What kind of quarterbacks has Nebraska had in its most successful seasons?
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Biggest recruiting misses in Huskers history
- Thread starter Rain Man
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If you are suggesting we totally change our offensive identity you might have a point. Until that point in time occurs I will stand by my post.
True but there is no doubt he would have elevated NU to a winning season and maybe even 9 wins.
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Depends on the strengths of the Oline to a degree. Adjust to the talent you have and develop it. You could put Tom Brady behind our line last year and he would have been out with an injury within 3 or 4 games. Doesn't do much good if you are on the bench injured.
I'll even modify it for you... what kind of quarterbacks has Nebraska had in its most successful seasons in the 21st century?
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If you are suggesting what a Frost/Whipple offense needs is an average passer and a great runner, have at it. If that's what we are looking for I would contend we possibly have that QB in Smothers.
I don't understand why you're giving Pelini a pass on this. Seems like Riley is the only Nebraska coach who actually tried to get Burrow but he only had a month to make it happen. Can't fault him for that. Meanwhile, Pelini had the entire 2014 season (and earlier) to offer Burrow. That's a HUGE miss.
And clearly Frost screwed it up too. He basically bet his career on one QB.
I'm saying that we've had a lot more success with that kind of offense.
Then if you want to argue against my statement preface it by first stating your desire to change the offense we run. Isn't it kind of obvious that bringing in Troy Aikman to run the Barry Switzer Oklahoma offense was kind of square peg round hole? Would you expect success if you put Tommie Frazier/Eric Crouch/Scott Frost/Taylor Martinez/Jammal Lord in a Mike Leach offense?
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Can't argue with the results as far as the record goes. But we also may have hit the ceiling of that offense as well. During the Tmart and Armstrong years when we had to pass we couldn't get it done. Honestly I don't care which way the offense goes as long as they succeed.
Where did I say I wanted to change the offense? We currently run a variation of a spread offense that requires a quarterback to be a good runner. It sounds like you want to sacrifice that for... what, exactly?
Comparing their first 4 seasons, Adrian Martinez was actually a better PASSER than Kenny Pickett. Martinez had a better completion percentage, and he had more yards on fewer attempts. They had a similar TD-to-INT ratio.
Pickett:
711/1177 (60.4%), 7984yds, 39 TD, 25 INT
Martinez:
670/1055 (63.5%), 8495yds, 45 TD, 30 INT
On top of that, Martinez had nearly 2300 yards rushing and 35 TDs, compared to Pickett's 568 yards and 15 TDs.
It wasn't until Pickett's 5th season that he finally broke through as a passer. Prior to that, he was less effective (statistically) than the type of guy you don't want to have at Nebraska.
Taylor Martinez (a guy I didn't care for very much) and Tommy Armstrong seemed to do ok. I'm not sure what your statement is based on.
I think we all want a successful offense. The best way to get there is what's being discussed.
Cut down on some of the mistakes and Martinez is perfect for the offense we currently run.
Get a line and a better running game, and the mistakes likely take care of themselves.
Agreed. I think as the years go on we will be kicking ourselves knowing what a talent we had was wasted because we couldn’t put enough pieces together around him.
