Scott Tenorman

 

 

 

Daniels- N

Rafdal-N

Lewis-USC

Johnson- USC

Thompson- N

Lenoir- Ore

Michael O- N

Blades- UF

Wallace- N

Verdell- Ore

Calvin- Pac 12 school

 

Final Rating #26

Awfully optimistic. Are you sure we can land all of them?

Yeah I was a bit optimistic. Missed on wallace, Thompson, and Michael O. But i will take Blades. Lot closer than your wild predictions

Yeah, my predictions are typically go big or go home, and also wrong!

Eventually you will be right....hopefully

1. Lindsey

2. Roberts

3. Blades

4. KJJ

5. Gebbia

6. D. Thomas

Sleeper: Ward

It's a small step in the right direction, thank god we got Lindsey or this class would be viewed as a dumpster fire. We'll see what DW, KW, and Parella can do with another full cycle.

Disappointing we didn't land some of the top guys we went after, but I like the fact that we went after them. If we want to start winning conference titles, we have to go after and land guys like Lewis and Sarell. At least we are swinging for the fences now, hopefully this can progress to actually hitting the home run.

 

So according to 247...

 

OT - Nick Gates **** .8929

OG - Jerald Foster *** .8708

C - John Raridon **** .9435

OG - Tanner Farmer **** .9021

OT - Matt Farniok **** .9049

 

Boe Wilson *** .8559

 

That is a bad ass offensive line, man.

The stars at night might be big and bright, but two of those guys got knocked around a lot last year, one was injured for most of the season, and two haven't played yet. My expectations remained tempered.

 

I don't think it's fair to say Gates got knocked around a lot. He got dominated by one of the best ends in the country, everybody did. Coaches also kind of left him on an island with him most of the game, which it's my understanding you don't do that against elite rushers, but we did. I don't really think Farmer was a liability either, and he was hurt for a good chunk of year. I thought Gates and Farmer were fairly solid most of the year.

I thought RT and C was very bad most games, along with whoever was at LG before Foster. I root for Conrad and Knevel, they seem like good guys, but they were bad. If they are starting next year I will be worried about how good Farniok actually is.

I'm with you on the expectations tho, the unit as a whole was terrible. But I think Farmer and Gates are two of the brighter spots.

 

I would give this current class ranking a solid B. We are 18th in Scout, 19th per Rivals, and 23rd per 247Sports, so about an average of 20 or so. It could have been better, but NU still seems to struggle to land the big fish.

Tyjon and Blades? Both top 10 in their position by some services. Those are not big fish you are right. They are huge fish.

 

Tyjon and Blades are two of the best recruits we've gotten in a while, no doubt. But we need to get to the point where we are landing more guys like this. They should be closer to the rule, not the exception.

Kind of torn on this class. Part of me thinks it's an improvement and we're moving in the right direction, part of me thinks we're not moving there fast enough. I'd go with a solid B, B+.

Kind of disappointing, was expecting a pleasant surprise from one of the Cali guys today (was hoping for Lenoir). Still probably the best class we've had in a while imo, but not what it could have been.

Sounds like Saban convinced the #7 WDE in the country to grayshirt.

 

 

 

So if Blades is N like we think he is, this is a successful class right? We kept Guy, got Daniels, and all of the others we thought we would. Anything else would be an added bonus IMO

Finishing 20-30 seems pretty much like the same song, different verse to me.

 

I wish we would have filled up to the 25 (I think) that we could have gone to.

I think you have to look at the pieces as opposed to just the ratings. I can see where it'd be frustrating from that standpoint though.

 

The pieces though are exactly what we needed.

Pretty much this. Even if you want to look at ratings we have some guys that are really underrated.

 

I think you have to look at the rankings a little harder. Tennessee is at 16th, but they have 28 commits. On average, we have better players than they do. Just a smaller class. If we were sitting at 16th would people be upset?

Clemson is sitting at 15th because they only have 14 commits, but when you look at their class it's pretty great imo. Two 5 stars and nine four stars. Same with Stanford, I think their class is much better than where 24/7 currently has them ranked.

Not saying this class is great, but I think it's good. Just fairly small (so far at least). I think it's much more telling to look at the average rating, as opposed to overall.

 

Then said 5% on Facebook live. 35% for Greg.

Just caught the FB live. Thanks. I always enjoy listening to Schaefer.. seems the most "real"

Yeah, I think he's probably the most objective of the recruiting analysts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Im more worried about #1,playing the best guys AND #2, having some quality backups ready to play. Get to teaching and coaching!! If i only had 1 plan for my business at all times and it failed i would be broke. Hes getting paid very well to have more than just 5 guys that can play well. Hell, last year we were lucky to have one most of the time.

and that's on a second year lineman coach???

