Mavric Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Rivals Head Honcho: And speaking of balance of power, seeing Baylor and TCU in the top 20 still shocks the eyeballs a bit with both well ahead of Oklahoma and Texas. That shows you that winning is the key ingredient to recruiting -– if you win, they will come. The SEC still has nine teams in the top 20 overall, so nothing changes much there while the Pac-12 has one team, UCLA, in the top 15 –- not a great sign. Link (emphasis added) Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Rivals Head Honcho: And speaking of balance of power, seeing Baylor and TCU in the top 20 still shocks the eyeballs a bit with both well ahead of Oklahoma and Texas. That shows you that winning is the key ingredient to recruiting - if you win, they will come. The SEC still has nine teams in the top 20 overall, so nothing changes much there while the Pac-12 has one team, UCLA, in the top 15 - not a great sign. Link (emphasis added) Record is obviously a factor, but those rankings don't "show you that," actually. You need a lot more to "show you that" than just just looking at a list of recruiting rankings and pulling comments out of your ass. It looks that way on the surface but I can already think of one potential huge variable - Texas recruiting rankings. They're currently #48. Last year Baylor and TCU were really good too but they both had rankings worse than #30. Guess what Texas was ranked? #12. Even though Texas was bad. If Texas isn't getting recruits where are players going to look next? A&M, Baylor, TCU. Quote Link to comment
TITANIC VS LUSITANIA Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 For having a poor record, Riley and co did pretty good this year. Having a big ten championship presence is probably the factor that boosts them into the top 15 imo. Quote Link to comment
cm husker Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I remember when 5-7 meant recruits would be lining up for the chance to contribute immediately and the reason NU landed a #5 class. The arguments shift quite a lot depending on what needs to be rationalized. Quote Link to comment
HuskerNation1 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 I remember when 5-7 meant recruits would be lining up for the chance to contribute immediately and the reason NU landed a #5 class. The arguments shift quite a lot depending on what needs to be rationalized. I know I started this thread with the realization that we would struggle to land a top 15 or 20 class given the losing record we had this past season. I think the coaching staff worked their tails off on the trail, but at the end of the day I do think that the losing record stood out compared to other teams that recruits chose over us. I know there are several variables into why a recruit makes a final decision, but I have to think that NU finishing 9-4 or something like that along with the strength some of our coaches have to offer would have helped bump up our final rankings. Quote Link to comment
gobiggergoredder Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 MSU game and the bowl game salvaged the off season. If they can put together a decent 2016, I think this staff is going to raise the bar when it comes to recruiting. Quote Link to comment
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