Ohio Pete

A player gets a five star ranking for his play in high school and that is it. It is a recruiting service for earmarking college players, but it isn't intended to predict college greatness.

Actually I think that is their exact intention. They are rating potential. Otherwise the 6' QB with 3000 yds would be highly rated instead of struggling for attention. Hell, a 4 OT last year or the year before out of Ohio had only played 1 game and was getting big time hype because of his measurables.

But much like the NFL draft, it is an inexact science thus the frequent misses.

Good read from LJS

NU hopes to make big recruiting splash down the stretch

 

By BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / Lincoln Journal Star

Don’t doubt the splash a couple of teenagers can make when it comes to how a recruiting class is viewed.

 

As another national signing day looms, the Huskers stand in contention to land a couple of big fish that analysts say would surely send Nebraska’s class on a ride up their recruiting rankings.

 

There’s defensive end Owamagbe Odighizuwa, with five stars to his name according to Rivals.com, and safety Corey Cooper — four stars for him.

 

Both have Nebraska on their short lists of schools. And some are even guessing aloud the Huskers sit atop their lists.

 

“Right now, if I were at the tables on Vegas and I had to put my money down, I’d have to say that Corey Cooper looks like he’s a Nebraska signee,” Scout.com national recruiting editor Allen Wallace told the Journal Star on Friday.

 

Cooper has been in the company this week of secondary coach Marvin Sanders.

 

And Owamagbe (commonly called Owa) just hosted Husker coaches Bo Pelini, Carl Pelini and John Papuchis at his family’s home in Portland, Ore., on Thursday night.

 

With Owa also considering UCLA and Oregon, some have wondered if the distance to Nebraska might hurt NU’s chances.

 

But Owa told Scout that his mom isn’t worried about that after meeting with coaches.

 

“After this, she said she doesn’t really mind at all," Owa told the recruiting site. “She does not care at all. There are so many other good things about the school, she can look past the distance.”

 

Owa, ranked by Wallace in his SuperPrep Magazine’s All-America Issue as the eighth-best recruit overall, said he doesn’t have a set time frame for making his decision. “Just when it feels right.”

 

Rivals currently ranks Nebraska’s recruiting class 28th nationally. Scout has it 32nd.

 

But what if those two recruits sign with NU on Feb. 3?

 

“I think it would firmly put them as a Top 25 class, maybe even vault them up into the Top 20,” said Jeremy Crabtree, national editor and analyst for Rivals. “Considering that Owa’s a top 10 player nationally, one of the best five-star guys nationally. You get a little extra oomph when you add a freak like that to the recruiting class.”

 

Said Wallace: “Those are the kind of guys that really drive rankings.”

 

Cooper has got all the tools to make football people drool.

 

“Kids that are 6-2, 210 pounds, with 4.5 40’s and 34-inch vertical leaps are tough to find,” Crabtree said. “But then when you combine all those physical attributes with his football IQ, his intelligence and everything like that, it’s a very good package.”

 

As for Owa, Crabtree said Nebraska’s coaching staff has to be credited for the job they’ve done recruiting him.

 

“They’ve been very professional, very honest and done a good job of not running down other schools but selling the merits of their school,” Crabtree said. “I also think he kind of fell in love with the domination of (Ndamukong) Suh while he was there. You can’t help but envision yourself in a very similar situation when you’re a kid coming from the same city, the same type of high school, similar situation.”

 

It hasn’t all been praise for Husker recruiting.

 

Tom Luginbill, the national recruiting director for ESPN Scouts Inc., mentioned in a recent newspaper report that he’s surprised Nebraska’s class “isn’t more fruitful, especially on the offensive side of the ball.”

 

He said he doesn’t think Nebraska is bringing in the guys on offense that scare teams or create mismatches.

 

It’s just a matter of perspective.

 

From Crabtree’s view, Nebraska has done well at offensive recruiting, noting the commitments from running back Braylon Heard (rated by Rivals as the No. 5 running back in the country), junior college tight end Chase Harper, and wide receiver Quincy Enunwa. Crabtree thinks Enunwa could be “a helluva steal.”

