not much worse than tanner Lee under Riley - - - maybe its not entirely a player fit issue
Lets wait until the season plays out, it always seemed TA started 58% and slowly went down towards 52%. Whereas TL seems to be doing the exact opposite.
not much worse than tanner Lee under Riley - - - maybe its not entirely a player fit issue
https://247sports.com/Player/Jace-Ruder-93569
if you're looking for a candidate i have one. Ruder is a STUD. 250 miles away from Lincoln. I'm biased because Jace is from my small hometown (proud Norton Bluejay here). I have been living in a consistent state of shock that NU has not been fawning all over this talented kid in their BACK YARD - seriously Norton is like 12 miles from the Nebraska Border. they're closer than Goodland, KS (where Brook Berringer came from) 4.46 40-time and built thick (his dad is a giant of a man as well). regardless of who is coaching at NU i wish that they would put on a full-court press for this Kid. but - to me - he seems like a dream fit for SF's offensive style.
i would love to know what @N2FL thinks of Jace Ruder
i cant disagree and say that he looks worse than the beginning of the year, but in the last 2 games our offense has scored 17 and 14 points respectively, and one of those touchdowns was a pick-6. I'm hearing some say "tanner lee looks like he's turning the corner" well, here's to hoping he finds the accelerator.Lets wait until the season plays out, it always seemed TA started 58% and slowly went down towards 52%. Whereas TL seems to be doing the exact opposite.
It looks like he is committed to N. Carolina, why isn't KSU all over that kid?
He was what he was. But I'm also told good coaches adapt to the talent at hand so it shouldn't matter.Would you say TA did "just fine" under Riley ?
I would hope that SF, if hired, is smart enough to get to work installing his systems immediately. It is likely that would mean that TL would never play again, but POB and TG might be decent, if not fantastic, in his offense. If they are not, it would be best if they transferred and SF brought in QB's to run things as he would like them done. There is no sense in having a second consecutive new HC make the same boneheaded error and waste a year or two or three of his honeymoon.It is also my understanding that SF is set in his ways of the offense he wants to run, as the stats show UCF's second leading rusher is their QB. We currently have three QBs that don't really want to run 10-15 times a game. Let's say SF is hired , do we say goodbye to all 3 ? TL will never run that offense, POB might, Gebbia is a gunslinger who would not want to run that offense. Who gives ? SF retools his playbook ? We have 3 QBs transfer and we play a JC transfer dual threat ? 2 transfer ? Or SF recruits his guy right away and plays as a freshman.
Lots of small guys take lots of hits and do well. Johnny Manziel is just one example.What a twist that would be, to see POB go from the “odd man out / transfer candidate” to option #1.
Talk of Gebbia fulfilling this role sounds crazy to me, he is too diminuative to take those hits. Really a small guy
It seems as though the SF crowd are all in on him, and for all I know he may be the next great coach.
It is also my understanding that SF is set in his ways of the offense he wants to run, as the stats show UCF's second leading rusher is their QB. We currently have three QBs that don't really want to run 10-15 times a game. Let's say SF is hired , do we say goodbye to all 3 ? TL will never run that offense, POB might, Gebbia is a gunslinger who would not want to run that offense. Who gives ? SF retools his playbook ? We have 3 QBs transfer and we play a JC transfer dual threat ? 2 transfer ? Or SF recruits his guy right away and plays as a freshman.
Good post.Thanks for putting in the research and sharing with us.Preface: I am not suggesting that we should fire Riley or that Frost is the can't miss savior of Nebraska football. I am waiting until the end of the year to make up my mind. And if Riley is fired, any or all of the 3 QBs may decide to leave regardless of who the new coach will be given their ties to the current staff.
However, in response to the initial post...
Watching the UCF game from start to finish this weekend gave me the opposite opinion of Frost's offense. I kept thinking to myself that Tanner Lee could run that offense. There were a few QB designed runs, which I expect are being included only because Milton is mobile enough to run them. The UCF offense is all about spreading out the defense and getting playmakers the ball in space. They spread out running the football with 6 players at over 100 yards rushing for the year, which is why Milton is the 2nd leading rusher statistically.
Stats:
Milton Rushing: 40 out of 238 carries (~7/game), 17% of team carries (~1 in every 6) and 18% of total rushing yards. And those include QB sacks and scrambles. Called run plays are probably closer to 5-6/game, not 10-15. Plus that's knowing you have a mobile QB.
As for passing, a lot of quick reads and throws that make it easy on the QB. Even on downfield throws receivers are usually wide open in that offense.
Milton Throwing: 287 yds/game at 70% completion percentage.
You drop Lee in the UCF offense with his strong arm and (often) accuracy, he could throw for 300 yds/game as well (at 244 yds/game now).
Both in this game and earlier this year it looked like UCF threw the ball a reasonable amount early in the game and got a lead, then moved to running the ball more heavily in the 2nd half. For example, 17 passes (includes a sack) versus 20 rushes in the 1st half on Saturday and UCF only had 24 passes for the game (unofficial: I quickly used play-by-play from ESPN). Not sure how to find first half stats by game, but I think they would support my assertion since all of UCF's other games were blowouts.
I think this offense could fit the skillset of all 3 QBs we have. For Lee, shift the QB runs to RPOs. O'Brien is just as mobile as Milton to scramble and have a few QB keepers per game based on his ability to run in HS. Gebbia would fit the UCF offense to a tee because he does not have quite the arm as Lee but is used to getting athletes the ball quickly in space (see HS film).
The should be Medical hardship case?Anyone mention Z Darlington?
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Oh yeah? Did the Boise States, Hawaii's and Western Michigan's of the world have recruits knocking down their door after their top 20 seasons?
There's probably reasons he is there. I guess my counter would be why can Wazzu get them? Oregon? I get there is proximity on the west coast. But why is he willing to take a 12 hour flight to Orlando or whatever it is and not to Nebraska? Did Frost have that much better of a relationship? Why is Wisky's starting NG Polynesian? I just can't believe we weren't able to bring a single one in the first 3 years of a recruiting class with the relationships I thought were built.