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Speaking of developing players? Check out how many native Nebraska kids were on the 1995 team. I think I counted over 100. These kids, recruited or walk-ons, were part of a system that developed players. (And subsequently, national championships). http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=4&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&Q_SEASON=1995

All true except for ©. If that were true,( a), (b), (d), and (e) would not exist.

Good post! Glad someone else has their rose colored glasses off. The "hurry up offense" is a gimmick. When you have to resort to gimmicks, trick plays, and other non-traditional football crap, it is a sign of weakness. Football, like any other sport, has fundamental things you must be able to do to be successful. The two things you must be able to do in football are blocking and tackling. Lacking those two basic skill sets will result in complete meltdowns. In order to perform at a high level, you have to have athletes who can, on every designed play, execute blocking and tackling. If those two objectives can be honed and executed, the rest of the game plan will fall in place. We simply do not have the athletes that can do those fundamental things to make for a consistent winning program. It is possible to schedule winning seasons. The non conference schedule alone can yield 4 of your total wins. It is not possible to consistently win championships with inferior talent. The complete drubbing like Ohio State and Wisconsin were not anomalies. We were beaten by superior teams who had better over all talent and most of all,------------better coaching.

Just checked the NFL draft. 174 taken, not one from Nebraska. Tell me again how we are recruiting quality players and how Pelini develops players? You could not be more wrong! It is an embarrassing joke. Well considering it was Pelini's first ever recruiting class... and the fact he still won ten games with that group of seniors last year... and the fact he won 10 games on a brutally tough schedule... I'd say we should have a better team on the field this year. You're thinking too much if you ask me. The fact there were that many 'untalented' seniors that started on last year's 10 win team would imply that Pelini is a very good coach. Wouldn't it? The Seniors may have had some talent but were not developed. 3-4 star recruits need to be 5 star players by their 5th year. If they were it would have been 14-0 instead of 10-4. You want to remember that the Big 10 was not a very strong league last year. Only two listed in the top 25 of the Coaches Poll, Northwestern (16) and Nebraska (23).

Tell me again how players that we recruited in 2008 are representative of the quality of player that we are recruiting now in 2013? All you have to do is look at the performance of the players at their positions. It is the pattern that has been Pelini's downfall. Getting top notch players year in and year out is imperative. We had no quality first team starters on the D line, no depth at those positions. Also of note, other schools seem to find a way of putting their freshman with ability on the field. Why? Because they are great players. Pelini cannot do that. Also, there just has to be more than one or two quality kids in Nebraska to recruit.

Just checked the NFL draft. 174 taken, not one from Nebraska. Tell me again how we are recruiting quality players and how Pelini develops players? You could not be more wrong! It is an embarrassing joke. Well considering it was Pelini's first ever recruiting class... and the fact he still won ten games with that group of seniors last year... and the fact he won 10 games on a brutally tough schedule... I'd say we should have a better team on the field this year. You're thinking too much if you ask me. Rex Burkhead just got picked at 190. He was an outstanding player. Imagine if he would have had a quality line in front of him? The Big 10 was not that tough of a league. That is a given. It should be a whole lot easier for NU from here on out with the new alignment. Considering the Azzz ripping we got in our losses, it brings into question the coaching and the quality of players. 10-4 if you lose games by a touch down or less could be seen as significant. 10-4 and getting embarrassed on national TV is another issue altogether. Bottom line and back on topic, Pelini is, IMO, not a very good fit for NU. No one can match our facilities. Yet, quality players are choosing other schools. We have had quality players leave the program. Why is that? The answer is obvious. Those players do not want to play for a person who displays himself in a negative manner. Go to a K-State practice some time. You will not hear coaches, especially the head coach, yelling and screaming profanities. You do not dare take your kids to an NU practice. End of story.

Just checked the NFL draft. 174 taken, not one from Nebraska. Tell me again how we are recruiting quality players and how Pelini develops players? You could not be more wrong! It is an embarrassing joke.

General national perception of Bo perpetuated by the media != recruits and parents' perception of Bo. I know it can easily seem like that's the case, but it's not. We're recruiting at a quality, solid level and getting in the door with some top shelf talent. And that's all we need; to get in the door. His greatest strength as a recruiter is his in-home visits, and his impact and respect garnered by parents. Every time. I don't care who you think perpetuated it. Bo Pelini, and Bo Pelini alone, is responsible for his actions. It is right there, front and center. Ever watch his post game interviews? How about the way he treats the press. Granted, they ask some really stupid questions, but they have a job to do. And, we are not recruiting quality players. I don't know what brand of beer you drink, but if that is your mind set, change. I was not a big fan of Callahan. However, look at the kids he recruited. His problem was his support staff, namely Cosgrove. Pelini has a somewhat the same problem. Finding good talented players is one thing, having the staff to develop them into round one draft picks is another dimension altogether. All in all, I believe the short walk from Pelini's office to kicking rocks down the road is not long at all. JMO! What is not quality about the higher touted players of the last two classes? So Bo cant develop players either? Make this clear now. I wanna get it right. Are you saying he cant develop? By the way. Bo wont be kicking rocks down the road. He'll be rollin in private charter to his interview for his next job while he's countin his 5 million $ buyout. I seriously do not think Bo can develop players. Look at the quality of our defense las year. Linebackers? We did not have any. Defensive line, we did not have one. Remember back during the glory years when kids walked on at NU, worked on the scout team, spent hours working their rear ends off in the weight room, just to get a chance to play their junior year? That is how one develops depth and players. He does not have the quality staff around him to do that. When Papuchis was elevated to defensive coordinator, it exposed Pelini's inability to construct a competent developmental program. In 2004, Papuchis was an intern. Eight years later he is the defensive coordinator for one of the more storied defensive programs in college football history, the NU Blackshirts? Are you kidding me? Pelini may be flying out on a jet counting his buyout money but that still does not make him a great coach. That is simply a result of his agent and legal wizards. His salary is dictated by the ridiculous salaries of other big time programs.

