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10 hours ago, Red Five said:

Known players we are after (we have visited or they have been/will be on campus):

 

SF Frankie Fidler Sr Omaha

PF William Kyle Jr South Dakota St

PF/C Pharrel Payne Jr Minnesota

SF Joshua Ola-Joseph Jr Minnesota

C Malique Ewin Jr JUCO/Ole Miss

C Igor Milicic Sr Charlotte

 

PF/C Andrew Morgan Sr NDSU

PG Rollie Worster Sr Utah

SG/SF Gavin Griffiths So Rutgers

 

SG Connor Hickman Sr Bradley -> Cincinnati

PF John Hugley Sr Oklahoma -> Xavier

BTW Red Five, thanks for the updates man. You are doing some great stuff keeping everyone updated! 

Thinking this is a list of guys we want most with 4 scholly's remaining. 

1a- F William Kyle (JR)

1b- F/C Igor Milicic (SR)

3 C Malique Evin (JR)- if we miss on one of our top two I think he fits in here nicely. 

4 G Brendan Hausen (JR)

5a G Connor Essegian (JR)

5b Depth at guard or forward  

- I think Fred will not take another HS player unless it is a late bloomer we find similar to Diop last year.

- Outside of Milicic, it looks like we will be targeting guys with 2 or more years of eligibility left.

- I still believe we can get both of Kyle and Milicic, will be interesting to see what happens. Also, still waiting to hear on Mast. 

- An absolute need is bench shooting and Hausen fits that role- would be a great get for us. 

- As I said before, it will be interesting to see how many guys may come here to possibly sit for a year and play a lot more in the coming years. 

- Nebraska is going for guys that fit what Fred wants to do as opposed to NIL bag getters. 

14 hours ago, Red Five said:

Removing Worster (Nebraska) and Hickman (Cincinnati)

 

Known players we are after (we have visited or they have been on/will be on campus):

 

SF Frankie Fidler Sr Omaha (One can hope- but looks like he is going to Wisconsin or back to UNO)

PF William Kyle Jr South Dakota St (Number 1 option)

PF/C Pharrel Payne Jr Minnesota (Probably a third option for us at the 4/5 spot) 

SF Joshua Ola-Joseph Jr Minnesota (Top bench priority now) 

C Malique Ewin Jr JUCO/Ole Miss (Probably third or so option for us at the big spot)

SG/SF Gavin Griffiths So Rutgers- N (Bench shooter/scorer) 

PF John Hugley Sr Oklahoma

C Igor Milicic Sr Charlotte (Number 1b option) 

Some potential other names, as some players we get will understand they will have a limited role this year to get a bigger one next year. Nothing confirming these guys, but they have connections and could end up here depending on numbers. 

PG Josiah Dotzler- Creighton (Does he want to develop for a year to play 2/3 years in the future?)

F Gus Yalden- Wisconsin (Has ties to the state and would play a lot more in the coming years. In a similar boat as Dotzler) 

F Max Murrell- Stanford ( Unlikely- would be a culture fit guy similar to Coleman this year) 

The bolded players are the ones that would fit really well for us. Griffiths is now N! Fidler I want but doubt he accepts a bench role. If Nebraska gets Milicic and Kyle it means Mast could miss some time next season.... Joshua Ola-Joseph gives Nebraska some athleticism and depth- but does he want a bench role is the question. Nebraska is going to have to get players that will accept bench roles now for bigger roles in the future. Think Hoiberg goes to a 9 man rotation by conference play and potentially 8 man depending on who he gets. 

Let's not have a lot of pre-snap penalties and get the ball snapped before the play clock runs out. 

If turnovers are cut down significantly Nebraska will have a winning record. The offense should average 7 more points a game. This would bring the total to 25 points per game. This gives us 7-8 wins this year. The offense must improve because it can't get any worse than what we saw in 2023. 

1 hour ago, funhusker said:

I thought I saw somewhere that Army and Navy need to have 6 wins by today.  Isn’t bowl selection tomorrow?