 

Nebraska is hosting quarterback Brion Carnes (Manatee, Fla.) this weekend. Carnes has four stars, according to Rivals, and seems to be NU’s top target for a QB in this class.

 

Carnes. Cooper. Owa. How many of those three will end up Huskers?

 

Such is the suspense that that comes this time of year.

 

“There are amazing surprises,” Wallace said. “You think you know what’s going to happen. The charming thing about letter-of-intent day is that you find out that you don’t.”

This doesn't change the fact that Nebraska offered most of the 5 WRS this year. Now, they might rate the guys we got at the same level as those guys, but it doesn't change the fact that Nebraska wanted those 5 guys. Maybe Nebraska did not offer certain highly rated players or cooled off on some they did offer because of character, but I think there are highly rated players we missed on that we will get in future years.

Well I was exaggerating a bit. But most of the time when you come up with some big "information," it was usually posted on HuskersIllustrated an hour or so earlier. Tim_may is a good source of information, give him the credit.

Welcome to the board, Tim.

Links or it didn't happen.

Welcome guests. Feel free to stick around, peruse the other subforums, and register if you'd like to contribute to the conversation.

Make sure you come back Feb 3rd for complete signing day coverage and up to the minute news including when Owa faxes in his LOI.

A walkon day is being held Sunday. Should hear much more after that.

That's it. Staying home to refresh every 5 minutes.

Yeah, but every team that is picking in the top 5 picks needs to trade down and get a bunch of picks. Hardly ever happens. No one will offer enough.

There is some legitimacy to the criticism. As I mentioned before, if you look at the offer list, Nebraska offered a lot of very highly rated QBs and WRs and pretty much struck out for various reasons. Now the guys we got at WR may be exactly what we need, but I'm pretty sure Bo would have loved to have Darius White in this class.

OTOH do an image search on Tom Luginbill and you'll find this:

(From Recruit ing Planet)

So did we decide 20 year olds can still post on this board? I just signed up and was all pumped to talk Husker talk with all these cool personalities I've been observing for a while now.

Tom Luginbill-er whatever can say whatever he wants. I'm pretty proud of this class. Especially if Coop and Owa join the fray, no disappointment from this fella.

Welcome to the Board T-Husker! Don't be shy, jump right in! Just a few rules you should abide by. First of all, make sure you have an opinion on Callahan and Solich and be sure to start numerous threads thumping your position. Second, make sure that you have a definite stance on Recruiting Rankings. Be sure to start threads and post frequently thumping your position. Third, pick a position on Blackouts and be sure to post often thumping your position. Finally, learn to have age stereotypes regarding posters. If you are young, make sure that you call all old posters fuddy duddies. They love that one, trust me. Have fun!

FTFY

Any word on his visit to Oregon?? I just looked on their rivals page and they didn't have anything up.

 

 

Not really new on the Oregon board but I copied this posted and the Oregon board(one poster) seems to think UCLA is out of it.

 

Not sure why but that would make it a two horse race.

 

Not sure why they are stating UCLA is out of it. (they have a huge Nigerian popluation)

 

 

Posted from Ducks/Rivals board:

Originally posted by SoCalDuck7:

As of right now...it's down to Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA and Nebraska.

 

UCLA is basically out of it, and although he likes Nebraska, distance IS a factor.

 

So, it's really between the two in-state schools. That's what the rumors are at least.

 

Owa is talent. Wherever he goes, he will succeed. If he doens't come to Oregon, I'd rather see him go to Nebraska...I don't want to face him every year!

 

lol everyone is swinging at air in this thread. Just stop while your (relatively) ahead

 

 

Yup...go on thinking that...and as of yesterday, he eliminated Oregon State.

 

In actuality, he's down to Nebraska and Oregon. Distance is a factor. I want to see you come here and eat crow IF he chooses Oregon. I will be just as happy for the kid IF he chooses Nebraska...he can't go wrong with either school.

 

You, on the other hand, are a DB.

I see they maintain a level of friendly discourse over there. :lol

Anyone know for sure what is going on with Bronson? I have heard Greyshirt, Walk on, and even that we are stringing him along a bit.

Think he's still waiting for everything else to resolve itself. My guess is if we strike out on everyone else, he gets an offer.

If he keeps up his work load, he just might die for them.