Yes. That's what he is getting paid for.

So you are a chef at a restaurant. You are a very good italian chef. However you have to use all the ingredients that were left by the former chef. He just happened to cook mexican cuisine. Your food taste like crap. Where is the problem?

Lol, bad ingredients. Other than one spice (Gates) that was versatile enough to be in both style of foods.

I dont see how everyone doesnt understand this

Because it's a flat out bull crap excuse. Plain and simple.

Thats why tommy did so well in the new scheme right?

Did he do so well in the old scheme?

Yeah, not confident on this one. Committed seems like it's used as a loose term in that article.

I think our DL recruits are severely underrated (including Daniels). They look like good players to me, especially with the switch to the 3-4. If we were still in the 4-3, I'd be very concerned about our lack of D-Ends. I think our recruiting of lineman on both sides of the ball has been good, last years DL class was underwhelming, but the OL class was as good as we've had in a long time imo. This year I think it's pretty solid on both sides, assuming we get Daniels.

The MattyIce tangent is pretty entertaining actually, well done mods.

 

 

 

Well boys, the AA Game has come and gone and boy did those predictions blow! I mean, what the hell was I thinking? Shoot, it took me a couple weeks to recover fully, but I'm back with another round of predictions.

 

I think we're going to round out our 2017 class with 7 more commits.

 

✅Jamire Calvin- yes, he broke my heart, but it's obvious it wasn't fully his call. He will be N.

 

Elijah Blades- It seemed crazy at first, but Bartow hopped on, now Schaefer. Then redux. Now the iceman. You boys can consider this a lock at this point.

 

Michael Onyenaiobi- Another talented guy DWill is going to reel in. Not the star rankings, but gotta believe he has some serious talent.

 

Greg Johnson- This might be the jewel of the class... Oh and of course, it'll be mostly thanks to DW. Lock it up. Throw the Commit Tag on him.

 

Damion Daniels- The big sexy will report to Lincoln come June. Book that sh#t. Reliable, strapping, young man hit me up with that piece of knowledge recently.

 

✅Kurt Rafdal- I'm not sure he is the stud TE we need, but he is the TE we deserve with how little we have used them. Chalk this one up to TT, earns TT a FT job this spring.

 

Jody Lewis- You thought we'd let him slip through the damn cracks? Think again Huskerboard. Jody been N for a loooong time. He's just been waiting for the Iceman to let the good people of HB know what up. SC will be reeling forever after this one slips out da yard.

 

Final Class Ranking : 13th.

 

GBR

Long Live Riley

You'll get Blades, Onyemaobi, and Daniels from your list I think. I'll say Verdell will be our surprise of the day. Disappointing in comparison to the other three that would be a surprise (Johnson, Lewis, Lenoir) but would still be a great late flip.

 

I think if you would have told most Husker fans after the Army All-American game that we'd snag a star in Lindsey, an up and coming local product in Walker, red zone target in Rafdal, have Blades be there for the taking, and Calvin would come around we'd have a pretty excited fan base. The other three I think we'll get from your list and the post AAA game crew create a very exciting class. May not be heavy on stars (although there are quite a few) but it hits many of our biggest needs. Future bodes well.

 

One brick at a time.

 

Disclaimer: If Blades for whatever reason does not come, that will put a big damper on the excitement for the class by not landing a big fish on signing day. Even then though, I think this class still sets us up very well. Don't see Blades not coming here in the end though.

Mostly agree. Strangely optimistic about Lenoir and pessimistic abot Verdell. But for sure, solid class overall imo. Sad about Jody Lewis, thought we had him for a long time. Crazy to think of how down this board would be without Tyjon coming over.

I'm not going to be super bummed if we don't land him. We will still have 4 rb's (5 if Rose) on scholly after next year. Leaves us room to go after a big name, TJ Pledger comes to mind.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So it's okay if it's a planned saved spot, as opposed to missing on someone on NSD and then having an open spot?

 

Don't really understand that.

 

We need a full roster. It will slowly even itself out.

I was specifically talking about the secondary.

Oh. Yeah, I don't hate that idea. Problem is we might not have another take at a different position of need.

Better to be safe than sorry, especially with the potential of a kid like this.

