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Raiola will transfer at the end of the year

Excited to have him on our team. However, the offense continues to be a dumpster fire with no end insight. He has a track record of moving from school to school. Played for 3 different High Schools across the country and changed commitment to 3 different colleges.
Why would he stay here with a continued nightmare of an offensive line? He would benefit by transferring to a top school that has a track record of protecting passing QBs. A QB at N has to be an elite scrambler to survive. Sorry, but this will happen just watch it unfold.
Bet you $100 he doesn't.
 
He's going to be the starter at NU and at many of these schools he will be at risk of not starting. OSU has Julian Sayin, the other 5 star from last year. NU needs to build up its roster and make some coaching changes. Rhule needs to get the best OC possible and stop hoping Satterfield will improve.
Put 15 million into NIL and accept that what NU football means to this state is on par with what football means to the people of Ohio, Alabama, and Tennessee.
The OL play has to improve. Can we hire a second OL coach to help? We did that in the past. I don't think we can move Donovan and keep Dylan. What about dad? He was an NFL OL and a feisty player.
Regardless of what happens we should go ahead and get Kaelin some playing time and if that means burning his redshirt, oh well.
Yea, there were rumors about Raiola to OSU but it sounds like OSU is really happy with Sayin and he will be their next superstar QB. You can cross OSU off the list
 
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The irony of this season is that DR missed a wide open game clinching TD against Illinois at the end of regulation, and two wide open TDs today against OSU when we lost by four. That Indiana loss would feel a lot different if it was the only one and we just beat a Top 5 OSU on the road.

DR has been the bright spot on offense this year, and he will be even better.
He's really just not that good.....plays scared.
 
I don't think he's getting much help from the coaching staff either. I expected him to struggle against B10 competition but our OL and defense have killed us in our two losses. When is that going to improve?
I am pretty sure outside of the Indiana game our Defense has been good... I mean it was 13-7 in the 1st half. Not saying they didn't give up a ton of yards, but 13 points is not number we shouldn't be able to overcome.

The game changed when the 1st play of the second half was a pick 6, and that had nothing to do with the defense. Then out side of the ONE long pass play, or defense stepped up. That pass happened right after our offense went there after that pick 6 and went for 8 plays and 33 yards. Then failed to get points AGAIN.

After that drive the light clicked on for both the offense and the defense. Then our clock managment failed. That is the problem with this team, there is always a failure in an aspect of the play. That is COACHING and nothing else. The team took how many plays and how much time off the clock inside the 5? That last scoring drive we had shown zero urgency, and I started shouting about it at the 8 minute mark.
 
My biggest disappointment with Raiola, is the fact that his presence has not spurred a major uptick in offensive talent. The recruiting rankings and portal signings don't lie.
 
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He's really just not that good.....plays scared.
At this moment sure. But players do improve and DR will improve a ton. DR is a thinker-- that's hurting him at the moment. But with experience and good coaching, it will become a huge asset. And he's a talented kid who is a hard worker. We're not used to having that around here much. He volunteered to jump into mess. Give the kid some time.
 
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My biggest disappointment with Raiola, is the fact that his presence has not spurred a major uptick in offensive talent. The recruiting rankings and portal signings don't lie.
I know the Terry kid is still considering us and besides Isaiah Mozee we need to land some big time receivers, not to mention this offense needs to land a big time running back in this class, Connor Booth is a nice little running back but isn’t the answer..
 
I know the Terry kid is still considering us and besides Isaiah Mozee we need to land some big time receivers, not to mention this offense needs to land a big time running back in this class, Connor Booth is a nice little running back but isn’t the answer..
Did Jamarion Parker decommit?
 
Yea, it was. This would be top 5 over last 20-years. Bad all around - in about 20 months it feels like we are back to Frost level incompetence. Not good.
1. 70-10 vs Texas Tech... Callahan put in Beau Davis, because the fan were calling for him. He went 1 for 8 with 4 int's. Worst beating we have ever took that I remember

2. 70-31 vs Wisconsin in the Big 10 championship after we had already beat them was a really bad night.

3. 45-14 vs Oklahoma State... 38-0 at half

4. 52-17 vs Missouri... Chase Daniel beat the snot out of us so bad that game he ate his own.

5. Tie

- 56-7 vs Indiana... Rhule lost his team that day. Also lost the fans respect.
- 31-28 vs Northwestern... The onside kick heard all around the world. The fact that was Northwesterns only win in 2022 only adds to the fact.
 
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I know the Terry kid is still considering us and besides Isaiah Mozee we need to land some big time receivers, not to mention this offense needs to land a big time running back in this class, Connor Booth is a nice little running back but isn’t the answer.
Doesn’t seem like the RB position is a top priority with this staff.
 
We are going to have to buy some NIL talent that will mean big dollars across the roster. If Rhule wants to keep his job he will look honestly at every position and ask himself: "Is this a guy that would start at a top p5 program and get drafted?", and if not, find a replacement. We need to cut out guys that aren't showing progress and all the head cases (Malachi Coleman?). We also need to find guys that just know success and demand it of themselves and their teammates and aren't afraid to get after each other.
Via donations from the fans and big walleted fans, NU football means enough to the state and the fanbase to make the type of money investment we need to be up there with Ohio St.
 
We are going to have to buy some NIL talent that will mean big dollars across the roster. If Rhule wants to keep his job he will look honestly at every position and ask himself: "Is this a guy that would start at a top p5 program and get drafted?", and if not, find a replacement. We need to cut out guys that aren't showing progress and all the head cases (Malachi Coleman?). We also need to find guys that just know success and demand it of themselves and their teammates and aren't afraid to get after each other.
Via donations from the fans and big walleted fans, NU football means enough to the state and the fanbase to make the type of money investment we need to be up there with Ohio St.
At some point the team needs to produce or NIL will not mean anything. At some point these funds will dry up quickly
 
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Our offensive line makes it look that way at times.. He definitely doesn’t look comfortable when behind the changes.
It's wild how much more comfortable in the pocket HH seemed compared to Raiola. He had plenty of time and stayed focus.

I guess experience is somewhat important after all
 
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