Dr. Strangelove

Top 20 should be the minimum, but it's extremely difficult to crack the top 15. Nebraska needs land 6-8 4* players per year at a minimum, I think that's realistic and doable with the resources put into the program. Does doing that mean we win the conference? Probably not. But you at least have a punchers chance if once-in-a-decade breaks fall your way. I do find your post about being banned for being pessimistic interesting - I'm typically the harshest poster regarding recruiting and our overall performance and have never been banned or warned that I can remember.

My apologies, I misunderstood the quoted post and it's clear what you meant after re-reading it.

Let's not act like Democrats - often promoting annoying policies like 'Latinx', mediocre solutions to the homeless in California, or strange 'social justice' initiatives designed for virtue more than substance - is even remotely similar to the Republican party destroying a 250 year old Liberal Democracy so they can institute white nationalism via the Judiciary and pass tax cuts for the wealthy. They aren't close. But hey, if you can point to the Democrats and their attempts to overthrow an election, point to a time when their states sued the government to prevent free healthcare funding for their citizens leading to untold harm to thousands, or manufactured distrust about COVID leading to the unnecessary deaths of a few hundred thousand people, I might be inclined to agree with you. The current Republican version of America is bad for the world - global warming, nation building, torturing citizens of other countries after invading them for no reason, the list goes on. Domestically they lead to this. Warning: this is graphic video released by the Austin-Statesman concerning the Uvalde school shooting. The weapon you hear was legally purchased. Like I said, Democrats protect them from their own stupidity. After actually paying for the consequences of their vote by becoming poorer, sicker, putting up with crumbling infrastructure and economic calamity, they can vote for somebody else. If they'd rather remain in those circumstances because big Gubmint is oppressive or Critical Race Theory is so terrifying, let them remain in their situation.

I'm not saying we should start a civil war, I'm simply saying that Red states like to talk about leaving the union, I say we simply let them. Furthermore, Democrats should work on passing bills that leave Red states behind. Design welfare bills so states only receive portions equivalent to what they contribute. If their Senators vote against, their states are free from the funding. If Red states want to be free from burdensome red tape, free them from the shackles of Social Security, Medicare, infrastructure, or other spending. It fulfills their desire to be free from government oversight while simultaneously keeping spending low. Their voters love it so design bills to give them what they want. Democrats need to stop protecting R voters from themselves. Let them start actually facing the consequences of their voting behavior more than they already do.

And risk half the country thinking their Dear Leader is being sacked? We just have to recognize that half this country is too far gone to be saved. Let them form their own s#!thole country, where they can dabble in all the election conspiracy their hearts desire. We can free them from big Government by not letting rural areas leech tax dollars, they can even pay back the debts they've rung up by leeching off cities to subsidize the infrastructure they're ungrateful for. Democrats need to stop dragging rural America forward kicking and screaming in efforts to improve their lives with evilness like healthcare, tax policy to fund their safety nets, or money to build roads and bridges. Cut them loose, it's what they want anyway.

But also poised to dominate elections contributing to the decline of America.

I don't disagree, but I don't think the political outcomes change - honestly I think a more "energetic" President who is at all combative would doom what few pieces of legislation that can pass. The political left seems hellbent on alienating two pivotal Senators, votes they need to confirm judges, pass Reconciliation, etc. This comes from a person who was a Pete Buttigieg supporter - and would still like him to run in the future. My two least favorite candidates were Biden and Harris, ironically, but I also understand that the electoral map necessitates a candidate like Joe Biden. A more aggressive candidate likely loses every Presidential race from now until 2032-2036 when Texas turns blue.

Infighting among Democrats on issues are keeping the support down, ironically overturning Roe has cost the top of the Democrats heavily. The left thinks Biden/Schumer/Pelosi aren't "fighting". Which, frankly, is just the base of the party currently in the Denial stage of grief. They simply cannot fathom that this issue is likely lost for our lifetime and there isn't anything they can do about it. This quoted tweet implying that Schumer needs to be more combative or that he's not passionate enough is exhibit A on my point. No Democrat with the political reality of Biden would score high with the extordinary expectations the Left has for their political leadership.

