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I thought Haarberg looked like the backup QB and I mean that as a compliment. What do you want your backup to do: don't take unnecessary risks, check down when necessary, throw it away when necessary, get completions and move the chains. He played within himself and listened to his coaching and because he's a very talented guy he can do that and still make some big plays. I said coming in that he was the QB I wanted to see the most because he was the benchmark last year and that benchmark has risen substantially. I thought Kaelin looked like a talented freshman. I've seen some people out there say they were disappointed in him, but it's not a crime for a freshman to play like a freshman. There's a reason why even the most talented freshman QBs rarely play significant time their first year. It's not an easy transition to make and I thought he did some good things and some bad things but overall showed he's a very capable player with an exciting career ahead of him. I don't think it's fair to compare him or Haarberg to Raiola because I'm not sure by the end of the season it'll be fair to compare any college QB to Raiola. I think if the offense continues to make strides this summer and fall (and a lot of people did a lot of good things today) then once Raiola starts stacking games on top of each other and learning from those experiences......I just think his trajectory will be very steep. He just makes things look so easy, and not easy "for a freshman" but easy for anyone. He has the physical tools, the intangibles, the leadership, the work ethic, all of the coaching resources in the world......but he lacks the experience.

State record holder in the 110 hurdles from North Platte St. Pat's

I'll tell you what you can't do if all of your players leave via the portal....play a spring game. Anybody catch any of CU's spring game? I've seen more competitive games at recess.

This is the first time I've seen a recruiting-industry person admit this. They almost always like to say "but there are so many more three-stars, of course there are more three-stars drafted." Which is, of course, true. But the part they usually ignore is the five-stars are supposed to be the can't-miss guys. Best of the best. There are usually 30-35 five-stars in each class. Which means there should be about the same number eligible for the draft each year. If you got people to look at the five-stars in each recruiting class and say they have about a 50/50 chance of being a bust, no one would believe you. But it's the truth. And the four-stars being only about a 25% chance of really panning out is interesting as well. Although there are more four-stars than draft picks so that's not quite as telling.

Finished Shogun a couple days ago. Thought it was great and done very well. I did not know much about 1600’s Japan. Supposedly the book/show are very historically accurate even though it is a work of fiction. Would’ve liked a slightly different/better ending but I guess we can only blame the book author for that.

I know some people don't like the perimeter passing game because of how it was utilized under the previous crew, but if you can combine it with deep threats, crossers, and the running game it becomes extremely difficult for the opposing safeties and corners. We have TE/HB players that can hit the flats, the corners, and attack the seams. Fidone's TD is a zig off a stacked release where he runs a beautiful route on a mismatch. A lot of big, athletic bodies to create mismatches with and I thought for a 'vanilla' spring game we saw a ton. Under center, shotgun, pistol, all sorts of screens, switch releases, stacked releases, compressed sets, spread sets, empty, etc. This offense needs refinement and better execution and all of those sorts of things that come with spring ball, but conceptually you can see where this thing is going and I think it's really exciting. I thought last spring was promising, too, but circumstances meant we didn't get to see that version of the offense. This spring, imo, is a monumental step up from any point last year and while getting more capable QB play is a definite plus, credit to the staff if they can take the types of things we saw today and re-produce that regularly in the fall.

Obviously a long way to go for the kid but yea best QB talent we've had here at least since the turn of the century. We are talking about top 5 pick potential realistically if everything pans out in the best way possible Training with Mahomes doesn't hurt. How many guys does Mahomes do that with?

I thought HH looked an order of magnitude better too. Feel a lot better if he is #2 and has to come in. On his play at 1:08 on the film he looks right for his first read and doesn't like what he saw there, second read over the middle there was no receiver (can be see from an end zone shot) and finally on his third read he finds Fidone crossing from the left for a big gain. 99% sure that wouldn't have happened last year.

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I think that’s the tire size on my wife’s car

I never said different. Lots of folks switch sides but stay the same douche

People will very correctly tell me I'm putting the cart before the horse, but in the modern pass happy era of college football Nebraska has not had a comparable QB. He's so professional in his approach that it isn't fair to other freshman QBs to call him a freshman. One example comes from his interview where he's describing the long TD pass today and how when they ran that in practice on Tuesday he took the checkdown only to notice in film study that he had the deep shot. Made the adjustment today for a nice, easy TD.

LOL Im just giving you s#!t, Fro threw two scoreless as well !

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What was the run/ pass ratio?

What I liked as well as the throws was the poise in running the offense. He looked as comfortable as can be, made some great throws as you said, and acted like a field general out there. Some of that stuff is hard to teach at such a young age.