Blackshirt_Revival
Four-Star Recruit
I have been giving you tons of +1s, and you are totally right on with practically every point you have made!Absolutely. But I wouldn't make it a focal point of the recruiting focus. There is no denying that Wisconsin became nigh unstoppable with a guy like Wilson at the helm. But even a *3 ho-hum QB who doesn't have a ton of elusiveness would be highly effective in such an offense so long as he has solid fundamentals and can be taught to make smart decisions. I'm thinking someone like Zac Taylor.
Build the team around high-quality OL/DL play, add some solid LB/TE play, and the rest is pretty much details. Add in a talented dual-threat QB and/or an exceptional RB and the team becomes a playoff contender instantly.
Also, how come you no give me +1?
Ask people who are, at a minimum, somewhat knowledgeable about college football (historically) and the Nebraska Cornhuskers, to tell you what Nebraska's identity is, or what comes to mind when you mention the Nebraska Cornhuskers and their style of play. See what kind of answers you get.
It was no accident we played the style of football we played for so long here. It was built upon, first and foremost, what we had available to us. This served as the foundation of Nebraska's identity. Everything after that was supplemental. Some years our playing style may have looked slightly different than other years, depending on what kind of players we had, but there was a general foundation of strong, physical running game with an O-line that was going to pound you into submission, and a swarming defense that was going to hit you and hurt you.
For whatever reason, this way of doing things was perceived by some (particularly some with a lot of money, I'm guessing) to be outdated and obsolete. So instead we started doing what about every other generic, half-a$$ed program out there was doing, and now there is absolutely nothing distinguishable about Nebraska or the brand of football it plays. The only thing distinguishable about it now is the support and passion of its fanbase relative to its population and location. What is else is distinguishable, at all, about Husker football today?
Now, am I saying we do things exactly as we did in the 90s with our play selection and offensive scheme? Not exactly. But as far as the general style of a physical, hard-nosed O-line and running game, and vicious, swarming D with a team built on the backs of talent roughly from within a 500 mile radius, supplemented with "high star" guys from out of region to help round us out at the skill positions and any other positions of need? Heck yes that's what I'm saying.
