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I've noticed quite a bit in discussions on both what the offense next year will look like and in recruiting that it's a certainty that Frost needs a "run-first" QB to make his offense work at a high level. Look at the stats, though, and that seems to be a bit of a fallacy. For comparison's sake, let's look at the rushing attempts and completion percentage of QBs at Oregon and UCF during Frost's tenure at both places, and how that might affect how he wants his QB room to look at Nebraska. Frost as WR coach: 2009: Jeremiah Masoli - 12 games/121 attempts (10 att/game) (58% completion) 2010: Darron Thomas - 12 games/93 att (7 att/g) (61.5%) 2011: Darron Thomas - 13 games/56 att (4 att/g) (62.2%) 2012: Marcus Mariota - 13 games/106 att (8 att/g) (68.5%) Frost as OC: 2013: Marcus Mariota - 13 games/96 att (7 att/g) (63.5%) 2014: Marcus Mariota - 15 games/135 att (9 att/g) (68.3%) 2015: Vernon Adams - 10 games/83 att (8 att/g) (64.9%) Jeff Locke - 5 games/61 att (12 att/g) (61.6%) Frost as HC: 2016: McKenzie Milton - 10 games/100 att (10 att/g) (57.7%) 2017: McKenzie Milton - 12 games/93 att (8 att/g) (69.2%) On average, offenses that Frost has been involved with (or that have inspired his offense, if you will) have ran the QB around 8 times a game (or 2 times per quarter), with a completion percentage hovering in the mid 60s. Compare and contrast that with QBs that we have seen at Nebraska: Tommy Armstrong - 45 games/423 att (9.4 att/g) (53.3%) Taylor Martinez - 44 games/585 att (13 att/g) (59.8%) Joe Ganz - 24 games/115 att (5 att/g) (65.1%) - 2008: 12 games/92 att (7 att/g) (68%) Jammal Lord - 39 games/516 att (13 att/g) (48%) Eric Crouch - 43 games/648 att (15 att/g) (51.5%) Scott Frost - 24 games/302 att (13 att/g) (53.5%) Tommie Frazier - 35 games/342 att (10 att/g) (49.5%) My conclusion is this: I don't believe that Frost's offense absolutely needs a Taylor Martinez to be successful; I think it needs a Joe Ganz. Put someone back there with a completion percentage in the 60s while also being able to run the zone read/designed run an average of one to two times a quarter. I think that both Gebbia and POB can do this, should they be called upon next year. *2021 EDIT*: since we're 3 years into Frost's offense, we can add more data to see how our thesis is holding up: 2018: Adrian Martinez - 11 games/140 att (13 att/g) (64.6%) 2019: Adrian Martinez - 10 games/144 att (14 att/g) (59.4%) 2020: Adrian Martinez - 7 games/91 att (13 att/g) (71.5%) These are by far the largest numbers of QB carries a Frost QB has had, and they coincide with the 3 worst records a Frost team has had......things that make you go "Hmmm".

Do you think he will be the starter next year?

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Your 12 posts about him in the last 24 hours don't really have me convinced that you don't care ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Expectations for the first couple of years, for me, is progress. Show that you're a tougher team, a more physical team, a more mentally tough team. Show that you're not going to go on the road and lose to an average B1G program by 30-40 points. I'll start worrying about B1G division titles and conference titles once we can prove the above.

Journalstar: The Martinezes met with ElAttrache in November before Adrian’s Nov. 11 official visit to Ohio State and the doctor gave a positive update. Now, Adrian is planning on playing in Jan. 4’s Under Armor All-American Bowl in Orlando. “He’s hungry, he’s starving to play and he’s so excited to play against guys like Justin Fields and all of these guys,” Tony Martinez said, referring to the Kennesaw, Georgia, native ranked by 247Sports as the No. 2 overall prospect and top senior quarterback in the nation. “He wants to showcase himself and compare himself." Once that game’s over, the plan is to travel directly to college — Knoxville or Lincoln? Time will tell. Members of the new Volunteers coaching staff are set to visit Fresno early this week. The impression left by new coaches at Nebraska was clearly a strong one.

To consistently beat the teams that Nebraska is more talented than.

What's Noah Fant weighing these days?

Well no wonder you're taking this so personally. Commits aren't team members until they sign.

Only $95 a month. Seems reasonable. Man, if you have to finance your shoes, maybe you should check your priorities.

Soooo....Do you think he will be the starter next year?

Cool post and great research! I would like to add a few things 1. Most HS QB's are pretty much the best athletes at the high school (or like in the top 10) so don't look so much at their rushing stats in high school, look at the schools/systems that they are being recruited for. 2. Running (Especially for QB's) is a mind set. Think back to a guy like Peyton Manning, when he was in high school he could have ran for 100 yards a game if he wanted, he was just better than everyone but it wasn't really "for him". The defense and the DC has to fear the QB run game. We hear the team "Keep them honest" well to keep them honest that QB has to prove it first. Just like WR's have to prove they can beat you deep before you stop pressing them...unless you are Coach Diaco in which case you think every WR is really Usain Bolt-Rice

How not to follow recruiting:

His HS coach said Frost called the day after Frost was announced and Alston is excited and is a solid NU commit.

