Dylan Raiola
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Wistrom Disciple
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Yes, instead of whining about an appreciation post on social media or a montage of highlights where the outgoing player expresses gratitude, maybe the best thing is to view players coming and going as nothing more than transactional relationships under the current college football environment.
To say it didn't play a part would be quite ignorant.
gobiggergoredder
All-American
A large, vocal chunk of the fanbase defended his performance for the last two years even as it became apparent he was one dimensional. Even after the 9 sack debacle at Minnesota most were still on his side.
I think the change in opinion happened as it became more clear he was attempting to move on. We also started to see more analysts say stuff like “this dude needs to get rid of the ball” around the midpoint of the season.
People defended the Mahomes cosplay. People defended his clear attempts to make himself the center of attention every chance he had. Many seemed satisfied talking about his completion percentage. People blamed his performance on his Uncle and the line.
I don’t care if he says thank you or not, but I’m not surprised he hasn’t. Right or wrong, I think it makes it easier for some fans to cut ties when they have something to be mad about. He always seemed as concerned about photo ops as playing football to me.
Good luck brother. You’re a good QB, but you’re not great. Maybe he will get there but I doubt it.
Crusader Husker
All-Conference
Undone
All-American
I think the odds were fairly high that he was going to transfer at some point regardless of anything else that happened. So in that context I'm not "pissy" towards him for leaving.
But what I do think is a really fair assessment though (which is of course subjective and just my opinion) is this: it just really reinforces the idea that the Raiolas decommitted from Georgia only because Carson Beck decided at the last minute to not declare for the draft.
So they wanted him to play as a true freshman and not have to redshirt and not have to compete for a starting spot. And now he's very likely going to have to compete for a spot at the new school.
There's some irony there.
SuperBigFan69
Head Coach
Yeah but you were probably well liked!
Crusader Husker
All-Conference
Depends on who you ask!
Crusader Husker
All-Conference
My throwers from track had a going away party for me. Gave me a wrestling belt that said world's greatest coach!Depends on who you ask!
I don't hate him. He's not our QB. He won a little over half the games he started. You can't be a pure pocket passing QB and average throwing 210-220 yards/game and one TD. He had slighly better passing stats than Mark Gronowsky from Iowa this year.
Fans and announcers noticed the same issues during games. I don't think I've ever seen a home crowd cheer when a QB throws the ball away rather than take another sack like our fans did.
Fans and announcers noticed the same issues during games. I don't think I've ever seen a home crowd cheer when a QB throws the ball away rather than take another sack like our fans did.
runningblind
All-American
Gronowski:
| 166 | 262 | 63.4 | 1,741 | 6.6 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 18 | 126.4 |
Raiola:
| 181 | 250 | 72.4 | 2,000 | 8.0 | 18 | 6 | 64 | 27 | 158.6 |
DR wasn't setting the world on fire, but let's not say he wasn't a good deal better than Gronowski, that is not an apt comparison. I watched a lot of Iowa football, and he was very below average. It took Gronowski 13 games to accumulate those stats also, versus 8+ for Dylan.
Husker_In_WI
Guest
runningblind beat me to it - I understand he was not the all-American quarterback we expected, but in what world are these stats just "slightly better?"
Raiola: 72%, 222 YPG (including a few games he did not finish), 18:6 TD:INT
Gronowski: 63%, 134 YPG, 10:7 TD:INT
Even accounting for rushing yards, Raiola was then 212 YPG and Gronowski was 176.
Crusader Husker
All-Conference
Gronkowsky's value was as a dual threat QB, not just a passer; this is an apple to oranges comparision.
Husker_In_WI
Guest
Sure, but the assertion was specifically that Raiola had only slightly better passing stats than Gronowski. Whether Raiola was better than Gronowski as a QB overall is apples to oranges and there's much more evidence for Gronowski there. But you can't say things like this and not expect people to call you on it:
Red Five
Heisman Trophy Winner
Let's not get carried away here. He had much better passing stats than Gronowski.
Gronowsky had 550 yards rushing to DRs -87. DR is a 220 ypg pocket passer. He needs to be closer to 320 ypg.
If we look at Bleacher reports top QBs, almost all the QBs below 3,000 yards passing had good rushing stats. Raiola probobly finishes 2025 at ~2600 yards if he stays healthy. About 1000 yards short of a passing QB with negative rushing yards.
The closest comparison to DR in stats on the list was Pitt's 3 star freshman who played 8 games. He's near the bottom. Iowa and NE QBs are both off the list. Which is fair. I'd put them in the 60s.