huskerfan500
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according to KETV wants to offer 8-9 scholarships in the state of Nebraska each year, I don't think he should set a certain number espiceally with the lack of population/football talent in Nebraska
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husker B-rent
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wow, i hope not. most of those guys would be willing to walk on if they were offered. 5 or so would be great but any more, probably not such a great idea. <_<
husker rob
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8-9 scholarships to instate guys is not unreasonable. i think that if you add up the number that went to a Div 1 school on scholarship from the state, you will probably find that it is around 8-10 each year.
I think what Osborne intentions are, keeping the states best at home.
I think what Osborne intentions are, keeping the states best at home.
I agree those are his intentions, but if it comes down to giving a 2 star in state kid a scholarship to keep him in state instead of going to Idaho over a better 3 star-4 star that is thinking about Oklahoma or Texas I'd take the 3-4 star offer anyday. I think it needs to be evaluated on a year to year basis the talent that is available before you start offering 8-9 scholarships to players who wouldn't have had another offer anyway....
It worked fine when you had many more scholarships to hand out and not just 85....You could offer to the instate lower level talent to keep them home and offer the out state premium talent to bring them here.
Forget about the stars. If we have instate kids who have potential to be decent players, bring them in. We talked about this a number of times. I wouldn't get hung up on recruiting ratings. If anything in the future, recruiting classes possibly will not be as highly rated, and I could care less.
Huskerballz
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How did Tom recruit when he was coach? I'm sure we offered quite a few schollies to in-state kids, and we seemed to do okay.
Like I said, he had a substantially larger amount of schollies to offer than they do now. Only 85 allowed now, back in the 90's it was upwards of 100 I believe or more. So you could offer instate guys and not have to worry if you have any left over for the out of state premium talent.
husker B-rent
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you are correct that stars mean nothing about where a kid can get but it does mean a 5 star is currently better than a 3 star, meaning a 5 star is a potential d1 starter as a freshman and a 3 star is possibly a backup or a redshirt. i would personally rather have someone that can start right away and make him the better player, because unless the lower rated kid excels a lot faster, then the 5 star will be more developed by his senior year. and no it does not always work this way, but at least 8 out of 10 time it does work this way. which would you rather have? :box
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