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I think it had something to do with three of the four kids from California that are all coming for a visit together.

Should be a great weekend to be in Lincoln. Lets hope gameday atmosphere makes an impression on him and we push hard. at 6'2" 190 and wheels this kid could play anything from WR to safety to corner to LB to whatever he wants, probably. I am hoping our current commit coming this weekend, and hopefully soon commit will be in his ear!

I have heard from several places that It was Nebraska who cooled on Sloan, not the other way around. If that is the case, then I assume there must be more promising targets who either have more potential, or less grade issues, or whatever. Here are the other CBs that show interest on Rivals. Derron Smith - 3Star, Offers from Nevada, UNLV, etc... OFFICIAL VISIT 9/11 Khiry McCay - 3Star, only offer is Duke Ciante Evans - 3Star, offers from most B12 North Schools...Official set to Utah Tony Hurd Jr. - 3 Star, offers from everywhere around the nation Adam Dixon - 2 star, no offers Jonathan Mack - 2 stars, offers from Nebraska, Iowa State, UNLV Joshua Mitchel - 2 stars, offers from Nebraska, Colorado State, Nevada... OFFICIAL - 11/6 That about sums it up...there are a few others, but If it was was Nebraska that cooled on Sloan I wonder if they are planning on replacing him with one of these guys. If not, then I hope we did not cool on him, but rather he changed his mind as any one has the right to do. Hard to know who will end up in our class. Oh yeah, 17-18 recruits may be a small class, but it isn't microscopic. 17-18 still gives us quite a bit of room to sign a variety of players. That isn't a good excuse anymore for going cold on recruits.

I remember when the season ended last year.... I thought this week would never come! now all I want to see is a dominate secondary and a few plays over 25 yards and I will feel very confident about the season! Finally it is football time again

lets hope he still gives us an official visit. maybe there is still a chance.

hard to think a small recruiting class is the reason we might have stayed out of touch with this guy. it will be small, but not so microscopic that we start ignoring commits when there aren't any rumblings of anyone else. But last year I remember when Earnest Norman found out he wasn't going to qualify and I thought it was bad news...now we have Eric Martin, who is doing pretty well by most reports and no one knew his name until December or so last year.

I am hoping this guy will commit here. He has to be one of the top guys on the board. Everything I have ever read about him is positive and I hope he commits during his visit or before.

This conversation will be much more relevant come February, but I think people are lying if they won't at least recognize that we are having to work harder to get commits from kids than OK state seems to have to do. I think people are kidding themselves if they think this is completely unreflective of program perception and recruiting strategies. OK state's recruiting class seems to be very similar to our class last year, but they don't seem to have to work as hard to get commits. Everyone says that that is no big deal, since some of them might not end up there, but I am pretty sure we have one soft commit right now and have already lost a commit to another school. how many have reneged on OK state so far this year?

So has it been confirmed that Terry has decommitted then? the last few posts are making it sound that way.

any idea of when to expect these commits?

Rivals said this guy picked up a USC offer... and he may end up at baylor...shows that baylor is not what I remember them being.

Gotta Go with Jared Crick... Steinkuhler's playmaking allowed Suh to be dominate last year. A good Crick will allow Suh to be even more imposing this year.

anyone know when he is visiting?

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Dream team already not signed...I definitely wanted all of the guys we have...sloan surprised me, but happy to have him come...the other three were all on wish lists. Justin McCay - to bad we are no longer on his schools of interest... Jatushan Beachum Curtis Carter QB - AJ Derby RB - Deontae Cooper Giovanni Bernard WR - Marcus Lucas OL - Dillon Bonnel DL - JR Ferguson - we got a great DE out of Maryland last year... Ronald Powell Jordan Allen - seems lsuch a big strong solid prospect Torrea Peterson But what do I know? Not much...Everyone else that has been mentioned in this thread would also be awesome.

Article in the news about his committment Sounds like a great guy to have coming here. It will be exciting to see what he does next year on the field and during his career at Nebraska.

Getting Lucas would be a HUGE coup. Lucas and Terry know each other very well. They played last year against each other. Lucas was torching Terry's until Keeston was told to man up on Lucas. You can watch the video here .. http://www.showmesportsonline.com/football...unior-highlight Most of the early clips in this highlight reel are of Terry vs Lucas' HS team. On defense you can see him going up against #85 which is Lucas. Keeston had 8 catches for 169 yards, 3 receiving TDs and 1 rushing TD while also having 2 INTs in the 4th quarter of that game. He also got POtW honors for that performance. Also, for anyone doubting Terry because of his speed .. I will say again that a 40 time is one of the most overrated things in all of football. Quickness in and out of breaks and the ability to sell routes to be able to gain separation are the two most important things a WR has. I mean, how many times do you see a WR running 40 yards downfield in spandex untouched? It's like Nate Swift. The kid was slow by any standard. But the kid ran terrific routes which put DB's on their heels alot which allowed him to be a damm good WR for us. Just watched the video and I was really impressed with this guy. It looks like he knows what to do with the ball once he gets it. Really impressed by the versatility of this guy...running back, WR, cornerback...this guy looked impressive at all spots on the video...the hit he made during one of the plays on a wide receiver was amazing...and he looked like he took the ball upfield everytime he touched it. I think he is going to be a great player. This guy is an awesome get for the huskers!

