Being a huge college football fan…I think the NIL is hurting college football. My personal opinion is if the kids want to get paid then need to sign a contract and be obligated (say two years) to remain at the school. They (the football player) has all the leverage and the schools are held trying to field a team. Not to mention us as fans wanting to support our favorite team.
I think it actually is beneficial because it’s no longer top heavy. Also if these kids are gunna be required to stay for multiple years then the coaches that recruit them have to do the same and also deliver on the constant promises they use to lure them in
I agree that Dowdell was not a Break away threat. Looked like he was gone on that run in the 3rd game and he completely ran out of steam. His longest run of the season 38 yards. I think he would have improved allot in his second year with the team though. That being said, Emmett Johnson should have started all season and he probably would have had at least around thirteen hundred yards rushing.
He averaged over 4 yards a carry, id take that all day long, idc if he can break a long run... Few rbs can in the big 10. When was the last time we had a fast agile guy stay healthy all year? Ameer?
@@unbiasedboxingtalk8984 I'd say Devine Ozigbo who should have started for 3 Seasons, maybe even as a true Freshman. Never understood why he wasn't getting more playing time. Should have had a great career. Only started part of his Senior year. They kept waiting for Newby to break out and he never did as far as I'm concerned. Dude was a bust that we stuck with for some unknown reason. Overhyped coming out of High School. Had some decent games, but was far from an elite Back.
Seems like he splits when competition gets tough. Would be nice to have though. Would have been a good piece to offense, but not the premier back. I'm sure he looking to be number 1 where he goes
@BurntWorld he is a good running back. But not our number 1 in my opinion. I'm Emmit has clearly been the better in my opinion. Makes people miss and great pass blocker along with out of backfield threat
@@mustric8744 Totally agree on #21's strengths, was Stoked when he Returned! thing is we need em Both. By #1 I meant he started pretty much all year, why leave? Our Depth/ by committee at rb was one of our Strengths. #23's Best Chance to Succeed is Right Here, like a Lot of people I know, I Hope he Stays!
It's hard for me to describe how I feel about this. I want him to stick around. But I think EJ is the number 1 RB option next year. So I don't think this is a HUGE loss. I think the Rb room of Johnson, Lacy and Parker excits me more than Johnson Dowdell and Parker. I think im most sad, because Dowdell could have played with us for a few more years. But, maybe he just doesn't fit Dana Holgerson's offense style. And I can't be mad at him for looking elsewhere
Okay, the transferring needs some restraints. Nothing can be built which the much roster movement going on. What a terrible governing body the NCAA is. I’m fine with NIL & transferring, but I think you should have to sign a contract & maybe limit the transferring to 2 times during their collegiate career.
Adios Dante. Good luck! I'm not surprised you are leaving. The portal is hope to players who aren't completely or partially happy even. I never felt that Dante was really overjoyed to be a Husker, but that's just how it seemed. Emmett on the other hand lifted my spirits with his genuine personality, his effort, and most of all his faith! God Bless , and good luck to Dante
If DD remains in the portal (and I hope he changes his mind and remains at NU), then you have to like our chances to land Lacy to compete with Johnson for quality reps.
Honestly don't think that Dowdell brought anything to the table that Gabe Irvin didn't. I was shocked how Gabe just disappeared. No surprise that he decided not to stick around for his Senior season. Really think that Ives and Nelson have allot of potential. Both are very fast. Ives has some size and Mekhi has some shake. When I saw Kwentin in the spring game he reminded me of Clinton Childs. Hope he gets some carries in the bowl game and the chance to make an impact.
Not a quitter, college football is a billion dollar industry. Do you say the same thing about all other transfers? Did you say the same thing when EJ went in the portal?
So what if he wants more money? This is America. If he can get more, go get more. He probably also wants to be a featured back so he can make money in the NFL. Good for him. Hope he excels.
Wilson " know-it-all" Dittman. You're the man stud. I also heard from someone in the NIL dept, that they weren't going to match what Emmett was getting so he wanted to test the free agency. Good for him and we'll be fine. GBR 🎈
This has been going on for years regardless of the coaches. The best Back is sitting on the Bench. Ozigbo was clearly better than Newby in every way. Bigger, Stronger, more powerful. More moves, likely every bit as fast. Probably would have run for well over 3,000 career yards if he had started at least a couple of seasons and not just half of his Senior year. I'm still unhappy about Yant leaving and that was two years ago. Even before that I was upset when Marvin Scott left. Mo Washington could have been great.
@TD-ce5ru sorry to break it to you but go look at all the Nebraska kids who signed as scholarship players the past 10 years. It's embarrassing how many of them are absolute complete busts who never did a thing at Nebraska. The bust rate of Nebraska kids is ridiculously high. It's great to want Nebraska kids the facts are they overwhelmingly fricking suck and kill our ability to turn things around because they produce little for as many as we give scholarships too. Especially the Omaha kids. I mean Rhule has gone hard after Nebraska kids with scholarships and like 50% of them are already gone and most of the rest are doing absolutely nothing. I swear there are so many Husker fans who live in fantasy land. Their takes don't match reality and the truth, facts, of what's going on in the program.