General national perception of Bo perpetuated by the media != recruits and parents' perception of Bo. I know it can easily seem like that's the case, but it's not. We're recruiting at a quality, solid level and getting in the door with some top shelf talent. And that's all we need; to get in the door. His greatest strength as a recruiter is his in-home visits, and his impact and respect garnered by parents. Every time. I don't care who you think perpetuated it. Bo Pelini, and Bo Pelini alone, is responsible for his actions. It is right there, front and center. Ever watch his post game interviews? How about the way he treats the press. Granted, they ask some really stupid questions, but they have a job to do. And, we are not recruiting quality players. I don't know what brand of beer you drink, but if that is your mind set, change. I was not a big fan of Callahan. However, look at the kids he recruited. His problem was his support staff, namely Cosgrove. Pelini has a somewhat the same problem. Finding good talented players is one thing, having the staff to develop them into round one draft picks is another dimension altogether. All in all, I believe the short walk from Pelini's office to kicking rocks down the road is not long at all. JMO!

Unfortunately for everyone who is an NU fan, Pelini has cast is image with the rest of the sports world. That will be a huge and almost insurmountable image to overcome. Most folks I know outside the program, from other states, all have the same negative image of this man. Comments like, "A very angry man who can't recruit." When I travel, I usually wear an NU baseball hat. Upon observing my hat, the conversation usually starts out with something negative about Pelini. It is my belief that if he does not win a conference championship or a national title very soon, he will be kicking rocks down the road. He may well be a very reserved, nice, quality person in his private life, but his NU spot light image is not good on the national register of perceptions. Recruiting is what college football is all about. If his image is as most see it, he will continue to have a hard time getting the "difference makers" to attend NU. Thus, he has written his own epitaph.

Will Rex be a steal? Question is, will he get drafted! I think the knee injury is/was a lot worse than folks know about. That will not be overlooked by the NFL. I wish him the best and hope he gets picked by someone. He is a quality human being but that does not get you very far in the NFL draft. Certainly, I would take a chance on him if I were the owner of a pro team.

How freaking cool is that! Go Jack!

This is when the curse to the University of Nebraska began!

Since the game is scheduled to be televised, who will do the announcing and the color commentary? Maybe someone posted this already. If so, I apologize. Thanks.

There will be something seriously flawed in the process if Frazier does not make it.

Ball handling? He would have to go some to beat out Martinez in that category.

Gotta agree...there's probably a reason why the 'Blackshirts' are so interesting...no other color sounds very good. Do you know the real story of how the original black shirts were handed out? yeah, it's a tradition started by Charlie McBride to give the defense a nickname. According to Brent Musberger. Absolutely freaking wrong! Read post 101.

Gotta agree...there's probably a reason why the 'Blackshirts' are so interesting...no other color sounds very good. Do you know the real story of how the original black shirts purchased? The black pullovers, which distinguished defensive players from offensive players, were purchased at a local sporting goods store by assistant coach Mike Corgan, who was in charge of procuring equipment. He was known for his frugality, always looking for bargains. His purchase of the black pullovers "was an accident of availability," defensive line coach George Kelly once said. "I told Mike the only reason they had black ones was because they didn’t sell." The story was that the sporting goods store made Corgan a good deal. The way Kelly told the story, when players were practicing with the defense, they had worn gray pullovers. Then, when the team was divided into offensive and defensive units, the black pullovers were given only to first-team defenders, as a way to motivate those on the lower units. The "black" shirts had nothing to do with the "cool color" of the shirts.

What is it that you are drinking? The rest of us might like to live in a make believe world!

I would agree with that!

Black is not "NU"-------period!

No, I think that the culture of developing players is a thing of the past. Either there is no interest in a developmental program or the current coaching staff does not have the necessary expertise in developing the athletes. A lot of folks did not like Boyd Epley and his strength/conditioning program but his method of individual evaluation of player and team needs took us to the greatness of the 1990's program dominance. He took athletic body structures and made them into great players, especially on the offensive linemen. He knew how to develop both strength and speed. I knew him personally and participated in many of his clinics. He was extremely innovative in both the evaluation and implementation of his program. We have not had anyone like him since he left.

Something is not right here, folks! Seasoned two year RB with knowledge of the "system?" Some strange goings on in my opinion. Heard was Pelini's golden boy when he was recruited. Over 6 yds/carry this past year. Something smells like a three day old fish in a garbage can on a hot day in July.

The only thing I can criticize Callahan for is his inability to have the nads to get rid of his defensive coordinator. Look at the guys he recruited. We could score points. We simply could not stop the other team. As Lou Holtz once said, "The hardest thing for a head coach to do is to fire his friends." He was, of course, referring to Callahan. It is the only time I have ever agreed with Holtz!

Irving Fryar played 17 years in the NFL. He had 12,785 receiving yards and 84 touch downs. If you are trying to determine who the best receiver was, that has to count for something.