Dylan Raiola to Enter the Portal?

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His younger brother decommitted from Nebraska. Maybe he enters the portal. He could be a great fit in Heup's system. He's got two years under his belt against Big 10 teams. I'm for it if we could pull him and give Faizon a year to learn. What do y'all think?
 
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I think Nebraska was his brother’s only P4 offer. He wasn’t going to play there ever. I’m sure teams will try and get Raiola in the portal (Miami) but I’m not convinced he’ll go anywhere.
 
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Why is there this much disrespect for GMac? Honest question, not trying to be abrasive.

Heupel obviously loves a big arm. GMac seems to have that and the head to go with it. He seemed to make progressions and reads well ahead of his experience during the spring game especially considering the newness of the system. He looked to be more comfortable with the speed of the game than most Fr.

I don't have anything against the other guys or even taking a look at the portal. Just wondering why everyone thinks it has to be someone other than GMac. I get why confidence might be low for Merklinger. But the grass isn't always greener. We've seen that already. Heupel inherited Hooker and recruited Milton. He overpaid Nico then got JA as the consolation prize.

I personally think one of the 3 guys that will hopefully be on the roster next fall can do the job. Spend the money on D then let the young O guys grow into their roles.
 
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sjt18 said:
Why is there this much disrespect for GMac? Honest question, not trying to be abrasive.

Heupel obviously loves a big arm. GMac seems to have that and the head to go with it. He seemed to make progressions and reads well ahead of his experience during the spring game especially considering the newness of the system. He looked to be more comfortable with the speed of the game than most Fr.

I don't have anything against the other guys or even taking a look at the portal. Just wondering why everyone thinks it has to be someone other than GMac. I get why confidence might be low for Merklinger. But the grass isn't always greener. We've seen that already. Heupel inherited Hooker and recruited Milton. He overpaid Nico then got JA as the consolation prize.

I personally think one of the 3 guys that will hopefully be on the roster next fall can do the job. Spend the money on D then let the young O guys grow into their roles.
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Untested. Everything you said about G-Mac could be said about Nico who performed pretty well when Milton sat out the bowl game and expectations were high and his talent was touted and ........ he wasn't terrible but he didn't make the strides his early promise seemed to predict.

Once bitten, twice shy.

G-Mac, who I think shows a lot of promise too, suffers because of what's happened in the past at UT. "This kid is ready and it's our year......" but alas, he isn't despite looking good in practice and in a limited set of reps.
 
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sjt18 said:
Why is there this much disrespect for GMac? Honest question, not trying to be abrasive.

Heupel obviously loves a big arm. GMac seems to have that and the head to go with it. He seemed to make progressions and reads well ahead of his experience during the spring game especially considering the newness of the system. He looked to be more comfortable with the speed of the game than most Fr.

I don't have anything against the other guys or even taking a look at the portal. Just wondering why everyone thinks it has to be someone other than GMac. I get why confidence might be low for Merklinger. But the grass isn't always greener. We've seen that already. Heupel inherited Hooker and recruited Milton. He overpaid Nico then got JA as the consolation prize.

I personally think one of the 3 guys that will hopefully be on the roster next fall can do the job. Spend the money on D then let the young O guys grow into their roles.
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These are the portal days buddy. We ain’t gotta like em but we can’t change them. I’m not saying Gmac isn’t the guy. But you can bet if something nice and shiny and flashy enters the portal we will be chasing it. This is a business. If our coaches are good coaches they will chase whatever gives us the chance to win now or be left behind.
 
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sjt18 said:
Why is there this much disrespect for GMac? Honest question, not trying to be abrasive.

Heupel obviously loves a big arm. GMac seems to have that and the head to go with it. He seemed to make progressions and reads well ahead of his experience during the spring game especially considering the newness of the system. He looked to be more comfortable with the speed of the game than most Fr.

I don't have anything against the other guys or even taking a look at the portal. Just wondering why everyone thinks it has to be someone other than GMac. I get why confidence might be low for Merklinger. But the grass isn't always greener. We've seen that already. Heupel inherited Hooker and recruited Milton. He overpaid Nico then got JA as the consolation prize.

I personally think one of the 3 guys that will hopefully be on the roster next fall can do the job. Spend the money on D then let the young O guys grow into their roles.
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In the current era there is a large portion of any CFB fanbase that by default believes anything shiny and new out of the Portal is better than what they already had.
 
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BlinghamptonVol said:
His younger brother decommitted from Nebraska. Maybe he enters the portal. He could be a great fit in Heup's system. He's got two years under his belt against Big 10 teams. I'm for it if we could pull him and give Faizon a year to learn. What do y'all think?
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Gmac or a transfer will give Fazion plenty of time to learn
 
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sjt18 said:
Why is there this much disrespect for GMac? Honest question, not trying to be abrasive.

Heupel obviously loves a big arm. GMac seems to have that and the head to go with it. He seemed to make progressions and reads well ahead of his experience during the spring game especially considering the newness of the system. He looked to be more comfortable with the speed of the game than most Fr.

I don't have anything against the other guys or even taking a look at the portal. Just wondering why everyone thinks it has to be someone other than GMac. I get why confidence might be low for Merklinger. But the grass isn't always greener. We've seen that already. Heupel inherited Hooker and recruited Milton. He overpaid Nico then got JA as the consolation prize.

I personally think one of the 3 guys that will hopefully be on the roster next fall can do the job. Spend the money on D then let the young O guys grow into their roles.
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Because he's like 6'6 170 lbs.
 
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sjt18 said:
Why is there this much disrespect for GMac? Honest question, not trying to be abrasive.

Heupel obviously loves a big arm. GMac seems to have that and the head to go with it. He seemed to make progressions and reads well ahead of his experience during the spring game especially considering the newness of the system. He looked to be more comfortable with the speed of the game than most Fr.

I don't have anything against the other guys or even taking a look at the portal. Just wondering why everyone thinks it has to be someone other than GMac. I get why confidence might be low for Merklinger. But the grass isn't always greener. We've seen that already. Heupel inherited Hooker and recruited Milton. He overpaid Nico then got JA as the consolation prize.

I personally think one of the 3 guys that will hopefully be on the roster next fall can do the job. Spend the money on D then let the young O guys grow into their roles.
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Others have mentioned he is untested and unknown. So I won't elaborate on that part.

There is almost-universal expectation that Merk transfers. From the knoxville radio guys to the "insiders" who post here. IF that is true, even if GMac is amazing as QB1, it is dangerous to enter a season with only 2 QBs on roster. So the conventional wisdom is we will be finding another QB in the portal regardless of whether GMac is ready or not.
 
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sjt18 said:
Why is there this much disrespect for GMac? Honest question, not trying to be abrasive.

Heupel obviously loves a big arm. GMac seems to have that and the head to go with it. He seemed to make progressions and reads well ahead of his experience during the spring game especially considering the newness of the system. He looked to be more comfortable with the speed of the game than most Fr.

I don't have anything against the other guys or even taking a look at the portal. Just wondering why everyone thinks it has to be someone other than GMac. I get why confidence might be low for Merklinger. But the grass isn't always greener. We've seen that already. Heupel inherited Hooker and recruited Milton. He overpaid Nico then got JA as the consolation prize.

I personally think one of the 3 guys that will hopefully be on the roster next fall can do the job. Spend the money on D then let the young O guys grow into their roles.
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I think the concern with GMac is his lack of experience.
 
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