You mean the Omaha area kids that suck like national defensive player of the year Xavier Watts, and leading team tackling Gifford and Bullock. I would love more of these busts.
Did Ajay Allen get much playing time for Miami this past season? I lost track of him. He isn't a very big Back. I liked him as a Freshman though before he got injured. Thought he was going to be petty good. Is he in the portal now? Man, the number of Backs who just up and left over the past 3 seasons has been crazy. Did any of them do much elsewhere? Marvin Scott, Sevion Morrison, Allen, Marques Step, Jacquez Yant, Ishia Harris? That isn't even all of them. Figured that Gabe Irvin wouldn't be Back after sparse playing time. No surprise there. Morrison played a fair amount as a Sophomore at Kansas. I was high on Marvin Scott. I thought he looked Husker great like Ken Clark.
Seriously Kwinten Ives should have gotten more use. I was afraid he would transfer without ever getting a chance. He was recruited by some schools as a receiver, so he has to have good hands. Maybe they can work in some plays with him in the Bowl game, because Boston College wouldn't know what to expect from the kid at all. They won't be keying on him. He's gone from 180 pounds to 215 on his 6"3" frame so I'm anxious to see what he can do. Definitely has worked hard to get bigger and stronger just based on those numbers alone. I was surprised how big he looked in the Spring game, and he through a big block on one play. Great looking young athlete with gobs of potential. Just needs game experience.
Remember what Dana said he wants guys that can make people miss. Nice back to have in short yardage situations but he can be replaced with no problems. Wish him the best of luck wherever he lands
I agree with you. Sat used him for every down and he really is a power back. Dana was putting him in his proper role, but now he wants to be the man. We need to go after Lacey
All the hype with him was, oh he's transferring from Oregon. Ppl automatically think he must be good, he left Oregon. Well pretty sure he was what, 4th, 5th string? He wasn't a guy who could take it to the house on any play. Like someone else said, get a little competition he bolts.
I dont think Dowdell is a feature back. Hes a great power back. If he wants to be a feature back hes going to need to run routes and catch the ball. Hes still in a good spot with the huskers. Idk about danas offense, but having less carriers will help him stay healthy and have a long career.
This one I do not get. He clearly has an opportunity to have his best season yet, especially under Dana Holgorsen. I understand that it may simply be a tactic for more money, but come on, man. You've transferred once already. Just lost some respect for DD. Wilson, how do you think this affects Mekhi Nelson, if at all?
@Kohmey and what type of offense would that be exactly? Did you hear this top secret data on what this offense is from your buddy's sister's cousin who worked as a janitor at the northeast side concession stand back in 2006? Last time I checked, a running back fits into EVERY type of offense as it is an essential skill position. I think he wants more money, they called, and he folded.
@jasonpatterson2143 it's clear that Emmett Johnson will likely be that guy. I just wonder who they would bring in instead of simply working with Dante as a capable running back. I just think he was probably told he's worth more than what he's being paid, so he's shopping around.
@@jasonpatterson2143 We have had poor luck with transfer Running Backs. At least Marques Step had a 100 yard game. Where did he go, and did he ever do much elsewhere? Lost track of him and all those other Backs that transferred. 9 Scholarship Backs leaving in the past 3 seasons! Crazy!
I was very sad when Emmett originally entered. This doesn’t move my needle at all. I wish him luck. But I miss the old days when players stuck it out and won the job.
It’s a total crap shoot on who will mesh with their new team or not. I don’t envy being a coach in this era. Things will change soon but you can’t even be upset if Nebraska doesn’t win much during this new normal. It’s turning Cfb into a joke.
This program is a mess. Too many losses and not enough top end elite additions for this staff to ever turn the corner and become a conference contender and playoff contender. Rhule is really struggling with increasing the talent level at Nebraska. Alot of the recruits he has signed and transfer additions are gone. Rhule's hit rate is atrocious so far. This program marches on as a pretender. This program just refuses to get out of its own way. Doing what ever it takes to win is not the top priority. We are not a top 5 let-alone top 10 NIL program. Yet our AD Dept and fan base still viewed the Big Red as a college football blue blood program. We are on year 25 of waiting for next year and always over estimating the actual talent level in the program. Just go look at all conference teams and NFL draft results the last 5-10 years to see the reality of how pathetic our actual talent level is and continues to be.
Until contracts come into existence, this will be the Wild Wild West. Kids will be kids with no accountability for their decisions…not sure this will be great for player’s development.
Maybe they WILL go after Lacy now 🤔🤣😔 ugh... I don't wanna hate on college football because I love it so much, but man... this ain't it. Something has to change, eventually. 🙏🏽
Maybe that’s why he entered the portal… probably saw the writing on the wall. I’d bet that EJ takes the workhorse role, Lacy would take the back, with the promise being that next year he takes the workhorse with JP following suit.
Very few. I just keep remembering that 38 yard run where Dante looked like the piano jumped on his back 20 yards down the field. I think Dowdell's second longest run was only 20 yards. If he could cut. it might have been a Touchdown too. That being said, those were two of the longest runs we had all season. I don't think anyone had a run of 40 yards or more. Rahmier had the 69 yarder called back in the second game.
