College Football Fix: Christian Hackenberg, Former Penn State QB

This college football pressure from the agency grows your sideline 22 to go college football fix only on the site go here all by Arafat of Nebraska, you're probably saying yeah what that guy just said holy smokes. What a dumb decision by Scott Frost over the weekend we are coming to you live from the rocket boarded studios whether you're looking to purchase a new home refinance yours. Rocket mortgage could help you get there. Problem solutions that that your life rocket can week one is here for the college football season. Can't wait to just watch football football and more football. Over and over and over again each and every Saturday throughout the fall and then also leading into the winter lets it out to the gas line right now will commit a former quarterback at Penn State not as great job as an analyst for the field to 12 that is Christian Hackenberg Christian. I by regular vibration you comment on what Nebraska did over the weekend they had the lead and then they just cut the field in half and gave the ball the opposition. I didn't get that call by Scott Frost yeah I may not. My take on. Then lose you not think he was be aggressive but I think you had a kind of toe the line, they really guy just being stupid, exactly. And you know I think a lot of credit to Northwestern. I was really Sopranos really impressed with the way that when she can play them now, especially the expectations in some of the summary report I got from up there wasn't. Looking back, great light became together held a game plan just sucks Nebraska much the same Treatment so hopefully they can just get over that hurdle here coming in after Scott job.

Many games, but they just lose in heartbreaking fashion in so many close games as a team mentally move on from that where you start off the season thought it was going well and then once again the big spot you guys come through you just wonder if that just gets this season rolling in a direction that you really just don't want to get into, and I think it wanted to raise and I think even even toward the end of last year you heard Adrian Martinez talk about it before he left anything didn't give up. They can fight they know what it's worth, that's a credit to the attitude of locker room and held it how to manage it. But here point is eventually something's gotta give you know. I hope that the kids have enough mental fortitude to be a will to keep plugging away, because if you dedicate that out there, the ball will roll your way eventually, but you know that it's just one of those situations where you hate to see a drag on the way it had. And you know hopefully hopefully for their sake. Both are thrown away, but if it doesn't be a big shakeup up there.

My Christian Hackenberg here with us. When you make a Harbaugh's decision to basically pump this quarterback competition and do apply to now to McCarthy McNamara. Yeah, I think that one of the more unique ways of doing it and I can't really there's part of me that understands that there's part of me is a former quarterback that hates it, especially guys that that let you know if the guy who led you to college football playoff McCarthy's obviously a talent you want to figure out ways to get him involved and keep them around, especially with the transfer portal and all the other stuff that's going to college football mall it's a problem that I think really ever been at the forefront of a lot of decisions like this, but created man. I think only Harbaugh could probably pull something like this often explained away so we'll see how works out. You know why I said I think this is his most important here, even the last year, you know, he took a pay cut.

Ended up taking the team above and beyond expectations. I think and make the call football playoff window they can now set the standard he played Corey and try to save the FL to make some money back at thinking is one of those things where this year is really gotta produce so I think you just try to put a special court of much support, Bill. With that being said, what are your expectations from Michigan when you think of this year that I mean I mean the schedule plays out really well for them to get especially early on, so we'll see you and I think obviously replacing Hutchinson can be tough like it I think.

Like I said there's been a lot of change.

So the talents their rosters their leadership.

There is just I really think it's good to be having the kids take to the coaching of the new philosophies. How do the new coaches come in and try not to stop square pegs into a round hole. Figure out what their team does well and let them go out and execute that consistently universal failing to come down after season for them. So fortunately I have some wrap up, thank Christian Hackenberg here with us. Let me hear thoughts on this theory that I have with the quarterback situation at Michigan. I think he wants to play McCarthy but he has that loyalty to McNamara because of what happened last year you free cupcake game to start the year. So this is just another final crossing of the tease dotting of the eyes he gotta see it in the game experience before you officially announce McCarthy as a starter. Your thoughts on that. Got to get take no like I said manages hard light. It's hard to replace. A guy wins and he doesn't do it in a sexy way.

Yet he scrapped it out does what he supposed to do.

Get the team in the best clays when he has the ability to get in and out of almond nearly 1 and that's the at the end of the day. You can you can make every throw in the world.

You can, you know, do all of that cute techie stuff at the quarterback position, but when the law office that's running at unique in terms of the approach so get your take.

I think I think of the fan you want to see McCarthy I think is going to be more more behind in seats wait to see what their kids undo every snap but you know the football coaching football player and me to sit there like hacking replace the guy just went and does it quietly and leave team is a unique situation. Christian Hackenberg here with us. How much is online day because he's obviously so he could be a really good coach but he just hasn't won a national championship yet yeah I mean what you define as pressure and that and that that that situation you know what I mean. I mean Ohio State obviously have expectation they been fortunate to set that standard. By the way they played over the past decade or so even even beyond that.

But I think I get there I personally believe that. I think he's done a great job of coming in taking over the reins get the ship in the right direction. Last year defensively they were young really have a ton of time. You know top five draft picks, especially upfront, like they been used to having so little bit shakeup there on that side of all the experience last year.

