Raiola played well. The advanced statistics back it up in addition to the eyeball test.

[Eaton Beaver]

This is how I felt. Not about Raiola but whole team.

 

[Cash68847]

swap him with Jeudy and we win by 30 last night

He must love Cincy because I assume some big time programs wanted him.

 

[Goskers07]

Never said he is trash. Said he needs to throw the damn ball because he can sling it. He typically just follows his first read and then checks down yet there are guys open in their routes.

You didn't watch the game if you think he reads his first and goes straight to check down. When he had time, he was going through everyone. I can remember one play in the red zone that he went to a couple reads twice actually but everyone was well covered. May have been the incompletion to Haarberg if I'm remembering right.

You're just being blindly negative for frankly stupid reasons. Dylan was excellent last night and was far from any problem we expect to see this year.

 

[Alcaus]

I’m disappointed the season is over already

 

[Stan Raymond]

The defense they were facing severely limited down field passing. Raiola played about as perfect as a QB could given what he was presented with.

If that was "about as perfect as a QB could" play, then we are in trouble as that only got us 20 points against Cincinnati.

I think there is a lot more room for QB improvement. I agree with the OP, Raiola played well. Not great, not close to perfect, just well.

 

[MaxHuskers34]

Super thankful you are not the OC. We would be beyond fucked with a drunk retard such as yourself coaching the offense.

We already tried that experiment with Scotch Fraud

 

[Herbie]

surely everyone can agree Nebraska can’t play it safe every game and expect to win more than7 games.
Cincinnatis D has 1 good player and overall is mediocre.
Their entire game plan was to give Nebraska everything they wanted on short passes and get quick tackles.
They assumed Nebraska can’t consistently have 10, 15, 20 play drives to score and they were correct.

Cincinnatis biggest fault was Nebraska appearing to have a competent special teams.

 

[biscuitgaze01]

surely everyone can agree Nebraska can’t play it safe every game and expect to win more than7 games.
Cincinnatis D has 1 good player and overall is mediocre.
Their entire game plan was to give Nebraska everything they wanted on short passes and get quick tackles.
They assumed Nebraska can’t consistently have 10, 15, 20 play drives to score and they were correct.

Cincinnatis biggest fault was Nebraska appearing to have a competent special teams.

What do you propose Nebraska should have done then? Throw into deep set conservative zone coverage and accept the interceptions that come with that?

 

[djw004]

A few things to add to a FANTASTIC thread:

1. We need a “sling it” GIF reaction for @Snockered69 - let’s work on that

2. Dylan is really fucking good - game 1 of year 2 probably isn’t when you go against all conventional wisdom when a defense is only giving you short attempts…if you’re saying “just huck it anyways” you’re an idiot

3. I have decided that @biscuitgaze01 is Matt Stafford’s burner. Good to have you on the board, Godfather

4. It’s good to have post-game fighting on the board back…it’s even better after a W

 

[Ext. 55]

If that was "about as perfect as a QB could" play, then we are in trouble as that only got us 20 points against Cincinnati.

I think there is a lot more room for QB improvement. I agree with the OP, Raiola played well. Not great, not close to perfect, just well.

Only 20pts…goes way beyond QB play.

If you are unable to recognize that, then alright man. Good deal.

 

[Quint]

I love this thread

I’d posted earlier in the month that I was interested to see the personality of the board once actual football started to be played.

I knew based off of the non football interaction that it would be different.

I think this version of ‘different’ is even different from what I’d expected.

 

[Quint]

I'm saying that if a team can go 3 deep safeties without committing to the run, then we're in trouble.

I understand what you’re saying, but they crashed pretty hard on run plays.

If you watch the replay, the depth their back 8 played at wasn’t excessive at the snap, so ‘3 deep’ is a little misleading.

 

[Cornicator]

surely everyone can agree Nebraska can’t play it safe every game and expect to win more than7 games.
Cincinnatis D has 1 good player and overall is mediocre.
Their entire game plan was to give Nebraska everything they wanted on short passes and get quick tackles.
They assumed Nebraska can’t consistently have 10, 15, 20 play drives to score and they were correct.