Would be sad if he wouldn’t be with us for a bowl game. At this point someone who leaves like this isn’t as good as we need him to be, and a complete thug. Don’t let the door hit you on your sorry ass on the way out. Go fumble for somebody else. Sorry, it just is so stupid. People need loyalty. We need loyalty to surround our loyal players who we love. Ohana. Enough said. Mic drop.
Who cares. We all thought EJ should have been starting over him all season anyway. He was the “better” running back because he played more snaps. You really have a reactionary perspective on the Huskers rather than holistic and it’s not healthy for fans who listen to you.
Dowdell is good. He's super fast, the problem is, he is unable to throttle back and maneuver into holes. He is just 1000% straight ahead as fast as he can go. You can only do this if the line can open huge holes consistently. Dowdell even has issues getting away from a lone safety. He tries to run them over. I hate to see him go, but I'm good if he wants to pursue other options. EJ and RJ can handle it.
@@WilsonDittmanSports Going way back, Rozier didn't have blazing top end speed. Neither did Roger Craig. Although both were faster than allot of people think. Depends on what you consider fast. There 40 times were not eye popping rather Electronic or Hand-held. However, on the football field they were about as quick, fast and explosive as most anybody. Both had awesome balance and tremendous acceleration. They could take it the distance on any play. Different time and different offense, but either would be just as great today as they were back then. Ken Clark wasn't super fast either, but he was very physical like Mike and Roger and had great balance. Plus he could cut and had a strong burst off the cut like they did as well. Rozier's sweet feet made up for any lack of top end speed. Jon Kelley was faster than any of these Husker legends, thereabouts as fast as Irving Fryar, and he never started a game at Nebraska. I always thought he probably would have been an All American someplace else.
Long story short, I don’t think he Fits the scheme in Coach Holgorsen Offense but That’s the Life of the Portal, Ur Here 2Day Gone 2Morrow Wishing Him All The Best. Deuce Deuce. ✌🏽💯
@WilsonDittmanSports um we are all going to need a numerical roster in our hands to watch this bowl game to have a clue who's actually playing. This is getting ridiculous for one of the highest paid coaches in CFB. Rhule has just lost way to many of his highschool players signed, sucked at the transfer portal period. Yes he signed a nice class with 11 4 star. But he negates it all with so many starters, second teamers, valuable depth players saying peace out. He just lost his #1 producer of TD's and his offense has struggled his entire time at Neb getting TD's. I get Dana doesn't like his fit...that said this is where you pay the price for shitting the bed on Marcus Satterfield and the original staff Rhule hired which looks really bad right now. Your starting over losing too much talent where what your bring in is just treading water. I'm sorry when you get paid as an elite CFB coach you deserve to be judged accordingly on your body of work at Nebraska not Baylor or Temple. Rhule is flat out not delivering like one of the highest paid coaches in CFB should....and I'm not listening to the it takes time bullshit excuse this program has been spinning for 25 years. You are what you are a pretender. This new round of coaches & AD staff are just more of the same. Our NIL isn't good enough to be a blue blood. Let's face it this program is what their actions are which is a bottom tier power conference program proven now for decades.
@thejoshpresle yes Rhule had very minimal transfer portal guys that left last off-season that's a fact. He even talked about how good his culture was which produced very little transfers last off-season. Well that wore off. Ruhle shit the bed on his original staff he hired and is now paying the price. His OC demoted because he sucked, WR coach removed from the staff because he sucked, RB coach gone, his best coaching hire Tony White left for no pay increase or job title increase because Tony can see the cracks, his best position coach Terrance Knighton left, his DB coach gone. Now his culture has cracks and that's evident in losing a lot of starters and high contributors saying peace out. The coaches they signed with their OC & DC & position coaches are gone. And that's the positions your seeing most of the transfers at RB, WR, Dline, pass rush, secondary. The oline coach Raiola isn't experiencing transfers because he offers stability. Players don't like having to learn new schemes a year or two in. Players don't like building relationships then the guy they are close with either sucks or leaves. Rhule is experiencing a abnormally high amount of good contributors leave this off-season that's just FACTS. His culture is not as stable as it started out that's just FACTS that is evident in last off-season's retention rate vs this off-season. Rhule already inherited a program with major depth deficiency problems. To be successful and turn the corner at Nebraska there is little room for error. In many ways he's starting over on his coaching staff and paying a huge price for it. Yes he added 11 4 star recruits this class great job on that. That said it's offset by the amount of good contributors who have said yeah this isn't what I signed up for. Nebraska also is dealing with the fact they want to be a blue blood program but do not play the NIL pay for play like an Ohio St, Georgia etc. Those schools embrace NIL head on and open up the wallet. You can easily Google the fact Ohio St spends $20m per year on its football roster and they are proud of and willing to talk about it. Nebraska hides there NIL numbers. They get on media members who divulge the figures. Nebraska tries to limit the amount of truth that gets out about their skeletons. An example. @WilsonDittnanSports reported accurate information he received about Marcus Satterfield and just how bad of a hire he was, how many players disliked him, and Marcus was playing favorites with playing time vs playing the player who most deserved the playing time based off being the best player. The athletic department called Wilson and asking him to stop talking about it. It embarrassed them to have some truth get out. If you want to be a big dog you have to make winning the #1 priority. Tom Osborne did it in the 90's by being willing to sacrifice on the quality of character in his players. For a stretch in the 90's we had legit criminals playing yet looked the other way. Murders, rapists, drug charges, sexual harassment, gun charges, DUI, drug dealing arrests, there are documentaries out there about just how out of control it got. Don't believe me? Name one of those things I mentioned murder, rape, drug dealing, sex harassment and I'll provide a Google link to an article with the facts about it.....yet it allowed Tom and Nebraska to go on one of the most dominant runs in CFB history by adding the freak talents needed to get past the Miami's, Florida St's, Florida's teams they would lose to in bowl games because Nebraska lacked the raw talent to keep up. We need to get back to making winning the #1 priority. I'm not saying we allow the level of crime that happened in the 90's but how about starting with the goal of being the best NIL school in football. No program will outspend Nebraska in NIL yearly. If you do that I bet you you can stop paying 10"s of millions of dollars all the time on coaching buyouts and constantly starting over.
