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Two things Nebraska has going for them. This is Nebraska’s bowl game this year. Everyone in the program wants to get THIS win. Iowa will likely get Nebraska’s best shot. Iowa is coming off two very big wins. They have the West in their grasp. We have all seen it a million times, college kids can tend to overlook, and throw a clunker. Iowa is the better team, but if it’s close late and Nebraska executes it will not be that big of an upset.

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It’s a great intro I agree. I hope…your being looked at by Nebraska is still a great intro. When going after blue chip prospects we are going against elite programs, elite coaches, elite histories. We won’t win on, do you wanna play for this coach….It’s a scheme, it’s a fit, it’s a location, it’s a track record, it’s academics, and most importantly it’s the culture/relationship. I agree we will agree to disagree. But we need to lay a foundation. That’s my view

I think you put to much emphasis on coach name recognition. From what I’ve seen first hand, it’s not the coach it’s the relationships built during recruiting. The hardest phone call is to the other recruiters you’ve built relationships with telling them your going elsewhere. Most recruiters are pitching academics, their system. Where they see you fitting into their system. Location in proximity to home, especially if other schools are farther away than theirs. Those coaches you don’t want, can easily recruit here. The coach itself is so far down on the list when it comes to recruiting. If they put a fine staff together with great recruiters it will go a lot farther than a “name” IMO.

Wisconsin, Michigan State, Iowa recruit below us year in and year out. Programs are very solid. A headline coach won’t make us a top 6 recruiting school instantly because of name recognition. Even during the height of Oregon, Chip Kelly, Nike and their uni’s they weren’t pulling top 10 classes consistently, because of geographic location. Look long term, get your development program better than Wisconsin. Then our top 25 recruiting classes we get now can consistently lead to winning West/being top15 school. With consistent success comes better and better recruits. With the development foundation laid our top 6-10 class (probably peak due to location) can out perform the schools use to out talenting everybody else. Takes a identity, development, and fundamentals if your going to beat the more talented. And we will never pull Top 5 classes.

100% spot on. We are a top 20-30 recruiting team year in and out. It doesn’t translate to the field. We need a developmental coach, who recruits to their strengths. Continue to build from there. This is a decade long fix not a 2 year fix. Need to build an identity and culture. Stoops or Klieman off that list for me.

I say this because according to Rivals last time we took a 5* recruit was 2008 and he was from Nebraska. I think it’s time to take a page from Iowa and Wisconsin. Find a coach who forms an identity and culture. Recruit to your strengths and become the best developmental program in the nation. We will get better recruits than Iowa and Wisconsin, if we can beat them in development then we can consistently win the West. Consistently compete for Big 10 title and great bowl every year.

My one concern reguarding Meyer is recruiting. Which is insane to say I know. Meyers system requires elite athletes. At Florida and Ohio State he was in centrally located in fertile recruiting grounds. He will recruit no doubt, but will he be able to pull enough of them? A kid from Ohio,Texas,Bama, Florida, can stay home play for elite coach/program/facilities, and have parents make it to most games. Or move all the way out to Lincoln just to play for Urban who’s reputation has taken a hit.

Not sure I would call Klieman an experimental coach. 8 years HC experience, and 3 years in power five conference. We will see how Kansas State does this year, but a tougher more physical offense and fundamentally sound defense is what I would search for. In my eye Klieman has Kansas State headed in that direction with ALOT less talent. Plus we could reasonably get him. Kansas State has a terrible year it’s a obvious no. They turn out a 8-4,9-3 season and continue to go in right direction I would take a look. Like I said under the radar name. Not the top of my list, but a name I would consider.

Not sexy, but I would take a long look at Chris Klieman. Won on the lower level, has Kansas State going in the right direction. I like the offensive system he runs, and will bring some toughness to the trenches.