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So I know it doesn’t matter now, but you can easily tell the difference between each quarterback with how they handle the press conference questions.

Danny seems the most poised out of the three of them. I’m excited to see how they develop over this year.
Can definitely see a little nerves in Raiola. But to be expected. I give exactly zero fucks how he is in front of the camera. Go out on the field, sling it and start deep dicking teams.
 
Thursday was Husker quarterbacks day with the media.

All three Nebraska scholarship QBs were up at the podium: Heinrich Haarberg, Daniel Kaelin and Dylan Raiola.

Here are some main points from each of them.

Haarberg

– He talked about working on getting that elbow up more on his throws,
to try to avoid some of those batted balls. He brought up the Michigan game right away. You might remember the first play got batted and pick, setting a bad tone in that one.


As the quarterback was telling his godfather the other day, Haarberg has been working this whole winter on fixing those little things, "But then you get into the heat of the battle and you go back to what you know. And so when we go and do 11-on-11 sometimes, I go back to some of those bad habits. And so a lot of that is just trying to get reps outside of 11-on-11 and being intentional when I can in that live period of knowing this is what I need to work on."

– There is a blessing for him being in the second year of the offense, he added, "because some of these plays I could run with my eyes closed with 95,000 screaming."

– Last year's QB crew was said to be pretty close. New bonding is in the midst of taking place this year with two true freshmen who could still be taking high school classes showing up to compete alongside Haarberg.

"They've came in and hopped right on board with how it's been since I got here with Adrian, Matt Masker, all those guys. It's been a really fun room to be a part of the last couple years. When those guys came in, I told them, 'This is how I like it. We're all helping each other grow."

Off the field they're doing some activities together like golf trying to grow their relationships.

– As an older guy in the room now, "I'm not going to change who I am. I'm not going to take myself too seriously. But the same time I have to know when it is time to step up and be the older guy, when to lead."

It helps having Jack Woche and Luke Longval as guys who were here last year too to help give instruction.

He said Raiola and Kaelin are also really mature in how they go about things. "Really proud of them for how they've approached this spring and this winter."

– Speaking on receivers he's throwing to, the older guys like Jahmal Banks and Isaiah Neyor are big, fast and have "great ball skills," he said. "It's hard to miss them. Even with our offensive line, you can kind of see them through the cracks. That makes it easier on us and anticipating windows."

Haarberg brought up jump balls with big receivers like that too. "A lot easier." Their experience as players also helps the QBs.

He said young Demitrius Bell continues to show well in practice too. Bell was brought up in the question to Haarberg, but the young receiver has gotten good feedback from a lot of people, including Marcus Satterfield on Thursday.

– Haarberg definitely felt the hits start to rack up by the Illinois game last year. "Just little injuries that all of a sudden they blew up into bigger ones that resulted in me not being at the top speed I should be to have the explosive plays I had earlier in the year."

He wouldn't say he wants to change his style of play. He still wants to be a physical style runner. "But at the same time being smarter with my body. Knowing when to be that runner."

– Haarberg's Rattlesnake Boys team won the first publicized team competition, although there have been a couple since he didn't want to spoil the results on.

"It's been complementary football. It's tough because you don't see your defense. Because obviously you're on other fields. So it's kind of a surprise when you all come together at the end and you ask them, 'Hey, how'd you all do?'" He said on Day 1 his side had a decent day on offense and the Rattlesnake Boys defense was "lights out" in helping his side get the most points.

Kaelin

– The biggest difference he's noticed at this level is the playbook.
"And just the depth and the amount of checks and things you have to know on offense."

A cool part for him is after each he practice he feels like he's "getting ingrained into it" and "kind of get into the speed of the guys who have already been here."


– Nebraska has put in a lot of RPO stuff and he's been pleased with how he's been able to execute that so far in practice.

There's a comfort there as he had a background of doing a lot of that in high school as well.

– With QBs coach Glenn Thomas, "You could just tell his ball knowledge is really high. He's got a lot of experience at a lot of levels. ... I feel like before I got here to now I'm a completely different player as far as knowledge of the game of football. And a lot of that has come from Coach Thomas."

– Leading older guys is something Kaelin has done before when he was getting going at Bellevue West. In this case there are some players four or five years older. "When you're put in that position it's kind of just something you have to do." But he said the upperclassmen have made it easy to help bring along the new guys – embracing and not pushing away.

