On the same day that Nebraska football fans saw a bit of sunshine when it came to Dylan Raiola, a tweet went out that seemed to hint bad news.
Is the Dylan Raiola sweepstakes finally, officially over? It just might be for the Nebraska football team if one particular NFL insider’s latest tweet means what it means.
Dan Orlovsky is not exactly known as a recruiting guru, but when he tweeted out something about the Georgia Bulldogs and then edited the tweet in order to try to not give the game away, it seemed pretty definitive. While the former quarterback didn’t specifically say Raiola’s name, it wasn’t hard to connect the dots.
The tweet in question was first blasted out on Twitter on Sunday night and seemed pretty celebratory toward the Bulldogs.
“Hearing big things happening Athens,” he wrote with about half a dozen eyeball emojis. He then tweeted directly at the Georgia Bulldogs Twitter account.
Orlovsky finished the tweet by saying, “most talented player at the position since Stafford.” That part of the tweet he later edited out, making it pretty clear he let something slip that maybe wasn’t supposed to be out there yet.
The Stafford mentioned here is obviously former Georgia quarterback Andrew Stafford who has gone to an NFL career that may have him poised for the Hall of Fame.
This is not good. Orlovsky apparently gives away the game here #Huskers pic.twitter.com/j5snbpaUbl
— Oliver VanDervoort (@itmeolliev) May 15, 2023
Nebraska football lost the sweepstakes?
It’s long felt as though the Bulldogs were the ones to beat when it came to Dylan Raiola. However, a little bit of new hope entered the atmosphere earlier this weekend when rumors started swirling that the 5-star quarterback was planning a June visit to Lincoln.
The fact that Orlovsky isn’t a recruiting guy makes the stab wound feel especially sharp. While he’s not someone who normally works in those circles, he is a friend of Dylan’s dad, Dominic.
Smart money says that if Orlovsky is hearing anything about Dylan Raiola shunning Nebraska football and heading to Athens, he heard it from Dom. It would appear he missed the part that it wasn’t yet out there for public consumption.