The 6-6 Huskers - who went 1-5 down the stretch - managed to out-recruit:
An Oklahoma team that has had significantly more recent success for Cortez Mills and Kade Pietrzak.
The most dominant team of the past two decades and playoff hopeful Alabama for Dawson Merritt.
Top 20 Missouri for Jeremiah Jones.
Home-state Texas that was the #1 team in the country for much of the year for Malcolm Simpson.
Credit the coaches recruiting, sure. But you don't do all of that without significant NIL investments.