Sorry to see the young man go, but, as others have pointed out, he can't make anyone miss in the open field. As someone else noted, DD doesn't seem real comfortable with competition.
They promised Emmett the job to get him back of course he left. Not really shocked. Especially with recent news of us looking for a back in the portal.
Didn't turn the corner well at all. Emmett gets to the edge way quicker. Every time Dowdell tried to run wide her pretty much lost yardage. He was extremely strong though and figured to improve allot on his reads next season.
Wilson, you’re in college, what does this transfer portal teach guys your age? Who is teaching them accountability? We make choices in life and we are held accountable for those decisions, good or bad. What is it 1% of college players make the NFL? All the rest of them go to work, and without their degree it’s hard to get a good job.
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Being a huge college football fan…I think the NIL is hurting college football. My personal opinion is if the kids want to get paid then need to sign a contract and be obligated (say two years) to remain at the school. They (the football player) has all the leverage and the schools are held trying to field a team. Not to mention us as fans wanting to support our favorite team.
Absolutely.
100% the way it is right now. has zero benefit for the game of college football.
I really hope they start putting restrictions on this stuff
@brianshumate9903 agree. they have too
I think it actually is beneficial because it’s no longer top heavy. Also if these kids are gunna be required to stay for multiple years then the coaches that recruit them have to do the same and also deliver on the constant promises they use to lure them in
He ran hard. That was it. He can’t make people miss. He had no speed. He’ll be missed at the goaline but that’s about it.
I agree that Dowdell was not a Break away threat. Looked like he was gone on that run in the 3rd game and he completely ran out of steam. His longest run of the season 38 yards. I think he would have improved allot in his second year with the team though. That being said, Emmett Johnson should have started all season and he probably would have had at least around thirteen hundred yards rushing.
He averaged over 4 yards a carry, id take that all day long, idc if he can break a long run... Few rbs can in the big 10. When was the last time we had a fast agile guy stay healthy all year? Ameer?
@@unbiasedboxingtalk8984 I'd say Devine Ozigbo who should have started for 3 Seasons, maybe even as a true Freshman. Never understood why he wasn't getting more playing time. Should have had a great career. Only started part of his Senior year. They kept waiting for Newby to break out and he never did as far as I'm concerned. Dude was a bust that we stuck with for some unknown reason. Overhyped coming out of High School. Had some decent games, but was far from an elite Back.
Seems like he splits when competition gets tough. Would be nice to have though. Would have been a good piece to offense, but not the premier back. I'm sure he looking to be number 1 where he goes
He's #1 here, he should Stay!
@BurntWorld he is a good running back. But not our number 1 in my opinion. I'm Emmit has clearly been the better in my opinion. Makes people miss and great pass blocker along with out of backfield threat
Sounds like he’s a pussy
@@mustric8744 Totally agree on #21's strengths, was Stoked when he Returned! thing is we need em Both. By #1 I meant he started pretty much all year, why leave? Our Depth/ by committee at rb was one of our Strengths. #23's Best Chance to Succeed is Right Here, like a Lot of people I know, I Hope he Stays!
It's hard for me to describe how I feel about this. I want him to stick around. But I think EJ is the number 1 RB option next year. So I don't think this is a HUGE loss. I think the Rb room of Johnson, Lacy and Parker excits me more than Johnson Dowdell and Parker. I think im most sad, because Dowdell could have played with us for a few more years. But, maybe he just doesn't fit Dana Holgerson's offense style. And I can't be mad at him for looking elsewhere
Okay, the transferring needs some restraints. Nothing can be built which the much roster movement going on. What a terrible governing body the NCAA is. I’m fine with NIL & transferring, but I think you should have to sign a contract & maybe limit the transferring to 2 times during their collegiate career.
