Quarterback and offensive line have just been crazy around here the last several years. Odd transfers, players quitting, behavior issues, etc. It's frustrating without question. I, similar to you, hope things pan out better than they have. It's just really tough for me to be too critical right now because we have a new OC who, in my humble opinion, has looked better in year one than Watson did in his three years as OC. The Northwestern and Wisconsin games were hiccups, but I've seen a lot more consistency from this group than in year's past.
Now that I understand your first part, I somewhat agree but also disagree with what you're saying. OSU and MSU are not the caliber of Nebraska, however Bo did take over a group of guys who were not his own and had been part of one of the worst Husker teams in history. I think all three had somewhat similar albeit different hurdles to overcome in their first four years as coaches. That said, I can see why it's a little unfair to be comparing all three.
Just realized I had a double-negative in my post . I agree that it is tough to be too critical with the sort of luck that we have had and this being the first year of the Beck regime. When I look over our QBs of the last 4 recruiting classes, I am so disappointed. We took:
2008- Kody Spano
2009- Taylor Martinez (as an athlete that many felt would project as a safety or WR on the collegiate level) and Cody Green
2010- Brion Carnes
2011- Jamal Turner (I wonder if the staff always thought that he would play WR) and Bubba Starling (took a huge gamble here and it didn't work out...we knew what we were getting into recruiting this kid)
In the future classes, I would like to see us go after 2 QBs per class, but wonder if that will happen.