"I don't think it's been as challenging as I may have expected it to be."

– The competition between the two freshmen QBs helps them, Kaelin is sure. "I have a lot of confidence in myself. Dylan does as well. He's a great player. Not only him, but Heinrich, I think all three of us really do a good job of pushing each other."

– He doesn't look at himself in the underdog with so much outside attention on Raiola.

"Really, I'm just worried about being the best player I can be and competing every day. ... We got guys who are unranked, walkons, all the way to five-stars that have played on this team." Work hard. Compete. Best guy will play.

"Me and Dylan, we have a good relationship already, and really just push each other to get better every day."

– He didn't know what to expect what reps will be, but racking them up has been super valuable and he thinks it has helped him progress faster.


Kaelin knew all along he wanted to enroll early and "I definitely made the right choice."

– The speed of the game is different, sure.

"But I'm kind of proud of the way I've been able to process for the most part, especially with the type of defense Coach White teaches with so much movement and not running the same coverage twice in a row, ever. So you really have to kind of be on your toes doing that."

He wants to keep improving on being able to dissect what the defense is going to be in pre-snap.

He's liked throwing to Jaidyn Doss, Neyor and Nate Boerkircher on his particular team.


Raiola

– He's not getting ahead of the day just in front of him.


"I try to not think too far ahead. I just want to get down the connection with the guys. And really just be around them. Get to know them, get comfortable with them. That's the main focus."

– The biggest transition is catching up to the speed of the game, he said. "And just understanding what our defense is trying to do – and attack that."

It helps that the receivers go out and make their share of big plays.

"They take the pressure off of us and they go catch the ball when they need to, and get open when their number is called."

– Running backs are running hard and O-line helps in getting things set where they need to be as the learning continues.

"That's a quarterback's best friend is a good run game. I think that's been very impressive of what we've done. Just following the lead of the older guys and starting to find my own voice."

– He loves the high number of reps.

"You just want to play football. Getting a lot of reps is really good, especially for me and Danny – being young guys coming in. It's been nothing but fun in the quarterback room. We gel really well. Play golf together, play cards. We're a really close group and we'll get way more closer."

– He thinks creating explosive plays has been one of the better things he's done so far.

"And I think something I need to catch on is protection. Understanding where my answers are and things like that. Just the scheme-wise, catching up." Haarberg helps with that catching up process, he added.

– Explosive plays isn't also just about the deep ball.

"No, I think just getting the ball in space with our guys that can run. It could be a five-yard pass but we got some juice on the edges so our guys can turn it into 20, 25-yard gains."

He's been able to get a lot of reps with Bell and Jaylen Lloyd, who are both on his spring league team. He mentioned them among the explosive players.

"Really the whole group, we made it a point that we're going to go make plays for each other and do whatever it takes to push the ball downfield and have a lot of fun doing it."

He won't lie. Getting up at 6 a.m. to throw with some guys was rough. But he said he'll always get in work when receivers want to get in work.

– As for the attention he gets wherever he goes, "Nebraska is a special place and it's always been like that. I never take it for granted how good our fans are. I try to be around my guys as much as possible: take them out and go eat, play Madden. So it's been good. I love living here. Not a lot of distractions, and a lot of ball and being around your guys."

While he's been to Memorial Stadium for games, he said it's still surreal and "he has a lot of gratitude for being in this university."

It really hit him the last mat drill before spring ball was at night in the stadium.

"I just remember running out and it was just awesome being in Memorial Stadium."

Being a recruit and in the stadium is one thing. Being on the team is quite another.

 
Thursday was Husker quarterbacks day with the media.

All three Nebraska scholarship QBs were up at the podium: Heinrich Haarberg, Daniel Kaelin and Dylan Raiola.

Here are some main points from each of them.

Haarberg

– He talked about working on getting that elbow up more on his throws,
to try to avoid some of those batted balls. He brought up the Michigan game right away. You might remember the first play got batted and pick, setting a bad tone in that one.


As the quarterback was telling his godfather the other day, Haarberg has been working this whole winter on fixing those little things, "But then you get into the heat of the battle and you go back to what you know. And so when we go and do 11-on-11 sometimes, I go back to some of those bad habits. And so a lot of that is just trying to get reps outside of 11-on-11 and being intentional when I can in that live period of knowing this is what I need to work on."

– There is a blessing for him being in the second year of the offense, he added, "because some of these plays I could run with my eyes closed with 95,000 screaming."

