asked to play WR. He refused and due to fact that he has transferred so much I assume if he ever wanted to see the field, he realized he wasnt cut out for QB at the college level despite what his family roots say
I suspect they lured him onto campus and planned to switch him over the whole time. But then I doubt that theory because they actually had him start games at quarterback! Cannot wait to see how our quarterbacks do under Mickey.
Very true. At the time, some said that it was not a bad idea to bring in an athlete NU may not normally get with the promise to let them try QB and then move them to a better suited position. It seemed to make sense. And that worked, I guess for Rice! But he was a few transfers in at that point.
Was it a CTE fear with him? Wonder why the aversion to being a great WR as opposed to a terrible QB
Doesn't appear anyone on staff holds the title of QB coach anymore. Mickey's title includes "Passing Game Coordinator". Maybe someone more knowledgeable can explain the difference between Mickey's current role and Harry Potter's old one, if there is one.
Well, Scott Frost decided who was recruited at QB and made those calls. Verduzco was a lackey to Frost in making those decisions and never had the final say.
Of all the crazy things that have happened the last 4 years, a 10th string WR at Rice leading us to by far our best win under Frost has to be way up there
I don't know if there's any truth to it, but I heard that Travis Fisher told LM that if he gave him a couple of years Fish could get him drafted as a safety.
I would think that if Verduzzco was the QB coach he deserved as much of the blame or credit recruiting QB’s as SF..
water under the bridge but we go bowling in 2018 if Frost waits 7 more days to name a starter or decides both QBs will play against Akron
who knows how things would have played out having been to a bowl in season 1
And in one press conference Frost actually said that Luke was the "future" of the QB position at Nebraska
As a football player, and especially at QB, I was always bothered by the fact Luke slowed down into contact.
If memory serves, Frost effectively boxed himself in with that comment - something to the effect of "no doubt in my mind that Luke is the future at QB". Then a short time later Luke transfers so he can try and play QB. Weird all around.
How long did it take most of us to figure out the more Frost talked, the more he was proven full of ****?
Which would explain why he is trying to keep his mouth shut now because so far he can't back much of it up.
He'd likely still like to be running his mouth, but he's blown his credibility, and I hope he knows it.
I can understand some fans wishing that Gebbia had stuck around. Not a world-beater, but he could complete a pass for more than 3 yards.
There's also no guarantee that Gebbia gets us another win (or 2) that season. That's all just speculation. Gebbia could have ended up the starter when AM got hurt & doesn't relinquish the job but ends up losing a game or two that AM helped us win. It's silly to play that game and make those claims. One scenario is just as likely as the other.
When it comes to Gebbia, the biggest reason I see as to why it would have speculative as to the difference he would have made is given how porous o-line play in recent years, coupled with his slight build, its hard to believe he wouldn't have been eaten alive in the BG10. I have a tough time envisioning he could have stayed healthy long enough to make a difference. He's hardly played at Oregon State due to injuries.
All the talk leading up to the first game was it was a dead heat between gebbia and AM …. In the absence of gebbia we had a walk on as a back up who led his team to a home loss against Troy the week after the Colorado game. I’m quite confident in saying we hold on to beat Colorado and then Troy with Gebbia as opposed to whatever the hell the other guys name was
Not so sure about Troy. I'd be more inclined to agree about Colorado but then we had defensive breakdowns that cost us the Colorado game. We outplayed Troy all across the board & lost 24-19. Bunch was 19-27 for 177 yards with 2 TDs & 2 Ints. We had some more defense breakdowns and they returned a punt for a TD. The Int's hurt but we also lost a fumble. I would definitely have liked to have seen Gebbia in there vs. Bunch but with the D breakdowns we had & the punt return TD, it may not have made a difference. IF the other QBs hadn't transferred out after spring, we would have had a couple more scholarship QBs that fall.
To a point, some truth. You first said "no guarantee" and later it is a "scenario". It is hard to not see a way to win one or two more games, after all, we were so close.
Right? There are no guarantees of wins, but Gebbia would’ve lost another game or 2, sort of a guarantee that he would’ve lost more games.
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Do people forget that NU had CU beat in the first game until that dude hit the CU WR like 16 minutes after the ball sailed over his head??
That game was over right there.
That game was over right there.
Ha, if I had to bet I would have said there is no way we could have been worse and taken the odds on another win or two. Looking back, it is hard to remember all the ways this team has found to lose games under Frost.
There was also some ridiculously idiotic clock management in the 4th quarter when NU had the lead. Even the national broadcasters, who usually bend over backwards not to criticize coaches, went on at length about it.