The body frame there too and ability to catch and do something with it after isn't something overly common either in a guy that we would put strictly on defense. It's hard to see him not in red unless he just picks another school instead of us. If we let him walk we better have Blades, Lenoir, and Johnson in the fold. In that case, it'd be hard for me to be too upset with our outcome ha

Feel like they might be holding the spot open for Lenoir. Risky to slow play this guy, but I feel like it's probably worth it. We'll see on Wednesday.

No way! You take a commit from this kid! About a 20% chance or worse we get Blades and Lenoir and probably 50% chance we get neither!!

Pretty sure we're solid on Blades, where are you getting this info from? I like this kid, we've just put a lot of work in on Lenoir for a while now, gotta leave the door open. And he's one of the best corners in the country.

Blades is N

Getting Blades and Onyemaobi would give us 21 commits, with Daniels that puts up to 22, IIRC that's the golden number correct?

Agreed but we run a chance at losing guy the de

I was thinking that same thing unfortunately, looking at the bright, it would be great to get all three DB recruits. If faced with the choice, I would take Demo over Guy. Although the DL depth will be lacking.

Guy Thomas would be an OLB for us. It would be rough because he's talented but we'd be fine since he's not a candidate up front anyway.

Here's a thought. We want to take 5 at WR. So we need one more there. It is widely speculated that Joseph Lewis and Randal Grimes are locks to USC. Bryan Thompson has been on he record saying Utah leads. That leaves us with Jeremiah Hawkins. I think Michael Onyemaobi has a little bit more size we need at the WR position that Hawkins and has pretty good film at that position too. Why not take Onyemaobi as our last WR?

I don't see us taking him as anything besides a db.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So it's okay if it's a planned saved spot, as opposed to missing on someone on NSD and then having an open spot?

 

Don't really understand that.

 

We need a full roster. It will slowly even itself out.

I was specifically talking about the secondary.

Oh. Yeah, I don't hate that idea. Problem is we might not have another take at a different position of need.

Better to be safe than sorry, especially with the potential of a kid like this.

The body frame there too and ability to catch and do something with it after isn't something overly common either in a guy that we would put strictly on defense. It's hard to see him not in red unless he just picks another school instead of us. If we let him walk we better have Blades, Lenoir, and Johnson in the fold. In that case, it'd be hard for me to be too upset with our outcome ha

Feel like they might be holding the spot open for Lenoir. Risky to slow play this guy, but I feel like it's probably worth it. We'll see on Wednesday.

No way! You take a commit from this kid! About a 20% chance or worse we get Blades and Lenoir and probably 50% chance we get neither!!

 

 

 

 

 

So it's okay if it's a planned saved spot, as opposed to missing on someone on NSD and then having an open spot?

 

Don't really understand that.

 

We need a full roster. It will slowly even itself out.

I was specifically talking about the secondary.

Oh. Yeah, I don't hate that idea. Problem is we might not have another take at a different position of need.

Better to be safe than sorry, especially with the potential of a kid like this.

The body frame there too and ability to catch and do something with it after isn't something overly common either in a guy that we would put strictly on defense. It's hard to see him not in red unless he just picks another school instead of us. If we let him walk we better have Blades, Lenoir, and Johnson in the fold. In that case, it'd be hard for me to be too upset with our outcome ha

Feel like they might be holding the spot open for Lenoir. Risky to slow play this guy, but I feel like it's probably worth it. We'll see on Wednesday.

I think KJJ will play. He immediately has the best ball skills of all of the WR imo, Stan might be close. And he's in the program early.

I wonder if he's a RS candidate, think he could benefit quite a bit from an extra year. Either way, glad to finally have him on board.

Is it even within the realm of possibility that USC will turn away Lewis and/or Johnson because of a lack of open spots?

Geez, I wasn't expecting to come here to so much pessimism.

 

I think 10-2. I think we see immediate improvement with the defense. Not to mention the fact that our offensive line completely changes next year. We lose Ohio State because JT Barrett is in his 10,000th year of eligibility. We lose Penn State because playing them in the 2nd half of the year always seems to be a death sentence.

How is the offensive line completely changing? A new center? Mayyyybe a new right tackle? I'm not super optimistic about the o-line, I don't see a reason to be.

Still no word on how the Iowa visit went?

 

If he comes here, who would everyone be more excited about Rafdal or Allen?

Personally, Allen.

Yeah, voting WAZZU. Just get the feeling if the idea of playing near home was enough to make him go OSU the first time, it would do the same with WAZZU.

I don't think there's a scenario that we don't take him outside of maybe Lewis and Thompson committing, which seems pretty unlikely.