The Big Nebrowski

Appears Riley is upgrading from Beav ass'ts to Domer guys, eh? Why didn't he do this from the get go?

I got this: America's 1st and Nazi Germany circa 1937 is in the 2 spot.

I'm tempted to use the "C" word re DeVos, but its reserved for Conway.

I want studs top and bottom, as many as possible, that's what I'm saying. Who doesn't? And...how does that contradict my post?You mentioned "studs" vs the other "bottom" guys. Nvm, semantics, I guess..He's pointing out that our top to bottom is getting better. Very easy to see, not sure how you're missing it. And yeah, who doesn't want 5* talent top to bottom? Not sure why you think you're the only one. For someone who claims to be realistic... According to his numbers, over the course of 5 yrs the recruiting has "improved" by 0.032. To me, realistically speaking, those #s are irrelevant, unless of course you like the tiniest of baby steps. We've been in a recruiting holding pattern from Bo til now. You recruit @ 20 something, you finish @ 20 something.For someone who claims to be interested in recruiting, you don't seem to understand recruiting ratings much. A 0.032 difference is actually substantial, especially when you are talking about an average. Feel free to keep making assumptions without doing any reasearch or bringing actual data to the table. I'm guessing you are a climate skeptic too. Playin the Mother Nature card eh, yer really reachin there, bud. HOLDING PATTERN! Those #s are meaningless spin, tiny little baby step movements in the 3* range that have hovered n that range for yrs. What happens if nxt year it goes, say, 0.8100? So much for "gains".

I want studs top and bottom, as many as possible, that's what I'm saying. Well no sh#t. I think we all do. But you don't go from where we are to there overnight. You improve your core top to bottom (which was the point to the post being referenced) and then develop those recruits into better players, and then you win a few more games with said improvement More wins on the field gets us better recruits which become better players which win more on the field that gets us better recruits which become better players which win more on the field that gets us better recruits which become better players which win more on the field.... You get it yet???? Is this a poem, its in stanzas? Re recruiting, I repeat, "holding pattern". But yeah, I got all that, but thanks for breaking it down again for me. So, to recap, we beat out SDSU for a 2-3* NE kid who has academic probs and no other offers and is "great" Omaha competition where we rarely gain any other recruits and this is the only back that decided to come to NE. Why should I be concerned, right? 2 yrs ago we were scratching to get Ozig and las year the same w Tre--both slowish 3*. Why should I be concerned, right.

glad we were able to beat out SDSU for him.

http://nebraska.tv/news/local/sex-for-sale-in-nebraska-human-trafficking-hidden-in-plain-sight Hard to believe it's happening within the US.Been going on for years. OK has been an epicenter for sex trafficing for yrs and now its in NE. Well, if there was no demand... Migrant/immigrant farm labor is to a large degree labor trafficking, same model, just labor instead of sex, though there can be overlap. you can't be seriousOh, construction, nannies, all kinds of stuff. Its the "new" slave labor. "Migrant workers are especially targets of human trafficking and forced labor, ..." http://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.solidaritycenter.org/what-we-do/migration-and-human-trafficking/&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiAkaiQnIHSAhXCi1QKHehdCZwQFggOMAA&sig2=MddxmhqTEzt8_EJO93K0tQ&usg=AFQjCNHo4C8KWM703ADvpqQUenplM4qPEQ Or just google, "human trafficking, migrant labor" Wait, what? People are nanny-ing against their will? I gave the links...

Well, everything the Ape Prez has ever touched in his life has involved lawsuits. Read, "The Making of Donald Trump"(David K Johnston)

I want studs top and bottom, as many as possible, that's what I'm saying.Who doesn't? And...how does that contradict my post?You mentioned "studs" vs the other "bottom" guys. Nvm, semantics, I guess..He's pointing out that our top to bottom is getting better. Very easy to see, not sure how you're missing it.And yeah, who doesn't want 5* talent top to bottom? Not sure why you think you're the only one. For someone who claims to be realistic... He has demanded it in 224 straight posts, he wants it more than you.... Quit settling for average backs. 8-9 wins hope you like it. You do, I can tell. Leonard Fournette..... Ameer Abdullah! Running Back! Need more horses!Like ads, ya gotta repeat things a ton to get the message thru. Husker Fan has been rationalizing "average" for too long now. Nobody has really explained to me why we only got one 2* guy from Omaha, though, was anybody else even interested? Calabasas, anything?

