2024 5* QB Dylan Raiola -N!
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We bring in McCord and Raiola not one of the current 24 class will want to decommitt from any of the skill positions.
I have zero worry about Hall and McMorris decommitting if Kaelin does. And if Kaelin does I wouldn't blame him.
I have zero worry about Hall and McMorris decommitting if Kaelin does. And if Kaelin does I wouldn't blame him.
I don’t think he does, he didn’t care before, he wants to be a husker, and he proved himself at the elite 11
but I do think our Qb room just flipped 100%
Cliff's notes version below but I would recommend reading the whole article
Nebraska relevant again? Flipping No. 1 recruit Dylan Raiola from Georgia would help
It’s been a while since Nebraska football was relevant nationally. Seven consecutive losing seasons. No top-five finishes this century. No national titles — which the Cornhuskers used to compete for and win with regularity — since 1997.
The changing tides of the sport — and Nebraska’s change to the Big Ten — have left a once powerhouse program drifting in a sea of corn. The sellout streak and epic gameday experience is about all that remains as proof this place once mattered. It’s all floating balloons and faded memories.
Yet now the Huskers are back in it, with all of the recruiting buzz and numerous predictions from the experts that follow this stuff calling for a flip from the Bulldogs to the Cornhuskers. To say this would be a recruiting coup for Rhule doesn’t do it justice.
It would be like a defibrillator to the program.
Just landing a player of Raiola’s caliber creates awareness among recruits who don’t know much about Bob Devaney or Tom Osborne, let alone Tommie Frazier or Turner Gill. Nebraska has always been an incredible place to play football. Its problem is getting kids who hail far from Lincoln to even give it a look, let alone feast on a Runza.
It’s also a sign of where college football stands in this new era. The establishment bemoaned name, image and likeness dollars influencing recruiting and cursed the freedom of player movement the portal provides. It cried that the sky was falling and just a few select programs would be able to horde all the best players.
It was wrong. The new era actually gives places like Nebraska a chance at returning to its old era because it can leverage its fan passion and resources to overcome its shortcomings — location, weather, etc.
The Huskers are rich with fans, funds and ambition. If it costs a bit more to get someone to Lincoln rather than Los Angeles, but so what? At least NIL gives them that chance.
All of it allows someone such as Rhule, who went 5-7 in his first year, to retool a program quickly. No one is three recruiting cycles away anymore, certainly not at a place such as Nebraska.
It’s December. The talk is about recruiting, not playoff bids. Nebraska hasn’t done anything. Yet.
But for the Cornhuskers fan who has been suffering this century, it’s suddenly the most potentially wonderful time of the year.
Nebraska relevant again? Flipping No. 1 recruit Dylan Raiola from Georgia would help
It’s been a while since Nebraska football was relevant nationally. Seven consecutive losing seasons. No top-five finishes this century. No national titles — which the Cornhuskers used to compete for and win with regularity — since 1997.
The changing tides of the sport — and Nebraska’s change to the Big Ten — have left a once powerhouse program drifting in a sea of corn. The sellout streak and epic gameday experience is about all that remains as proof this place once mattered. It’s all floating balloons and faded memories.
Yet now the Huskers are back in it, with all of the recruiting buzz and numerous predictions from the experts that follow this stuff calling for a flip from the Bulldogs to the Cornhuskers. To say this would be a recruiting coup for Rhule doesn’t do it justice.
It would be like a defibrillator to the program.
Just landing a player of Raiola’s caliber creates awareness among recruits who don’t know much about Bob Devaney or Tom Osborne, let alone Tommie Frazier or Turner Gill. Nebraska has always been an incredible place to play football. Its problem is getting kids who hail far from Lincoln to even give it a look, let alone feast on a Runza.
It’s also a sign of where college football stands in this new era. The establishment bemoaned name, image and likeness dollars influencing recruiting and cursed the freedom of player movement the portal provides. It cried that the sky was falling and just a few select programs would be able to horde all the best players.
It was wrong. The new era actually gives places like Nebraska a chance at returning to its old era because it can leverage its fan passion and resources to overcome its shortcomings — location, weather, etc.
The Huskers are rich with fans, funds and ambition. If it costs a bit more to get someone to Lincoln rather than Los Angeles, but so what? At least NIL gives them that chance.
All of it allows someone such as Rhule, who went 5-7 in his first year, to retool a program quickly. No one is three recruiting cycles away anymore, certainly not at a place such as Nebraska.
It’s December. The talk is about recruiting, not playoff bids. Nebraska hasn’t done anything. Yet.
But for the Cornhuskers fan who has been suffering this century, it’s suddenly the most potentially wonderful time of the year.
Good stuff ATX. If we were successful I'm landing both QBs plus Fleming and perhaps more that would be exactly what the doctor ordered to give us the shot in the arm we so desperately need.
Interesting read from a Georgia perspective (and bias). One thing they made clear is Raiola was the most active peer recruiter for that Bulldog class, will be interesting if he does flip who he may try to get to follow him to Lincoln.
Sentell’s Intel: What I’ve learned so far about Dylan Raiola’s commitment to Georgia football
Sentell’s Intel: What I’ve learned so far about Dylan Raiola’s commitment to Georgia football
I will get all excited when I see any of these recruits in Husker uniforms during the 2024 season. Right now McCord would be the biggest get, if it happens.
McCord stabilizes a weakness - is an experienced QB - played in B1G. For that reason I think it is an important add. Is he the perfect fit for what I think Rhule and Satterfield want to run as an offense? No - he's not a run threat off zone read and RRO - but he gives enough of a threat as a thrower you can't play 8 in box all day - especially if we add a couple STUD WRs.
