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Ranking the likely Big Ten QB Starters - Where would you slot Raiola?

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Cornicator said:
1. Drew Allar - Penn State
2. Dillon Gabriel - Oregon
3. Will Howard - Ohio State
4. Kurtis Rourke - Indiana
5. Will Rogers - Washington
6. Miller Moss - USC
7. Tyler Van Dyke - Wisconsin
8. Max Brosmer - Minnesota
9. Hudson Card - Purdoodoo
10. Aiden Chiles - Michigan State
11. Luke Altmyer - Illinois
12. Cade McNamara - Cockeye
13. Alex Orji - Michigan
14. Ethan Garbers - UCLA
15. Athan Kalakimankis - Rutgers
16. Billy Edwards - Maryland
17. Jack Lausch - Northwestern
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jurassic park deal with it GIF
 
huskerj12 said:
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All jokes aside, I was skeptical of the Raiola hysteria as he was being recruited and I kept my armor up a little bit over the ensuing months, only because I'm skeptical of ANY incoming player (especially a true freshman) being touted as a savior. But the spring game completely won me over.

I know it's just a spring game and he's going to make freshman mistakes and yada yada yada, but the dude was doing things in that scrimmage that makes me think he may be already, at age 18, up there with the best passing QBs in NU history. His arm talent, poise, decision making, fundamentals, etc. have him poised to be right up there with Zac Taylor, Joe Ganz, Vince Ferragamo, Dave Humm, whoever you got. Granted it's a very short list because we're NU, but IF he combines his natural abilities with a scrappy winner's mentality in games that matter, he's going to vault over all of those guys with ease.

So yeah long story short, think of where you'd rank Zac Taylor or Joe Ganz in that list, that's about where I'd put Raiola right off the bat.
 
huskerj12 said:
All jokes aside, I was skeptical of the Raiola hysteria as he was being recruited and I kept my armor up a little bit over the ensuing months, only because I'm skeptical of ANY incoming player (especially a true freshman) being touted as a savior. But the spring game completely won me over.

I know it's just a spring game and he's going to make freshman mistakes and yada yada yada, but the dude was doing things in that scrimmage that makes me think he may be already, at age 18, up there with the best passing QBs in NU history. His arm talent, poise, decision making, fundamentals, etc. have him poised to be right up there with Zac Taylor, Joe Ganz, Vince Ferragamo, Dave Humm, whoever you got. Granted it's a very short list because we're NU, but IF he combines his natural abilities with a scrappy winner's mentality in games that matter, he's going to vault over all of those guys with ease.

So yeah long story short, think of where you'd rank Zac Taylor or Joe Ganz in that list, that's about where I'd put Raiola right off the bat.
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In terms of just pure arm talent he leaves Taylor and Ganz in the dust.
 
My question would be, where would these guys slot in that list (my guess at ranking 1-18 in parenthesis)

Heinrich Haarberg (16th)
Jeff Sims (18th)
Casey Thompson (11-12 range)
Adrian Martinez (11-12 range)
Tanner Lee (12-14 range)
Tommy Armstrong (12-14 range)


My point is that we have not had a QB that is top half (1-9) caliber in a long, long time. I believe that if Dylan Raiola can perform at a 7-9 range that NU will go 8-4 or better. I think if he's 10-11 we'll go 7-5.
 
HerbRedman said:
My question would be, where would these guys slot in that list (my guess at ranking 1-18 in parenthesis)

Heinrich Haarberg (16th)
Jeff Sims (18th)
Casey Thompson (11-12 range)
Adrian Martinez (11-12 range)
Tanner Lee (12-14 range)
Tommy Armstrong (12-14 range)


My point is that we have not had a QB that is top half (1-9) caliber in a long, long time. I believe that if Dylan Raiola can perform at a 7-9 range that NU will go 8-4 or better. I think if he's 10-11 we'll go 7-5.
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I'd move Tommy up a bit but the rest spot on.
 
HerbRedman said:
My question would be, where would these guys slot in that list (my guess at ranking 1-18 in parenthesis)

Heinrich Haarberg (16th)
Jeff Sims (18th)
Casey Thompson (11-12 range)
Adrian Martinez (11-12 range)
Tanner Lee (12-14 range)
Tommy Armstrong (12-14 range)


My point is that we have not had a QB that is top half (1-9) caliber in a long, long time. I believe that if Dylan Raiola can perform at a 7-9 range that NU will go 8-4 or better. I think if he's 10-11 we'll go 7-5.
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I will still give Adrian some grace and admit that if he was allowed to play with the defense from last season, he would've been a very valuable QB.
 
HerbRedman said:
My question would be, where would these guys slot in that list (my guess at ranking 1-18 in parenthesis)

Heinrich Haarberg (16th)
Jeff Sims (18th)
Casey Thompson (11-12 range)
Adrian Martinez (11-12 range)
Tanner Lee (12-14 range)
Tommy Armstrong (12-14 range)


My point is that we have not had a QB that is top half (1-9) caliber in a long, long time. I believe that if Dylan Raiola can perform at a 7-9 range that NU will go 8-4 or better. I think if he's 10-11 we'll go 7-5.
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Tommy was a lot better than he gets credit for, he’s the best QB on that list of Skers
 
HerbRedman said:
My question would be, where would these guys slot in that list (my guess at ranking 1-18 in parenthesis)

Heinrich Haarberg (16th)
Jeff Sims (18th)
Casey Thompson (11-12 range)
Adrian Martinez (11-12 range)
Tanner Lee (12-14 range)
Tommy Armstrong (12-14 range)


My point is that we have not had a QB that is top half (1-9) caliber in a long, long time. I believe that if Dylan Raiola can perform at a 7-9 range that NU will go 8-4 or better. I think if he's 10-11 we'll go 7-5.
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Adrian, Casey and Tommy are all in the top half of this list…easily. Jeff Sims is the worst quarterback of all time, Tanner Lee is next
 
Adolph Coors said:
Adrian, Casey and Tommy are all in the top half of this list…easily. Jeff Sims is the worst quarterback of all time, Tanner Lee is next
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FTR I wasn't ranking against this year's list, I was just ranking against an average 1-18 QB list for these B1G teams over say the last few years.

This particular 2024 list I have no idea about because 2/3 of these QBs I've never even heard of.
 
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