Overall class rank may be low, but it's a small class. The important metric Nebraska needs to hit is having ~35-40% of the class be ranked 4 stars or higher. A realistic goal for a recruiting class numbering around 20 recruits is 7. Nebraska has a chance to hit that number if they land Lenhardt and Coleman. They need to find two more after that which is difficult but doable.

Getting Williams, Leonhardt and Coleman would really salvage this recruiting class. Nebraska is looking at raking ~20 recruits, so they need 6-8 total 4 players to make it successful.

America deserves what's coming to it, and it's the fault of voters not punishing the party behind this.

Sounds like a slippery slope to socialism. This is going to make me vote for Republicans despite overwhelming evidence they're doing everything in their power to destroy Democracy.

We should end the socialization of red states like Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia and Arkansas immediately. If citizens of those states want Gubmint out of their lives, we should allow it immediately. They can pick themselves up by their bootstraps and figure out out. If, after being given their "freedom", they don't like being poorer, have crumbling infrastructure, or have worse health outcomes they can vote differently. Give Republicans what they want.

Very true, although to be clear, the legislatures and governors know full well the election was not stolen. That delusion is in the minds of MAGA voters. They're simply being used as a tool to subvert Democracy so they can stay in power.

I've said this a few times: raw votes does not get a Democrat elected. Everybody knows they're going to win the popular vote. The issue is the popular vote margin the Democrat candidate needs to win by is growing with each election cycle, since the Electoral College rewards geography more than the popular vote. In 2016, popular vote D candidate needed to win: 2.2%, they won by 2.1% and lost the election. In 2020, popular vote margin D candidate needed to win: 4.3%, they won by 4.4% and won the election. By 2024, this trend is going to continue. A D candidate will need to win the popular vote by ~5.5% or higher, nearly impossible margins, in order to win. Translation: Trump/DeSantis can win with fewer votes than in 2020, even if they lose by a blowout of 8-10 million popular votes. All of this is before SCOTUS legalized whatever nonsense Republicans want to do at the state level.

If voters want him, America deserves him. If all it took was 6 months of high gas prices to gloss over the destruction of Democracy, the obvious white-nationalist undertones on the Right, and the immense distrust manufactured leading to the unnecessary deaths of hundreds of thousands, America deserves the decline its currently undergoing. Voters in our democracy are not equipped to handle the world's problems, as such they deserve what's coming to them.

Scott Frost probably thought the same thing about the two dozen other WRs he's recruited out of high school to come to Nebraska, none of whom have made an impact, with the highest rated ones transferring. Our recruiting is frankly not good enough. Considering the resources put into this program and NIL money spent, it's been flat out embarrassing what they've accomplished recruiting out of high school last year and so far this season. The level of talent acquisition is a joke.

Nearly all the WR talent we recruit out of High School seem to be busts. Why keep taking every mid tier 3* player and hope that this time is different?

I'm not sure what this staff is doing on the recruiting trail. Adding a mid 3* receiver to a WR room with 11 current players seems odd.

This has strong "it's been so long it has to happen eventually, right?" vibes.

I agree, but the B1G revenue is so high that it's difficult to turn down. It's all about money.

It's possible! We have a pretty small senior class. I wonder if they can afford to keep up the extreme roster turnover. Not that this staff is good at player development - they're absolutely terrible at it - but it makes that job even harder.

Considering NIL, this class is extremely lackluster. After setting up collectives, soliciting donations to prop up recruiting and overhauling the staff, our recruiting class is slightly worse than our average over the last decade and consists of mostly low-to-mid 3* local recruits. To salvage the class, which probably tops out at 16 total players, every commit here on out needs to be a consensus 4* player on 247, something that just isn't going to happen.

And also if he believed in the peaceful transition of power. Honestly this is all hilarious, Republicans are going to win elections because of worldwide inflation because voters don't care about Democracy. I say let it die, it had a good run. Hopefully the authoritarian model can improve poverty and tackle the world's problems.

Read any @Archy1221 post and then dramatically lower your expectations for voters and what motivates them. He has an R next to his name. Nothing else matters.