Dylan Raiola

Pedro G said:
A buddy of mine who worked security for the professional Omaha volleyball game told me he met DR and talked to him. Very nice kid. One thing that surprised him is he is not as big as how the media describes him. He said at most he is 6 foot and 2 inches tall and weighs no more than 200. That’s not bad or anything. It just again tells you how often how kids coming out of high school are not as big as listed. 
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Or someone ogling an 18 year old is wrong about his measurements. 

 
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Just so freakin happy we have this guy (Dylan Raiola).  And can't wait until the game starts slowing down for him.  Might take 4-6 games? 

But when it really really slows down so he can make all solid decisions with the ball, maybe year 2, it's going to be so freakin awesome to see. 

We are so lucky to have this kid

 
First play of the first game, Haarberg comes out at QB, the line gets set. A wr goes in motion for some jet sweep action. Suddenly Haarberg shifts down to tight end, the Wr stops and takes the snap. It's Raiola. The crowd roars, while the defense bites on the play action fake. Raiola throws up a bomb. 80 yard td Raila to Haarberg. The stadium explodes and the 2024 Huskers are off and running!

 
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Born N Bled Red said:
First play of the first game, Haarberg comes out at QB, the line gets set. A wr goes in motion for some jet sweep action. Suddenly Haarberg shifts down to tight end, the Wr stops and takes the snap. It's Raiola. The crowd roars, while the defense bites on the play action fake. Raiola throws up a bomb. 80 yard td Raila to Haarberg. The stadium explodes and the 2024 Huskers are off and running!
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I like your imagination. I can see Haarberg playing a role since he is so athletic, and he appeared to be a passing threat in the spring game. I can see Rhule replacing Raiola with Haarberg on fourth and one with him running a zone read with Nelson in the backfield with the threat of leaping over the top. Even if Raiola starts I can see Rhule still getting Haarberg some snaps behind center. 

 
admo said:
Just so freakin happy we have this guy (Dylan Raiola).  And can't wait until the game starts slowing down for him.  Might take 4-6 games? 

But when it really really slows down so he can make all solid decisions with the ball, maybe year 2, it's going to be so freakin awesome to see. 
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He obviously needs game reps, but I think he'll progress very quickly as those come. He's not just a prospect with a lot of talent and potential, he's extremely advanced for a college QB in part because he's had access to the type of personal coaching that's really exclusive.

I'm looking more to the offense as a whole. The spring game has me excited, but it's just phase 1 of this passing game. Get better at timing, spacing, and getting on target and on time. Haarberg said it best in his post spring press conferences, 'get completions'. Raiola talked about it a few weeks prior to that in regards to getting big plays by turning 5 into 25. The staff is not only designing an offense to get the ball out, but sending a very clear message for how they want the QBs to operate.

I'm not dissuading from that at all. That's been desperately needed and when you come off a season leading the world in interceptions and you have to start a very young guy, simplifying the decision making process is definitely the way to go. But when you have a QB that may progress very quickly, your offense has to progress quickly, too, in order to keep developing that guy. Right now it's a lot of quick game, RPOs and half field reads with 7 man protections.....all safe stuff. Over time does that become more full field reads with much more complex decision trees that put the defense in more no win scenarios.

How fast can Raiola get there? I don't know. How fast could this staff get there. I don't know. But, I think if we are going to start challenging the really good teams, and this is the offseason so we're putting the cart before the horse here, Raiola is how you're going to have to do it. This isn't Lamar Jackson or Vince Young. He's not going to out-athlete you at this level. He's going to have to win it with that brain of his and, at some point, that requires a lot of trust from the guy calling the plays to allow him to make those decisions.

 
Born N Bled Red said:
First play of the first game, Haarberg comes out at QB, the line gets set. A wr goes in motion for some jet sweep action. Suddenly Haarberg shifts down to tight end, the Wr stops and takes the snap. It's Raiola. The crowd roars, while the defense bites on the play action fake. Raiola throws up a bomb. 80 yard td Raila to Haarberg. The stadium explodes and the 2024 Huskers are off and running!
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Sounds fun. We don't need to be complicated for UTEP. If Raiola is the guy, give him full reigns and work out the bugs against a team that is completely rebuilt. If he has struggles, this is the game to work through them.

Pedro G said:
I like your imagination. I can see Haarberg playing a role since he is so athletic, and he appeared to be a passing threat in the spring game. I can see Rhule replacing Raiola with Haarberg on fourth and one with him running a zone read with Nelson in the backfield with the threat of leaping over the top. Even if Raiola starts I can see Rhule still getting Haarberg some snaps behind center. 
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Pull this out once we hit the tough sledding: Northern Iowa challenging us with a consistent team and philosophy, Colorado out gunning us early, Bielema weaseling out a early lead, Purdue making our first road game a mess, these are the times to "cheat" yourself into an advantage. Pull out the wrinkle you know is there and make the next team go, "hmmm, that is interesting."

 
Lorewarn said:
Has a true freshman ever had preseason heisman odds?
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I don't know...If I had to guess and I am pretty much always wrong...

Maybe Randy Moss but I don't know if he was true freshman or not at Marshall, since he was booted from FSU.

I thought Adrian Martinez had odds listed but that might have been his second year. 

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