are we ignoring a local qb?

[kakdawg]

You're only pulling a 3rd year QB from the Dakotas if he thinks he has a realistic chance to be your starter. I'm not talking about keeping a starter on our roster. I'm talking about keeping a guy on our roster who IF you have a disaster with injuries can come in and competently finish a season for you. We might be able to keep an area kid around for 3 years who might then decide to transfer after he doesn't beat out a younger higher ranked guy on the depth chart to be the backup. I just think relying on the transfer portal to fill out your QB depth chart is not a good plan for us. Maybe it works for OSU or Bama but i don't think that's going to work for us. By all means, shoot for the stars for the top 2-3 on the depth chart but if we're keeping 5 there's going to have to be some less highly recruited guys who could be effective by virtue of knowing the offense and receivers inside and out. I want an athletic game manager or two filling out our depth chart and our best bet for that are probably going to be area kids with few or zero P4 offers. Edit/Add: Who knows, maybe he turns in to a 4th or 5th year senior starter.

I get it we just have completely different views on the matter and that's ok. To me it's like recruiting guys to be "backups". I'll never be ok with that. Regardless of the position I want to recruit the best guys I can. When and if it doesn't work out then I go and recruit the next best guy I can from HS/portal/JC or anywhere else

To me it's like special teams guys. You don't recruit guys to just play special teams . You recruit guys hoping they can be starters in your program. Some will some won't. Some end up on specialty teams until they can get game minutes or transfer out . But you aren't recruiting a "lesser" player PURPOSELY.

I feel like you are basically saying we recruit a "lessor" player (local at that) because he/she is more likely to stay around in case of an emergency and we get down to our 3rd or 4th QB . To me it's almost like giving up a scholarship. With the 105 limit I jREALLY just don't see a reason to do this.

I wouldn't do it in any era tbh. But if you are talking a walk on I guess I understand. But purposefully recruiting a lessor guy because you think he's more apt to stay and not transfer? I won't ever be ok with that. To me it's too much like hiring a lessor coach so nobody will come and offer more money to take him away from you lol..

Again we while I understand your premise we will likely always be on opposing sides when it comes to that. I'll always take the best player I can get. Then let the chips fall where they may.


Holla

 

[huntered]

all things being equal which they never are. good coaches seem to have a way of finding and developing more good players. mediocre coaches produce mediocre results both with records and players.

 

[HuskerHusaria]

... just checking...

How are you doing Spartan? Do you have a good party to attend for the Super Bowl?

We all miss you very much. You are like a Godfather of this place.

 

[inWV]

The problem for a 3 star guy transferring is that he might have to transfer down to "not wait" to play. Kaelin was a 4 star Elite Eleven QB who maybe has an inflated self value and he was looking at waiting until at least his senior year to play barring an injury. I believe IF we can get that 3 star area kid who wants to work on his game by growing physically and mentally while getting coached by Dana, that our chances are better of getting him to stick around. I REALLY would like to see a more athletic kid on the roster who still has some arm talent. It's a huge advantage.

We are WAY more likely to keep that area kid who grew up a Husker fan to stick around waiting for a chance to play than somebody from a distance. The 105 roster gives us a much better chance to offer a scholarship to those 3 star kids who have been going to the Dakota schools the past 10 years. How nice would it to have been to have an Easton Stick on our roster. He would have signed with us IF we would have offered a scholarship.

i'm probably one of the few guys that doesn't like moving Haarberg permanently to TE. I saw huge improvement in him from last year to this year and his run threat scares the hell out of a defensive coordinator. It changes so much in what they have to account for on defense. I get that any shot he has of making the NFL is probably at TE but damn we miss that run threat at QB.

I would think they keep the run packages they’ve developed for him.

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

Maybe somebody posted it but i'd be more concerned if he had an offer list. I doubt every college coach, who make their living on the QB, is looking past a kid they think can play and help em win. For every one of Josh Allen who coaches missed and made his own promo tapes and sent to college coaches, there are a thousand QB's they were right about...but I went to Millard South so I kinda hope he's a stud who can play for us.

 

[Truewooper]

We are in an age where a lot of kids are going to have to prove themselves at a lesser program before they get offers from P4 schools. You aren't going to see many 3 stars recruited by the big boys. They will go for the high 4 & 5 stars and then poach talent from the lower divisions.

This whole system sucks.

Why not go junior college u get apparently free years.

 

[BTF69]

If you’re talking about Thomalla, maybe.

He’s better than Kaelin.

His dad is SUCH a Doosher though.

 

[king_kong_]

Maybe somebody posted it but i'd be more concerned if he had an offer list. I doubt every college coach, who make their living on the QB, is looking past a kid they think can play and help em win. For every one of Josh Allen who coaches missed and made his own promo tapes and sent to college coaches, there are a thousand QB's they were right about...but I went to Millard South so I kinda hope he's a stud who can play for us.

Kst, Iowa st among others have offered so far

Two teams we’d have a hard time beating

 

[cubsker]

 

[Dean Pope]

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This is the way. For a lot of guys anyway. Go somewhere that it might be easy to start. Then you'll have a shot at a six figure NIL and starting gig in the Power 4.

