How many were there?The amount of posters here who went to bat over and over for Dayton’s recruitment will never be forgotten
absolute pigeons
I agree with this. Sad state for Dayton, really - living in the shadow like that. He will be a practice dummy and hopefully get a degree out of the deal.I’m of the thought that Dayton’s role in life (sadly) has been predetermined to be Dylan’s pal and cheerleader. Uncle served that role while at NU, now Dayton who was a QB on a undefeated Buford team, can only allow himself to placed as a walkon TE at Oregon vs venturing out on his own as a possible QB at lower level FCS team. Good luck.
I agree with this. Sad state for Dayton, really - living in the shadow like that. He will be a practice dummy and hopefully get a degree out of the deal.
I get it from the monetary standpoint, but living your life knowing "you're not that dude" would be tough. Proverbial little brother takes new meaning here in this next handout.No tears shed for any of the Raiola girls. They're all set for life.
Multiple high schools attended, multiple college commitments before enrolling...should have been a red flag for any football coach.And we were going to spend a scholarship and NIL money on him just to appease the Raiola family? At least Rhule did one thing right by cutting them all loose.
I hope Dayton does well there. He was never going to be a QB at a major school. And I’m not going to put him down because their family is very close and they want to do things together. I wish more families in America were doing that.I’m of the thought that Dayton’s role in life (sadly) has been predetermined to be Dylan’s pal and cheerleader. Uncle served that role while at NU, now Dayton who was a QB on a undefeated Buford team, can only allow himself to placed as a walkon TE at Oregon vs venturing out on his own as a possible QB at lower level FCS team. Good luck.
I just wish Kong didn't act like there was a huge number of posters that defended the Dayton recruitment like he's implying.How many?
Please.I just wish Kong didn't act like there was a huge number of posters that defended the Dayton recruitment like he's implying.
By whom exactly?Please.
It was the party line for more than a year.
Well, you, for one:By whom exactly?
And yet, 1 "charity case" recruit completely ruins Kongs view of our recruiting.
Well, you, for one:
IF it was a package deal with the Raiolas, I’d rather have both of them instead of just Jett![]()
...almost everyone is OK with it, as they should be.
Lets say this is true. I'm glad. I'm glad we offered Dayton if it makes Dylan happy. Are you? ..kinda seems like you have a problem with it.
Agreed! Too many people look at national ratings or what a kid's measurables are when they are a HS junior. This kid has talent and he cares A LOT about playing for the Big Red and comes from a family that lives football. He's going to work his ***. This is a talented, scholarship QB recruit with the mentality of a walk-on from central Nebraska.
He plays for a top 10 national HS . He plays with a team of p4 players. Winning this award is not like when you won the award weekly when you played on your special Ed rec team.
A lot of assumptions in this post. Having TJ then Trae in 27. This worked out perfectly. And you don’t know if they would have gotten someone more coveted. You can tell you just pay attention to stars. Dayton is now balling out at a very good highschool and showing a great arm with better mobility than DR.
One could make the argument that he would also be more highly recruited if he wasn't rock solid to NU. Looks like he's grown some over the last year. It's early but his completion % looks to be up. Clearly has a strong arm.
This is correct. The offer to Dayton was a stretch at the time if you were only looking at Dayton himself and his measurables. It made more sense once you considered that it helped to solidify Dylan. We would not have offered him at that time without that connection.
Could we have gotten someone better instead? I feel like probably. Dayton has grown and is less of a stretch now than he was at the time offer. And in this case, I am not sure getting a somewhat better QB in the 2026 class would help the team. Dayton has the ability to keep Dylan here and not market himself for NIL offers. The QB room will be stable for several years because Dayton is a part of it, even if he’s only an average QB.
Dayton will get a legitimate chance to develop and compete for playing time. If he can beat out TJ and Trae, he will have earned it.
When you’re offering a 16-17 year old you HAVE to try to project what they’ll develop in to. We have the evidence with Dylan to make a reasonable projection of Dayton. Dayton is a high floor low risk kid that we would have been foolish to not offer.
After all, he did have a lot of "upside" and he was still growing. We were "lucky" to get in on him before everyone found out about him.Many.
Just Jett >>>>> the Raiola brothers and their hangers onI stand by my correct view on the matter
I often pronounce the ultimate trajectory of a football player when they reach the age of 16 or 17. Is Uncle Donnie a charity case as well?
Based on what? How many college snaps has JT taken?Just Jett >>>>> the Raiola brothers and their hangers on
and many, many posters proclaimed their support for more nepotism instead of less
Zero.Based on what? How many college snaps has JT taken?![]()
Rhule having Kyle McCord on campus ready to sign in spring 24 and the Raiolas pulling their power play the same day changed the trajectory of the program. Ever since it's been about keeping them happy up until the USC game in 25. Nebraska probably wins eight games or more in 24 with McCord and they have Kaelin and Lateef on the roster in spring 25. I assume they look at a transfer quarterback also but not everything would be revolving around one family and trying to keep them happy, especially after they shopped Dylan in the 24 off season. Retaining the uncle, giving the sister a recruiting office job, giving Dayton a pity party scholarship in 26 and eliminating any chance of recruiting a real quarterback in this class.The amount of posters here who went to bat over and over for Dayton’s recruitment will never be forgotten
absolute pigeons
If comparing little Raiola to Jett.. one just won the HS national title the other just beat the mighty titans of Papio South by 49.. who knows how either pan out in college, clearly he was always a packaged deal with Dylan..Zero.
And he has the same number of ranked wins as dyldo.
i'm not delusional enough to believe that Kyle McCord would've been successful at a Matt Rhule-led team.Rhule having Kyle McCord on campus ready to sign in spring 24 and the Raiolas pulling their power play the same day changed the trajectory of the program. Ever since it's been about keeping them happy up until the USC game in 25. Nebraska probably wins eight games or more in 24 with McCord and they have Kaelin and Lateef on the roster in spring 25. I assume they look at a transfer quarterback also but not everything would be revolving around one family and trying to keep them happy, especially after they shopped Dylan in the 24 off season. Retaining the uncle, giving the sister a recruiting office job, giving Dayton a pity party scholarship in 26 and eliminating any chance of recruiting a real quarterback in this class.
So now we have a reset with multiple QBs who have starting experience. The QB competition should be interesting.Rhule having Kyle McCord on campus ready to sign in spring 24 and the Raiolas pulling their power play the same day changed the trajectory of the program. Ever since it's been about keeping them happy up until the USC game in 25. Nebraska probably wins eight games or more in 24 with McCord and they have Kaelin and Lateef on the roster in spring 25. I assume they look at a transfer quarterback also but not everything would be revolving around one family and trying to keep them happy, especially after they shopped Dylan in the 24 off season. Retaining the uncle, giving the sister a recruiting office job, giving Dayton a pity party scholarship in 26 and eliminating any chance of recruiting a real quarterback in this class.
If comparing little Raiola to Jett.. one just won the HS national title the other just beat the mighty titans of Papio South by 49.. who knows how either pan out in college, clearly he was always a packaged deal with Dylan..