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Rest of his interests are terrible teams that are historically decent so I can imagine this is the case. We appear to be one of the better programs out of his list. It looks like he compiled a list of good programs that are having down years and put it up as his interests.

With Fulmer on the hotseat, and two premiere backs committed in their class to Tennessee I could see us picking up one as they start to crash and burn. I wouldn't be too worried though, our offense is not based on a stud back anyways and yet we still put up points on just about everybody. OL and Defense are our main concerns in my opinion and we are addressing those nicely.

Are all the juco players taken already?? Well at least they got 5.. Best recruitment tool is doing well on the field, I think Bo's working on his recruitment most during the season as a result.

To tell you the truth, I don't mind losing good recruits to in-conference rivals. It boosts the quality of the conference and makes us look better than non-Big XII schools by comparison. Look at how much respect teams like Alabama and Auburn are getting this year because they are from the 'mighty SEC'.

Michigan... are you kidding me? They got torched by a Notre Dame offense that hasn't put up points against any decent opponents yet and got smashed by Utah. Look at WVU's defense when they were highly ranked. They couldn't stop a mid-major team from putting up 20+ points. The only thing holding them up was their high-octane offense and Roh is a defensive player. I'd have been much happier with him choosing any of the other schools in his "top" list.

It's about talent level. Practicing and playing against kids who are faster, stronger and bigger everyday makes kids work harder. They don't just roll over and decide they have talent. Most actually work their butts off in the weight room. Kids from places like Florida have gone up against unbelievable talent from a younger age. You can call it more about population density or whatever you like, but the 'Florida speed' is not some fallacy. It's pretty easy to notice that 'SEC' (southern) speed when you watch a guy with SEC and ACC players, then compare it to a B12. Anyone remember when Darren McFadden got ran down from behind in the Arkansas Wisconsin bowl game? Yeah, I'm not buying it. Do you remember when Corey McKeon played an assignment perfectly? GWB said something intelligent? Or when Amy Winehouse wasn't a crack ho? Crazy stuff happens. But it isn't a thing about player vs player as there will always be players who pop up that have incredible measurables, even like our own Baker Steinkuhler. But it is a matter of overall team speed. And really, it isn't even a matter of timed speed either. Look at a guy like Ali Highsmith who played under Bo. Incredibly slow timed speed (5.0 or something), but when you watch him play he was insanely fast in pursuit and from sideline-to-sideline. But as far as that particular instance you mentioned -- Ikegwuonu was side-by-side with McFadden when he broke free. McFadden got a step, then it just became a race to the end zone. Ikegwuonu made a diving tackle, but hardly 'chased him down from behind'. But I will say that Ikegwuonu was always known as an incredibly fast person, especially before the knee injury. But overall, the Wisconsin defense has never been known for it's team speed. But if you can honestly watch an SEC game and think it looks similar in terms of speed as compared to any other conference, then myself and many others have a very different understanding of the word speed. I feel that they get their speed based on the packages they run rather than the player personnel. The issue is that for years and years the other big conferences (Big 12 and Big 10) were smash mouth football and have to run defensive packages to combat the teams they played against. This led to a mentality in recruiting. If you watch current Big10, Big12, Pac-10 defenses when they play OOC games against SEC opponents really there isn't much of a difference. The problem is that they are typically getting outcoached. I would hope so judging by the amount they pay their coaches across the conference in the SEC. If you look at their OOC schedule against the teams in these conferences it isn't all that impressive. Florida vs Michigan L 41-35 Georgia vs. Oklahoma State W 35-14 Arkansas vs. No. 6 Missouri L 38-7 Auburn vs. Kansas State W 23-13 Tennessee vs. No. 18 Wisconsin W 21-17 Tennessee vs. No. 12 California L 45-31 LSU vs. No. 1 Ohio State W 38-24 Alabama vs. Colorado W 30-24 5-3 with 3 games decided by less than a touchdown. And in games of evenly matched opponents really only 1 blowout and that's the title game. What you don't understand is that offensive schemes are evolving and the days of low scores are beginning to fade. Only 2 of those matches had a combined score under 40 points. The reason people were giving the SEC so much credit on speed was the fact that they adopted a lot of the progressive offensive schemes before the rest of the nation. This made them change their defensive schemes to deal with these evolving offenses and develop a faster paced game. The times of Ron Dayne and the bruisers at Minnesota are gone. Times have changed and you will see less parity in college football next season. Hell, look at how good an old-timer from the Big 10 did working the defense at Nebraska recently. We did Wisconsin a favor by allowing them to bring in a new DC to get things up to date. All told, OSU wasn't a worthy team of the NC game and Michigan wasn't a worthy team to face Florida so the only real good matchup I see from last season was Tennessee - Wisconsin which came down to the wire. SEC just got a boatload more hype and publicity and its what's on people's minds. With new coordinators all over the place you will see more great games and more contender programs which were off the map before now a la Missouri. It's all upside for CFB so I'm a happy man.