Army will need 7 wins to reach a bowl since they have 2 wins over FCS opponents.

Navy would be bowl-eligible with a win. 

We are mid 60s in apr. We will not be making a bowl sadly. 

15 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

Is GM a code word for official bag dropper? 

11 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Yes, of course.  That should be obvious.    

 

Opposite side of the coin to firing the head coach for poor performance and promoting an assistant.  The assistant knew the right answers all along but he just wasn't telling.

They also hired a new D- Coordinator to be the interim head coach. He has been there the least about of time, so it makes sense for him to take the reigns. As opposed to the longer-tenured assistants that have been with the program.  

Northwestern really messed up. They made so many mistakes handling this situation. I also wonder if some admins get axed. 

1) They gave him a 2-week suspension. He has a good case to win in court- not saying he will. Because they decided to put a timetable on it and then fire him a few days later. Therefore, Fitzgerald can make the case they didn't believe his actions were grounds for dismissal until the Daily article came out. Why did they suspend him in the 1st place? Especially after they had a 3rd party investigation? A case could be made that NW had enough evidence to fire with cause. 

2) They have an amazing journalism school. It is insane the school Newspaper went after him and brought him down. No national news outlets did this- the student newspaper did. Kudos to them for continuing and getting all the details right. With all the headlines and such being a part of journalism, they did a fantastic job. 

3) Fitzgerald has a really good lawyer backing him. He is not messing around. I don't see NW being able to get away with not paying him at least something.  Here is a link to his bio.

4) Overall, this is a sad state of affairs. I don't see NW ever becoming solid again in football unless they get a really good hire. Fitzgerald has all of their bowl wins. They do have some nice facilities coming their way, but the ceiling for them is Stanford. What great coach wants to come into a situation where you are way behind the 8 ball? Especially with a program that has high academic standards? 

1 hour ago, Huskerfollower4life said:

https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/article/derrick-mcfall-is-a-name-nebraska-fans-should-know-this-recruiti-212682618/ I don't know who Derrick McFall is but Nebraska apparently isn't done recruiting offensive athletes.  

There is a very good chance he is not coming here. Would be a solid addition if someone from the RB room departs later on. 

However, now that most of the class is filling up it would not surprise me to go after some big fish and see what Rhule and co can do. 

Edit: The second link did not have us in his top 5. I am not able to read the article so I meant to quote that link. My bad. 

For the remaining spots, we are looking at 4 or possibly 5 guys yet. 

OT- we would take both Brix and Tauma. But we may only get one of them. 

LB- need to add some bodies here.

DL- could use a DT to add to the room. 

Edge- if we can land one this class, that would help. 

Are there any other positions I am missing? 

21 hours ago, Huskerfollower4life said:

I'm not mad that he is going to Alabama or that he made the best decision for himself but he decommitted yesterday or Friday and the published piece comes out that he is going to focus on 3 teams moving forward that's the issue I have.  So that piece comes out on Saturday by Sunday he goes and commits to Alabama.  All I'm saying is that he had to know or that he wasn't really looking at 3 schools when he made that decision to decommit.  The bold I'd highlighted it, if that's the case say that then and don't beat around the bush.  

It could be true he had a top three. Once he released it Bama could have told him to commit by a certain time or his spot would be taken. Since Bama is an elite school that is tough to turn down he decided to commit. It doesn't matter he focused on three teams and decided to commit. It really has nothing to do with any of us. This player got a very rare opportunity and took it. Good for him. Nebraska will have to recruit a different LB. 

2 hours ago, Huskerfollower4life said:

Wow and just like that he is off the board again.  I hate when things are published that someone is considering 3 teams but in reality they have their mind made up already.  If he knew he was going to Alabama great just don't give anybody the runaround that your considering other teams as well when your not.  Why don't you come out and say I decommitted from here to go to here that's plain and simple???

