yort2000

What does he want to do, stand on the field and watch stuff happen around him?

Year NU-Wisky 2011 17-48 2012 30-27 2012 31-70 2014 24-59 2015 21-23 2016 17-23 2017 17-38 Guess who I think has had better talent regardless of recruiting rankings?

Year NU-OSU 2011 - 34-27* (Bauserman) 2012 - 38-63 2016 - 3-62 2017 - 14-56 Oh yeah, we are right there with Ohio State.

https://247sports.com/Season/2017-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite

You need to lay off the kool aid. Did you see the results at the NFL combine? At best, you could say that NU's best players were slightly below average.

I guess you haven't been introduced to the exciting world of hyperbole.

A lot of speculation on your part as to who reached out to whom.

I don't really care when you have practices. But, what I do like is that it shows that Frost knows how he wants to run things and why. I'm sure every detail has been thought about and planned out. I would bet Urban and Saban run things the same way. Solid leadership, something that has been lacking for quite awhile. Frost and Moos are here, so sit down and relax, adults are now in charge

I wonder if that is a thing now, you know, troll the Cornhusker fans.

Odd. None of those schools are in the poll.

I would guess that if Nebraska wanted a football recruit and that recruit met the NCAA standards that Nebraska would work out getting them accepted and enrolled at the University. Edit: Or, maybe the NCAA requirements are more stringent than UNL's acceptance standards.

You must have missed my use of the past tense. I don't think Nebraska's enrollment standards increased from the Prop. 48 days. Have they?

Does #2 even exist? Nebraska used to take Prop. 48 players. So, UNL would be able to enroll players that were below the NCAA requiriements for eligibility.

Humor doesn't go over well on Husker internet forum. Check. One thing I've learned from the blow up from my remark and everyone planting their flag is that THIS WORLD IS DOOMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Their class was pretty much full before 13-1 existed. So, they didn't have any way to capitalize off of it. Nebraska's class was fairly empty with plenty of room to capitalize off of the Frost buzz. Wisconsin has used what I would call realistic recruiting. They don't waste resources on highly sought recruits that they don't realistically have a shot of getting. They also have a model for identifying high school TEs, RBs, and QBs that can develop and play like 4-5 star OTs and LBs. So, they were using their normal recruiting "template" for the 2018 class and those kids committed early. They have ventured out a little from their "norm" for the 2019 class trying and succeeding at capitalizing off of the 13-1 season.

Internet forum posters, rewriting history and passing it off as fact ever since Al Gore invented the internet.

They targeted these kids 2-3+ years ago, I would say most were probably committed at least before the season started. They pretty much had their whole class signed on the early signing day. Did they add just 1 after the early signing period (Wildgoose, a 4 star)? And, part of the DNA of that program is signing lower rated TEs, QBs, RBs and turning them into OTs and LBs that play like 4 - 5 star recruits. You are seeing the effects of the 13-1 season in the 2019 recruiting class as they are having 4 stars commit early and often.

Oh, you caught on to my grand master plan. I have to protect my delicate psyche. Them Feels you know...........sometimes they can hurt.

I looked it up. I don't think exponentially works in that context either. I think it should have been written something like: The offensive production increases multiplicatively as more threats are put on the field.

I don't think he/she used that correctly. I think he/she meant exponentially.

Unfortunately, as of today, that is the state of the Nebraska football program. And I'll clarify this a little bit. I think this coaching staff is capable of getting this team up to the level of at least 4 of those programs in Year 1, but I absolutely don't EXPECT them to accomplish that in Year 1. If they do, that is just icing on the cake.

OK, so they also beat 6-6 San Jose State. Either way, there weren't a lot of (any) quality wins in 2008. And though we played and lost to 4 top 20 teams. The rest of the schedule was pretty lackluster. If NU could have pulled out a win against Virginia Tech and/or Texas Tech, it would have made the results seem a little more impressive (especially since Missouri and Oklahoma just hammered NU).

I guess you didn't read what I wrote earlier. As far as ceilings, I think NU is going to win every game every year. As far as progress based on your wins: Wins of the same level: Akron - Same level as Arky state, needs to be win this year Colorado - Same level as Rutgers, needs to be win this year. Illinois - dumpster fire, needs to be a win Purdue - a little undecided if a win here shows progress or not. They will be in second year of new coach so they will be better, but the game is at home, so I will just say it needs to be a win. Wins that demonstrate progress: Northwestern - They lose some key players (RB Justin Jackson and S Igbwuieke (Sp?)) but return QB Thorson, they went 9-3 last year, and beat us last year, so I would say a win here demonstrates progress over last year. Troy - Better than NIU, Fourth year of the head coach's regime and they return a ton of depth from a team that beat LSU last year. I think they have to replace QB and RB though, but this win would be better than any win we had last year. So from the wins you threw out there, I can see 6-6 as progress. I also think we should beat Minnesota as their QB is gone and it doesn't seem like they did anything that they can build off of from the 2017 season. I think it will almost be like they are in year 1 again. However, I can also see the mistakes and inconsistencies, that show up during the 1st year of a new coaching staff, show up in the Colorado, Purdue, Northwestern and/or Troy games causing NU to lose one or more of those. Getting that 8th win will be tough, especially if we drop one of the above games, because NU was no where near the level of @Michigan, @Wisconsin, @Ohio St, Michigan St. or @Iowa.

I believe that the team was capable of beating NIU, but I also think they were capable of losing to Arkansas State and Purdue. So, I would say from a capability standpoint this team is starting from an NIU, Arky State, Purdue baseline level. Aren't you believing what you want to fit your narrative also?