Cincinnatis biggest fault was Nebraska appearing to have a competent special teams.

Disagree about 1 good player. Their linebackers are legit.

In fact, WLB Jake Golday was all over the field with 12 tackles, 1 sack and 2 tackles for loss. That dude is also 6'4 245, and is excellent in coverage. He's absolutely going to get drafted.

After rewatch, it was fairly obvious my eyes didnt deceive me in the Stadium. The Bearcats seemed prepared for outside zone nearly every single time it was run. Their safeties were crashing down making it almost impossible to seal the edge. Holgersen coached against them in 2022 and 23. I wonder if they saw that exact same formation and play a few dozen times back then and were prepared. They really were ready for it when Mozee was in the game.

 

[Quint]

You didn't watch the game if you think he reads his first and goes straight to check down. When he had time, he was going through everyone. I can remember one play in the red zone that he went to a couple reads twice actually but everyone was well covered. May have been the incompletion to Haarberg if I'm remembering right.

You're just being blindly negative for frankly stupid reasons. Dylan was excellent last night and was far from any problem we expect to see this year.

The bolded is what I’m used to seeing out of a lot of our fanbase. ‘An outcome wasn’t what I wanted or expected and I’m going to incorrectly blame X'

We’ve got another group that will be blindly positive and spin the hell out of everything to avoid being critical of a coach or player, but in this instance I haven’t seen much if any of that. The varying descriptions of ‘why?’ we had so many short completions have been pretty accurate as have the ‘why?’ Raiola didn’t throw deep more. I get that people want explosive plays, but if they simply aren’t there.

Now I will listen to the argument that by simply taking what they’re giving has it’s downside. The game stayed closer than it could have or maybe even should have been because their plan largely worked. Hang around and let us screw up. Take that drive in when we’re up 13-3 and the game changes.

It will be interesting to see if/how Holgorsen changes his play calling moving forward, because Cincinnati did certainly provide a blueprint to follow for future opponents, so we’ve likely not seen the last of this defensive approach.

 

[Stan Raymond]

Only 20pts…goes way beyond QB play.

If you are unable to recognize that, then alright man. Good deal.

It certainly does, but Raiola was far from "close to perfect" as well. Plenty that he could improve on, which was obvious as well.

Everyone on offense has a lot of room to improve, including Raiola.

 

[RedDeanRedemption]

Dylan did not play bad, but far from excellent. I’m not sure whether Dana wants him to be a game manager type or if that’s all he’s capable of. The offense has to open up or we’re losing 5-6 games this season.

 

[Cornicator]

Dylan did not play bad, but far from excellent. I’m not sure whether Dana wants him to be a game manager type or if that’s all he’s capable of. The offense has to open up or we’re losing 5-6 games this season.

If they want ball control and a game manager then they better get a better running game. I realize EJ went for 100+, but they need to be running for 150+ in order for the game manager role to be successful.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

If they want ball control and a game manager then they better get a better running game. I realize EJ went for 100+, but they need to be running for 150+ in order for the game manager role to be successful.

I've already marked us down at 1-11 in my own blood so run for 300 or 30 yards, the die has been cast on this season

 

[Cornicator]

Here's a really remarkable stat:

Raiola was 13 of 14 passing in the 4th quarter, included 12 straight to finish the game.

Here's a terrible stat:

The Huskers rushed for 6 total yards after Cincinnati scored to make it a 3 point game.

 

[Mavsker]

Dylan did not play bad, but far from excellent. I’m not sure whether Dana wants him to be a game manager type or if that’s all he’s capable of. The offense has to open up or we’re losing 5-6 games this season.

If they want ball control and a game manager then they better get a better running game. I realize EJ went for 100+, but they need to be running for 150+ in order for the game manager role to be successful.

Given his pure talent and his experience going into year 2, giving Dylan the role of game manager at this point would be absolutely criminal. I don't believe for a second that is the plan.