Pat West

Yes, I have my biassed toward a great Nebraska raised football quarterback who last beat Iowa in 2016 but who will never meet Iowa again, let alone Nebraska, because the ghastly poltroons of the Big Ten Conference Administration have decreed that they will no longer accept games with other members of the Division I NCAA which belong to the Football Championship Subdivision. Most college graduates in this country would call this totally despicable and un-American, but what to I know.

Even in Texas, where there are a number of major universities, it is extremely important and obvious to recruit the “All-Texas” high school players. In Nebraska, where there is only one major university, it is obviously and completely essential to recruit the “All State” players. There is no “hind sight” involved in this. To fail in this regard is virtually criminal!

What do you mean that Easton Stick would not have played over Armstrong? Armstrong was a fine man, but he left in 2016 and was two years behind Stick. Easton took NDSU to another National Championship in 2017 and will be the NDSU quarterback in 2018. (By the way, this brilliant young man has now graduated before four years and is currently enrolled as a graduate student for his MBA. What? You don't think we should have recruited a great back-up quarterback at Nebraska? Frankly, I do not wish to get into an elaborate discussion regarding the merits of Armstrong and Stick. I will only note that Easton is a real winner, with a current record of 34-3 and was the MVP of the National Championship game last year. Unlike Armstrong, who was not drafted into the NFL, the current expectations are that Easton will, indeed, be drafted at the end of the 2018 season. Let us always remember that Easton is, as far as the NDSU fan base is concerned, the completely acceptable replacement for the All-World quarterback Carson Wentz of the Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles.

With the recent coaching changes, it is imperative that Nebraska institutes a completely new football recruiting system and philosophy. On the afternoon of September 17, 2016, in Iowa City, the legendary North Dakota State meet #11 Iowa. The NDSU Defence was under the field direction of the brilliant All-American captain and middle-linebacker Nick DeLuca, formerly All Nebraska First Team and Super-State Team middle-linebacker of the State Champion Millard North High School of Omaha. The NDSU Offence was under the field direction of the equally brilliant captain and quarterback Eston Stick, formerly All Nebraska First Team and Super-State Team quarterback of Creighton Prep High School of Omaha. Iowa, of course, suffered a disastrous and humiliating defeat to NDSU, but later that Fall preceded to beat Nebraska, as expected. The question that seemed to be completely oblivious to the football geniuses in Lincoln at the time, was what the hell were these two brilliant Omaha high school football players during at a university in Fargo, North Dakota? Is it possible that the whole recruiting system at Nebraska was a complete mess? Well, no one was prepared to face it two years ago, but maybe that will now change.