A "pro style" QB that we get.... will likely not be what Alabama, Michigan, USC, Georgia, Stanford etc get...
But if you find a Lamar Jackson... it 100% covers up a lot of holes that you have...
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But if you find a Lamar Jackson... it 100% covers up a lot of holes that you have...
Pelini and Beck almost landed Lamar Jackson... did you forget this?
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It would be great to have a Wilson, or Watson, or Jackson, but the point is, you say we can't compete across the board with those teams when it comes to recruiting, but you are expecting us to do it at the one position where so few exist. Have you been paying attention to recruiting this year? Look at the number of highly rated WRs we're attracting, and we've done a really good job at getting some highly rated QBs. I agree that we need to step it up on the defensive side of the ball (which seems to have happened this year, and looks to be improving), and our OL needs to improve, but that is true regardless of the type of offense we run. Don't you think it's easier to find the four star guys at QB and WR that would make the MR/DL offense work rather than the diamond at QB that everyone, including Alabama, Ohio State, and others want?
Who isn't looking for a difference maker at QB? Seems to me it's a lot more difficult to find the next Lamar Jackson or Deshaun Watson than it is a pro-style QB.
Yes, sorry about that. I was referring to Alabama's depth chart.
Wisconsin's offense would have been better served if they had a future all-pro Super Bowl champion at the helm? Who would have ever guessed.
The point is, Nebraska provided a model for Wisconsin's improvement the last two decades, and now it can return the favor for us. Wisconsin year in and year out has a very solid rushing offense despite, with the one exception you noted, having a generally mediocre pro-style QB in there as game manager. There's no question that Wisconsin's offense could be deadly with a better QB at the helm, guys like Lee or O'Brien or Gebbia. That's what we should aspire to, and Riley is smart enough and experienced enough to build on what Wisconsin has done and make it better.
If you're looking for an example of how a team can be dominant running the ball despite having a pro-style QB, you don't even need to look outside our division -- both Iowa and Wisconsin (as well as Michigan State and Penn State in the West) follow that model, and they've made it to plenty of championship games and Rose Bowls doing so. And generally with recruiting classes that are consistent with what Nebraska does year after year.
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When we get offensive line play that the Badgers have been getting for the past 10 years consistently... I will be popping champagne bottles in my man cave...
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Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. The fact that they almost landed a difference maker, plus $2.50, will get you a tall coffee at Starbucks.
Gebbia offer list: Alabama, Washington, Miami, Louisville, ASU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Washington State, Utah and West Virginia.
That Joe Ganz, always an afterthought...
We just recruited 4 star qb's 2 years in a row. despite trying for solich's and bo's entire tenure for guys like Lamar Jackson we ended up with guys like Lord, Martinez and armstrong. quarterbacks that will get you 9 wins maybe but never threaten for a national title...and never won a conference title.
And AJ Bush....
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I see some people don't pay attention to their own teams recruiting. NU has two offers out to "dual-threat" QB's who are much better passers than the last two. A little research before posting can go a long ways.
Of course the idea that NU will only compete for championships with a "dual-threat" QB is preposterous.
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Of course the idea that NU will only compete for championships with a "dual-threat" QB is preposterous.
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Do you think there is any offense that can survive with mediocre OL play?
