Sims is athletically the best, but not the best as a player. It's not even just turnovers. Those plays were dreadful in execution. He even fumbled on his own TD pass this year.
Haarberg is bigger than Sims
Try living out here on the Front Range…I will hear it for the rest of my life how CU owned us the last 10 years. It’s funny in this day of supposed ‘tolerance’ (and especially coming from Boulder), it’s not ok to hate on anybody or anything EXCEPT the people of the State of Nebraska and conservatives.
Sims in the QB run game has been one of our best if not the best offensive weapons. CT wouldn’t have an NFL WR drawing the defenses attention and taking the top off the secondary. Who knows if CT would have succeeded this year.
I agree with this. Give HH and the offense some confidence and momentum these next two games. We won't beat Michigan but every other game is winnable on the schedule. Trying to finish 6-4 isn't out of the cards.
He has had 7 turnovers in 8 quarters. How much reducing do they need to do to win? He couldn't afford 1 mistake last game since Colorado capitalized on all of them. Credit the defense, they held them to 2 field goals at that point.
Completely agree. With our defense, 6-6 is absolutely attainable if we can just get 21-24 on the scoreboard. Next year the B1G drastically changes. I understand I may be being dramatic about it, but to me it is so important that we get to a bowl game this year to build on that momentum.
There is a lot to lose. The assumption is the coaches are wrong and the people in the stands think HH is the answer. What do you do if you start HH and things go south even worse? What do you expect teenagers to think and do?
2 fumbles from shotgun snaps and one fumble from hiking it with a motion guy in the way is as bad as it gets
Haarberg probably would have housed that too. He is fast. The unknown is his ability in the passing game and audibles. I have no idea if we audible much if at all
I was gonna say the same thing. That is a designed QB run and HH absolutely houses that.
What would go south look like? We are turning the ball over at an unbelievable clip while also not scoring at an unbelievable clip. What if HH can come in and at least not turn the ball over? Wouldn't we be miles ahead at that point?
Impossible to tell until the other QBs get some meaningful snaps to show what they can do. In my mind, the simplest answer is usually the most correct. In this case, as Bill Parcells would say, you are what your record says you are.
That's my position. You can't talk about culture blah blah blah, and then let a turnover machine keep playing when you've said turnovers = bench.
Stupid. No, he actually doesn't have to protect the football because there aren't any consequences for not protecting the football.
But Minn. didn't really have film on what our offense would be, so we had the element of surprise in that first game. If I were a DC, I would stack the line to stop the run and make Sims throw to beat me. Pretty sure we'll see that from here on out until we find some playmakers at WR & TE.
His second or third turnover this Saturday is going to result in the first ever booing of our QB in our home opener.
FWIW I believe HH was received scholarship offers from Harvard and Yale. They don't do that unless they think you will be a fit academically since they know you won't likely be going there to play in the NFL. So what I'm saying is HH is smart and that matters at the QB position.
Sorry if already posted but this notion that Rhule ran off Casey has to stop. Casey wanted what no coach should ever agree to....a guaranteed starting position. If he did that, HH and CP would hit the portal ASAP---as they should---leaving NU with no viable backups. It may well be that signing Sims was a mistake but a bigger mistake would be to agree to what Casey wanted.
Preacher Rhule just today said Sims is his QB
And you may be right, but that's not the same as giving your coach an ultimatum that he start you or else he leaves. I'm not defending Sims in the least. I am saying it's nonsensical to say Rhule ran off Casey when that is patently untrue.
Exactly. I get it, that's your guy (taking about Rhule and Sims). I'm not even suggesting he's not the starter but when he is turning the ball over he has to be benched. HH should have been in the game in the second quarter to try and give the offense a boost. You can't sit one guy because of a fumble but continue to let Sims piss away chances to win.
You're not wrong. Bench him for a series or two and let HH try. If he's not getting it done Sims may have collected himself enough to play effectively. But don't reward bad play with more playing time.
I really have to explain how winning these first two games would’ve changed the trajectory of the year?
I guess making a bowl game would be the lower level of a successful season. Winning the first two games against those teams would’ve shown we are capable of formulating and executing a game a plan on the road and limit mistakes that we are all so used to, however that didn’t happen. Additionally, the momentum of the team going into Michigan 4-0 would’ve been a great help to make a potential upset, although that would’ve been unlikely no matter what. Still, we would’ve only needed 2 more wins to make a bowl.
I think are two options keep sims starting or begin again. Trust me there plenty of blame to go around, we have 4th and 5th seniors on the offensive line that still can't get the snap count correct or know who to block. I watched #66 just wondering around out there. Of course we all know about our outstanding tackles. Rhule will get a mulligan this year and probably next year. So let the younger players get some significant playing time. If we lose then so be it at least we are building for the future