It's about talent level. Practicing and playing against kids who are faster, stronger and bigger everyday makes kids work harder. They don't just roll over and decide they have talent. Most actually work their butts off in the weight room. Kids from places like Florida have gone up against unbelievable talent from a younger age. You can call it more about population density or whatever you like, but the 'Florida speed' is not some fallacy. It's pretty easy to notice that 'SEC' (southern) speed when you watch a guy with SEC and ACC players, then compare it to a B12. Anyone remember when Darren McFadden got ran down from behind in the Arkansas Wisconsin bowl game? Yeah, I'm not buying it. What if the Wisconsin DB that ran McFadden down was from the state of Florida? 27 Jack Ikegwuonu CB 6-1 199 01/07/1986 SO* Madison, WI (Memorial HS) Midwest boy

Sherman inherited a team that played in a bowl game last year and beat Texas. For some kids that was the only game that mattered. I'm pretty sure Sherman hired Pelini at Green Bay if none of you are Green Bay fans like I am. They both started at the Bay in 2000. But as some have alluded to, I'd find it much easier to be a former NFL Head Coach who runs a school's football program in Texas than be someone who worked for him who runs a school's football program in a low-populous state. As far as commitments and winning, look at Wisconsin. Brand new no-name coach and terrible commitment records, they have only 1 more 4star than us with the same number of recruits. I'm fairly certain they have been beating ass in the Big Ten without their blue-chippers. Hell P.J. Hill was a 2star recruit an had a breakout freshman season. I wouldn't worry too much, Bo knows what he's doing. The big 11 is terrible that's probably why Tell that to Arkansas or the near-win over Tennessee. They'd have beat Tennessee if their passing game didn't go one-dimensional after their WR got injured a few games earlier. They should be 2-0 against SEC teams in Capital Ones.

I like that considering Michigan only has 4 gimme wins and has a legitimate shot at losing the rest of them. Opening with Utah is serious business and rolling that around into a Notre Dame/Wisconsin/Illinois back to back with only a weeks breather is going to be rough for Rich Rod to handle with a new program. At Purdue is no easy victory and they are scheduled against all 4 of the top Big Ten teams.

It's about talent level. Practicing and playing against kids who are faster, stronger and bigger everyday makes kids work harder. They don't just roll over and decide they have talent. Most actually work their butts off in the weight room. Kids from places like Florida have gone up against unbelievable talent from a younger age. You can call it more about population density or whatever you like, but the 'Florida speed' is not some fallacy. It's pretty easy to notice that 'SEC' (southern) speed when you watch a guy with SEC and ACC players, then compare it to a B12. Anyone remember when Darren McFadden got ran down from behind in the Arkansas Wisconsin bowl game? Yeah, I'm not buying it.

Sherman inherited a team that played in a bowl game last year and beat Texas. For some kids that was the only game that mattered. I'm pretty sure Sherman hired Pelini at Green Bay if none of you are Green Bay fans like I am. They both started at the Bay in 2000. But as some have alluded to, I'd find it much easier to be a former NFL Head Coach who runs a school's football program in Texas than be someone who worked for him who runs a school's football program in a low-populous state. As far as commitments and winning, look at Wisconsin. Brand new no-name coach and terrible commitment records, they have only 1 more 4star than us with the same number of recruits. I'm fairly certain they have been beating ass in the Big Ten without their blue-chippers. Hell P.J. Hill was a 2star recruit an had a breakout freshman season. I wouldn't worry too much, Bo knows what he's doing.

Pretty mature thing to say about how he is choosing his school. And quite frankly, it's the truth. If you're a star player you will stand out at any school. Look at the DB from Troy in this year's draft.

Wiz kid, 1390 SAT is ridiculous for high quality football recruits. Seems like he gets bored in school if he's only got a 3.1 though

Khiry's been in class, so i'd guess he's staying

23 ACT means there is little to worry about academically as well. Makes him a solid prospect for anyone.

I don't think it does. In those regards, Iowa State is probably the #1 Animal Science program in the country. And I know a thing or two about an. sci. Really they are comparable programs, depending on what you specialize in.

Last I saw on the scout page he was going to re-take the ACT (2.2 and a 20 is barely eligible for NCAA). Maybe those scores came back and were not what was needed to make it (or to put the APR police at ease). Or maybe it's something else. Anyway, Turner Gill (or even UNO) could always use his services. Wisc is also a top-end academic institution (much harder than NU, trust me) and usually has higher standards of admission.

Wisc always has a strong OL, and they get all the studs out of MN and WI. All that milk they get up there grows some monsters. I'd say their home-bred big uglies tend to be good enough that they can fill up on them and lock them up because there is little chance for them to jump ship. They have 4 OL recruits listed already, and if I remember 3 are WI and 1 is MN. No reason to take a kid who may bounce for the huskers when you already have a pretty full class. Their commits are all in the 6'4" to 6'6" range and 265-310 so solid prospects.

What is bigger than NU ??????????????????? I don't see why he'd want to play in a Rich Rod type offense, so I wouldn't worry too much about them.

Mabye you are unaware but NU ranks near the top in terms of Agriculture programs. The top Ag schools are probably: Purdue Iowa State Nebraska A&M Mabye OSU Michigan State I think

As a Wisconsin fan, I don't know if I can be too upset with this

If you know much about academic requirements for top schools, you would know that a 28 ACT is comendable but not Harvard material. You do not even qualify for in-state Regents scholarships at UNL with an ACT this low. Generally most people who get into Ivy League institutions have a 30 or higher on their ACTs, and this is especially true for the top tier of these institutions. Usually you can get by with a 2-5 point decrease if you are a talented student-athlete who can contribute on the field as well. I would not expect to be accepted applying out-of-state with a 5.0 and 28 ACT if I were applying to Harvard. My brother did not even get into Rice with scores comparable to those (although that was 10 years ago) What most people don't realize, however, is that graduate school (MBA programs especially) are where the name of the institution really matters. Bachelor degrees from Ivy League schools do not go all that far in the workplace, and you can save money by attending a cheaper institution and get into Graduate School at one of the prestigious universities. In many ways top public schools can often be better for finding employment because students tend to be considered more well-rounded than top end academic institutions. If he were smart, he would go where he feels most comfortable rather than which school ranks highest either in academics or athletics.