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The Nebraska Cornhuskers play their first game next Saturday which means it’s rightttttt about that time I attempt to lock into another college football season, only to disappear a month in because my team had one. big nationally televised game against Oregon or Ohio State, and got blown out before halftime.
This year is different.
Enter Dylan Raiola, Nebraska’s new freshman starting QB.
I’ve hated head coach, Matt Rhule, ever since the New York Giants put all of their time and energy into hiring him, only for him to string them along before signing with the Carolina Panthers, leaving New York to hire Bill Belichick’s valet, Joe Judge.
Matt Rhule is a scammer who gets a ton of credit for rebuilding broken programs without people realizing he isn’t actually a good football coach. He’s charismatic which leads to better recruiting classes.
Dylan Raiola was a 5-star recruit committed to Georgia before Matt Rhule told him whatever lie it took to get him in a Cornhuskers jersey.
We are about to witness the most talented Nebraska quarterback of my lifetime. Raiola was the 7th best recruit in the country and the second-best quarterback of his class.
A Nebraska quarterback hasn’t been drafted since Tanner Lee went to the Jaguars in the 6th round back in 2018. Lee was cut the next year after attempting exactly zero (0) NFL passes.
Everything I read about Raiola makes me believe he’s going to DOMINATE the sport.
Dylan Raiola 🤝 Patrick Mahomes
— Unnecessary Roughness (@UnnecRoughness) July 31, 2024
Oh, he also happens to move exactly like Patrick Mahomes. People will mock him for this but I see no problem with emulating the greatest quarterback of all time. Good. Keep doing this. I’ve seen too many Nebraska quarterbacks emulating other Nebraska quarterbacks. I’ll take the Mahomes impersonator now.
The last exciting quarterback Nebraska had was Adrian Martinez, and he just won the UFL MVP.
Last season, it took 3 quarterbacks by committee to rack up 18 points a game, ranking them 123rd best offense out of 133 schools.
Nebraska ran for 178 yards a game last season. This team is going to stick to slamming helmets all game long, especially with a freshman QB, but Raiola can actually push the ball downfield to modernize this 1950’s, paper machete helmet offense.
Plus, Dylan isn’t the first Raiola to thrive in Lincoln. His old man, Dominic Raiola, was an All-American center here back in 2000.
They warn you not to drink the Kool-Aid but I’m over here cutting up lines and snorting the Kool-Aid through a rolled dollar bill.
The dynasty starts today.
(Please don’t suck like every Nebraska team does, like, just make a bowl game. Please.)
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