Rickie Collins

[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.

 

[baggerbob]

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

Everyone wants him to succeed, it's up to the
Coaches to put him in position. What people don't seem to understand , after the 1st quarter against Tennessee we went toe to toe for 3 quarter and had a chance to close within 1 score. Then we went into Death Valley and played better then LSU against Clemson.
Tennessee is probably top 5 in the country and should have beaten Georgia, but right now Kirby is the best coach in America.
It appears Fran has a lot more talent then we realize, inexperienced but getting better.
Rickie needs to relax and manage the game with the talent he has around him. The only team left on the schedule that might have more talent then Tennessee and Clemson is Miami, and they have a coach who always fins a way to lose a game he shouldn't.
This should be a fun year.

 

[capeorange]

Fran and staff have a far better eye for evaluating talent than our past coaches this century. I trust that the staff sees more potential in Collins and will put him in a position to succeed.
Angeli looked less than stellar for most of the ucon game and look what happened.
Let's see what happens in the next two games before we call Collins a no talent disappoint. I think we'll be pleasantly surprised.

 

[Trueblue25]

I, for one, am comfy and full speed on the Rich Belin train

 

[CanadianSU]

I don’t like some takes here. The truth is we don’t know much about Collins yet and some could end up being right on his ability, but maybe not as well.

What we do know is he didn’t sulk one bit when being passed over for an incoming transfer. I don’t care who you are, that utterly sucks when you are brought in, named the starter, then said to take the backup role. His attitude during this has been incredible and deserves full backing.

 

[690West]

If only Rickie had the best OC in the ACC…..oh wait!

 

[Keger03]

Just remember, Angelli did not look like he did yesterday, when he played Tennessee and most of UCONN. He grew more comfortable and developed. Collins may be painful to watch for a few games. Just support him before calling for his head.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[CanadianSU]

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?)

Man we look so small lol

 

[JKinUtah]

Just remember, Angelli did not look like he did yesterday, when he played Tennessee and most of UCONN. He grew more comfortable and developed. Collins may be painful to watch for a few games. Just support him before calling for his head.

Short memories here. People were calling for Angeli to be benched and now the season is over because he’s hurt.

 

[Cuse On 3]

Rickie has the arm and the legs. Thing he’s lacking right now is confidence because of barely any playing time and reps at cuse. Once he gains that, I believe we’ll start seeing competency. Once the hitch goes way and he starts letting it fly you’ll see a different Rickie. Just like u saw a different Steve 4th quarter against UConn and onwards

 

[richmondcuse03]

Short memories here. People were calling for Angeli to be benched and now the season is over because he’s hurt.

Bingo. Have confidence in Nixon. Talent level in QB room is much different than before. They need to coach and scheme guys now.