Starting QB
- Thread starter rrthusker
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I think this is a mistake naming a starter this early. You're giving O'Brien an opportunity to transfer.
I understand why this is being done now. So if O'Brien transfers so be it. It is big time, big boy football. Competition is the coin of the realm.
What this tells me too is that Lee clearly was the better QB and that due to that fact the coaches saw no reason to drag things out. If the competition was real close with a razor's edge of difference, I doubt they name a starter now.
What this tells me too is that Lee clearly was the better QB and that due to that fact the coaches saw no reason to drag things out. If the competition was real close with a razor's edge of difference, I doubt they name a starter now.
I'll go a step further and say that if Gebbia is a hard red shirt the staff is more than content with Bunch in the #2 spot
It was a good laugh watching all of the receivers gather around him and 'gushing' over him during his interview after the spring game. You can tell they like him.
Where is all the O'Brien transfer talk coming from? Is it a real possibility or just speculation?
Not much of a surprise, but the timing of the announcement surprises me. I hope O'Brien doesn't transfer as he saw first hand last year, that the starter can go down and the backup is needed. It also isn't like he is buried on the depth chart. I could see him look elsewhere, if Gebbia passes him on the depth chart after his redshirt season, but you never know.
it is speculation based on the appearance that, forgetting about redshirts, the talent ranking of the QBs goes
1. Lee
2. Gebbia
3. too close to call Obrien/Bunch
It doesn't matter if it's real or speculation. By not naming a starter until the week before the first game, you pretty much eliminate any possibility of it happening. By naming someone this early, it keeps that possibility on the table.
But it also probably means that they are comfortable with the amount of depth they have if someone decides to transfer.
Anyone who thinks POB and Bunch are near equal ......pass the koutchie my way because you've had enough.
Yeah, putting O'Brien tied for 3rd on the depth chart, after a spring game??? That's definitely premature.
What the hell are you talking about? Do you think POB has another redshirt or something?
I was mystified by this. POB looked pretty good to me. Did I miss something?
Well, for one thing it goes beyond one scrimmage i.e. the spring game. For a second thing, this isn't the coaches first rodeo.
POB will be a very good starting QB here at Nebraska. I have little doubt he is going to stick it out and be a starter maybe in 2018. Gebbia will be a future starter as well.
I'm mystified that jlb suddenly has POB pushing 4th string and looking to transfer.
Good problem to have. Better than arguing between Fyfe, AJ Bush and Darlington. Welcome to big boy football and big boy recruiting. GBR
And you heard it from???? I am sure they are all NFL scouts? I hope he is next coming of Tom Brady or whomever you want to name but saying he is NFL ready next season? I hope so as it means we should have a great year but I am not ready to cash the checks just yet.
Now there's a saying that hasn't been ridden until the carcass is rotting and birds are carrying away the last scraps.
Yep. Been a long time since we have had the #1 and then ................................................................
My guess is, barring injury, that O'Brien will never be a starter here.
Definitely possible that Gebbia has the goods. POB and him are a year apart. As things play out,one will see the handwriting on the wall. My gut says it's not Gebbia.
Gebbia is going to be a all American at NU. It will take an injury to alter his future. It's going to be a fun ride. Fun for us. Not for the B1G.
I'll take the opposite for $100.
$50 to a charity of the winners choice?
I get the concern about a possible transfer but if basically everyone on this board has been saying for weeks and weeks that Lee looks like the guy, don't you think POB probably saw the same thing? Now Lee can get more reps with the 1s and become the leader of the team, that's more important than placating a guy who may or may not transfer and as of now is an inferior player.