Thanks and good to them and then authentically obviously you not think your returning one of the best if not the best quarterback in the country today. Strout and not receiving core and although he lost two big horses. They just seem to be reloading and reloading figure out a way to keep all those kids on campus and keep mapping which is interesting but you will be able to handle and I just let the front runner in the Big Ten this year. Now they go ahead and handle business notebook themselves a chance if you had to pick one quarterback between CJ Saddam Bryce young you pick up and I think are two different guys. I think Bryce young get her the comparison likes that Curry is a facilitator replace point guard and does it really well and I got a chance to talk to Billy all about him earlier this earlier this summer and that's it directly said just a really smart kid really had the understand the game understand the offense can operate above and beyond just the X's and O's in terms of what's being called to get them into different things.

She sees a defense to the field really well so it stopped in at the end of day when you're thinking that it is flavored steamships the one you want to drive ribeye away and I mean it's like you can't really go wrong there so I'm down to fit from from an organizational standpoint that the next level.

When you look at your former coach Bill O'Brien. I think you will get another coaching job if he wants one person at the OC in New England right now and not Alabama. Do you think his next job is in college or his next job is in the NFL when it comes get an exit coaching gig. Not a moment.

I think he's torn like the college game. I think he likes keeping especially the quarterback edition but the younger guys getting out of them.

He really likes managing the personalities, head-coaching job of and what what can walk into an NFL locker room. Again, this is just 100% my personal opinion I just want to preface that the dry I think of the right college situation showed up. I think he'd need to do it out of these will be at Alabama past the season if it taken taken make that happen.

But I do believe that the end of the day like a lifestyle of an NFL coach. The time off. My family situation is a unique one and yell.

I think I keep him grounded so I don't think you deserve no shot. I think you do a damn good job at either at either level. I think you learned a lot from the Easton situation wrapping up the Christian Hackenberg is a 17 1/2 point underdogs to rank the 15 in the country. Another cone up against Ohio State.

One of my missing nurses should and I plus the 17 enough points with the fighting Irish side of the good.

When the game but they gotta keep it within two touchdowns now yeah I think so. My thinking that the central house. They show the early in the year he got them. But with organ so we'll see also question marks on their insides in helping the show over there and get everything okay.

Authentically, so there but I don't think it's a 17 point out of the cake when you look at both those officers on paper what the town is not a 17 point difference so I don't know what they got got an error equation there, but you will see that you know my producer Ryan how to kick he's a big-time Penn State fan went to the University. He's a Penn State sycophant usually tell me to never hear how this is good to be there year. This year he has no optimism question.

Are you seeing the same thing with Penn State that he see anything thing to be this year. I mean, you know, I again I think I got them young guys and to keep visions that they needed.

I think the receiving room to be a lot better than most people think. I really like the temple. He had, you know, my biggest thing I said it over and over again is just the line play realistically have been there when you look at Lakemont years. I think they call me up for a lot of some inconsistent play up there when you look at him really explosive in terms of consistency carrying the football. He had a lot of just one to negative your gain many pop big one that was a lot of lot of the scheme and how they mix it with trace and a couple really got but it just the consistency upfront and especially in a place like that, you know, in the history and when you walk down the hallway with all the help with all the All-Americans in the pictures, a lot of quite upfront in the trenches on the use of all coaches really interesting that that hasn't come to fruition. Done a good job going out with guys around the development and I think you get a credit that's a lot of turnover in the coaching role split that you and I don't really see for me and I think they got into it I got a get identity to run the football and taken some pressure off the cliff so the wait-and-see for me, but I agree with Brian. You know that I'm not I'm not like this is the year if it happens it happens you know if it doesn't, it wouldn't surprise me wait-and-see. And when morale is good to be QB 11. Do you think you'll eventually see the young quarterback will see man. You know, obviously a lot of hype and been in their shoes. So you know to be tough though replacing them while they're out there.

Crispin there for like half a century.

It feels like so you know, obviously at deposition consistency and an experience. Experience ruler role landscape so because a friend broke this year to get a chance to take a bandage element really built on a good excuse out of town Christian Hackenberg with us Wisconsin just was not division that and nothing more than that in your opinion, is are you kinda look at them the season really on Minnesota bandwagon over their DJs like yeah yeah I think I think in Millie ran back to be huge. That was that was that got punch.

I like that team will think Wisconsin has enough consistency of the quarterback position to just flat out the role be the guys on that side of the conference this year yet got the Northwestern inconsistency all the dang time. You never know like what can happen. Cross call schedule your current cross across divisions. I just do me. I really like the way Minnesota schedule six defenses can be better than people expect that will be able to do what they need to do because of line and get Mo back 14 right out the college football playoffs meeting began I think we much the same. Alabama can be Alabama, Georgia, again, I really like Gordon's chance to get overlooked another place a lot but you will see Ohio State in the Big Ten band like like I really want to go and give Clemson the benefit of the doubt to take it over the top but I think UFC can be revitalized. You know so insert Clemson USC, like that a lot and I'm not quite: Obama right now I'm just level conference hasn't. I know it took out last year and there's a lot of turnover is really the lecturer wanted me and I think you have to go through a little bit growing pains new head guy there. The guy so for me, for me, I think it's terms aware that much of the conferences best opportunities.

I think Clemson got the best chance to go out and do what they should do with the talent they have on the roster and if they do that. I think it's really hard to not give them the not always good to catch up. Do you feel the tall victory check about the skies pump out some great content will be talking to you hopefully throughout the season. Thanks a bunch that you go Christian Hackenberg on the second timeout will come on back will teach you on some of the biggest stories in the world of sports was somebody recall that some of the news briefing will give