If you want anyone to show up, gotta make the change

[OrangeCrush22]

Anyone who is proposing keeping Rickie in is accepting that this is a 4 win season and I’d rather they just say that and get it over with.

I’ve learned my lesson from the Shafer/Dino years.

I just don’t see any wins with Rickie at QB. We can’t score

 

[tptcuse]

I just don’t see any wins with Rickie at QB. We can’t score

Concise and accurate.

 

[JeffCuse]

No.

If Carney was better why would he be 3rd string?

Sure Collins made some mistakes. but the running game is the issue not Collins

You do realize a functional passing game opens up the run game right?

 

[JeffCuse]

Put the kid in. If we lose at least we are taking steps for 2026. Collins is awful.

 

[upperdeck]

You do realize a functional passing game opens up the run game right?

you do know teams are not even playing the run most of the time and stuffing us. And when they do play the run we can barely do anything.


we play a pass offense to keep it light in the box dont we?

 

[OttosShoes]

Eh, if you're a big NIL donor I think seeing the guy you backed play well is secondary to wanting to see the program win.

I wouldn't assume those motivations are different. Spending money on stuff influences how you feel about it. That's why some people go nuts over Ford vs. Chevy or whatever.

True NIL is also motivated by starpower. Rickie's NIL value is worthless right now--you can't run a Collins ad for your car dealership or whatever. If he gets demoted it will stay that way. But if he stays in, there's a small chance things improve.

 

[djorange1989]

Put the kid in. If we lose at least we are taking steps for 2026. Collins is awful.

Yep biggest risk is he plays well and gets poached by another school, I will take that over a Collins death march.

 

[Millhouse]

that used to be the case - but have you seen the dome attendance lately for red?

Landmark theater and turning stone must be giddy.

I haven't ironically because I'm not going to any basketball games until it stops sucking

 

[baggerbob]

You do know we play unc and bc right?

Even those aren't a guarantee, unless Rickie gets a lot better.

 

[007]

You do realize a functional passing game opens up the run game right?

Generally true, but not a given. Last season for example, one of the top rated passing offense in FBS and bottom 10 in rushing even with a player like LQA. Some might say we didn't need to rush b/c of McCord. And yet there were 402 rushing attempts and an abysmal 3.2 yards per attempt. That's an OL issue.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Generally true, but not a given. Last season for example, one of the top rated passing offense in FBS and bottom 10 in rushing even with a player like LQA. Some might say we didn't need to rush b/c of McCord. And yet there were 402 rushing attempts and an abysmal 3.2 yards per attempt. That's an OL issue.

I think it is a play design and/or system issue. We saw the same thing with Dino's O. Lots of simple runs up the middle. I think the idea with running the ball is to occasionally bust a long run. It isn't to be consistently getting 6 yard runs.

 

[JeffCuse]

I think it is a play design and/or system issue. We saw the same thing with Dino's O. Lots of simple runs up the middle. I think the idea with running the ball is to occasionally bust a long run. It isn't to be consistently getting 6 yard runs.

Id argue we run at incredibly predictable times.

Example, I would bet i could count on two hands the number of times in the past 18 games the offense didn't run on 2nd after an incomplete pass on first