– Last year's QB crew was said to be pretty close. New bonding is in the midst of taking place this year with two true freshmen who could still be taking high school classes showing up to compete alongside Haarberg.

"They've came in and hopped right on board with how it's been since I got here with Adrian, Matt Masker, all those guys. It's been a really fun room to be a part of the last couple years. When those guys came in, I told them, 'This is how I like it. We're all helping each other grow."

Off the field they're doing some activities together like golf trying to grow their relationships.

– As an older guy in the room now, "I'm not going to change who I am. I'm not going to take myself too seriously. But the same time I have to know when it is time to step up and be the older guy, when to lead."

It helps having Jack Woche and Luke Longval as guys who were here last year too to help give instruction.

He said Raiola and Kaelin are also really mature in how they go about things. "Really proud of them for how they've approached this spring and this winter."

– Speaking on receivers he's throwing to, the older guys like Jahmal Banks and Isaiah Neyor are big, fast and have "great ball skills," he said. "It's hard to miss them. Even with our offensive line, you can kind of see them through the cracks. That makes it easier on us and anticipating windows."

Haarberg brought up jump balls with big receivers like that too. "A lot easier." Their experience as players also helps the QBs.

He said young Demitrius Bell continues to show well in practice too. Bell was brought up in the question to Haarberg, but the young receiver has gotten good feedback from a lot of people, including Marcus Satterfield on Thursday.

– Haarberg definitely felt the hits start to rack up by the Illinois game last year. "Just little injuries that all of a sudden they blew up into bigger ones that resulted in me not being at the top speed I should be to have the explosive plays I had earlier in the year."

He wouldn't say he wants to change his style of play. He still wants to be a physical style runner. "But at the same time being smarter with my body. Knowing when to be that runner."

– Haarberg's Rattlesnake Boys team won the first publicized team competition, although there have been a couple since he didn't want to spoil the results on.

"It's been complementary football. It's tough because you don't see your defense. Because obviously you're on other fields. So it's kind of a surprise when you all come together at the end and you ask them, 'Hey, how'd you all do?'" He said on Day 1 his side had a decent day on offense and the Rattlesnake Boys defense was "lights out" in helping his side get the most points.

Kaelin

– The biggest difference he's noticed at this level is the playbook.
"And just the depth and the amount of checks and things you have to know on offense."

A cool part for him is after each he practice he feels like he's "getting ingrained into it" and "kind of get into the speed of the guys who have already been here."


– Nebraska has put in a lot of RPO stuff and he's been pleased with how he's been able to execute that so far in practice.

There's a comfort there as he had a background of doing a lot of that in high school as well.

– With QBs coach Glenn Thomas, "You could just tell his ball knowledge is really high. He's got a lot of experience at a lot of levels. ... I feel like before I got here to now I'm a completely different player as far as knowledge of the game of football. And a lot of that has come from Coach Thomas."

– Leading older guys is something Kaelin has done before when he was getting going at Bellevue West. In this case there are some players four or five years older. "When you're put in that position it's kind of just something you have to do." But he said the upperclassmen have made it easy to help bring along the new guys – embracing and not pushing away.

"I don't think it's been as challenging as I may have expected it to be."

– The competition between the two freshmen QBs helps them, Kaelin is sure. "I have a lot of confidence in myself. Dylan does as well. He's a great player. Not only him, but Heinrich, I think all three of us really do a good job of pushing each other."

– He doesn't look at himself in the underdog with so much outside attention on Raiola.

"Really, I'm just worried about being the best player I can be and competing every day. ... We got guys who are unranked, walkons, all the way to five-stars that have played on this team." Work hard. Compete. Best guy will play.

"Me and Dylan, we have a good relationship already, and really just push each other to get better every day."

– He didn't know what to expect what reps will be, but racking them up has been super valuable and he thinks it has helped him progress faster.


Kaelin knew all along he wanted to enroll early and "I definitely made the right choice."

– The speed of the game is different, sure.

"But I'm kind of proud of the way I've been able to process for the most part, especially with the type of defense Coach White teaches with so much movement and not running the same coverage twice in a row, ever. So you really have to kind of be on your toes doing that."

He wants to keep improving on being able to dissect what the defense is going to be in pre-snap.

He's liked throwing to Jaidyn Doss, Neyor and Nate Boerkircher on his particular team.