I don't mean to over-generalize your statements, but I just saw strong conversations back and forth about the RB position. The OL has been my talking point this off-season regarding the running game. As for OSU, there are two overly simplified items that could be said for the game. The first being that we lost our 4 year starting QB. He was carted off the field and taken to the hospital by ambulance. Now, one could say you just play through that, but that's a lot for a team of college students to see happen to a teammate. The second is the defense. Regarding the first, even with Tommy in, he was throwing the deep ball and missing. He's usually good for 1 maybe 2 of those a game, but he hit zero of them. Tommy had issues reading the field, but he had bigger issues with just always throwing the deep ball no matter what. I contend that a QB who doesn't play that way is an upgrade. Is Tanner Lee that guy? I'm not sure, I haven't seen him play, but if he cuts down on half of the Yolo Bombs and into a few more completions that keep a drive alive. I like it. (FTR, I loved Tommy, he was tough). Regardless, this game you really started to see the issues of the OL. Add that to the fact that you're playing from behind, and losing starting QB. Throw in a cold QB who didn't practice the game plan as intensely as your starter against one of the best teams in the nation. I don't know if more needs to be said. They just didn't get it together. And then there's the defense. OSU had themselves a game, and well, we gave up a lot of big plays. I don't know how successful Bob Diaco and his system will be, but the "quarters" system wasn't that great of a fit for this team. Gerry was someone I think will look better in the pro's than his last year here. And that's saying A LOT, because he still looked good. But I think he will thrive outside of the quarters system in the NFL (of course, depending on where he goes). Generally speaking, a lot of teams look bad playing from behind. Every team in the nation, even the best of them, look desperate throwing the ball a lot when playing behind. The difference is how well your QB throws in those situations. Tommy missed on targets, and so did Ryker. Add all that up and you get a lot of 3 and outs. Then just making your defense go out there again and again. But almost every team gets in that funk at some point. Ours was against a playoff team. OSU did the same thing in their playoff game. Rushing only 23 times (11 were from JT Barrett, 3 of those were sacks), and Barrett throwing 2 INTs. Washington also did it in their game against Bama. As for Bradley (that's his name!), I saw him squeeze through holes and get some tough yards. He also has more TD's in Memorial Stadium than the rest of the returning RB's... Of course, this is against HS athletes, so that should be taken into account. Still, after seeing him play in person, I like the kid. But I have been wrong about prospects before. Thanks for the well thought post. Forget about the defense, they looked ttly lost @ OSU--dont know what was going on there, but I don't think they were 59 points better than us. The 3 points doesn't sit well, though. After TA went down, one would think we could line up and mostly pound the rock and at least get a could of scores on them. As to Bradley, well, a guy has to be able to break tackles and that was Newby's big problem--otherwise a pretty good back. But when you look at his dirth of offers, gotta be honest, sends up red flags for me. Usually at least Ohio or YSU or UCF now will offer NE players. And he was the only guy we got, makes me nervous. King Frazier was just as good, prlly, looked real good on film, and he bolted to NDSU, couldn't get more than the 3rd spot. Ok, my man, thanks.

I want studs top and bottom, as many as possible, that's what I'm saying. Who doesn't? And...how does that contradict my post?You mentioned "studs" vs the other "bottom" guys. Nvm, semantics, I guess..He's pointing out that our top to bottom is getting better. Very easy to see, not sure how you're missing it. And yeah, who doesn't want 5* talent top to bottom? Not sure why you think you're the only one. For someone who claims to be realistic... According to his numbers, over the course of 5 yrs the recruiting has "improved" by 0.032. To me, realistically speaking, those #s are irrelevant, unless of course you like the tiniest of baby steps. We've been in a recruiting holding pattern from Bo til now. You recruit @ 20 something, you finish @ 20 something.

I want studs top and bottom, as many as possible, that's what I'm saying. Who doesn't? And...how does that contradict my post?You mentioned "studs" vs the other "bottom" guys. Nvm, semantics, I guess..

sorry about the double posts, bad wifi today.

Good points re the OL. I surely haven't been contending that it's all on the RBs. So @ tOSU, what happened there? No answers from either the OL, the RBs, or the coaches. I tend to think they were athletically superior to us across the board, which is my main contention in wanting to get better RBs. In your opinion, what happened in that game? Also, as to Bradly(Bellevue RB) the only vid I've seen of him shows him running wild mainly in space, nothng between the tackles. Is he a physical runner, can he break tackles and make things happen?

Mikale Wilbon and Adam Taylor were both :star :star 's coming out of high school. https://nebraska.rivals.com/commitments/football/2013 Interestingly enough, they both keep getting beat out for playing time and the #1 RB spot by "just 3 stars". Makes you wonder, doesn't it? Had hi hopes for Taylor, thought he may the next big thang. Well, he had bad knees coming in, bad ACL injuries in h.s., if I recall. Still, was supposedly cleared, but then I think he injured them again @ NU. So we will never know.Haven't completely given up on Wilbon, shows some flashes but doesn't look to be a between the tackle guy. Not big on blocking either, as yet, which is what is mainly keeping him off the field. Perhaps he was overrated, yes, overrated. Tre deserves a 4th star over him. Tre appears to have a chance, we shall see. Didn't you already write him off earlier in this thread? Saying he would never be a 1,000 yard back? "appears to have a chance". You undertsand English, right. I don't think I said "never", but if I did, what I mean is, at best, I think he will gravitate around 1000 yds and that may not be every year from here on out. I like the kid, I'm hopin' for some upside. But, as of now, I don't see him as being any more distinguishable than any other "good" back that any other average team has.I get it, you're trying to get a rise outta me. Keep swinging. Maybe, when you get a chance, you can provide your own insights as to why any of our current backs will be more than just servicable. Otherwise, why don't you just run along and bother somebody else. That's my point. I, nor anybody else that I've seen, has made the argument that our current running backs will be anything more then serviceable. You just continue to argue with yourself. Nobody has argued that we don't need to recruit better running backs. Some, myself included, have taken issue with you discounting the potential of Tre Bryant after his Freshman year, or even Ozigbo after an injury littered Sophomore season... But, we get it. You're confrontational. The board already has you figured out. Hell, you've even been nominated for a certain Hall of Fame on the board... Awesome, but I really wasn't seeking fame. If I win, I'll donate the prize to charity.