It will make a segment of Nebraska fans happy he's out.
And if I know fans, they'll be calling for Lateefs backup soon.
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And if I know fans, they'll be calling for Lateefs backup soon.
If Lateef plays the rest of the season, I will say it now. Huskers will beat Iowa. Three games to really understand game speed. Just my prediction.
Yeah, funny story on that. Help took a bad tumble and broke both his tibia and fibula. The tibia was just one skin layer from being a compound fracture. You could see it through the skin but it didn't break the surface. They took him to surgery and did an internal fixation (rods and screws) but because the fibula isn't weight bearing and is only used for muscle attachment, they didn't set it. Last time it was x-rayed, it still was technically broken but never affected his mobility). One of the last years hub worked on Ft Leavenworth, in their infinite wisdom, they decided it would be more cost effective to not do any snow removal in the parking lots and sidewalks. One day, there was a nice layer of ice under a couple inches of snow and hub, as well as a woman in another building on post, took a bad fall. The powers that be insisted that hub go to the hospital and get checked out. They even x-rayed his fingers. Anyway, he was standing up talking to his nurse and the ER doc came running in when he saw hub standing up as the radiologist had just read the x-rays. So the ER doc was all freaked out because technically hub had a broken bone. We both tried to tell the doc that it had been that way for 4 or 5 years but he was having none of it. They finally got hold of our ortho who told him that hub's broken fibula had been that way for years and he was fine to put weight on his leg. It was quite a sizable ER bill plus the ortho kept him off work for a week (to try and teach Ft Leavenworth a lesson). The woman who fell elsewhere was really hurt. Hospitalized for several weeks, lots of physical therapy and a few months off work on Uncle Sugar's dime (work comp). The next year, their snow removal was meticulously done.
I have full confidence that if Lateef is used properly (QBs runs, Read option, RPOs, etc) we may very well win every game left on our schedule. We have a bad OLINE but a mobile QB can help neutralize that and be a compliment to EJ.
Absolutely, a little fancy footwork goes a very long way!
I was wondering that myself, Jimbosc. The very best possible outcome would be for Husker fans to be clammoring for TJ to start in 2026.
It won't happen but it would mean we ended the season on a high note.
TJ Lateef is the real deal. he has a canon for an arm, good game awareness, and very quick and fast feet. he's also a competitor. My only concern is the coaches putting too much crap in his head. Let TJ be TJ and we can win out this year. I'm still predicting eight wins.
You are assuming D R comes back next year. I would not bet the farm on that.
Especially when HCMR fires his uncle.
I am too (predicting 8 wins). I do agree, as well, about coaches putting too much crap in his head as we've seen that with prior staffs and ab's.
Coupla things...
If TJ shows the possibility he is a legitimate B1G QB I think he gladly gives up his redshirt to show out the rest of the year. That puts him in position for a big NIL bump, either here or elsewhere.
If we win two games with TJ, I think we should say goodbye to the Raiolas. $3 million NIL for Raiola could be better spent. And paying Donnie top position money for what he's accomplished could be better spent elsewhere also. I think we could keep TJ with $1.5 and leaving $1.5 for (gasp) OL!
If TJ shows the possibility he is a legitimate B1G QB I think he gladly gives up his redshirt to show out the rest of the year. That puts him in position for a big NIL bump, either here or elsewhere.
If we win two games with TJ, I think we should say goodbye to the Raiolas. $3 million NIL for Raiola could be better spent. And paying Donnie top position money for what he's accomplished could be better spent elsewhere also. I think we could keep TJ with $1.5 and leaving $1.5 for (gasp) OL!
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From what I'm hearing TJ is going to burn his R/S. However he can still play on Saturday and preserve it. We'll see what he decides to do.
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