If true it's because he knows they are bringing in someone else.
Or he sees Dana shifting away from a power type running game to more passing , swing passes etc
Go get Kewan Lacy!!
He just committed to ole miss
@ Damn!! That was quick!!
Got the latest. You the man! Good shit
Adios Dante. Good luck! I'm not surprised you are leaving. The portal is hope to players who aren't completely or partially happy even. I never felt that Dante was really overjoyed to be a Husker, but that's just how it seemed. Emmett on the other hand lifted my spirits with his genuine personality, his effort, and most of all his faith! God Bless , and good luck to Dante
If DD remains in the portal (and I hope he changes his mind and remains at NU), then you have to like our chances to land Lacy to compete with Johnson for quality reps.
Exact same as you. Would love to have him
If he couldn't separate himself from the average RBs in last year's room, how much of a loss is it?
Not surprised as it is clear EJ is the feature back for next year.
Thought we’d be lucky if he stayed. Could start anywhere and would be behind EJ.
EJ is a better RB. He has break away speed something dowdle lacked... i wish him the best with his future endeavors 😎
Honestly don't think that Dowdell brought anything to the table that Gabe Irvin didn't. I was shocked how Gabe just disappeared. No surprise that he decided not to stick around for his Senior season. Really think that Ives and Nelson have allot of potential. Both are very fast. Ives has some size and Mekhi has some shake. When I saw Kwentin in the spring game he reminded me of Clinton Childs. Hope he gets some carries in the bowl game and the chance to make an impact.
Someone else can jump over the pile from the 1yd line now. Finally we can let Emmitt finish the drives
Not a good look for Dowdell. Makes him look like quitter. Maybe he just wants more money.
Wht isn't Enmity Johnson a quitter?
Emmitt
Not a quitter, college football is a billion dollar industry. Do you say the same thing about all other transfers? Did you say the same thing when EJ went in the portal?
So what if he wants more money? This is America. If he can get more, go get more. He probably also wants to be a featured back so he can make money in the NFL. Good for him. Hope he excels.
I like Ahmad Hardy better than lacy. But with Ives and the freshman coming in next year i think we will be fine.
Don't forget "Budda" Nelson. He's one of the fastest if not thee fastest guy on the team.
NIL has made the game I once loved unrecognizable.
If dowdell is leaving, maybe we're getting the guy from Iowa?
I'm actually shocked.
What guy from Iowa???
@jeffreyk5734 their star RB that entered the portal. He's really good.
@jeffreyk5734 Lacy is his name. If that's what you're looking for.
I think you were right over the target on this one
Have recruites that accept money be required to sign contracts
Wilson " know-it-all" Dittman. You're the man stud. I also heard from someone in the NIL dept, that they weren't going to match what Emmett was getting so he wanted to test the free agency. Good for him and we'll be fine. GBR 🎈
He don't deserve it...glad he is leaving
Thank you for another great video.
Well Ahmad hardy sounds good
Probably too late for him
@ naw all you need is some 💰
Dante is 2A, Johnson is the clear best back that we have once given a chance.
This has been going on for years regardless of the coaches. The best Back is sitting on the Bench. Ozigbo was clearly better than Newby in every way. Bigger, Stronger, more powerful. More moves, likely every bit as fast. Probably would have run for well over 3,000 career yards if he had started at least a couple of seasons and not just half of his Senior year. I'm still unhappy about Yant leaving and that was two years ago. Even before that I was upset when Marvin Scott left. Mo Washington could have been great.
Let's go Conner Booth. Let's do this with Nebraska kids.
A true freshman? Yeah we’re fucked
@TD-ce5ru sorry to break it to you but go look at all the Nebraska kids who signed as scholarship players the past 10 years. It's embarrassing how many of them are absolute complete busts who never did a thing at Nebraska. The bust rate of Nebraska kids is ridiculously high. It's great to want Nebraska kids the facts are they overwhelmingly fricking suck and kill our ability to turn things around because they produce little for as many as we give scholarships too. Especially the Omaha kids. I mean Rhule has gone hard after Nebraska kids with scholarships and like 50% of them are already gone and most of the rest are doing absolutely nothing. I swear there are so many Husker fans who live in fantasy land. Their takes don't match reality and the truth, facts, of what's going on in the program.
You mean the Omaha area kids that suck like national defensive player of the year Xavier Watts, and leading team tackling Gifford and Bullock. I would love more of these busts.
Need to get back AJ Allen
Did Ajay Allen get much playing time for Miami this past season? I lost track of him. He isn't a very big Back. I liked him as a Freshman though before he got injured. Thought he was going to be petty good. Is he in the portal now? Man, the number of Backs who just up and left over the past 3 seasons has been crazy. Did any of them do much elsewhere? Marvin Scott, Sevion Morrison, Allen, Marques Step, Jacquez Yant, Ishia Harris? That isn't even all of them. Figured that Gabe Irvin wouldn't be Back after sparse playing time. No surprise there. Morrison played a fair amount as a Sophomore at Kansas. I was high on Marvin Scott. I thought he looked Husker great like Ken Clark.