All these services do is report what the players or their coaches tell them. Any other speculation they do isn't worth the subscription you need to read it.

Or rather "All these services are good for is reporting what players tell them."

you think with the holy grail of ESPN backing scout up they would be more on it with their recruiting info and and evaluations.....

 

make you wonder about some of the guys on the so called espn 150 or whatever.......

 

 

:koolaid2:

Umm Scout != Scouts Inc.

All these services do is report what the players or their coaches tell them. Any other speculation they do isn't worth the subscription you need to read it.

not only am i leaving this thread...but because of it i am hopping in the truck with the old lady and we're going to valentino's in nebraska city. she's preggo and craving pizza anyways...i want some damn lasagna. f#*k the pot roast. i hope youre all happy now.

Damn I want some Valentino's. Not driving 1000 miles for it though.

OK should be better now. Let me know if you come across any broken links.

Commits in Red

 

Weights, times, ratings Scout/Rivals/ESPN (linked):

 

WR Quincy Enunwa 6'2/200/4.6 Rancho Verde CA -- N!

WR James Wright 6'2''/180/4.5 Belle Chasse, LA

WR Willis Wright 6'2''/185/4.5 Miami Springs, FL

 

TE Chase Harper Ht: 6-6 Wt: 248 Corsicana (Navarro J.C.) TX -- N!

 

OT Joe Burgess Ht: 6-6 Wt: 300 Florissant (Mccluer North) MO

OT Aleon Calhoun Ht: 6-7 Wt: 315 40: 5.3 Navasota, TX

OG Dalvin Glass Ht: 6-3 Wt: 305 40: 5.3 Dallas David W Carter TX

OT Jermarcus Hardrick 6'7''/315/5 -- sigNed LOI!

OT Arie Kouandjio 6'6''/314/5.2 Hyattsville, MD

OT Mike Moudy Ht: 6-7 Wt: 291 Castle Rock (Douglas County) CO :star :star #31 OT/ :star 5.7 #32 OT/ :star 77 #48 OT -- N!

OG Wes Rea 6'5" 290 Gulfport, MS

OL Andrew Rodriguez Ht: 6-6 Wt: 300 40: 5.5 Aurora, NE :star :star #9 OT/ :star :star 5.9 #11 OT #82/100/ :star :star 81 #109 #5 OG -- N!

 

RB Braylon Heard -- West Virginia Verbal N!

RB James McConico Ht: 6-1 Wt: 195 Compton

RB Terrance Olds Ht:6-0 Wt: 200 40: 4.5 Spencer, OK

RB/S/ATH Dietrich Riley Ht: 6-0 Wt: 181 40: 4.80 La Canada (St. Francis) CA

RB Lache Seastrunk Ht:5-10 Wt: 183 40: 4.41 Temple TX

 

ATH Kenny Bell 6'2''/175/4.45 Boulder, CO -- N!

ATH Jake Cotton 6'7"/247/4.75 Lincoln, NE -- N!

ATH Tyler Evans 6'2"/180/4.48 Waverly NE :star #77 S/ :star 5.3/ :star 76 #86 ATH -- N!

ATH Pat Faulk 5'10''/170/4.4 Kerens, TX

ATH Marquis Flowers Ht: 6-3 Wt: 195 40: 4.4 Goodyear, AZ

ATH Jonathan Mack Ht: 5-10 Wt: 170 40: 4.45

ATH Jonathan McKnight Ht: 5-11 Wt: 149 40: 4.65 River Ridge (John Curtis)

ATH Harold Mobley 6'4''/225/4.55 Corona, CA

 

S/RB Robert Andrews Ht: 6-1 Wt: 195 40: 4.6 Dallas (Carter) TX

CB Ciante Evans Ht: 6-0 Wt: 170 40: 4.5 Arlington (Juan Seguin) TX :star #37 CB/ :star 5.7 #44 CB/ :star 76 #45 CB -- N!

DB/LB Harvey Jackson Ht: 6-2.5 Wt: 180 40: 4.6 Missouri City (Hightower) TX :star #47 S/ :star 5.6 #56 S/ :star 76 #73 S -- N!

DB Joshua Mitchell 5'11"/165/4.4 Corona, CA -- N!

