What does this even mean? We are Ekeler & EJ away from a horrid season.
Was that the play he broke his leg?
I think he means that we got a lot of PR by landing a 5*. Maybe we didn’t do anything with him, but DR news still scrolled through on the ESPN website and on X
It was a 3rd and 5. Yes the result of his slow-dance moves and brain freeze messed up his high ankle. Fumble. No points. USC ball.
So can we put this case study to rest? Hype, kind like the Calabasas Calibraska thing, did very little for this program in terms of wins/loses.
I think that Dylan landing in Miami would be the perfect offense for him to be in bc Carson Beck isn't asked to run at all.
Calibraska…..And who can forget Micah Parsons coming on campus for the Friday Night Lights camp Riley put on….Didnt like the hire, but he got us 9 wins.
The Dylan fiasco did bring enough wins for 2 bowl games. Listen, I don't like watching the football we have played here for the past 15 years any more than the next guy, but the reality is, once you start grasping for straws, its a slippery slope. We started grasping for straws as a program many, many years before Rhule showed up. I am not sure Rhule is the guy that can find success here, but the Raiola straw was one that was necessary at the time, and I don't believe for a minute that Rhule didn't consider the way it could go in a "worst case scenario," when the decision was made. I just think this "worst case scenario," we found ourselves in is likely still better than where we would have been trying to go about it really, any other way given the landscape change in college football over the past 3 years. Obviously, we will never know for sure, but there is a way forward from where we stand now, even if the only thing that comes from it is a tough lesson to all on the amount of NIL these things are going to take and where we feel that money is best spent. NU is in the brains among players as a place that wants to spend to win, and that is the name of the current game.
A soft schedule, EJ and improved special teams are why they are in a bowl this year.
We have had several soft schedules over the last 10 years where we didn't make it to a bowl game. We are in a bowl game in back to back years because our team is better. We aren't good enough to feel good about where we are but we are definitely better than we were.
Getting 5 star QB recruits is a good thing. As a matter of fact, programs should get as many of them as they can.
Great point. Has absolutely nothing to do with my comment.