 

[HuskerDrew]

This is the way. For a lot of guys anyway. Go somewhere that it might be easy to start. Then you'll have a shot at a six figure NIL and starting gig in the Power 4.

Seriously. You are WAY better off playing at a lower school and actually getting tape out there than riding pine for a couple years hoping some coach who recruited you years ago remembers you and needs a guy.
Thankfully we have some decent guys at QB at the moment. Looking forward to seeing if the portal QB is decent

 

[dinglefritz]

I get it we just have completely different views on the matter and that's ok. To me it's like recruiting guys to be "backups". I'll never be ok with that. Regardless of the position I want to recruit the best guys I can. When and if it doesn't work out then I go and recruit the next best guy I can from HS/portal/JC or anywhere else

To me it's like special teams guys. You don't recruit guys to just play special teams . You recruit guys hoping they can be starters in your program. Some will some won't. Some end up on specialty teams until they can get game minutes or transfer out . But you aren't recruiting a "lesser" player PURPOSELY.

I feel like you are basically saying we recruit a "lessor" player (local at that) because he/she is more likely to stay around in case of an emergency and we get down to our 3rd or 4th QB . To me it's almost like giving up a scholarship. With the 105 limit I jREALLY just don't see a reason to do this.

I wouldn't do it in any era tbh. But if you are talking a walk on I guess I understand. But purposefully recruiting a lessor guy because you think he's more apt to stay and not transfer? I won't ever be ok with that. To me it's too much like hiring a lessor coach so nobody will come and offer more money to take him away from you lol..

Again we while I understand your premise we will likely always be on opposing sides when it comes to that. I'll always take the best player I can get. Then let the chips fall where they may.


Holla

To me it isn't necessarily recruiting a "lessor" player. It's about recruiting a raw athletic kid who needs time to grow and develop and might be willing to ride the pine and run scout team for the team he grew up rooting for. Remember, we aren't going to have walk on QBs to run scout team anymore. Find that very athletic kid who can emulate some of the mobile spread QBs we're going to face. Let him run the scout team and see what you have 2-3 years down the line. We need to carry 5 guys. You aren't signing five 4 star guys. The most we'll have on the roster of that sort IMO will be 3. That leaves potentially 2 spots for developmental guys. If you want, take that NAIA athletic QB like we have now for one of those spots but for heaven's sake don't pass on a local kid who appears to have potential. Historically we've had multiple in state QBs who were either walk ons or lightly recruited QBs who have gone on to start either some games or entire seasons for us. Again, we're going to reach a little maybe to get a 5th QB IMO. If we do, I would prefer it be a local kid and not somebody else's castoff who couldn't win the job at his previous stop.

Maybe we're fine for this cycle. Maybe we're not after spring ball and the portal opens again..... No doubt the next cycle we'll be sifting through the chaff trying to find the next ......... Jeff Sims, Chubba Purdy, or Sam Keller......

 

[Cedric]

How are you doing Spartan? Do you have a good party to attend for the Super Bowl?

We all miss you very much. You are like a Godfather of this place.

Or a great-grandfather. I kid; I'm the same age

 

[kakdawg]

To me it isn't necessarily recruiting a "lessor" player. It's about recruiting a raw athletic kid who needs time to grow and develop and might be willing to ride the pine and run scout team for the team he grew up rooting for. Remember, we aren't going to have walk on QBs to run scout team anymore. Find that very athletic kid who can emulate some of the mobile spread QBs we're going to face. Let him run the scout team and see what you have 2-3 years down the line. We need to carry 5 guys. You aren't signing five 4 star guys. The most we'll have on the roster of that sort IMO will be 3. That leaves potentially 2 spots for developmental guys. If you want, take that NAIA athletic QB like we have now for one of those spots but for heaven's sake don't pass on a local kid who appears to have potential. Historically we've had multiple in state QBs who were either walk ons or lightly recruited QBs who have gone on to start either some games or entire seasons for us. Again, we're going to reach a little maybe to get a 5th QB IMO. If we do, I would prefer it be a local kid and not somebody else's castoff who couldn't win the job at his previous stop.

Maybe we're fine for this cycle. Maybe we're not after spring ball and the portal opens again..... No doubt the next cycle we'll be sifting through the chaff trying to find the next ......... Jeff Sims, Chubba Purdy, or Sam Keller......

I hear ya brother. I just think we fundamentally disagree and it's ok. I just see the days of us taking guys who don't show much promise after a couple years and keeping them in the roster are likely gone. Particularly at the QB position. It could happen hypothetically I guess. I just think a coach would rather get someone who has shown something at this level .

Let's face it if we get down to QB 5 we are likely done anyways. My feelings is a guy like Grimstad would be exactly what I'd want in that situation.


Holla

 

[Big bo fan]

Kst, Iowa st among others have offered so far

Two teams we’d have a hard time beating

His rivals profile and 247 profile shows no KState offer -Iowa state yes .