Raiola

– He's not getting ahead of the day just in front of him.


"I try to not think too far ahead. I just want to get down the connection with the guys. And really just be around them. Get to know them, get comfortable with them. That's the main focus."

– The biggest transition is catching up to the speed of the game, he said. "And just understanding what our defense is trying to do – and attack that."

It helps that the receivers go out and make their share of big plays.

"They take the pressure off of us and they go catch the ball when they need to, and get open when their number is called."

– Running backs are running hard and O-line helps in getting things set where they need to be as the learning continues.

"That's a quarterback's best friend is a good run game. I think that's been very impressive of what we've done. Just following the lead of the older guys and starting to find my own voice."

– He loves the high number of reps.

"You just want to play football. Getting a lot of reps is really good, especially for me and Danny – being young guys coming in. It's been nothing but fun in the quarterback room. We gel really well. Play golf together, play cards. We're a really close group and we'll get way more closer."

– He thinks creating explosive plays has been one of the better things he's done so far.

"And I think something I need to catch on is protection. Understanding where my answers are and things like that. Just the scheme-wise, catching up." Haarberg helps with that catching up process, he added.

– Explosive plays isn't also just about the deep ball.

"No, I think just getting the ball in space with our guys that can run. It could be a five-yard pass but we got some juice on the edges so our guys can turn it into 20, 25-yard gains."

He's been able to get a lot of reps with Bell and Jaylen Lloyd, who are both on his spring league team. He mentioned them among the explosive players.

"Really the whole group, we made it a point that we're going to go make plays for each other and do whatever it takes to push the ball downfield and have a lot of fun doing it."

He won't lie. Getting up at 6 a.m. to throw with some guys was rough. But he said he'll always get in work when receivers want to get in work.

– As for the attention he gets wherever he goes, "Nebraska is a special place and it's always been like that. I never take it for granted how good our fans are. I try to be around my guys as much as possible: take them out and go eat, play Madden. So it's been good. I love living here. Not a lot of distractions, and a lot of ball and being around your guys."

While he's been to Memorial Stadium for games, he said it's still surreal and "he has a lot of gratitude for being in this university."

It really hit him the last mat drill before spring ball was at night in the stadium.

"I just remember running out and it was just awesome being in Memorial Stadium."

Being a recruit and in the stadium is one thing. Being on the team is quite another.


"No, I think just getting the ball in space with our guys that can run. It could be a five-yard pass but we got some juice on the edges so our guys can turn it into 20, 25-yard gains."


This mentality is really damn important. Have faith in your receivers and get them the ball. Sometimes the QB's job isn't as hard as it looks.

Lead a good athlete on a throw and watch them make a play. For 20 years we've thrown behind / in front / above / below / got hit while throwing / or thrown to the defense.

It's a simple game within a complex game. When Nebraska gets back to making the simple, winning plays, the wins on the scoreboard will come.
 
Spread Offense 2.0. Hope this staff does it better than the last staff
 
I just thought he seemed nervous and not wanting to say anything wrong
Remember, this is Uncle Donnies nephew we are talking about here.

They don't exactly love interviews. It does seem like Dom doesn't mind talking to the media though.
 
"No, I think just getting the ball in space with our guys that can run. It could be a five-yard pass but we got some juice on the edges so our guys can turn it into 20, 25-yard gains."

This mentality is really damn important. Have faith in your receivers and get them the ball. Sometimes the QB's job isn't as hard as it looks.

Lead a good athlete on a throw and watch them make a play. For 20 years we've thrown behind / in front / above / below / got hit while throwing / or thrown to the defense.

It's a simple game within a complex game. When Nebraska gets back to making the simple, winning plays, the wins on the scoreboard will come.


^THIS^

and it may be for more years than 20
 
Spread Offense 2.0. Hope this staff does it better than the last staff
I’ve beat this point to death at this point. But it’s always supposed been spread. And pretty much has been outside of a few sets a game.

It’s also great hearing they’re doing a lot of RPOs. You’re pretty much falling behind offensively if you’re not.
 
I’ve beat this point to death at this point. But it’s always supposed been spread. And pretty much has been outside of a few sets a game.

It’s also great hearing they’re doing a lot of RPOs. You’re pretty much falling behind offensively if you’re not.
I know, just felt like poking the bear lol I’m good with it as long as we’re executing. I’m excited to see what DR can do with it. Can still be plenty physical in the run game.
 
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