Most of us don’t hate Riley but we hate that Bronco played him when he had a

Sep 13, 2024
2:26:15pm

marinact Contributor

Broken back and lost the BSU game and others as a result. A healthy Riley was a decent enough quarterback most of the time but not a star.

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Since Riley is allegedly so “hated,” surely he is sympathetic to the current

elderyoda

Sep 13, 2:21pm

Riley is hated?

kccougar

Sep 13, 2:24pm

I don’t hate Riley, but I sure hated his recklessness.

Ham

Sep 13, 2:32pm

Maybe not hated, but many CB posters were very very critical of him.

porl thompson

Sep 13, 2:39pm

During his playing time?

SinkingQuffa

Sep 14, 2:38am

Riley Nelson career INT% = 3.75%. Retzlaff = 2.67%

Indy Coug

Sep 13, 2:24pm

And aside from SIU, Jake has had much more difficult opponents. Not any sort

rivercitycoug

Sep 13, 2:27pm

That’s not how the game is played though. You only use SOS to diminish good performances against bad teams

Indy Coug

Sep 13, 2:28pm

Jake's biggest issue is how often he fumbles

Jericho

Sep 13, 2:34pm

Now do all turnovers and record

byuTX

Sep 13, 2:39pm

No. I think this speaks for itself with regards to interceptions.

Indy Coug

Sep 13, 2:41pm

Did RN mention how his play was without fault or suggest JR should play...

wickedgame71

Sep 13, 2:52pm

Riley willed the team to a few victories through sheer toughness and leadership

Rhubarb

Sep 13, 2:42pm

Who’s BR?

Soy Celeste

Sep 14, 4:15am

Oops fixed - should be JR, or Retzlaff

Rhubarb

Sep 14, 8:17am

Lets compare fumbles..

AltTabbins

Sep 13, 9:41pm

9 in 6 = 3/game ?

xgbs

Sep 14, 7:50am

First time ive been called a hot girl, but Im seeing it now. Point still stands, but more dumb guy math lol.

AltTabbins

Sep 14, 12:35pm

In the article Riley says "and I struggled with that too."

Mr Salad

Sep 14, 7:55am

Most of us don’t hate Riley but we hate that Bronco played him when he had a

marinact

Sep 13, 2:26pm

As I recall, it was that Bronco let Riley convince him to to let him play with

AlternateShot

Sep 13, 4:51pm

Congrats on your “knowing what would have happened” super power

StantonMac

Sep 14, 8:06am

Look at Rileys stat line for that BSU game and tell me he didn't make us lose

marinact

Sep 14, 1:26pm

I liked him. I wish we had a better QB

NYCougz

Sep 13, 2:27pm

The hate was past tense. Also, I don't think you fully understood my post,

Corn Pop

Sep 13, 2:28pm

shimmy

Sep 13, 2:32pm

I’d take Riley to start over anyone on the roster.

shimmy

Sep 13, 2:30pm

Riley is on the roster, his name is McCae Hilstead.

bulletproof

Sep 13, 2:38pm

If he didn’t spell his name McCae I’d be calling on him to start. I’ve said he has the most talent.

shimmy

Sep 13, 2:41pm

Not his fault momma didn’t like him enough to give a normally spelled name

NYC and Japan

Sep 13, 5:30pm

Definitely have parents [read “mom”] that didn’t think about her little baby eventually becoming an adult

byuTX

Sep 14, 6:01am

So gritty dude playing through a broken back with rock hard abs?

Big12Yfan

Sep 13, 2:42pm

compare their arm/throwing talent. Very different.

wickedgame71

Sep 13, 2:46pm

Who has better arm talent? Hilsteads numbers as a freshman at usu were better

bulletproof

Sep 13, 3:34pm

Nelson was injured most of 2012, so not really a good comparison

Jericho

Sep 13, 6:03pm

"arm talent" mostly referring to a ability to make all the throws, etc

wickedgame71

Sep 13, 6:55pm

Yeah that’s definitely a kettle/pot situation.

Ham

Sep 13, 2:30pm

Riley says in the article "and I struggled with that too".

Mr Salad

Sep 14, 7:57am

I don't feel it should matter if RN was similar or worse than JR re his eval...

wickedgame71

Sep 13, 2:41pm

I hate that he chose to throw it into the ground against ND like he had

Longseason

Sep 13, 2:45pm

'11 RN had a 152.9 PER & 392 net rush yds...That's very good production...

wickedgame71

Sep 13, 3:05pm

Riley was one of my favorites of all time. Shame he got hurt

reddead

Sep 13, 10:24pm

Riley=tough as nails & great leader.

Forzaitalia

Sep 13, 10:43pm

Criticism does not equal hate. We don’t hate Riley. Do you think Riley hates Retzlaff? Its criticism, not hate.

Atmospheric_Cougar

Sep 13, 10:44pm

Rielly and Jake are similar, but Rielly couldn’t really throw

KYU

Sep 13, 11:01pm

People don’t hate Riley. There’s actually a lot to admire about him. Lots of grit. Just not an elite passer.

yapacoug

Sep 14, 5:47am

His field vision was so good, pre-injury his arm was plenty strong enough to have gone very far.

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