How will they ever replace a guy that averaged 50 yards a game? 🤷🏼♂️
I get why you do the headlines but they’re really annoying. He was a starter not a star.
FRICKN A #23! DO NOT LEAVE!!!
Star??? He's average....not a huge loss IMO
So am i wrong but doesnt have a medical condition where he couldnt be on the field enough to be the main guy?
Emmett Johnson is why time to develop the young breeds
Seriously Kwinten Ives should have gotten more use. I was afraid he would transfer without ever getting a chance. He was recruited by some schools as a receiver, so he has to have good hands. Maybe they can work in some plays with him in the Bowl game, because Boston College wouldn't know what to expect from the kid at all. They won't be keying on him. He's gone from 180 pounds to 215 on his 6"3" frame so I'm anxious to see what he can do. Definitely has worked hard to get bigger and stronger just based on those numbers alone. I was surprised how big he looked in the Spring game, and he through a big block on one play. Great looking young athlete with gobs of potential. Just needs game experience.
He was not an all round back. Great at the goal line.
should i stay or should i go? - the clash
More carries for Connor Booth!
I like Booth. I hope he can be another Burkhead.
Remember what Dana said he wants guys that can make people miss. Nice back to have in short yardage situations but he can be replaced with no problems. Wish him the best of luck wherever he lands
I agree with you. Sat used him for every down and he really is a power back. Dana was putting him in his proper role, but now he wants to be the man. We need to go after Lacey
I was waiting for this , I new he was gonna go
Emmett Johnson is the best RB on the team. We will be just fine with EJ and the new young guys coming in.
All the hype with him was, oh he's transferring from Oregon. Ppl automatically think he must be good, he left Oregon. Well pretty sure he was what, 4th, 5th string? He wasn't a guy who could take it to the house on any play. Like someone else said, get a little competition he bolts.
Maybe Dowdell will return on a better deal? Similar to Emmet...
This one makes absolutely no sense to me.
Can't say I'm surprised. I don't like it; but seen it coming
Saw
Hate to see, great talent that provides depth, but we all know Emmett Johnson’s the better back
What are the chances he doesn’t leave? 🤷🏼♂️
EJ new NIL deal got him jealous
I dont think Dowdell is a feature back. Hes a great power back. If he wants to be a feature back hes going to need to run routes and catch the ball.
Hes still in a good spot with the huskers. Idk about danas offense, but having less carriers will help him stay healthy and have a long career.
This one I do not get. He clearly has an opportunity to have his best season yet, especially under Dana Holgorsen. I understand that it may simply be a tactic for more money, but come on, man. You've transferred once already. Just lost some respect for DD. Wilson, how do you think this affects Mekhi Nelson, if at all?
He doesn’t fit holgos offense
He knows they are bringing someone else in who will get some or all of his snaps. I bet they announce a new RB in the comming days.
@Kohmey and what type of offense would that be exactly? Did you hear this top secret data on what this offense is from your buddy's sister's cousin who worked as a janitor at the northeast side concession stand back in 2006? Last time I checked, a running back fits into EVERY type of offense as it is an essential skill position. I think he wants more money, they called, and he folded.
@jasonpatterson2143 it's clear that Emmett Johnson will likely be that guy. I just wonder who they would bring in instead of simply working with Dante as a capable running back. I just think he was probably told he's worth more than what he's being paid, so he's shopping around.
@@jasonpatterson2143 We have had poor luck with transfer Running Backs. At least Marques Step had a 100 yard game. Where did he go, and did he ever do much elsewhere? Lost track of him and all those other Backs that transferred. 9 Scholarship Backs leaving in the past 3 seasons! Crazy!
I was very sad when Emmett originally entered. This doesn’t move my needle at all. I wish him luck. But I miss the old days when players stuck it out and won the job.
Or he’s back Friday 😅
V.roy, That's what I'M SAYIN! YEAH!😀
It’s a total crap shoot on who will mesh with their new team or not. I don’t envy being a coach in this era. Things will change soon but you can’t even be upset if Nebraska doesn’t win much during this new normal. It’s turning Cfb into a joke.
I can't imagine he didn't see his roll diminishing next season. Frankly, I think you're way overrating how well he ran this year.
This program is a mess. Too many losses and not enough top end elite additions for this staff to ever turn the corner and become a conference contender and playoff contender. Rhule is really struggling with increasing the talent level at Nebraska. Alot of the recruits he has signed and transfer additions are gone. Rhule's hit rate is atrocious so far. This program marches on as a pretender. This program just refuses to get out of its own way. Doing what ever it takes to win is not the top priority. We are not a top 5 let-alone top 10 NIL program. Yet our AD Dept and fan base still viewed the Big Red as a college football blue blood program. We are on year 25 of waiting for next year and always over estimating the actual talent level in the program. Just go look at all conference teams and NFL draft results the last 5-10 years to see the reality of how pathetic our actual talent level is and continues to be.
Until contracts come into existence, this will be the Wild Wild West. Kids will be kids with no accountability for their decisions…not sure this will be great for player’s development.