He may not have known he was going to Alabama. Then, they probably gave him the talk about committing to them, or his spot would be taken. After that, he decided to get his spot and commit. You have to realize a lot of these things are fluid and can change real quick. At the end of the day, these players make decisions that will impact their lives and their future. Another thing could be he was looking around before he decommited and decided that if Bama had a spot for him he would go there. 

30 minutes ago, Huskerfollower4life said:

I under the thinking behind that with trying to set you up for the future but Fred Hoiberg is coaching for his job this year not next so he should have brought in more playmakers.  I'm not thrilled by this roster at all.

The thing is he brought in guys to be here longer than one year. It's not like we are relying on unproven freshmen to move the needle. I do hope Nebraska does bring in one more guy and then gives Sam H a scholarship. I am not sure who Nebraska is on right now. 

23 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

That's fine.  Perhaps it will be different going forward.

 

But there's only .... what .... one guy on that list that really made a difference last year.  Maybe two?  We're having to replace everything else or hope guys all of the sudden get better.

 

And I'd speculate that the two best players on this team are the two seniors.  For sure two of the top three.  So we'll be replacing the difference-makers again.

Best players in my view

*Subject to change as we haven't seen some of these guys yet. 

1 Tominaga

2 Williams

3 Mast

All of those guys I am putting as starters. Those are the best three players on the roster right now. So Nebraska loses one of the top 3.

I can see Allick as a starter for sure. It all depends on what Hoiberg wants to do. I just don't consider him a top 3 guy. Juwan Gary, I would even put in front of him. However, if he is a top 3 guy I believe that means Nebraska is having success because he will be scoring close to double figures along with the 2-3 other guys I mentioned above. Time will tell. 

I think this will get all the haters to shut up. He can recruit your kid and date your wife! 

In all seriousness, this was a quote from a parody Husker account- Ballsack Skers. I can't link it at this time via Twitter. 

This guy is killing it on the trail. Now, if he can develop them he will be looked at as a steal of a hire. 

Edit- I do not know how to make the image smaller. 

9 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

I'd like to see them take another step but I just don't see it.  We lost probably our two best players and I'm not sure we got even equal talent to replace them.  Plus, I think we got some benefit from a somewhat-down B1G last year.

 

It seems to me like we're mainly just plugging holes.  We have a couple of good players but too many of them are only around for a year.  So we're not really building anything.  Just trying to keep the boat afloat.

The only seniors are Tominaga and Allick. Everyone else has 2 or more years. I actually think that is a good idea because we have constantly got guys that were grad transfers or only here for a year. This roster will have some continuity going into the next few years that sets Hoiberg up well. If he get can them to play together and build on the 2022-2023 season. 

Seniors- Tominaga and Allick

Juniors- Gary, Uhlis, Wilcher, Keita, Mast, B. Williams 

Sophomores- Lawrence

Freshman/Redshirt Freshman- Rice/ Lloyd 

Available Scholarships- 2 

11 minutes ago, Decked said:

We already have 4 WRs in this class. I thought maybe a fifth was best guy available. I get it though. Already high in numbers and we still need those three positions above. 

Got it, thought Ernest was a solid player. He definitely has a ton of speed. 

I think Nebraska portals for another WR unless it is Bair- who Nebraska will not see for 2 years. 

I agree that Nebraska can win 6 games. If Bill Busch thinks Nebraska can win 8, which is a little high in my book, then Nebraska can get to 6.

Why getting to 6 wins is important:

1 It will give more reps to the younger guys.

2 Tons of positive media coverage heading into the bowl season.

3 It will give us momentum heading into the next season. 

4 It shows Nebraska should be back- to making bowl games at least.

5 There will be buy-in from the new players as the older guys will be listening to the coaches.

6 The schedule is set up for a new coach to overachieve. 

7 The coaching has improved because that gets us to 6 wins last year. 

I am probably missing some reasons, but that about does it. If Nebraska can't get to 6 I am not going to be disappointed, however, it is certainly doable. 

