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Here's the thing to understand about recruiting: there's haves and there's have-nots. The have-nots take 4- and 5-star guys when they can get them, while the haves fill the majority of their classes with them. Nebraska basically sits at the high end of the have-nots. But the thing is, even in a good year, that doesn't mean that we're particularly close to being one of the haves. We'd need to start bringing in blue-chip guys at about double the rate that we currently do to really join the upper tier of college football recruiting, not just one or two more per year. This is kind of a downer of a post in a really happy thread, but...

As a player. NIL deal, no scholly.

Sounds like he met with Rhule today, and it's happening.

Yeah, Kemp was a sixth-year senior, his previous five being at Virginia.

We're signing Kevin Durant?

MJ apparently trying the same Grambling State rehab plan as Maurice Washington...

So who's in town besides the Raiolas? They didn't just get into Lincoln tonight...

If HH is even in the conversation as a QB, we have a problem.

Somebody leaked pics of Raiola's commit video being shot. From the angle, it had to be somebody up in one of the boxes in the stadium. Can't we just have a little patience and let him have his moment? And maybe a little privacy? (Though this does make what I heard earlier about the commit vid being released Sunday seem more likely...)

Georgia is having a last-minute in-home visit with Dylan Raiola. All of a sudden, the lights go dark and Sirius starts playing as Donnie walks in from the kitchen.

https://mikefarrellsports.com/fact-or-fiction/portal-fact-or-fiction-nebraska-qb-situation-mccords-landing-spot-prime-on-fire And an observation from Farrell after posting the above article...

Keepin the riffraff outta the Raiola home!

Poor guy has to go incognito now that Raiola is N. That, or he's given up on football and he's decided to take up a new career by following in Arik Gilbert's footsteps.

Off topic but I guess as of now Kaelin's still N.

Saw one claim that the commit video will drop on Sunday. Maybe trying to bundle the hype with the volleyball championship? IDK, think I'd rather just let vball have the day. Guess we'll see...

Baker should've been left on OL (which he was 5*'d as) instead of being moved to DL.

Ah, I didn't expand the quote box to see the bolded part.

Yes, but I didn't have another pic handy for that, lol.

The bird is in the air. ("Raiola is a route" lol)

Yeah, Raiola is N. He'll be arriving for his weekend OV soon, and they'll be shooting a commitment announcement video when he gets there. As far as the competition side goes, it sounds like Raiola is OK with not being guaranteed the starting job this year, he just wants a legit chance to compete for it (probably not happening at Georgia if Beck comes back). As for the McCords, I think they (and particularly his dad) were OK with a QB competition until they saw who the competition was going to be. Dad got panicky and started making more demands, and apparently it reached the point where Rhule threw up his hands and said we're not gonna be able to do this. As far as another 1-year bridge guys goes, I haven't heard any names. But look at that tweet I posted about Cam Ward - he didn't just name drop us out of the blue, you know? Rhule is probably trying to get in the ear of any top portal QB who will listen, with whatever dollar figure 1890 can provide.

If the rumors are correct, Kyle and Dylan were both OK with whatever arrangement Rhule was proposing. It was McCord's dad, who thinks he knows what's best for Kyle better than Kyle does, who threw a fit...

Also, apparently Ward isn't out of the question for us. He'd probably be a bigger get than McCord.

Note the wording here: Nebraska backed off, not McCord. (Gorney is Rivals' National Recruiting Director, btw.)

Probably the same if men's baseball won 5 championships in a row.