HuskerNation1 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Not sure whether he'll redshirt or not. I highly doubt that the decision has been made yet. And won't be made until fall camp is over and we get into the season. But if POB *doesn't* redshirt, keep in mind that he came to NU early and has been training, or at least been on campus, since January. By this fall I'm guessing he'll be well beyond where a true frosh usually is, development wise. I agree on this. Here are some good reasons for POB not to redshirt: 1. With how often TA likes to run the ball, you never know if he will get injured at some point. Let's not forget that TA got his start after Martinez was injured as a senior. 2. Any snaps POB could get in this year helps both him AND the team for the 2017 season. Going into 2017 with no QB that has taken meaningful snaps in the NU offensive scheme is a huge risk. 3. For POB personally, 2017 is going to be extremely competitive with Tanner coming in as well as Gebbia. I'm sure he would prefer to have the leg up in spring ball 2017 rather than being on a completely equal footing as the others. Now if the expectation is that Gebbia will automatically redshirt as well, then POB's main competition is down to the QB transfer. Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Exactly. A redshirt this year puts him behind the 8 ball next year. He won't practice with the offense, he won't travel (or even suit up at home?) with the team, and he'll generally be not gaining much experience for what would make him competitive to start next year. How have redshirt freshman quarterbacks ever been successful? 1 Quote Link to comment
cm husker Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Exactly. A redshirt this year puts him behind the 8 ball next year. He won't practice with the offense, he won't travel (or even suit up at home?) with the team, and he'll generally be not gaining much experience for what would make him competitive to start next year. How have redshirt freshman quarterbacks ever been successful? It's pretty rare. Especially among Riley coached redshirt freshman QBs. Quote Link to comment
Hunter94 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I really hope POB approaches this the right way because the path doesn't get much easier from here. He's going to go from battling an incumbent senior this year to competing against another guy with substantial division one experience in 2017. come next season, if POB can't beat out Bush and Lee, he sure will be disappointing. Quote Link to comment
Detasselingthehuskers Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I really hope POB approaches this the right way because the path doesn't get much easier from here. He's going to go from battling an incumbent senior this year to competing against another guy with substantial division one experience in 2017. come next season, if POB can't beat out Bush and Lee, he sure will be disappointing. Quote Link to comment
Detasselingthehuskers Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I disagree with this just because of Lee's experience in college. I see him being the starter and POB being the backup purely because of that. If POB can outplay him, put him in, but I say Lee will be starting because he has YEARS more of experience in D1 ball. Quote Link to comment
Cdog923 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Not to be a wet blanket, but there's a relatively decent chance that POB never starts for Nebraska. Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 The standards being applied here are really funny. Yes, POB was a nice QB recruit, but if he can't win the job in his second year, MR's very first QB recruit is a disappointment? MR's program is not where it needs to be? QB is a position where recruits are very frequently expected to redshirt for the sake of improving their development prospects, but if he does -- especially given his history as a player whose stock rose very sharply very late in his HS career when he dedicated to football -- that's supposed to be some sort of negative marker? Come on now. 4 Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 ^ Bingo Some people are just overly ready to write the staff off. I get it, some liked the last guy more and/or hoped for a different hire besides Riley. But some of the standards are getting rather silly. Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 I really hope POB approaches this the right way because the path doesn't get much easier from here. He's going to go from battling an incumbent senior this year to competing against another guy with substantial division one experience in 2017. come next season, if POB can't beat out Bush and Lee, he sure will be disappointing. How do you figure? Lee has played 19 games of division one football and he's three-to-four years older than POB. 1 Quote Link to comment
theknife Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 I really hope POB approaches this the right way because the path doesn't get much easier from here. He's going to go from battling an incumbent senior this year to competing against another guy with substantial division one experience in 2017. come next season, if POB can't beat out Bush and Lee, he sure will be disappointing. You're right, the universal standard for all D1 QBs is starting by year two or they're a bust! Quote Link to comment
grandpasknee Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I'm still shocked POB didn't start the bowl game! What, is this guy just all hype? :-) Quote Link to comment
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