 

[huskerfan66]

He is competing for an offer. So was Thomalla, but Nebraska went with Raiola. Some are acting like Warren and Thomalla have already been offered by Ohio St and Texas. They both have a couple of midwest school offers.

Unfortunately who have been more successful than us. 😔

 

[spartanhusker]

How are you doing Spartan? Do you have a good party to attend for the Super Bowl?

We all miss you very much. You are like a Godfather of this place.

i'm just seeing this!!! i'm great! i've been here!! i DID have a heart cath three weeks ago but all looks good right now!

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

Unfortunately who have been more successful than us. 😔

That is a pretty low bar at this point. Neither of those 3 QBs are going to be the players that lead Nebraska to the CFP.

 

[king_kong_]

That is a pretty low bar at this point. Neither of those 3 QBs are going to be the players that lead Nebraska to the CFP.

and the kid who just sat the bench on a 1-11 team is?

if this is your criteria, we can probably get the roster down to a dozen or so kids (being very generous)

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

and the kid who just sat the bench on a 1-11 team is?

if this is your criteria, we can probably get the roster down to a dozen or so kids (being very generous)

Who said anything about Davila? This conversation is about 2026/2027 local QBs and Dayton Raiola.

 

[king_kong_]

Who said anything about Davila? This conversation is about 2026/2027 local QBs and Dayton Raiola.

We have very, very few players who are likely to “lead NU to the CFP.”

Forget local QBs and Dayton Raiola (LOL!!).

If that’s your bar, we can just throw out the entire roster because we will carry 95-100 guys who aren’t CFP level players in 2026.

 

[dinglefritz]

His rivals profile and 247 profile shows no KState offer -Iowa state yes .

Offers always used to be self reported and I think they still are. Rivals isn't always up to date on offers.

 

[spartanhusker]

I had one offer out of high school ... York College for basketball/ tennis... I took it... there was no hubbub😂

 

[dinglefritz]

I had one offer out of high school ... York College for basketball/ tennis... I took it... there was no hubbub😂

York College? Dang. I was in York many times in the 70s. . Had no idea there was a college there......

 

[spartanhusker]

York College? Dang. I was in York many times in the 70s. . Had no idea there was a college there......

now it's a University and mildly thriving ... athletics lagging a bit but a wonderful place

 

[spartanhusker]

We have very, very few players who are likely to “lead NU to the CFP.”

Forget local QBs and Dayton Raiola (LOL!!).

If that’s your bar, we can just throw out the entire roster because we will carry 95-100 guys who aren’t CFP level players in 2026.

that number is high... remember there are 130 schools, so by definition they ALL make the cut...

now if you are talking elite... different story...

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

We have very, very few players who are likely to “lead NU to the CFP.”

Forget local QBs and Dayton Raiola (LOL!!).

If that’s your bar, we can just throw out the entire roster because we will carry 95-100 guys who aren’t CFP level players in 2026.

Ok, roster is in the trash.

 

[dinglefritz]

now it's a University and mildly thriving ... athletics lagging a bit but a wonderful place

Mounty Marty up in Yankton declared themselves a University and added football. Meanwhile the official name of Harvard is still Harvard College.......

 

[spartanhusker]

Mounty Marty up in Yankton declared themselves a University and added football. Meanwhile the official name of Harvard is still Harvard College.......

I know... I had mixed feelings... I think it had to be a prestige thing to a degree... BUT their enrollment is up!!!

 

[huntered]

now it's a University and mildly thriving ... athletics lagging a bit but a wonderful place

chances R a pretty good place to eat

 

[spartanhusker]

chances R a pretty good place to eat

oh
my
YES!
Have known their fam forever!
one of my friends and his brother took a trip north with no real destination ... but i said IF you go through York, give it a try...
they were not done eating before i got the praise update

 

[huntered]

oh
my
YES!
Have known their fam forever!
one of my friends and his brother took a trip north with no real destination ... but i said IF you go through York, give it a try...
they were not done eating before i got the praise update

must stop if traveling by that funky water tower and you have about an hour. home cooking plus

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

I know... I had mixed feelings... I think it had to be a prestige thing to a degree... BUT their enrollment is up!!!

It usually has to do with post-graduate offerings if I remember right.

And literally no one in the world is saying that York is thriving.

 

[spartanhusker]

It usually has to do with post-graduate offerings if I remember right.

And literally no one in the world is saying that York is thriving.

i am... because i live in a dream world...
Certainly not Gary Indiana or Allentown, Pa.!!!!😂

 

[phoenix4nu]

 

[king_kong_]

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[litespeedhuskerfan]

Weird we're going to let him leave the state.

 

[WHCSC]

Weird we're going to let him leave the state.

Who do we have for 26 and who should this kid replace?

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

Who do we have for 26 and who should this kid replace?

No idea. Seems like a talented at an important position...but WTF do I know.

 

[inWV]

Who do we have for 26 and who should this kid replace?

Little Raiola, who is a 5.6 3*. Thomalla is NR, per Rivals.