FYI- he couldnt beat out Dwayne Haskins and Justin Fields- 2 REALLY good QBs to he asked Nebraska if he could play here. We said NO emphatically.
Then he went to this place called LSU where he won a National Title, Won the Heisman and became a first round draft choice
SO even though our guys made this HUGE mistake we are supposed to blindly trust that we shouldnt have went into the transfer portal and picked up another guy. You know because the staff knows SMothers is so good.
I think MOST of us are tired of the super spin zone and sunshine pumping. We want RESULTS.
I for one am only trusting what I have seen with my own eyes- because that has told me what we really have had each of the last 6 years. Those real world on the field observations has been a very good indicator of how good our players and team are. Not the overly optimistic cherry picking.
Considering most of your posts are some combination of wildly incorrect, offensive, or detached from reality, I am going to trust our coaches' evaluations of quarterbacks over yours. Have a good one!
i asked what he had done up to the point he transferred from tOSU and you said he won a heisman and a national championship. he did those things after he left. the coaches took a 4 yr player over a 2 yr player thinking there was more upside. they probably also werent expecting starting multiple walkon wrs after whiffing on several wrs. that doesnt even take into account the poor OL play the past 3 years. so not taking burrows wasnt a huge miss because burrows isnt getting drafted, winning a nc or the heisman playing at NU. he went to one of the best places to showcase his talents then had an OC his senior year develop a gameplan to showcase them even more.
Did you watch or go to our Spring Game?
Martinez played the first series for the Red. Smothers started for the White. Tackles by the defense when Smothers was in there were by Kolarevic, Ty Robinson and Nelson. Are those guys not 1s?
Not sure it was a mic you dropped...Absolutely- they have an excellent track record of evaling QBs here- but they dont so why should they be trusted. They passed on JOE BURROW who was begging to play here- mic drop.
THis is what he did his Freshman year
QB rating of 169 is pretty stout
His first year at LSU- he threw 16 TDs and 5 Ints
QB
5
22
28
78.6
226
8.1
9.5
2
0
169.9
wait, garbage time stats are now an indicator of greatness? damn, the coaches need to scour the backup qb ranks looking for the next guy who is 29/39 for 287 yds with 2 tds after being in a program for 3 yrs. again, burrows showed nothing during his tOSU days to make anyone think he would do what he did.
When youre playing behind Haskins and Fields- you ARENT going to get many snaps, BOTH first round draft picks. When he got in- he did great.
Joe Burrow would not have been a Heisman winning 1st overall pick if he’d came to NU. I’m pretty confident most “realists” would understand that.Well- looks like we could have brought in first round draft pick Joe Burrow in as a transfer and vetoed that. So our coaching staff isnt batting very well on that front.
The deal is Burrow WANTED to come here and our guys- said a resounding no. BUT we are supposed to put all our faith in their decision making- even though when they had this one teed up perfectly - they BLEW IT
Look at Martinez productivity= has gotten worse every year