If you bring in a big-time QB from portal...

Bring in the best QB you can find.
Nuss’s feelings are not a primary objective for this program.

I agree. Focus should be entirely on the defensive side of the football. If you want a QB, cool, we can look around, but for the love of God get some DBs and DLs.

I like Nuss. I think he has a chance to be really good. I also know that there seems to be a strong preference towards a DT QB in Denbrock's system. I'm fine with it being Nuss but not at all convinced you can thread the needle with an experienced transfer back-up. I think we either go big for a DT like Murphy or just roll with Nuss/Collins until hopefully Underwood shows up. Maybe Hurley will develop as well. At one point, he was the "Bryce Underwood" of his class.

Thanks for clarifying...I retract Murphy from the point about DT's. I think Denbrock can adjust to a pro-style guy's strengths but his offenses have always been best with DT guys at QB.

Full disclosure...JD spoiled the crap out of me with them legs!

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Bring in the best QB you can find. Nuss’s feelings are not a primary objective for this program.

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Whoever said they were? Kelly? You’re making that assumption because we have not been on some of the bigger names. We probably have reached out to some. Fact of the matter is most bigger name QBs transferring want an unimpeded path to starting. Many don’t view LSU in that light. Am I saying Nuss can’t be beaten out? Absolutely not. But it won’t be easy and many don’t want to take that chance. There next move could likely be their last shot.

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Bring in the best QB you can find.
Nuss’s feelings are not a primary objective for this program.

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I think mostly everyone agrees with this, but the management of rosters, especially the QB position group is more complicated than that.

Everyone is for competition and “frick their feelings” but bringing in a true potential starter requires at least a substantial chance they would be the starter - if not an outright promise.

Hopefully LSU isn’t willing to do that, but that will knock many candidates off the list.

Who in the portal currently is a guaranteed better player than Nuss NEXT season?

You will get a Good QB

All I will say is that if Nuss was in the portal, he'd be #! QB for certain. With that said, I truly believe Nuss will light it up next year and make us proud.

Now, only the coaching staff has a solid "read" on Collins in case of injuries. So, what they end up doing in the portal is telling...

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The immediate panic of thinking Nuss is just some scrub is wild. Why is everyone so convinced this guy can't play all of a sudden? If Nuss had the same amount of film but was in the portal at another school this board would be salivating to get him.

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Nuss has more experience than Joe Burrow had coming from tOSU… not saying that proves anything. I thought the Nuss highlight video that got posted recently was very encouraging.

The amusing thing is posters on here were worried about Nuss’ Ints and were clamoring for a guy in the portal last week that threw 17 picks this year…LOL

The same ones in panic mode were the same advocates a few weeks ago calling for daniels to be benched while they drove the NussBus. But, this is the typical cycle for tRant & QBs-

When the player is the backup QB, the general consensus here is that (1) he’s better than our starting QB but coaches can’t grasp it & (2) our team will be dramatically better if/when the backup takes over.

When that same player becomes the presumable starter, the new consensus is (1) he sucks; (2) offensive production about to decline; and (3) the backup QB needs to be starter (see the above).

Rinse, wash, repeat.