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Luke Nickel last night

JHallCanes said:
I bet by next year Nickel or Coleman could win a lot of games for us as a starter

But we are hunting championships. OSU hitched their hopes to Sayin and he folded against us because he’s not a playmaker. We’ve set the bar too high for Nickel to be the guy
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I would not want to see Cignetti up in Bloomington sign Warren. I really wouldn't.

I like Nickel, but unless he shows Ward-like skills, I would think that it would be a very good defensive move on our part to go after him. He's shown that he can perform under adverse conditions. Is he the Second Coming of Mendoza? Probably not, but with the pieces we are getting, he just needs to be Warren.
 
DisgruntledSebastianIbis said:
With the star/household name QBs we've had for 3 straight years going with Nickel next year would seem uninspiring
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Wow, letting the air out of the 27 season one game into 26. And here I thought the Mopes were in hiding. Next year and this season the competition for back up and 27 season starter will be good. We have a room with some pretty good talent and more on the way. The lesson from last year is to trust the coaches and let it play out.🙌🏽
 
Memnon said:
He's a significantly better passer & has far better arm talent.
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Simmons got a strong arm for sure, but when I saw him at Ole Miss he at times he was missing open guys. Sometimes by a lot.

He was young, though.
 
TwentySix said:
Oh no here we go
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LOL, I said we "could" be successful with a game manager.

For the record, though: I ain't advocating for us to do that ****.

No Way Do Not Want GIF
 
High School ball is pretty good up here in GA. Fwiw, Nickel had a Mensah-like stat line in the state chmpshp game at the highest level of competition. Threw the ball down the field proficiently. No guarantee he'll do that at P4 consistently, but not a slouch. Gm 1 of 2nd year may be premature to judge. Need to see more.
 
TrumpyCane said:
Trumpycane knows it was a small sample size but he looked competent

Made 2 pretty good throws moving and showed some zip

INT was just a good play by the Stanford guy, honestly like he dropped it but it what it is

Trumpycane knows it’s a low bar but he looked way better than Emory ever did
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Nah you can't throw a ball like that in college and not expect it to get intercepted. I mean a halfway decent CB sitting in the first 5 rows of the stands could have ran out on the field and made a play on that ball, it was in the air for way too long.
 
JHallCanes said:
Dwinstitles said:
I feel like we operating at a different clip as a program. And a qb like him will never be a qb 1 here unless there is an injury. We looking for elite qualities now, it’s like bama during their era where they always had an elite qb or they got one.
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I bet by next year Nickel or Coleman could win a lot of games for us as a starter

But we are hunting championships. OSU hitched their hopes to Sayin and he folded against us because he’s not a playmaker. We’ve set the bar too high for Nickel to be the guy
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And I was a LN guy but we a different program now
 
WestGA'Cane said:
High School ball is pretty good up here in GA. Fwiw, Nickel had a Mensah-like stat line in the state chmpshp game at the highest level of competition. Threw the ball down the field proficiently. No guarantee he'll do that at P4 consistently, but not a slouch. Gm 1 of 2nd year may be premature to judge. Need to see more.
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I agree, Milton, Buford, N. Gwinnett, and most of Metro Atlanta FB isn't South A**crack, KY level HSFB. He's played in some high pressure games since he was 16. Guy's a winner and he will have learned from Beck and Mensah. That's a d*mn good internship and he ain't Da Gawd, that's for sure. Kosar, Vinny, Gino, Walsh, and Erickson were all backups who learned from their predecessors and came into their own. How did their mop-up duty go? Kosar and Walsh didn't have Howitzers for arms and Bernie had the weirdest delivery. I wonder what the CIS corches would have posted about their prospects as starters back then. My prediction is he'll play a lot this year, get comfortable, then show out when the opportunity presents itself. We'll be fine.
 
Dont think he remains QB2 by the end of the season. He missed some pretty easy throws that should have been TD's
 
Need comprehensive trial for Nickel. Would like to see more pass attempts on 1st down.
Next year is Mali’s last year and rest of wrs and Oline will be much more further developed, can’t have a question mark at qb, need a slam dunk.
 
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