2 minutes ago, Decked said:

Get another OT, EDGE, & LB we are in good shape so I’m fine with this 

Is it safe to say we are done taking WR recruits for this class? The portal could also giveth someone later on as well.

Kinda bummed by the fact that Nebraska decided to move on. However, other guys must be higher on the board and the WR room does need to be balanced out some with lots of recruits this cycle and true freshmen that will be on campus.

In 2024, the only JR/SR Wideouts are Betts(JR) and Isaiah G.C(SR). Could see Nebraska trying to snag someone with experience like a grad transfer or upperclassman from the portal. 

1 hour ago, Huskerfollower4life said:

Wasn't he suppose to commit somewhere today?  I thought it was for us but who knows 

On 6/26/2023 at 4:43 PM, Mavric said:

 

Visited Texas A&M, Oregon and Texas Tech this month.  Not in a rush to commit.

I know there is a lot of excitement with tons of commits recently. But not all recruits are deciding right now. As to the post saying if he is waiting for bigger offers I don't think all players do this. He could be to an extent, but I think he wants to make the right choice between all the schools. It is a big decision for these guys, and being 100 percent sure isn't a bad thing to do.  

3 hours ago, BaytownHusker said:

Would like to see how this kid fairs against bigger stronger kids. He plays in a pretty weak district now.  Could be a nice find though.

I get it. But what about our number one recruit right now and the competition he plays against? Saban even flew out to see him.

It makes no sense to hold that against the kid. He should be dominating the competition. Once he gets to the D1 level it is about getting them adjusted to the game and developing their game. This staff is more concerned about developing players and their abilities, not the competition. 

Mods must be snoozing cause he is N

2 hours ago, Mavric said:

2024 Profiles

Current Scholarships/Commits

QB - 1 - DANIEL KAELIN
RB - 1 - Kewan Lacy
WR - 3 - KEELAN SMITH, DAE'VONN HALL, ISAIAH McMORRIS, Gatlin Bair, Jacory Barney, Ashton Bethel-Roman
TE - 2 - IAN FLYNT, Carter Nelson
OT - 1 - Kison Shepard, Kaedin Massey, Grant Brix, Caleb Pyfrom, Brandon Baker, Isaiah Garcia, Marques Easley
OG/C - 3 - GIBSON PYLE, JAKE PETERS, LANDEN DAVIDSON, Zafir Stewart, Semisi Tonga, Preston Taumua, Nuku Mafi

DL - 3 - ASHTON MURPHY, Carlon Jones, Joseph Anderson, Dominic Kirks

LB - 2 - WILLIS McGAHEE, Daniel Okoye, Derrick Brown
DB - 6/7 - ROGER GRADNEY, MARIO BUFORD, CALLEN BARTA, BRAYLEN PRUDE, EVAN TAYLOR, DONOVAN JONES, Caleb Benning, William Nettles, Peyton Morgan, Dontae Carter, Amare Sanders

 

P - 1 - KAMDYN KOCH

 

Early enrollees: Gradney, Buford

 

I would add Wide Receiver/TE Quinn Clark and WR Ernest Campbell. Since both of them have visited. 

On 6/17/2023 at 4:43 PM, Mavric said:

 

Greg McDermott, Nate Loenser, Fran McCaffrey, and Chris Lowery (NWestern) were all at his games at the Midwest Showcase in KC last weekend. The Iowa State Coach may have been there to see him as well. Nebraska has to get Lincoln guys to stay here. Nebraska can't have CU stealing guys from the Capital city. 

1 hour ago, Mavric said:

 

 

I saw a graphic that Jokic had 40-30-20-10.

40 minutes, 30 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists. 

Huskers win 3-2 taking the last set 15-10.

1 hour ago, Mavric said:

Sharavjamts OV to San Francisco tomorrow.  Only visit he has scheduled.

 

Speculation that SF might have the inside track because of the large Mongolian population there.

Another interesting tidbit is he was born in the States. His hometown is Xenia, Ohio.