Sunday Morning Thoughts - Post UCLA
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TJ really had a nice coming out party, it was well deserved for him, the team, the coaches and the fans. Having said that, it was UCLA, not the best defensive team we have faced.
PSU is still PSU and they have us at Happy Valley, they looked pretty solid against Indiana. Iowa is Iowa, very salty defense, just ask Oregon or Minnesota, they are not UCLA. Hope the team isn’t all giddy and giggles because of yesterday, but rather sober, serious, and ready to play some fundamentally sound football.
PSU is still PSU and they have us at Happy Valley, they looked pretty solid against Indiana. Iowa is Iowa, very salty defense, just ask Oregon or Minnesota, they are not UCLA. Hope the team isn’t all giddy and giggles because of yesterday, but rather sober, serious, and ready to play some fundamentally sound football.
They hung 42 on PSU in Happy Valley... with a mobile QB. I'm not saying UCLA is great, but the post-Foster Era is a much better team than the one that started 0-4. Comparing scores in the B1G this year appears to be a useless endeavor. UCLA beats PSU on the road, loses to Indiana by 50, and PSU takes Indiana down to the wire. UCLA had a bye week to prepare for Nebraska and had no answer for what Lateef brought to the table. I am really excited about the rest of the season with Lateef running the show. I think TJ brings out the best in Holgorsen's offense. I've been walking around all morning humming a ZZ Top song. The future is bright indeed.
TJ had a great game yesterday in his first start. Before we crown him king, he will have 3 more games this year to show what he is made of. UCLA may be the worst D in the big 10, but also TJ did everything right.
For us old folks, this reminded me of the Terminator game against KSU. In that game NU ground KSU down with the running games, and Terminator executed the plan he was given to perfection. Last night EJ ground down UCLA.
It is great to see NU has 2 good QB's with different skill sets. I can't wait to see what happens in the next 3 games.
For us old folks, this reminded me of the Terminator game against KSU. In that game NU ground KSU down with the running games, and Terminator executed the plan he was given to perfection. Last night EJ ground down UCLA.
It is great to see NU has 2 good QB's with different skill sets. I can't wait to see what happens in the next 3 games.
Lateef looked great but PSU and Iowa have much better defenses than UCLA. We'll see how he and the team does. I'm hoping this is a good thing and not a flash in the pan moment.
I get your concern, but worrying about the next year while this year is still in play is worrisome.No, we've only got two more games to go--unless you're counting the bowl game.
Been thinking about this tonight, and I know it's looking ahead to next season, but how in the world are we going to keep Lateef on the roster for 2026?
Lateef is our starting QB for the rest of the season, obviously. However, after the bowl game, as the team transitions to 2026 will Lateef just go back to being the #2 QB? If Lateef is QB #1 next year does DR accept the #2 position? I doubt it. We're losing one of them before the 2026 season starts And, given his performance tonight, you absolutely know there are going to be teams coming in and trying to lure him away. An increase in NIL and a promise to be some other teams' #1 QB would probably be too much to resist.
The best part of the game was the grass stains and dirt on the uniforms. We are going to see more of that here when they switch to grass. Credit to EJ he's great and so thankful he didn't transfer.
Let's check our thinking here. No way is TJ redshirting this year. Check. No way is TJ redshirting next year. Check. Carry on.
Last I checked, bowl games count.
Regarding Lateef, I told my son after the USC game that the very best possible outcome to our season was a QB controversy.
If the Nebraska coaches are as smart as I hope they are, for 2026 (assuming TJ Lateef is still on the roster) we should be playing a 2 QB system. Get both of them in the game and, I don't know if OCDH realizes this, but he can call a play where [GASP] both of them are on the field at the same time!!!!
I tried to verify Mike'l Severe's little factoid about Emmett being the first Husker to ever rush and receive for 100+ each. I googled Marlon Lucky and AI told me he had a career high 33 yards receiving against Nevada in 2007. But his actual career high was 125 against Texas A&M later that year
But as far as I could tell by actually looking at some old box scores, he never did go 100+ rush/rec. Long story short: AI sucks and should be extremely limited in its applications.
The Terminator did his job that day, but my recollection (perhaps flawed) is that Lawrence Phillips was basically our offense that day. It wasn't pretty (17-6 win), but K-State was a good team.
TJ will face much tougher tests in the next two games, but he certainly looks like he's heading on a great trajectory. That offense last night was fun to watch all four quarters.
You guys might be right, but I’m not quite as sure. I think there might be scenarios where he stays even if there is not a guaranteed starting position. One scenario would include a sizable compensation package combined with an unsure better position with another team eg. a poorer team visibility wise, another team with a good quarterback leading to a similar waiting period (I don’t think Dylan will be here for two more years for one reason or another), finding a team that offers fit his style, and/or lack of position coaching that meets or exceeds Thomas and Holgo.
But I do agree this could become a situation where he is willing to look at, or accepts, other opportunities. I’m just not so sure it’s quite so sure it’s either play or leave. He’s young, and he has plenty of playing time ahead of him.
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It's too early to know how this all plays out but we've got to remember that for as much of a brotherhood culture that Rhule has created, it's still business now.
No doubt, Nebraska will try to keep them both but there is no way that Lateef won't get a better financial deal to become somebody else's starting QB than to accept the enhanced package that Nebraska will offer him to return as our back-up QB again next season.
But all this speculation is based on Raiola sticking around. That's not an absolute given either from Dylan's -- or Nebraska's -- end of things. If TJ's play results in a four game winning streak to wrap up the season, Nebraska might decide it's in their best interest, from a General Manager perspective, to pay Lateef seven figures and use the extra money saved on DR's hefty package to recruit other stud players. But keep in mind, this scenario is all pure speculation too.
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99.9% of everything post on here is pure speculation. Nobody here is talking to Dylan or TJ or to Coach Rhule or anyone on his staff. We dont attend meetings or press conferences where we might hear stuff not shown on videos. Heck we aren't even talking to Benning or the new radio guy. A lot of us act like we know things but in all honesty we dont know jack.
We'll be facing much tougher defenses the next 2 weeks - it will give us a good picture of where TJ is as a QB