I feel like it is a two man race coming into next year, with third contributing less than third did this last year. Remember, for most of the year it was Lucky OR Helu OR Castille listed at 1. Also, when freshman get here next year, that could shake it up again as well.

atleast they didn't reference firing solich after a 9 win season.

It seems to me that Nebraska was at their peak during the big 8. Since the inception of the big 12 we have been falling. This might be more due to the coaching change that happened at the same time as the beginning of the big 12 than anything, but it seems to me that all i ever read about is the struggle we have pulling the big recruits in from Texas now, and how we are a second tier team, very similar to KU, MU, and CU. I wonder if the big 12 has accidentally caused parity in the North. Several reason I think so are outlined below. Recruiting Battles. When we were in the big 8 we were the main attraction. We were hated by everyone else and were always at the top. If you were a top tier player in any of the surrounding states, then it was either us, or OU at times. When the Big 12 was formed the recruiting world of the area got turned upside down. Now the biggest recruits are being spread out, and most of them are staying closer to home. This didn't hurt us before, because those recruits weren't with in the conference, so we were able to constantly be on the national stage by competing against programs that couldn't recruit like we did. It was easier for us to win the conference and be in the national spotlight. When the big 12 formed we were battling schools that had recruiting advantages and will always have those advantages. Now we compete with every other school in the North for lesser talent. Therefore, all of us up here come out fairly similar in recruiting. Recruiting is the main reason for all of this, and it seems that we have been battling hard for 2nd tier talent with more schools, and less successfully, since the big 12 began. We compete in conference with the best recruits in the nation. During the big 8, those best recruits that went to Texas and other big 12 schools made us little difference for being in the national spotlight. Now they kill us. And this is a dumb one, but how many times on rivals they talk about athletes having to get the winter coats out to make visits up to see us and if that hurts our chances or not? Population. Nebraska has one of the lowest population bases in the conference. Therefore we don't get some of the media coverage of other schools. Also, our population base is probably in the middle to bottom of the North. This puts us at a disadvantage for getting national exposure in a profit-driven media. In the big 8 days, there was a lot more equality in population bases around the conference. Sure, we were still near the bottom, but most schools were very similar to us and our fan support out weighed what we lacked in population directly in the state of Nebraska. It just isn't as profitable for media to cover us as to cover more populated bases. Competition. We have to beat ISU, KSU, KU, MU, and CU every year to win. That is easier than what they have in the south, but headlines that read: "Nebraska clinched the north with a win over colorado" just doesn't do the same as the red river rivalry, the playstation offense of Mike Leach, or the tradition of A&M. We should compete for the North every year with the competition up here, so not winning the North is a dissappointment and not nearly as awe-inspiring to win. Down there it is complete glory if you come out on top. We don't have that high level of competition up here. Sure, that bodes well for us in terms of making it to the big 12 championship game, but it doesn't serve us nearly as well in returning to prominence. Playing the big guys from the south every 2 years helps, but we lack that big rivalry game we had during the days of the big 8. With out it, it is hard for us to be as relevant as we used to be. Not winning the Big 12 North is a big deal. Obviously, we aren't going to win it every single year. And years that we don't are big because the other schools in the North simply don't have the tradition we do. Therefore, when they win, it is much bigger deal to them and a bigger deal nationally. It is sort of like the playing a super, super pudd schedule before the conference in basketball. If you lose, it kills your chances of making the NCAA tournement, but if you win it doesn't really help you all that much either as far as national prominence. I know there are a lot of other factors, and that the coaching shake up at Nebraska has made a huge impact on everything around here, but i don't think that our slip from a national powerhouse and the formation of the big 12 is a complete coincidence.

Wow players often times think of themselves as wow players. They think they belong at the wow school to fit their amazingness. That is why you see a lot of them going to those schools right now. USC, Floria, OU, Texas, LSU just to name a few are schools that those types of players think they belong at. It is my opinion that how they fit, PT down the road don't quite factor into the thinking like we, on the outside of it all, think it should. Also, when we are a wow school again we won't think top players are dumb for coming here just to start for 1-2 years, will we?

This comment alone should put everyone at ease... the RBs will be exciting next year!

Does Toalia's move reflect burkes' illness? They must think we are deeper on the DL than the OL. Therefore, we must be in need on the OL. maybe we are planning on redshirting most of the incoming class. Also, the coaches just said we were going to try Toalia out there, not that he would stay there or that it would be best for him there. Sounds more like an experiment than a permanent thing.

Chance Carter - 6'4 245 DE from Illinois with Offers from ND, Wisconson, Stanford, and Indiana. He has already attended junior days at ND, Wisconson and Stanford. we are in his top 4 (Indiana is not)

We definitely not only will need Q next year, but we want him. He is a great back and we don't want to be with out him. I am assuming, though, that you comment was meant in praise of Helu, not negatively toward Castille.