S Sean Parker Ht: 6-0 Wt: 185 40: 4.55 Harbor City (Narbonne) CA

CB Derron Smith 5'11''/173/4.65 Banning, CA

 

LB Lavonte David 6'1''/214/4.55 -- N!

LB/DE V.J. Fehoko Ht: 6-0 Wt: 225 40: 4.69 Honolulu (Farrington) HI

LB Justin Parker 6'2''/225/4.65 Beaufort SC

LB Hayes Pullard Ht: 6-2 Wt: 220 40: 4.5 Los Angeles (Crenshaw) CA

LB Josh Shirley Ht: 6-3 Wt: 225 40: 4.53 Fontana, CA

 

DE Walker Ashburn Ht: 6-3 Wt: 250 40: 4.75 River Ridge (John Curtis) LA :star #95 DE/ :star 5.5/ :star 77 #63 DE -- N!

DE Femi Awe 6'2''/215/4.6 Mansfield, TX

DE J.R. "Ego" Ferguson Ht: 6-4 Wt: 230 Frederick (St. John's Catholic Prep) MD

DE Jackson Jeffcoat Ht: 6-4 Wt: 233 40: 4.6 Plano (West), TX

DE Owamagbe Odighizuwa Ht: 6-3 Wt: 234 Portland (David Douglas) OR

DE Tobi Okuyemi Ht: 6-3 Wt: 225 40: 4.7 Plymouth (Wayzata) MN -- N!

DE Ronald Powell Ht: 6-4 Wt: 240 40: 4.8 Moreno Valley Rancho Verde, CA

DE Donovan Vestal 6'5''/240/4.7 Arlington, TX :star #74 DE/ :star 5.7 #33 Strong DE/ :star 77 #68 DE -- N!

 

DT Jay Guy Ht: 6-0 Wt: 315 40: 5.1 Aldine (Eisenhower) TX :star :star #17 DT/ :star 5.6 #65 DT/ :star 78 #33 -- Soft Cal Verbal N!

DT Ricky Heimuli Ht: 6-4 Wt: 285 40: 4.9 Salt Lake City (Brighton) UT

DE/DT Chase Rome 6'3"/275/4.7 Columbia, MO :star :star #23 DE/ :star :star 5.8 #14 DE #212/ :star :star 79 #21 DT -- Okie State Verbal N!

 

 

QB Blake Bell Carroll, KS -- Oklahoma Verbal

QB Robert Bolden -- Penn State Verbal

QB Terrance Broadway -- Houston Verbal

QB Matt Brown -- Arizona Verbal

QB/ATH A.J. Derby - Iowa Verbal

QB Tyler Gabbert -- N Missouri Verbal

QB Devin Gardner -- Michigan Verbal

QB Jake Heaps -- BYU Verbal

QB Andrew Hendrix -- Notre Dame Verbal

QB Austin Hinder -- Cal Verbal

QB Zach Lee -- LSU Verbal

QB Dallas Lloyd -- Stanford Verbal

QB Nick Montana -- Washington Verbal

QB Sean Robinson -- Purdue Verbal

QB Jesse Scroggins -- USC Verbal

QB Jacoby Walker -- Kansas Verbal

QB Connor Wood -- Solid Texas verbal

QB/ATH Detchauz Wray -- New Mexico Verbal

 

