ScottyIce

This I agree with. Bussey would be most talented back on our roster. We will be fine without him though. Wilbon was a plan b or c that decommitted from vandy right? Bussey is and has always been our only guy and we have fended off the wolves until right up until signing day. Too bad we couldn't hold the sec off any longer. Kid will be special. Definitely was not plan B or C. Was a Rivals top170 guy who committed to Vandy VERY early (April of Jr. Year), then decommitted when Franklin left. We then held off PennSt and others for him. Well he wasn't our number 1 guy. Our top guy was the back from Colorado that ended up at Arizona state who plays as a true freshmen. But back to bussey. Good to hear he still considers us.Not saying it's the case but when Wilbon was committed to Vandy from April-Dec he was solid as could be...so not sure we saw him as a legit target. However we accepted Wilbon's commitment before Ballage decided so we musta been pretty happy with him. And lastly let's not act like Ballage did anything special as a true freshman, he ran for 112 yards all year. He didn't do anything special but he is going to be. I don't know if you watched when he did get to play but he looked impressive. I think he is a better back at this stage than Newby is for our team, and definitely than WIlbon is for our team right now. Lol, Wilbon didn't play...not sure I would begin to compare Ballage and Wilbon today.

This I agree with. Bussey would be most talented back on our roster. We will be fine without him though. Wilbon was a plan b or c that decommitted from vandy right? Bussey is and has always been our only guy and we have fended off the wolves until right up until signing day. Too bad we couldn't hold the sec off any longer. Kid will be special. Definitely was not plan B or C. Was a Rivals top170 guy who committed to Vandy VERY early (April of Jr. Year), then decommitted when Franklin left. We then held off PennSt and others for him. Well he wasn't our number 1 guy. Our top guy was the back from Colorado that ended up at Arizona state who plays as a true freshmen. But back to bussey. Good to hear he still considers us.Not saying it's the case but when Wilbon was committed to Vandy from April-Dec he was solid as could be...so not sure we saw him as a legit target. However we accepted Wilbon's commitment before Ballage decided so we musta been pretty happy with him. And lastly let's not act like Ballage did anything special as a true freshman, he ran for 112 yards all year. That is maybe what you could expect from Wilbon or Bussey next year though. My gut tells me Riley might want to go with a power running game once he sees Cross go to work.

He is already making waves.... just sayin'

This I agree with. Bussey would be most talented back on our roster. We will be fine without him though. Wilbon was a plan b or c that decommitted from vandy right? Bussey is and has always been our only guy and we have fended off the wolves until right up until signing day. Too bad we couldn't hold the sec off any longer. Kid will be special. Definitely was not plan B or C. Was a Rivals top170 guy who committed to Vandy VERY early (April of Jr. Year), then decommitted when Franklin left. We then held off PennSt and others for him. Well he wasn't our number 1 guy. Our top guy was the back from Colorado that ended up at Arizona state who plays as a true freshmen. But back to bussey. Good to hear he still considers us.Kalen ballage. Kids a beast. And also Christian Mccaffrey. I think the staff was just hoping to get one if them (3 plan A's!) Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't know if we were necessarily slotting Ballage in as a RB for sure. He was listed as an athlete, so if we got both of them, he may have played elsewhere. I'm positive we would've taken both if we could! Does anyone believe hiring Fisher back would boost our chances of landing Bussey? Wouldn't it almost be worth it to hire him back even if it were for 1 year if it meant Bussey?

Agreed Hedley. I think it's very exciting how many early enrollees we could have.

Fisher, brown or kaz... Who will remain

He asked if OU had stopped aggressively pursuing him... In case that wasn't clear

Saw a tweet about some rumor... A guy was tweeting an OU recruiting site asking if they were still aggressively pursuing him...

Anything new with this guy?

Hope he is right...

You sure? At that time I didn't really follow recruiting at all, just thought I always heard them say he chose Nebraska over Oregon. I'm very sure about what he said. It was between us and Oregon State. http://sports.yahoo.com/nebraska/football/recruiting/player-Ndamukong-Suh-28552 and wow...only 5 offers? Can that be accurate?

You sure? At that time I didn't really follow recruiting at all, just thought I always heard them say he chose Nebraska over Oregon. I'm very sure about what he said. It was between us and Oregon State. http://sports.yahoo.com/nebraska/football/recruiting/player-Ndamukong-Suh-28552 Thanks...glad to have this cleared up about 8 years too late. Hah.

You sure? At that time I didn't really follow recruiting at all, just thought I always heard them say he chose Nebraska over Oregon.

per footballscoop.com twitter account

Exactly. I agree that if he is committed to NU but has a different leader, then he should de-commit until he figures things out. But to talk about the Oregon defense in historical context compared to Nebraska in Neal's lifetime means nothing. Oh...I didn't realize anything we say on here means anything at all...

What did I say about Oregon that was wrong? That they are known for their Offense not their Defense? You're not wrong that they are known for offense but their defense is good to. Yeah, didn't mean to imply that their defense is a clunker. Just saying they are known for Offense. Nebraska is "known" for their Blackshirts.

Exactly.

What did I say about Oregon that was wrong? That they are known for their Offense not their Defense?

What did I say about Oregon that was wrong?

Oregon had a top 5 DL pick a few years ago with Dion Jordan and Haloti Ngata in 2005. Are you guys recruiting for Oregon? You are making their point for them.

Nebraska and Oregon are 40 yards per game and 2 points per game apart in total defense and scoring defense. #HISTORICALLYSPEAKING Historically speaking, in Neals lifetime, Nebraska hasn't been nearly as good of a program as Oregon on the field. Offensively or defensively. I hope he stays but your argument about what Oregon is known for just doesn't hold a lot of water these days. What would you like me to say??? We don't have a whole lot of points to argue... -WE HAVE SWEET JERSEYS! -WE ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS! -IT'S PRETTY NICE WEATHER! We can't play to any of those factors... We have....Hey you live here! PLAY FOR US! Oregon's Defense and Offense are better than both of our units, therefore you will play more here!

Was that quote from Hortdog?

Nebraska and Oregon are 40 yards per game and 2 points per game apart in total defense and scoring defense. #HISTORICALLYSPEAKING

Dang. Didn't think it started yet. I guess maybe we aren't going to be able to keep everyone that was originally in this class. If Neal and/or Bussey are our only casualties, I will be okay.

Pretty awesome defenders we could be adding in about 3 weeks... LB Young LB Walton DB Anderson DB Lee DB Williams Yowzas! EDIT: Possibly LB Thomas as well (wisconsin)