@alt f4 had a good idea to keep this thread pinned with Nugs for all to see. DM me if you would like anything added (with credit or anonymously)
1/19/21
Mario Verduzco may be on the way out of town. We received reliable information that his house will be for sale shortly.
1/17/21
Waterboy is somewhat friends with a freshman walk-on WR.
Anyways, he asked him about LM and the vibe he got is that it is looking like LM seems to be on-board with the following situation:
1. Spend spring mostly focusing on QB but also a little bit on WR/RB.
2. At the conclusion of spring ball, Frost has agreed to give Luke and Ed/Lisa an honest assessment of where he stands in the QB room.
3. If the conclusion is that he is not a pure QB or that Smothers has surpassed him, it seems Luke is at least as of right now somewhat on board with moving positions or playing a “Swiss Army Knife” roll. ie. having a Taysom Hill package or two at QB, playing WR or Duck-R, and being our 3rd string emergency QB.
This is just based on rumors going around the team and who knows how accurate it is once it trickles down to walk-ons. FWIW, the kid who told Waterboy this was surprised by Wan’Dale leaving, so it’s likely it is speculative, but that’s the rumor going around right now. That being said, it seems that the departure of Wan’Dale actually might have played a role in this, as it gives Luke a clear path to having a major role and a shot at the NFL outside of the QB position.
It does check out with your original Nug that Ed met with Frost to discuss Luke’s future.
1/15/21
It sounds like Luke is not leaving as it stands now. He’ll rep at QB and WR this spring, summer, and fall.
His dad has played a role here. You heard earlier in the week he was all but gone. There was truth to this as Luke didn’t like what Scott had to say to him about where he was as a QB. His dad stepped in and basically told Luke that Scott was right, but also, playing WR isn’t a bad thing.
Manning has played a huge role in getting Stepp and Toure here. We should hear a lot about him being a leader this spring, summer, and fall. I think he’s primed for a big year next year.
Manning, Toure, Betts, Brown, Martin, Falck, Allen, Stepp, one of Scott/Morrison, and one of Fidone, Grimes, Hardy, and Neville and the top 8 are better by leaps and bounds than they were this year.
Add Luke in there, all of a sudden you don’t suck so hard.
WATERBOY NUG -
Waterboy believes he saw Dickerson and family on campus in Huskers Gear. I’ve got a Waterboy Nug regarding a big time Croot to deliver. As you can see, he’s not 100% sure, but it adds a little more smoke to some things we have already heard.
See screenshot below. He texted me again after the attached screenshot that he saw them and knew he recognized him but couldn’t put a name to the face, then saw a pic of AD pop up on Twitter this morning and it clicked.
1/12/21
Scott had a conversation with Luke and his parents and basically said we don’t see you as a QB anymore but would like you to stay on the team and play WR/RB etc. If he is set on playing QB he will have to leave, so I wouldn’t be surprised if that happens. Not sure yet though.
Scott more or less told Wandale’s camp when they were in his office to fuck themselves. A lot of big dick energy from Frost lately. The part of that story where Wandale’s dad and his trainer came in and basically told Scott “this is how you’ll use Wandale or else” is true. Scott said “This is how we want to use him. This is why we haven’t been able to. We’re confident we can do this in 2021, if that doesn’t satisfy you, the door is over there.”
1/11/21
Stepp is N
Frost and his wife divorced. He has a new girlfriend. (EDIT- they split but not officially divorced)
1/19/21
Mario Verduzco may be on the way out of town. We received reliable information that his house will be for sale shortly.
1/17/21
Waterboy is somewhat friends with a freshman walk-on WR.
Anyways, he asked him about LM and the vibe he got is that it is looking like LM seems to be on-board with the following situation:
1. Spend spring mostly focusing on QB but also a little bit on WR/RB.
2. At the conclusion of spring ball, Frost has agreed to give Luke and Ed/Lisa an honest assessment of where he stands in the QB room.
3. If the conclusion is that he is not a pure QB or that Smothers has surpassed him, it seems Luke is at least as of right now somewhat on board with moving positions or playing a “Swiss Army Knife” roll. ie. having a Taysom Hill package or two at QB, playing WR or Duck-R, and being our 3rd string emergency QB.
This is just based on rumors going around the team and who knows how accurate it is once it trickles down to walk-ons. FWIW, the kid who told Waterboy this was surprised by Wan’Dale leaving, so it’s likely it is speculative, but that’s the rumor going around right now. That being said, it seems that the departure of Wan’Dale actually might have played a role in this, as it gives Luke a clear path to having a major role and a shot at the NFL outside of the QB position.
It does check out with your original Nug that Ed met with Frost to discuss Luke’s future.
1/15/21
It sounds like Luke is not leaving as it stands now. He’ll rep at QB and WR this spring, summer, and fall.
His dad has played a role here. You heard earlier in the week he was all but gone. There was truth to this as Luke didn’t like what Scott had to say to him about where he was as a QB. His dad stepped in and basically told Luke that Scott was right, but also, playing WR isn’t a bad thing.
Manning has played a huge role in getting Stepp and Toure here. We should hear a lot about him being a leader this spring, summer, and fall. I think he’s primed for a big year next year.
Manning, Toure, Betts, Brown, Martin, Falck, Allen, Stepp, one of Scott/Morrison, and one of Fidone, Grimes, Hardy, and Neville and the top 8 are better by leaps and bounds than they were this year.
Add Luke in there, all of a sudden you don’t suck so hard.
WATERBOY NUG -
Waterboy believes he saw Dickerson and family on campus in Huskers Gear. I’ve got a Waterboy Nug regarding a big time Croot to deliver. As you can see, he’s not 100% sure, but it adds a little more smoke to some things we have already heard.
See screenshot below. He texted me again after the attached screenshot that he saw them and knew he recognized him but couldn’t put a name to the face, then saw a pic of AD pop up on Twitter this morning and it clicked.
1/12/21
Scott had a conversation with Luke and his parents and basically said we don’t see you as a QB anymore but would like you to stay on the team and play WR/RB etc. If he is set on playing QB he will have to leave, so I wouldn’t be surprised if that happens. Not sure yet though.
Scott more or less told Wandale’s camp when they were in his office to fuck themselves. A lot of big dick energy from Frost lately. The part of that story where Wandale’s dad and his trainer came in and basically told Scott “this is how you’ll use Wandale or else” is true. Scott said “This is how we want to use him. This is why we haven’t been able to. We’re confident we can do this in 2021, if that doesn’t satisfy you, the door is over there.”
1/11/21
Stepp is N
Frost and his wife divorced. He has a new girlfriend. (EDIT- they split but not officially divorced)