WR Markeith Ambles -- Tenn Verbal

WR Ross Apo -- BYU verbal

WR George Bell -- Arizona State Verbal

WR/QB B.J. Chitty -- Auburn verbal Troy Verbal

WR Clayton Cooper -- Air Force Verbal

WR Chevin Davis -- Purdue Verbal

WR Mike Davis -- Solid LSU verbal

WR Chris Dunkley -- Florida Verbal

WR Chris Hawkins -- Minnesota Verbal

WR Michaelee Harris -- Louisville Verbal

WR Austin Hill -- Arizona Verbal

WR Justin Hunter -- LSU Verbal

WR Eddie Johnson -- Baylor Verbal

WR Robert Johnson -- Miss State

WR Jordan Jolly -- Houston Verbal

WR Marcus Lucas -- Missouri Verbal

WR Justin McCay -- Oklahoma Verbal

WR Steve McNair Jr. -- Southern Miss Verbal

WR Matt Milton -- Tenn Verbal

WR Keith Mumphery -- MSU Verbal

WR Kyle Prater -- USC Verbal

WR O.J. Ross -- Purdue Verbal

WR Tyler Slavin -- Arizona Verbal

WR Bud Sasser -- Mizzery Verbal

WR Kenny Stills -- OU Verbal

WR Bobby Swigert -- Boston College Verbal

WR Darius Terrell -- Solid Texas Verbal

WR Keeston Terry N! -- Kansas Verbal

WR/RB/ATH Jarvis West -- Iowa State Verbal

WR Garic Wharton -- Arizona Verbal

WR Darius White -- Texas Verbal

WR DeAndrew White -- Alabama Verbal

WR Robert Woods -- USC Verbal

 

OT Dillon Bonnell -- Stanford Verbal

OT Alex Crosthwaite -- Cal Verbal

OT Nick Demien -- Mizzou Verbal

OT Tayo Fabuluje Jr. -- BYU Verbal

OT Garrett Gramling -- TAMU Verbal

OT Jermarcus Hardrick -- LSU Verbal

OT Kody Innes -- UCLA Verbal

OT Cedric Ogbuehi -- TAMU Verbal

OL Luke Joeckel -- TAMU Verbal

OG Chad Lindsay -- Alabama Verbal

OG/DT Chris Littlehead -- Okie State

OT Dan Koenig -- Okie State Verbal

OT Brandon Scherff -- Iowa Verbal

OT Denton Simek -- TTech Verbal

OG Colin Tanigawa -- Washington Verbal

OT Cole Underwood -- Stanford Verbal

OT Evan Washington -- LSU Verbal

OT Daryl Williams -- Oklahoma Verbal

 

TE/DE/FB Travis Dickson -- LSU Verbal

 

FB Zach Fogerson -- Solid Washington Verbal

 

RB Giovanni Bernard -- Notre Dame Verbal

RB Anthony Brown -- USC Verbal

RB Deontae Cooper - Washington Verbal

RB Michael Dyer -- Auburn Verbal

RB Jordon James -- UCLA Verbal

RB Corvin Lamb -- Louisville Verbal

 

ATH Curtis Carter -- N TCU Verbal

ATH Jarrett Fobbs -- TAMU Verbal

ATH Justin Gilbert -- Okie State Verbal

ATH Keanu Nelson -- Stanford Verbal

ATH Julian Wilson -- Oklahoma Verbal

 

S Dion Bailey -- USC Verbal

CB Toney Hurd Jr. -- TAMU Verbal

CB/ATH Tejay Johnson -- Rutgers Verbal

CB Urell Johnson -- TTech Verbal

S Derrick Malone --

Oregon Verbal

S Elisha Olabode -- TCU Verbal

CB Damion Payne -- Utah Verbal

S Russell Polk -- Texas Tech Verbal

S Marvin Robinson -- Michigan Verbal

DB Adrian White -- Texas Verbal

DB/WR Quentin Hayes -- Oklahoma Verbal

CB Tre'Vante Porter -- Texas Tech Verbal

CB Kacy Rodgers -- Miami Verbal

S Tommie Saunders -- Okie State Verbal

CB Joshua Shaw -- Florida Verbal

CB Anterio Sloan -- Kentucky Verbal

 

LB Aaron Benson -- Texas Verbal

LB Victor Burnett -- Washington Verbal

LB Rashod Favors -- OU Verbal

LB Nick Forbes -- Cal Verbal

LB Aaron Franklin -- Oklahoma Verbal

LB Caleb Lavey -- Okie State Verbal

LB Shaun Lewis -- Okie State Verbal

LB Jeff Luc -- FSU Verbal

LB Quayshawn Nealy -- Georgia Tech Verbal

LB/DE Corey Nelson -- TAMU Verbal

LB Zac Stout -- BYU Verbal

ATH/LB Cecil Whiteside -- Cal Verbal

LB David Wilkerson -- Cal Verbal

 

