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ColoradoHusk

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  1. Considering there is a redshirt freshman starting and 2 true freshman in back-up roles on the depth chart, I think Raiola is doing well to improve the talent at OL. Also, not sure how involved Raiola was bringing in Ben Scott, but that’s a transfer who has served a need at center this year.
  2. Based on a Tweet released this afternoon Jalon Daniels is going to return to Kansas. He was rumored to be one of NU’s targets for a transfer QB.
  3. Yes, I agree it’s good in the long run. However, the young receivers may have not produced as well as they could have to get another win or two this season. It’s easy to blame the OC, OL coach, or QB, but the whole offense has had issues with health and reliability.
  4. Because so many people thought it was better for the young WRs to get snaps in games, even if it was detrimental to NU’s offense this year.
  5. Yeah, NU’s momentum was so destroyed by Sims’ pick before half, they went on to take the opening kickoff of the 2nd half for a big return and then successfully run a trick play for a go-ahead TD. Then NU went on and dominated both sides of the ball for the next quarter and a half, and lead by 7 with the ball before Grant’s fumble. I would say the team responded well after Sims INT. I agree that Sims has turned out to be a very bad QB. But, he did enough good things in the Minnesota game for NU to win that game. People just want to take the easy way out and pin the loss on him.
  6. I’m surprised the BTN hasn’t complimented Fitz for leaving gracefully and allowing the team to move on and have as successful season as possible this year.
  7. Sims played well enough in that Minnesota game, given what he was asked to do within the game plan. Yes, he had two first half INT’s, and the one before half was killer. But, he played well in the 2nd half to have NU up by 7 with the ball, midway thru the 4th quarter. It wasn’t Sims who had the false start inside the 5 yard line, when a TD puts NU ahead by 2 scores. Also, as I mentioned before, it wasn’t Sims who fumbled at midfield, giving Minnesota new life in the 4th. That was a team loss, not a QB loss.
  8. Agree that the pick before half wasn’t great. Despite that NU was in great position to win the game before Grant’s fumble. There were a lot of mistakes by numerous players which led to the NU loss against Minnesota.
  9. Grant’s fumble was the costliest turnover for the Minnesota game.
  10. Yes, I agree with you. If everything else was the same, a better QB likely wins the game last week. However, what we don’t know is how Maryland (and other teams) would approach playing against NU’s defense. Also, Maryland played pretty poorly with a lot of mistakes last week. If they are playing against a more potent offense, maybe they are more focused, don’t make as many mistakes and have so many penalties, and score 24-30 points.
  11. I think it’s the porta-potty used by the construction crew building the new athletic facilities on campus.
  12. It’s amazing that Northwestern hasn’t had a true coaching search in over 30 years, while still having multiple coaches.
  13. The assumption that NU automatically wins so many other games with a “mediocre QB” is a big leap of faith. I guess if those people use the qualifier of “if kept everything else the same….” they may have a point. But, we know that if NU had a better QB, other teams would probably game plan against NU differently, and all of those losses wouldn’t be an automatic win.
  14. Yep! They had nearly 50 fumbles on the season. McBride’s last defense definitely helped make up for all of those fumbles and turnovers. Unfortunately, a fumble (from Buckhalter, I think) near the goal line cost that ‘99 team the Texas game and a shot of the national championship. That team also almost blew a game to Colorado when Dan Alexander dropped a perfect option pitch which could have scored a TD late against CU. NU only won in OT because CU’s kicker shanked a chip-shot FG at the end of regulation.
  15. I would expect Spencer Rattler’s stats to peak as a senior QB in his 4th year as a starter. The big improvement for Rattler has been a reductionin INT’s, so it’s reasonable that the new OC was able to see what Rattler did last year and improve on it. Again, is that being driven by the OC, or Rattler becoming a better decision-maker, overall. I don’t think any of us are close enough to the South Carolina program to know.
  16. Trev also manages an athletic department with nearly twice the annual budget as Kansas State.
  17. I agree it’s weird to do this without a compelling reason to do so, but maybe this was done to bring Trev up to par with other AD’s in the country, especially given his salary may have been on the low-end previously.
  18. NU had the same offensive coordinator for all 5 National Championships, and I remember a lot of years where fans complained about his play calling. The OC (not the awesome show from 20 years ago) role might be criticized more than the head coach in a lot of fan bases.
  19. Yes, Casey Thompson was a QB that Rhule inherited. He wasn’t able to go thru Spring practice due to shoulder surgery. He watched on the sidelines as Sims ran with the first-team in Spring practice. Thompson didn’t want to compete with Sims, so he left. Yeah, I guess you could say Rhule shouldn’t have brought in Sims when they had Thompson, but Thompson may not have fit what Rhule was looking to do. Outside chucking it deep to Palmer, Thompson was far from a great QB, and he was also injury prone. Thompson ended up at a G5 school and only played a few games before tearing his ACL. But, go ahead and say that Rhule “ran him off” so that fits your opinion.
  20. Thanks for clarifying. I was wrong. If he does stick around he’s still probably the 4th string QB. Either way, he’s a FCS-level QB. Not sure how that makes you think he was a big loss.
  21. Didn’t Richard Torres leave prior to the 2022 season? If so, how is that on Rhule? Also, Smothers was likely to transfer no matter what, so he could play someplace. He wasn’t exactly happy being 3rd string under Frost and Whipple. Yes, Sims was a terrible decision. No doubt about that. Thompson was also coming off shoulder surgery and he decided to transfer because he wanted to be assured of the starting job. Thompson has also been injury prone throughout his entire career, and would have been as much of a gamble as other QB’s.
  22. It’s a lot easier to jam WR’s at the LOS when there is limited space to get burned over the top. If you haven’t noticed by White’s philosophy, it’s to play relatively safe, umbrella coverage with more field to cover, and then get more aggressive with blitzes and tighter coverage as the opponent gets closer to scoring. That may be frustrating for some, but it does that to limit big plays. That D was successful for the most part against Maryland. Unfortunately Maryland hit 2 big chunk pass plays in a row for one TD.
  23. I get what you are saying, but if NU goes overly simple, NU may not get into scoring position in the first place. But, that gets to situational play-calling, which Satterfield failed once NU got to the 6-yard line. I think it’s unfair to tell Satterfield to say “you need to run the ball every play” because the likelihood of success is going to be minimal. While I would like more focus of the using the RB-run game, the overall run game isn’t explosive and successful enough to matriculate the ball down the field. NU is going to need chunk plays, likely through the air. Yes, that creates risk of turnovers, but it also generates possibility of big plays and scores. I thought Satterfield was smart after the 2 turnovers which the defense created short fields. His play calling was effective enough to generate 10 points.
  24. I haven’t listened to Rhule’s tone on his PC, but from the way things were phrased, I would put Purdy ahead of Haarberg in likelihood to play. I think it comes down to figuring out if Purdy can make it through this week of practice and the game on Saturday. If not, they will have to turn to Sims, which they probably don’t want to do.
  25. Sam McKewon has been mentioning it a lot recently on his podcast and other media appearances, so it’s fresh in my memory.
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