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Phil Steele 2024 Cornhuskers National Position Unit Rankings:
QBs: 56
RBs: 50
WR: 45
OLine: 40
DLine: 5
LB: 19
CB: 30
ST: 57
I think we're way too low at QB, RB, LB and CB (which presumably includes both Safety spots) but I MIGHT be a tad biased.
QB: 10
RB: 20
LB: 12
CB (FS & SS): 15
Everything else seems about right.
QBs: 56
RBs: 50
WR: 45
OLine: 40
DLine: 5
LB: 19
CB: 30
ST: 57
I think we're way too low at QB, RB, LB and CB (which presumably includes both Safety spots) but I MIGHT be a tad biased.
QB: 10
RB: 20
LB: 12
CB (FS & SS): 15
Everything else seems about right.
Wide Receivers 45th? With a QB who can get them the ball, this number is WAY too low.
Running Backs 50th? If our OL lives up to expectations and our QB's strong arm keeps defenses from stacking the box (the standard DC strategy against us), our tandum should shine, especially a quality, pass-catching third-down RB like RJ.
QBs 56? Really Phil???!? If he stays healthy, Raiola will show the CFB world there was a big-damn reason he was a Five-Star out of HS.
According to Phil S., the strength of the offense is the Oline.but just barely. We crack the top third on offense overall, that seems fair. I don't want to put too much on the shoulders of Raiola. Let him grow. It's a big leap from high school to the B1G.
The defense is, once again, first rate. It's been a while since our Blackshirts have played like Blackshirts. Anyone else notice Rhule hasn't hyped up the Blackshirt name?
Special teams are rated too high at 57- I'm thinking 90 is a truer representative of past performance. The weakest link.
The defense is, once again, first rate. It's been a while since our Blackshirts have played like Blackshirts. Anyone else notice Rhule hasn't hyped up the Blackshirt name?
Special teams are rated too high at 57- I'm thinking 90 is a truer representative of past performance. The weakest link.
With our defense and our schedule, a 'top third' offense will win us a lot of games, thankyouverymuch.
We don't need Raiola to put the team on his shoulders. Like you (and, I suspect, our coaches), I say let him grow. A capable field general who makes the throws and runs the offense with a minimum of turnovers is all we need to go undefeated the first half of the season.
But by 'crunch' time, Dylan will have a whole bunch of games under his belt. NFL scouts have been quoted as saying that Riola (head-wise and talent-wise) is the most capable freshman QB CFB has seen since Trevor Lawrence. FYI, Lawrence led Clemson to a Natty his freshman year. Do we have the overall talent that Clemson team had back then? No. But this Husker team is good enough to have a legit shot at making the 12-team playoffs.
But I'll say this: I sincerely doubt there are 4 DLs better than ours.
And regarding QB: We signed the #1 5* QB in the 2024 recruiting class and another very highly rated 4* in Danny Kaelin and our QBs are rated 50th???? I blame Heinrich Haarberg for bringing our grade down. (No I really don't that was a joke.) But yeah, 50th?????
Projecting The Top Ten Quarterbacks For The 2024 College Football Season (msn.com)
No honorable mention for DR.
DR hasn't DONE anything yet at the D1 level. I'm hoping he's a world beater too. But I also remember Harrison Beck. There are two sides to the coin. I'm hoping we have a first-round draft choice at QB. Recruiting services are imperfect at best at projecting results. DR wouldn't be the first Husker QB to feel the need to be Superman at all times. Is that caffeinated Kool-Aid you're drinking?
I'm hoping DR has a 65% completion rating,25 TDs with no more than 10 INTs, and to get through the season relatively uninjured. I feel that's the ceiling. Do people expect 70%? NO INTs? 300+ yards every game?
Patrick Mahomes College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits | College Football at Sports-Reference.com
How was this guy as a Freshman?
I want DR to be brought along and coached up as fast as possible, but no faster. Not ruined. I trust Rhule to do the right thing.
No honorable mention for DR.
DR hasn't DONE anything yet at the D1 level. I'm hoping he's a world beater too. But I also remember Harrison Beck. There are two sides to the coin. I'm hoping we have a first-round draft choice at QB. Recruiting services are imperfect at best at projecting results. DR wouldn't be the first Husker QB to feel the need to be Superman at all times. Is that caffeinated Kool-Aid you're drinking?
I'm hoping DR has a 65% completion rating,25 TDs with no more than 10 INTs, and to get through the season relatively uninjured. I feel that's the ceiling. Do people expect 70%? NO INTs? 300+ yards every game?
Patrick Mahomes College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits | College Football at Sports-Reference.com
How was this guy as a Freshman?
I want DR to be brought along and coached up as fast as possible, but no faster. Not ruined. I trust Rhule to do the right thing.
Me too. For the record, I trusted the recruiting services ratings and was excited that Callahan signed Beck. BUT when I first saw him in person, my instincts were telling me: This is The Man? What am I missing here?
In contrast, DR has already been impressive both with his athleticism and his maturity. Sure, I expect him to play like a true freshman at times this fall. But our schedule allows him time to grow. He's the Real Deal.
Beck had some serious mental problems. One of my sons had a class with him and said he would just blare out some off the wall crap and start laughing during class.
I can't think of a more fitting post to define the depths we go to in order to survive the lull off the offseason...
if you are looking for good omens, tonight's NBA championship by the Boston Celtics is a good one. They were dominant during the 60s, 70, 80s, and 90s like a college football team we all know.
You can't keep a proud fanchise down forwever. What goes around comes back around. This fall, we'll see it again with the Big Red
You can't keep a proud fanchise down forwever. What goes around comes back around. This fall, we'll see it again with the Big Red
I'd play him at TE. He could come back to QB in an emergency or for certain situations. Unless his passing has greatly improved since last season, I don't see him as seeing a lot of playing time at QB. But I agree that he is too talented to ride the pines. They need to find a place for that talent on the field.