DT Beau Allen -- Wisconsin Verbal

DE Jordan Allen -- LSU Verbal

DE Neiron Ball -- Florida Verbal

DT/QB Jatashun "Shun" Beachum -- Arkansas Verbal

DE Chance Carter -- Northwestern Verbal

DE Kedrick Dial -- Texas Tech Verbal

DE Kony Ealy -- Mizzery Verbal

DE/TE Nehemiah Hicks -- TAMU Verbal

DT Damien Jacobs -- FSU Verbal

DT Donovan Johnson -- Iowa Verbal

DE Zack McCray -- Virginia Tech Verbal

DE Corey Miller -- Tenn Verbal

DE Chuka Ndulue -- OU Verbal

DT Torrea Peterson -- Oklahoma Verbal

DE David Perry -- Miami Verbal

DT Elliot Porter -- LSU Verbal

DE Dakota Royer -- PSU Verbal

DE Marcus Rush -- MSU Verbal

DT Kirifi Taula -- Arizona Verbal

DT/DE George Uko -- USC Verbal

DE Justin Utupo -- Utah Verbal

DE/DT Lucas Vincent -- Missouri Verbal

DT Diamonte Wheeler -- Okie State Verbal

DT Damon Williams -- OU Verbal

DE Reggie Wilson -- Texas Verbal

Oh snap. All of the links are broken. I'll see what we can do about that.

Continue in the subforum here:

http://www.huskerboa...showtopic=41060

Or here:

http://www.huskerboard.com/index.php?/topic/41060-athde-delvin-jones/

Lets continue in his profile here:

http://www.huskerboard.com/index.php?/topic/41070-og-zach-fulton/

Someone needs to bring the "return to top of page" button back to the forums..... It takes forever to scroll down to the bottom and then have to scroll all the way back up the the top just to read one post and then go somewhere else?

 

Umm Home and End buttons?

 

I don't see those anywhere...

On your keyboard. :lol

Works on Chrome and Firefox, anyway.

IE?

Not saying it wouldn't be handy to have a link, but I find I use the home and end keys way more.

Chris Williams is not here to talk about the past.

Large Payments? Why does it hurt us to give them 1.5 million? Just roughly 85,000 people x $55 = 4,675,000

We can't pay them that?? give me a f'ing break, give them the money. They are a legit program and it would be well worth the show.

 

And yes our non-conference is bullsh#t, and anyone on here who defends it is lieing to themselves. I understand it still has a lot to do with Pederson, but damn, what a rip off to us.

 

I'll defend it. I think the strategy has been to schedule one marquee opponent (see USC or VaTech), one mid-tier opponent, and two cupcakes. It hasn't worked that way each year but I think that is the general strategy. EVERY elite team does it. Check out Texas (La-Monroe, Wyoming, UTEP, UCF) and Alabama's (VaTech, FIU, North Texas, Chattanooga) non-conference schedules. Those schedules were strong enough for those teams to play in the national title game.

 

I'll admit from a purely game to game standpoint it would be more entertaining to watch marguee schools in the non-conference schedule. However, from a program standpoint our current scheduling is the best option.

 

(Your comment about paying out 1.5 million dollars doesn't even deserve a response. Boise thinks they are a big time program. Time to start acting like it.)

 

 

It doesn't deserve a response?? Nice one. Good job. Way to debate. How much does Nebraska ask for on the road games? You're a f'ing idiot. Boise thinks they are a Big time program? Time to start acting like it? Yes they act like it and ask for more money. They have expenses too and IMO 1.5 doesn't sound that much at all in relativity to the entire income of the day.

 

All the "elite" teams are doing it?? Who gives a sh#t what they are doing, We are Nebraska, not EVERY elite team in the country. as a Husker fan I want to watch some good football, not watch us stop some sh#t hole school and watch 85000 people shuffle into Memorial Stadium and get ripped off 3/4 games in a row. What a joke. If it continues I hope Husker Fans smart up and stop showing up.

Warning level changed. Do not call names.

Well, while there is no proof in print, I don't doubt the stories. These are young guys that are in college...and I remember what college was like. They have also been the center of attention for their whole lives, and popular. So, I could see them getting plenty of invites to parties involving drugs or drinking. I mean - what else is there to do in your down time in college? Study?

Sex. That can also lead to troubles tho.. ask Pat Witt.