Luke Carney

[23Zone]

The other thing is this... Pittsburgh has beat us in football 13 of the last 15 years!
We need to do something out of the box

 

[cusefan88]

Pitts freshman QB is a baller. Hell of a find.

 

[Cuse On 3]

Pitts freshman QB is a baller. Hell of a find.

Any good news?

 

[XC Cuse]

The other thing is this... Pittsburgh has beat us in football 13 of the last 15 years!
We need to do something out of the box

That can't be true, we won in 2012, 2017 and 2023. So slightly better 12 of last 15...

 

[SUbear]

With all due respect, and I mean it sincerely, where is the proof that we stand a better chance of winning with Luke Carney?
I have not studied LC's past performances and I have not seen enough of his play at SU to make any type of reasonable conclusion.
I stand with the thought that if FB saw anything like another Steve Angeli in LC, he would be in by now.

You are missing the point, most people have seen what Collins is and it is not good. We will not win with him. There are no guarantees that we have a QB capable of the jump up, however a chance is better than what we are seeing. If we are going to lose we should lose developing other options, with the chance one of those will surprise everyone, it has happened before.
After two and a quarter of bad performance what makes you think Collins is the better option?

 

[23Zone]

That can't be true, we won in 2012, 2017 and 2023. So slightly better 12 of last 15...

I feel better now lol

So you sayin we have a chance?

 

[XC Cuse]

I feel better now lol

So you sayin we have a chance?

Were due to win when were the lesser team. Them beating us in 2018 and 2024 when we were better, so why not. We win, we're owed at least one

 

[sufandu]

The Pitt QB threw two picks in the 2nd quarter but played well all things considered.

It's not necessarily about being mistake free. It's about making plays. If a young guy can make plays and be composed, you take the bad with the good.

 

[orangenauburn]

Any inside info not on pay side that he ran with ones this week?

 

[23Zone]

Any inside info not on pay side that he ran with ones this week?

Not a peep

 

[baggerbob]

Putting everything together and balancing all the intricacies, I personally would start Collins against Pitt. Give him the first half. If he stinks up the joint you come out fresh with Carney to start the second half. That way Pitt won't have half time to make adjustments for new QB. Could potentially catch them off guard and gain an advantage that way

If Rickie starts against Pitt, the game will be over by the half. I hope for SU 's sake I'm wrong.

 

[NCo’range]

You are missing the point, most people have seen what Collins is and it is not good. We will not win with him. There are no guarantees that we have a QB capable of the jump up, however a chance is better than what we are seeing. If we are going to lose we should lose developing other options, with the chance one of those will surprise everyone, it has happened before.
After two and a quarter of bad performance what makes you think Collins is the better option?

What I think is immaterial but what HCFB thinks is the key. Does he know something we
don’t, did he make a promise he intends to keep no matter what the end result may be?
Look, I’m not against making a change cause you never know until you know and I never said we should start Collins.

 

[anomander]

Problem with this is if the hole is dug too deep in the first half.

The problem with that is Carney doesn't get 2 weeks of 1st team snaps. I'm 99% that wouldn't be the strategy and if it is i'd be very questionable of it.

 

[anomander]

Pitts freshman QB is a baller. Hell of a find.

They benched Holstein for him who was very good last year, and not bad this year either. Duzzi most know he has something special.

 

[phsyra]

They benched Holstein for him who was very good last year, and not bad this year either. Duzzi most know he has something special.

Holstein is terrible

 

[FrancoPizza]

Problem with this is if the hole is dug too deep in the first half.

Yea it makes sense of Collins sucks and it’s still a winnable game but I don’t see how that’s possible.

 

[FireballPhil]

Is Rickie Fran’s Bennie Williams

there are no broken toilets yet so...

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Pitt at least pulled in a Top 50 QB recruit. Should we be worried that Fran’s first class was outside the Top 100 and second class outside the Top 75? We throw the ball a ton. It shouldn’t be that hard to get a Top 50 kid. Especially when we had no clear cut starter.

Hopefully Angeli is here and healthy for 2026 and 2027. But we need a Top 50 HS QB for 2027 for sure.

 

[Chip]

Pitt at least pulled in a Top 50 QB recruit. Should we be worried that Fran’s first class was outside the Top 100 and second class outside the Top 75? We throw the ball a ton. It shouldn’t be that hard to get a Top 50 kid. Especially when we had no clear cut starter.

Hopefully Angeli is here and healthy for 2026 and 2027. But we need a Top 50 HS QB for 2027 for sure.

Weird that he was top 50 on all the sites, but other than Pitt he only had MAC offers. Seems like a lot of teams missed, but will circle him in the offseason. Good problem to have for Pitt though.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Do you mean the guy that was first team all SEC and a first round draft choice? Is that realistic ?

Just the energy. Not the skill level of a senior in college or first round pick. Last week was the first time I saw Dart play. So much energy. It raises the whole team and fans.

 

[721Comstock]

Pitt at least pulled in a Top 50 QB recruit. Should we be worried that Fran’s first class was outside the Top 100 and second class outside the Top 75? We throw the ball a ton. It shouldn’t be that hard to get a Top 50 kid. Especially when we had no clear cut starter.

Hopefully Angeli is here and healthy for 2026 and 2027. But we need a Top 50 HS QB for 2027 for sure.

Nah. We don’t.

Fran will pull another dude from the portal.

See: McCord & Angeli.

This is the way.

“Not feeling the love from your P4 factory program?
Come to Cuse and put up video game #’s.
And be adored by the fanbase.”

It’s an easy sell now, because we don’t need “belief without evidence”.
We’ve got 2 for 2 years of exactly this happening for our transfer QB’s.

Hitting on a high ranked HS QB croot would be a bonus.

 

[CuseLegacy]

Not a peep

Only the posters on the payside can hear the peeps.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Only the posters on the payside can hear the peeps.

 

[IthacaMatt]

He’s young. He has happy feet and the game is moving 100 mph. He knows he is not doing well. Starting qb is the loneliest position

Mostly this is on Nixon being too stubborn with the offense. Stop throwing it so damn much, use play action on 2nd downs and roll the pocket. We have big guys on the line. Let's run the ball.

 

[IthacaMatt]

I think they should rotate series between the 3 QBs against Pitt, so we fans can make a proper assessment.

Once we were dow 31-3 last game, that was the time to try someone else.