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They also didn't get any bowl practices, so some of these players were likely more out of shape than they would have been normally.  Yes, they can say they worked out on their own, but it's not the same as pushing each other as a team doing workouts together.

3 minutes ago, Fru said:

Bummer. Hope he does well in whatever he pursues. I was always proud of the way NU honored his scholarship. Heard of plenty of other situations where a high school player got hurt and schools completely abandoned them. 

I agree.  From the sound of things he was a great teammate and a workout warrior, but it's unfortunate that he couldn't help the team on the field more.  I wouldn't be surprised to see him try to get into coaching.

25 minutes ago, MileHighHusker said:

Would margin of defeat have any impact? If we win the rest of our games by an average of 10 points versus squeaking out a bunch of wins?

 

Too bad Maryland gave up that big lead to MSU this weekend. I also don't get the Maryland love. Are you guys saying thay if we win out and win one game in the tournament, that Maryland would go dancing over us? even if we finish 4th in the B1G?

Probably not, because that would include a win over Maryland.  I think we would be in, but if not, I think it would be more likely that the Big Ten only gets 4 bids (Purdue, Ohio State, Michigan State, Michigan) in that scenario.

8 minutes ago, knapplc said:

 

 

 

What does it mean that a team is "in the lead?"  I'm curious about the mechanics of how a team is "in the lead" and how a recruiting agency would know that.

Well he was super excited after his ASU visit, but it could likely have been just a visit high.  The fact that he's officially visited there and liked it is a lot more than can be said for any other school so far.  Now he very well could end up at ASU, but there's something to say for having the last visit.  Hopefully he makes it this weekend.

1 minute ago, seaofred92 said:

 

Yup. Which is why I made such a big deal of the debacle at the end of the tOSU game the other night. Nebraska has blown opportunities for W's against Creighton, KU, and tOSU. You flip those games from L's to W's and all of a sudden Nebraska is right there. It's obviously great that we're winning games against these other teams but what I don't think many people realize here is that the teams we're beating (Iowa, Rutgers, Illinois, etc) really aren't very good at all and therefore wins don't really add anything to our overall profile.

 

Right.  In a typical year, at least some of these wins would look better on paper, but the Big Ten is pretty mediocre/bad after the top 3.  Hopefully Miles & Co. catch fire and win out with a nice showing in the tourney.  I know it's not likely, but at least we're having this discussion instead of having a repeat of last year.

4 minutes ago, seaofred92 said:

This is what I have been trying to explain to people on here. Nebraska has exactly 1 quality win (NCAA Defined Tier 1) on it's schedule this year. Nebraska is currently 0-3 vs RPI top 25, 1-5 vs RPI top 50, and 3-7 vs RPI top 100 teams. That is not a NCAA tournament profile. It just isn't. I don't know if people on here just aren't familiar with what criteria the Selection Committee uses or what but Nebraska has a long way to go still. They need to win every game from here on out and probably 2 in the B1G tournament to even be in the conversation.

Unfortunately, I agree.  The 1-point loss to Kansas hurts a lot, as do several of the other games that they couldn't close out.  The only chance of getting another big win lies in the BIG Tourney.  Meet up with Purdue, OSU, or MSU and maybe there's a chance.

4 hours ago, Horace said:

I like his film. This is the kind of lineman that Wisconsin has turned into an All-American. He obviously has watched the movie "Blindside" a few times. 

I do too, though it doesn't appear the competition is very good.  He has the size and appears to have the mentality to be a good lineman.  There are some issues with his fundamentals that he gets away with in H.S. that will need to be fixed (gets pretty narrow with his base for example) but if Frost & Co. believe he's worthy of an offer rather than handing out a one-year scholarship to a walk-on and going after someone for a full cycle next year, then that's fine by me.  Time will tell.