I honestly don't know why the media seems to think pointing this out is such a big deal. In that role - and the bowl game - they are representing UCF. It would be really dumb for it to be any other way.

We are also still recruiting Daniel Carson from Missouri and Jordan Allen (JUCO pass rusher).

The sad thing is that Doug Jones could win this and nobody will know his name. Roy Moore has gotten so much press, and an uneducated person not paying attention to the facts will have just been bombarded with one name. That person goes to the voting booth, sees a name they know, how likely are they to vote for him? This is the problem the press has with covering creeps like this, and it's why we got Trump. The press spills so much ink covering all the crazy crap these people do that they don't bother to refute them or explain in detail why the things they say/do are bad. Trump's bombast throughout the campaign just put his name in front of people, and the press was complicit in it.

This is where I think people are getting hung up in the TE position and some of the offers. I haven't watched a ton of Frost's offense but he doesn't use the TE as the extra lineman blocking DL like Riley. If they are blocking they will more than likely be going to the second level and blocking a LB. Don't need to be 250lbs+ to do that. But they do need to be fleet of foot

Junior could have at any time taken the easy route and went Juco or stayed at home after we sent him packing. How many kids with all of the options he has would be this determined to go back to something a year later when you failed the first time? Alot of kids in his position would have just went to a west coast school imo especially after a coaching change. His level of commitment speaks volumes to me.

Those posts were answering posts directed at me to explain my position. Nice try though.

I know, having a tall TE/WR going down the seam in the red zone really sucks.

I'm going to wait on this. I bought a Bo Pelini autographed football after he started coaching here. Now I'm stuck with a Bo Pelini autographed football.

Actually you are having a very hard time understanding.

Wisconsin also offered a new DT tonight.

Kind of short with some grey hair to be a top LB prospect don't you think?

Did someone already point out that he took “Tennessee commit” off of his Twitter bio? Because that happened

I doubt it, if you don't think the republican party at large is already tied to Roy Moore you're fooling yourself. They got in bed with him again even after it was revealed that he tried to get into bed with underage girls. That stink isn't going to wash off regardless of whether the voters of Alabama pull their heads out of their collective asses or not.

This is something I did not know. Via VolleyMob The NCAA Tournament field has increased the number of competitors over the years, beginning with 20 teams in 1981 and incrementally growing until switching to the current 64-team format in 1998. In the modern 64 team era, just 37 teams have advanced to the Elite Eight. In the 20 year span, including 2017, six programs have made it to at least half of the regional finals. Nebraska (16) Texas (13) Penn State (13) Stanford (13) USC (12) Florida (10)

Im glad and all, but man I am really tired of thinking and talking about UCF.

UCF fans really need to take a step back and chill if they're worried about what he would've worn to the practices. Obviously he's going to wear the UCF gear and continue to promote the team unity concept. This is about the team, not Nebraska, not Scott Frost as the individual. I'll be glad when this chapter is finally over.

Let it go dude.

And for all the tears spilled over "liberal" media bias, the fact is that Conservative media has successfully weaponized information. This isn't just bad reporting, it's willfully intentional misleading the audience if these things aren't connected. An example from my personal life. Talking to my dad at Thanksgiving about the internet, I brought up the Net Neutrality stuff going on in the news. He's a Fox News watcher, exclusively, and he had NO IDEA what I was talking about. Never heard about the issue, had no idea it was happening, nothing. Fox and Conservative media have hidden this topic from half of America.

Joe Ganz would be amazing in Frost's offense.

Seriously? Goodness gracious, you are all sorts of twisted up right now.

While all the MAGA idiots are chortling about the tweet and eating it up, the rest of us should be pretty clear about how disgusting it is for a guy accused by nearly 20 women of inappropriate sexual harassment to take time away from his busy schedule of TV, golf & supporting a pedophile for U.S. Senate to take a shot at a female Senator insinuating using sexual favors for power. The president is a gross, creepy pig.

I heard they were going after size but GOOD LAWD!

Actually if Frost can get this team to work hard and be mentally tough it would probably jump the program ahead two years. A mentally tough team this year would have finished at least 8-4 if not 9-3.

This is what this country has come down to. We're legitimately holding our breath hoping a state doesn't elect a pedophile to the Senate, and it's a close thing because the pedophile's opponent is a "liberal."

From a Wisconsin insider....

Crystal Ball for Nebraska...

Milton had one rush this year longer than 25 yards. He went 12-0, won the conference and finished 8th in the Heisman voting in directing the #1 offense in the country. I think you are completely making this up.

Nebraska Cornhuskers 2017 Coaching Carousel National Champions 'Nuff said.

Because Riley was nice. No other teams wanted to hire him. Frost could have had a shot at Florida, FSU, A&M, Oregon, Tennessee, etc. Riley was all media narrative because he's a good guy. Frost had legit interest from other schools based on his resume.