Maybe they WILL go after Lacy now 🤔🤣😔 ugh... I don't wanna hate on college football because I love it so much, but man... this ain't it. Something has to change, eventually. 🙏🏽
Maybe that’s why he entered the portal… probably saw the writing on the wall. I’d bet that EJ takes the workhorse role, Lacy would take the back, with the promise being that next year he takes the workhorse with JP following suit.
I mean like are you kidding me this a big loss
Woooowwwww crazy
Not crazy. He doesn’t fit holgersons offense at all
What did he ever do besides snipe 1 yard touchdowns from Johnson and Johnson who got it down close.
Dowdell isn’t that big a loss. He wasn’t special and there will be plenty like him in the transfer portal.
Stay at a school for 1 year then get recruited again. College football is just a nonsensical soap opera. I no longer care who comes or goes anymore.
Emmitt is the better all round back
Shits getting old. Is what it is now, the new college football.
He wasn't that good to me not bad but no vision and wiggle
Before you freak out. How many runs over 15 yards did he have
Very few. I just keep remembering that 38 yard run where Dante looked like the piano jumped on his back 20 yards down the field. I think Dowdell's second longest run was only 20 yards. If he could cut. it might have been a Touchdown too. That being said, those were two of the longest runs we had all season. I don't think anyone had a run of 40 yards or more. Rahmier had the 69 yarder called back in the second game.
I cant stand the NFL but i think im going to start going that route and put college football away until the NCAA gets their sh!t figured out.
The transfer portal is garbage!! I’m done.
Go get Gabe back
Would be sad if he wouldn’t be with us for a bowl game. At this point someone who leaves like this isn’t as good as we need him to be, and a complete thug. Don’t let the door hit you on your sorry ass on the way out. Go fumble for somebody else. Sorry, it just is so stupid. People need loyalty. We need loyalty to surround our loyal players who we love. Ohana. Enough said. Mic drop.
Wilson does not sleep. What competition?
Dowdell is also not used as a receiver. Probably does not fit the offense.
Who cares. We all thought EJ should have been starting over him all season anyway. He was the “better” running back because he played more snaps. You really have a reactionary perspective on the Huskers rather than holistic and it’s not healthy for fans who listen to you.
Dowdell is good. He's super fast, the problem is, he is unable to throttle back and maneuver into holes. He is just 1000% straight ahead as fast as he can go. You can only do this if the line can open huge holes consistently. Dowdell even has issues getting away from a lone safety. He tries to run them over. I hate to see him go, but I'm good if he wants to pursue other options. EJ and RJ can handle it.
Praise the Lord! Finally some good news!!!!don't pay him ! Don't ask him to come back... let him go
I didn’t like Dante anyways way overrated
Good luck to him but he was not great. Not a breakaway runner at all.
Not every running back needs to have elite speed. Look at the last 2 Heisman RB winners, Derrick Henry and Mark Ingram. Not track stars…
@@WilsonDittmanSports Going way back, Rozier didn't have blazing top end speed. Neither did Roger Craig. Although both were faster than allot of people think. Depends on what you consider fast. There 40 times were not eye popping rather Electronic or Hand-held. However, on the football field they were about as quick, fast and explosive as most anybody. Both had awesome balance and tremendous acceleration. They could take it the distance on any play. Different time and different offense, but either would be just as great today as they were back then. Ken Clark wasn't super fast either, but he was very physical like Mike and Roger and had great balance. Plus he could cut and had a strong burst off the cut like they did as well. Rozier's sweet feet made up for any lack of top end speed. Jon Kelley was faster than any of these Husker legends, thereabouts as fast as Irving Fryar, and he never started a game at Nebraska. I always thought he probably would have been an All American someplace else.
Not big on Dowdell. Overrated. Lacks elite 4 ⭐️ speed. Never would have done much at Oregon. B RB.
Huhhh?? 🤦🏾♂️😐👎🏽
Long story short, I don’t think he Fits the scheme in Coach Holgorsen Offense but That’s the Life of the Portal, Ur Here 2Day Gone 2Morrow Wishing Him All The Best. Deuce Deuce. ✌🏽💯
It’s ok, he always ran into defensive players.
FFS this shit is ridiculous.
@WilsonDittmanSports um we are all going to need a numerical roster in our hands to watch this bowl game to have a clue who's actually playing. This is getting ridiculous for one of the highest paid coaches in CFB. Rhule has just lost way to many of his highschool players signed, sucked at the transfer portal period. Yes he signed a nice class with 11 4 star. But he negates it all with so many starters, second teamers, valuable depth players saying peace out. He just lost his #1 producer of TD's and his offense has struggled his entire time at Neb getting TD's. I get Dana doesn't like his fit...that said this is where you pay the price for shitting the bed on Marcus Satterfield and the original staff Rhule hired which looks really bad right now. Your starting over losing too much talent where what your bring in is just treading water. I'm sorry when you get paid as an elite CFB coach you deserve to be judged accordingly on your body of work at Nebraska not Baylor or Temple. Rhule is flat out not delivering like one of the highest paid coaches in CFB should....and I'm not listening to the it takes time bullshit excuse this program has been spinning for 25 years. You are what you are a pretender. This new round of coaches & AD staff are just more of the same. Our NIL isn't good enough to be a blue blood. Let's face it this program is what their actions are which is a bottom tier power conference program proven now for decades.
