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With this coaching staff and the organization they seemed to show, I would be surprised at a double whiff. However, even if they do, I won't really judge their recruiting ability until next year when they have a full year to lock up the class.

Getting Tannor instead of JJB would be a wash in my mind. Both of these guys are good and I think Frost & Co. can develop either into a stud. (Don't forget about Guy Thomas from last year either)

That's my hope, as I look through my scarlet colored glasses and drink my glass of kool-aid.

I don't think I've read a story about JJB in the last month that didn't say something like "relationships are important to him" or a similar thought. If he truly does spurn NU, which I'm not convinced he will, then I think it's safe to say he's more enamored by recent success and NFL draft picks than by good relationships. It's unfortunate that Frost used his in home visit too early, but it's hard to say if that would have helped last week or not.

Well then you might as well add Palmer too

Milton Sargbah could be in that discussion as well, but I'd be pretty surprised if Washington isn't N.

Moses Bryant walking on is a great addition.

He might very well end up being a good OT, but he's rated lower than Canty and they've known him for all of about 2 weeks now. Relationships are a big key in recruiting, and knowing Canty for well over a year makes him less likely to be a bust than someone they know for 2 weeks. For what it's worth, I like Jalan Robinson. I just understand why the staff is pushing for Canty as the class OT. I don't know if one is better than the other, or if either will make an impact in college, I just understand where they are coming from in this recruitment.

Nice. Moving up. Need to get up to that K-State spot to start feeling more comfortable.

Possibly, but the coaches have had a relationship with him since their time at UCF. They haven't had time to develop relationships with many guys in the 500 mile radius.

This is my opinion of who I think we get, in order of most likely to least likely to commit: Surprised if they don't commit: 1. Maurice Washington - 2. Willie Canty - 3. Cam Taylor - Up in the air, wouldn't surprise me either way: 4. Caleb Tannor - 5. Andre Hunt - 6. Ken Montgomery - Committed to Maryland 7. Otito Ogbonnia - Committed to UCLA Long shots, but still possible: 8. Javontae Jean-Baptiste - Committed to Ohio State 9. Taiyon Palmer - Committed to NC State 10. Jarrett Bell - Committed to Arizona State * - If any of these 3 want it, they'll make room for them - if they have to turn guys away, I expect Hunt to be the first one told thanks, but no thanks. If Canty and Bell both turn us down, expect Jalan Robinson to be given the green light to commit if he wants in.

It's hard to say what our official count is as there were several who took unofficial visits. One site I looked at had us at 54, one had us at 57. Each academic year they are allowed 56, but if they didn't use all of them in one year, then up to 6 extra can be used the following academic year. Riley used 49 last year, so we should have 62 available for this year. The trick is knowing how many they've actually used. There could be around 8 official visits left for the spring game, but only someone in NU's athletic dept. could really answer this for sure.

I wouldn't be surprised if we get to 25 or even 27. I fully expect some transfers at the end of the semester.

I think this is kind of a murky area, but as I understand it there has to be some documentation to account for each player signed over the 85 scholarship limit. Such as a player requesting to transfer but not making it public yet.

Does this rule apply though? https://web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/search/bylawView?id=102517#result If so, it looks like there might be 6 extra to use, which would be great. If not, Riley still managed to get a lot of guys on campus for the Spring game without official visits, so I'm sure Frost can too.

I think on a normal year they would, but with the coaching change and the expected attrition that always comes from those, they didn't want to be on self-probation. The Big Ten allows oversigning by 3, which most schools use for a possible transfer or an academic risk. Nebraska needs to use all of those for expected transfers and can't be left short on scholarship numbers because someone doesn't qualify. Schools that aren't going through a coaching change aren't as worried about a non qualifier.

I think it still matters who you play. They've lost twice to Michigan St, lost twice to Purdue, and lost to Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio State. They beat Iowa, Minnesota, Penn State, and Illinois. I agree that's far from impressive, but if you flip the Penn State and Michigan results, it's really the same as what Nebraska has done except they played the good teams more often.

Well St. John's beating Duke could have helped Nebraska's non con SOS a little bit today, but Kansas and UCF had to go and lose games at home. At best this is probably a wash then.

I think Washington and Canty will be in, as will Tago and Taylor. I think Hunt will be in if we have room, which apparently we do. I see Ogbonnia and Montgomery as tossups right now. I see JJB as leaning N but barely. If we get Canty, but miss on anyone else, I wonder if they would tell Jalan Robinson he can commit.

It's because Palmer is N! Can always hope right?

From an Oregon State insider FWIW.

Can you add Washington State?

Some people are saying since the BIG TEN is a power conference, getting 4th in conference should basically lock up a trip to the dance. Well, here are some of the bad losses by BIG TEN teams in non-conference games this year that are really hurting the image of the league and the RPI for teams. Purdue < Western Kentucky Ohio State < Butler, Gonzaga by 27 Michigan State < (none) Nebraska < St. John's by 23, UCF --->>> I wish Nebraska could play both of these over right now Michigan < LSU Penn State < Texas A&M, NC State, Rider Indiana < Indiana State, Fort Wayne by 20 Northwestern < Texas Tech by 36, Georgia Tech Maryland < St. Bonaventure, Syracuse Wisconsin < Baylor, Temple, Marquette Minnesota < Arkansas Iowa < S. Dakota St., Virginia Tech, Iowa St., Louisiana? Illinois < Wake Forest, UNLV, Rutgers < Florida St., Stony Brook, Hartford I know some of these maybe aren't horrible losses, but they sure don't look good either. I also realize that bad losses happen every year, this year it just seems like there were a lot from top to bottom in the league. Combine these with a real lack of high quality non-con wins by anyone in the BIG TEN, and you're looking at a 4 bid league, with a real outside shot at 5.

It's not impossible, but I think some people are getting a little too caught up on number of wins. That is a very small factor that goes into the selections. Quality wins and RPI are much bigger factors IMO. Nebraska is severely lacking in those areas right now. Do I think they can make it? Yes. Will it be easy? Not at all.