Is it just me or does Blaine G have the strongest arm

[Red Dawg]

in college football. The kid down here in Ark has a cannon for an arm but watching MU was like HOLY SHIT! That kid has got more than a cannon. It a damn rocket launcher.

[Mizzou_8541]

Originally Posted by Sam Hall

Every team has decommits and it happens every year. Nebraska has had its share of decommits over the years. The world didn't end when Josh Freeman left for Kansas State.

Josh Freeman...that's your argument? That guy tore up the Big 12.

Who knows, though. Nebraska only won 24 games while Freeman was the quarterback at k-state. To put that in perspective, ku won 27 games and MU won 31 games. He would have probably been an upgrade over, well, Joe Ganz comes to mind.

[Sam Hall]

Originally Posted by Mizzou_8541

Josh Freeman...that's your argument? That guy tore up the Big 12.

Who knows, though. Nebraska only won 24 games while Freeman was the quarterback at k-state. To put that in perspective, ku won 27 games and MU won 31 games. He would have probably been an upgrade over, well, Joe Ganz comes to mind.

Josh Freeman was a first-round draft pick. I'd say he's pretty good

Ganz did a good job. This goes back to Callahan, and I'm glad he's gone.

[Mizzou_8541]

Originally Posted by Sam Hall

Josh Freeman was a first-round draft pick. I'd say he's pretty good

Ganz did a good job. This goes back to Callahan, and I'm glad he's gone.

IMHO, Callahan = Ron Zook. Great recruiter, terrible coach.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Sam Hall

Josh Freeman was a first-round draft pick. I'd say he's pretty good

Ganz did a good job. This goes back to Callahan, and I'm glad he's gone.

Ganz did a great job of keeping Missouri talent in-state. It's laughable that you think that NU did just fine the last 3 years. Their program was a disaster. With the debacle that was K-State, Nebraska should have dominated the North. Instead, they were an also-ran. It was Missouri, Kansas, and a bunch of jokers.

[Sam Hall]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Ganz did a great job of keeping Missouri talent in-state. It's laughable that you think that NU did just fine the last 3 years. Their program was a disaster. With the debacle that was K-State, Nebraska should have dominated the North. Instead, they were an also-ran. It was Missouri, Kansas, and a bunch of jokers.

I think you're missing my points.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Sam Hall

I think you're missing my points.

You must be right, because I didn't see any.

I like Nebraska at home against Iowa State. I like them at home against Kansas State. Other than that there's not a conference game on their schedule that I would be surprised to see them lose. If they go 3-5 in conference, I wouldn't be surprised one bit.

[Sam Hall]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

You must be right, because I didn't see any.

I like Nebraska at home against Iowa State. I like them at home against Kansas State. Other than that there's not a conference game on their schedule that I would be surprised to see them lose. If they go 3-5 in conference, I wouldn't be surprised one bit.

OK. You sound like another person who stopped paying attention to Nebraska after last year's Mizzou game. I can deal with that.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Sam Hall

OK. You sound like another person who stopped paying attention to Nebraska after last year's Mizzou game. I can deal with that.

I watched them play most of their games last year. I didn't see their opener, as it was only on PPV around here. What games on your conference schedule would you be surprised to lose? 3-5 isn't a slap in the face. You've got a tough schedule.

[crispystl]

Originally Posted by billay

Like the 4 star recruit they got from Texas? Or the top 25 rated recruiting class? You do realize alot of Nebraskas great talent in the 90's was from Nebraska? Typical Mizzou fan doesn't know much about college football cuz they only got on the bangwagon a few years ago.

#1 You are an asshole and a douche bag.
#2 I have been a Mizzou Fan since before Corby Jones.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by Sam Hall

OK. You sound like another person who stopped paying attention to Nebraska after last year's Mizzou game.

That would be 99.9% of football fans.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by GoChiefs

And so it begins....in two years every Planeteer will want Blaine G in red and gold.

The big difference is that this kid is actually going to be a legit first-round talent.

6'5" 242lbs and can move.

We're looking at Roethlisberger II, speaking simply as a prospect.

[Titty Meat]

So Nebraskas football program has been a disater yet they've won 19 more games, won more heismans, and played in more title games than Mizzou?

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by billay

So Nebraskas football program has been a disater yet they've won 19 more games, won more heismans, and played in more title games than Mizzou?

Nebraska has a rich tradition. This isn't even an arguable point.

Yet it's going to take significant work to get that program up and running again. It's not a given that it will happen, given the ever-changing nature of modern college football.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

The big difference is that this kid is actually going to be a legit first-round talent.

6'5" 242lbs and can move.

We're looking at Roethlisberger II, speaking simply as a prospect.

That was precisely my thinking. Oh, to have a talented, big, physical QB with miles of upside running the show in the Red and Gold...

I'd have to double my underwear budget!

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

The big difference is that this kid is actually going to be a legit first-round talent.

6'5" 242lbs and can move.

We're looking at Roethlisberger II, speaking simply as a prospect.

I don't think so, at least I don't like the comp.

If Gabbert pans out, we're looking at Carson Palmer. If he doesn't, we're looking at...well nothing really.

In other words, I find Gabbert to be a far more 'talented' player than Roethlisberger. If he develops as a passer, he's a better pure thrower than Ben. He's also faster; Ben's 'pocket mobile' in that he sees space to step up and avoid the rush, but he's not a guy that's going to break many runs. At the same time, Ben's an exceptional leader and a guy I'd let QB any team I ever put out there. They're just much different players.

I don't see any way that Gabbert ends up like Roethlisberger, they just don't have the same strengths that I can see. With his physical gifts, if Gabbert can get the mental game under his belt, he has a chance to stand with the best pure passers in the game. If he ends up with the leadership ability of Ben, he'll surpass him as a player. If he doesn't end up with that kind of moxy, he'll just be completely different, certainly not Roethlisberger II.

I think Palmer before his knee injury is an excellent upside comparison (again - pure upside, not projecting; I recognize it's somewhere between damn unlikely and impossible that Gabbert ends up as good as Palmer).