Nebraska only had three players enter the portal last cycle. You don't know what you're talking about.
@thejoshpresle yes Rhule had very minimal transfer portal guys that left last off-season that's a fact. He even talked about how good his culture was which produced very little transfers last off-season.
Well that wore off. Ruhle shit the bed on his original staff he hired and is now paying the price. His OC demoted because he sucked, WR coach removed from the staff because he sucked, RB coach gone, his best coaching hire Tony White left for no pay increase or job title increase because Tony can see the cracks, his best position coach Terrance Knighton left, his DB coach gone.
Now his culture has cracks and that's evident in losing a lot of starters and high contributors saying peace out. The coaches they signed with their OC & DC & position coaches are gone. And that's the positions your seeing most of the transfers at RB, WR, Dline, pass rush, secondary. The oline coach Raiola isn't experiencing transfers because he offers stability.
Players don't like having to learn new schemes a year or two in. Players don't like building relationships then the guy they are close with either sucks or leaves.
Rhule is experiencing a abnormally high amount of good contributors leave this off-season that's just FACTS. His culture is not as stable as it started out that's just FACTS that is evident in last off-season's retention rate vs this off-season.
Rhule already inherited a program with major depth deficiency problems. To be successful and turn the corner at Nebraska there is little room for error. In many ways he's starting over on his coaching staff and paying a huge price for it. Yes he added 11 4 star recruits this class great job on that. That said it's offset by the amount of good contributors who have said yeah this isn't what I signed up for.
Nebraska also is dealing with the fact they want to be a blue blood program but do not play the NIL pay for play like an Ohio St, Georgia etc. Those schools embrace NIL head on and open up the wallet. You can easily Google the fact Ohio St spends $20m per year on its football roster and they are proud of and willing to talk about it.
Nebraska hides there NIL numbers. They get on media members who divulge the figures. Nebraska tries to limit the amount of truth that gets out about their skeletons. An example. @WilsonDittnanSports reported accurate information he received about Marcus Satterfield and just how bad of a hire he was, how many players disliked him, and Marcus was playing favorites with playing time vs playing the player who most deserved the playing time based off being the best player. The athletic department called Wilson and asking him to stop talking about it. It embarrassed them to have some truth get out.
If you want to be a big dog you have to make winning the #1 priority. Tom Osborne did it in the 90's by being willing to sacrifice on the quality of character in his players. For a stretch in the 90's we had legit criminals playing yet looked the other way. Murders, rapists, drug charges, sexual harassment, gun charges, DUI, drug dealing arrests, there are documentaries out there about just how out of control it got. Don't believe me? Name one of those things I mentioned murder, rape, drug dealing, sex harassment and I'll provide a Google link to an article with the facts about it.....yet it allowed Tom and Nebraska to go on one of the most dominant runs in CFB history by adding the freak talents needed to get past the Miami's, Florida St's, Florida's teams they would lose to in bowl games because Nebraska lacked the raw talent to keep up.
We need to get back to making winning the #1 priority. I'm not saying we allow the level of crime that happened in the 90's but how about starting with the goal of being the best NIL school in football. No program will outspend Nebraska in NIL yearly. If you do that I bet you you can stop paying 10"s of millions of dollars all the time on coaching buyouts and constantly starting over.
@@mattanderson9689 Sir, this is a Wendy's.
Sorry to see the young man go, but, as others have pointed out, he can't make anyone miss in the open field.
As someone else noted, DD doesn't seem real comfortable with competition.
He's pulling an Emmett... He's jumping into the portal for pay leverage.
Except I'm fine with Dante leaving. Glad EJ is back.
@@66888NNUTTHOWZE46993 I agree. DD isn't anything special. He's an average back.
If Gabe hasn't committed to someone go get him back!!!
They promised Emmett the job to get him back of course he left. Not really shocked. Especially with recent news of us looking for a back in the portal.
Pay Dante now
Don’t need quitters! … plenty of better running backs available.
He’s not a feature back and can’t get to the edge and turn it upfield. Always got tripped up. Wish him the best of luck. Next!
Didn't turn the corner well at all. Emmett gets to the edge way quicker. Every time Dowdell tried to run wide her pretty much lost yardage. He was extremely strong though and figured to improve allot on his reads next season.
UCF
Looks like the incoming freshman will be the star next year
He knows when to leave the Titanic
Doesn't mean anything running backs leaves all the time he wasn't that good
Wilson, you’re in college, what does this transfer portal teach guys your age? Who is teaching them accountability? We make choices in life and we are held accountable for those decisions, good or bad. What is it 1% of college players make the NFL? All the rest of them go to work, and without their degree it’s hard to get a good job.
These quitters can just BLEEP off! The EFF outta here!
Lacey to Ole Miss😔
"star". He's not even RB1 on a 6-6 team with a struggling offense.