Iowa doesn't recruit well from the perspective of getting 4 star players and we never have. We develop middling recruits very well and many will go on to utility positions in the NFL. That's it. Not sexy. Wiscy is similar though their talent level is higher as of late. You have enough resources to recruit local kids from the tri-state area who would be thrilled to play for Nebby but most weren't alive in 95 or believe the Huskers are a blue blood program because those days are over. Build a solid line through development, hook a decent QB that is ok with screen passes or TE patterns rather than a 4 star heaver who only throws 40 yard bombs like BYU used to do. You got owned by us I believe because of our consistency and we max out our middling recruits on both sides of the ball. I think Nebraska builds it's program focusing around its higher end recruits. Ohio state trains for teams like that and imho, it's why you got destroyed. Maxing out motivated kids talents works. Iowa gets too predictable however and it leads to losses like ndsu. You have a good coach, some solid players and an opportunity to develop what you have. If he uses a program akin to Iowa and Wiscy and the balls to mix in pass patterns which we don't, that's a good recipe for dominance. Pining for what was and hurrying to make it happen is a recipe for disaster.