Rickie Collins

[newmexicuse]

Well, if the pre-season QB race was really as close as we were lead to believe then there should not be much of a drop off.

 

[FrancoPizza]

Ricky's gonna get a long look to and obviously a long first crack at the job. I hope he runs with it but again there's some flaws there which I worry about and why the staff went and got Angeli. Hopefully we don't need Carney but I think he's in play at some point.

Yes and unfortunately we’ll have to lose to Duke and a few others before a switch is made. I’ve seen nothing from Rickie in the spring and fall to earn my confidence.

 

[orange79]

Always playing victim, tiring dude. We’re one team here we just want the best outcome and Rickie looked really shaky vs Colgate. I hope we get proven wrong by him but I barely feel good about the win today given we lost our QB for the season who was really finding his groove

I'm not going to get into whether or not I agree with bnoro, but how is his statement "playing victim"?

 

[richmondcuse03]

Rickie will wow us at times and probably have us scratching our heads saying What too. Some guys take the natural step when they’re on the field. I’m not going to judge Rickie based on yesterday. He came in with a lead and we just needed to protect the ball. He made a great TD throw. Let’s see how he does when he’s the starter and gets to prepare with the 1s.

 

[Ttk.gman2]

Always playing victim, tiring dude. We’re one team here we just want the best outcome and Rickie looked really shaky vs Colgate. I hope we get proven wrong by him but I barely feel good about the win today given we lost our QB for the season who was really finding his groove

Rickie threw one interception, then came right back and put together strong drives. I don’t get why everyone is so negative toward him. The kid has the talent — he was a 4-star recruit with a massive arm, and Jeff Nixon is going to keep getting him ready. Give him a full week of reps with the 1s, time in the film room, and mentorship from Steve Angeli, and he’s only going to improve. Let him play next week before you start judging him. People are already bringing up Carney, and he’s had literally one snap — that just shows how quick folks are to overreact.
Also Rickie threw a touchdown on his first throw vs Clemson.

 

[Ttk.gman2]

Rickie will wow us at times and probably have us scratching our heads saying What too. Some guys take the natural step when they’re on the field. I’m not going to judge Rickie based on yesterday. He came in with a lead and we just needed to protect the ball. He made a great TD throw. Let’s see how he does when he’s the starter and gets to prepare with the 1s.

Thank you let’s see what the staff schemes up for him.

 

[FrancoPizza]

I have a sneaky good feeling about Ricky.

And you’re never wrong?

 

[orangepassion]

Some of you really don't want Rickie to succeed.

Yea, I'm sure SU fans will be furious if he throws for 300 yards, several TD's and leads us to victory

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Let’s see him with a week of 1st team reps

 

[Day2]

We will rally around Rickie Collins.

 

[007]

Yes and unfortunately we’ll have to lose to Duke and a few others before a switch is made. I’ve seen nothing from Rickie in the spring and fall to earn my confidence.

This take alone gives me more confidence in Collins…

To be fair, you saw “nothing” from RC in the spring because you didn’t see him play. He did not play in the spring game. And, there is not much to judge him on this fall.

But, Angeli was clearly the better QB heading into the season and I don’t think the competition was close. Collins clearly needs to step up and Nixon needs to scheme to take advantage of his strengths.

Let’s see how it plays out.

 

[OrangeAl]

Yes and unfortunately we’ll have to lose to Duke and a few others before a switch is made. I’ve seen nothing from Rickie in the spring and fall to earn my confidence.

Thank you for being our worst case scenario, doomsday guy. Every fanbase needs one so that the rest of us don't need to go there.

 

[JKinUtah]

Yes and unfortunately we’ll have to lose to Duke and a few others before a switch is made. I’ve seen nothing from Rickie in the spring and fall to earn my confidence.

You've been at practice to see him and how he's developing?

 

[Ttk.gman2]

Yes and unfortunately we’ll have to lose to Duke and a few others before a switch is made. I’ve seen nothing from Rickie in the spring and fall to earn my confidence.

Why are people so hopeless about Collins? He’s had limited reps, and yesterday he didn’t turn the ball over. All he needs to do is get the ball to our playmakers, and that alone will win us more games.

 

[upperdeck]

until we know how he sees the field we should all be worried, We need to run the ball to make life easier

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Why are people so hopeless about Collins? He’s had limited reps, and yesterday he didn’t turn the ball over. All he needs to do is get the ball to our playmakers, and that alone will win us more games.

From what we have seen thus far he is giving CDRW vibes.

This O is so much about quickly knowing where to go with the ball and delivering accurately. He hasn’t shown either yet.

Hopefully with first teams reps and more attention from the coaching we will next game.

 

[Qbobby]

I mean, he hasn't had any first team practices at all. How about an actual start under his belt before the doom and gloom, ffs? We just came off a huge win, can none of you enjoy that for 10 minutes? Good Lord.

 

[USMCSnyper]

Let’s just support this kid, ok? My god.

 

[JKinUtah]

This captures the mood

 

[Yeti]

Yes that’s him. I think he actually won his first start.

If anyone else is weird and wanted to see/didn't remember. Oddly i accidentally watched the 2015 highlights first and we won that game too, also featuring a first time starter in Eric Dungey. (i think a week before CMU took his head off?)

 

[CuseFan]

Rickie is the QB, likely for the rest of the year.
Start him with simple quick passes and a lot of running. We are counting on him being successful!

Let's go Rickie, and let's go Orange!

 

[OrangeTarheel]

I’m disappointed no one has dragged out this old trope yet but … Duke doesn’t have much tape on Rickie. What will they do!?!

 

[jr4750]

Watching the Commanders play today with Mariota, hoping we do a similar RPO game with Rickie next week.

 

[Shenexon]

As sad as I am that Angeli got hurt, I'm very surprised with the negativity about Collins. We have the greatest depth at QB in recent memory and coaches that get that football is a team game. We have multiple highly regarded players in our QB room even with Angeli out. It wasn't long ago that we had no real QB, no depth on the line, and receivers that had trouble getting separation. This will be a busy week for the coaches to scheme for Collins, but we beat Clemson playing "complimentary" football, a term I'm liking. Rickie won't be out there alone and brings significant skills. We actually have a next man up at QB, and a next man up after him. We also have coaches that will put Rickie in a position to succeed. I was nervous yesterday until the end, but mainly about Clemson's abilities, not ours. DART is real. We don't play in a vacuum and talented opposing teams may well beat us, but i have more confidence in our ability to compete with good teams than I've had in a generation. Enjoy the moment...

 

[orangmannc1]

I mean, he hasn't had any first team practices at all. How about an actual start under his belt before the doom and gloom, ffs? We just came off a huge win, can none of you enjoy that for 10 minutes? Good Lord.

We know the coaching staff saw in the spring how good Collins was. They decided that there was a need to get another portal QB. Also Pena worked with Collins and he left for a better opportunity to catch passes. We will see in the Duke game what potential he has to lead the team. Duke game is huge. Afraid SU will need to put up a ton of points to win it.