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  1. No insider information, but from everything I've read and heard I think all signs point toward Mullen. Didn't like the idea at first, but it seems a lot more palatable after I threw up in my mouth from the Bielema scare.
  2. Actually, walk-on attrition is much greater than that of scholarship players. Lots of them go to Nebraska for a couple of years and see how they compete, and if it is clear that they will never see the field they head to a lower division school to finish up their eligibility. There is nothing wrong with that and I believe the coaches even encourage it. There is a pride associated with earning that scholarship, and that dangling carrot is also an incentive for those that walk on to forego a South Dakota State or service academy in hopes that if they can compete at the highest level, they will be rewarded accordingly. A scholarship to a walk-on not only recognizes that particular player, but also shows appreciation to the entire walk-on program. Sure, we could not offer Spencer Long (2nd team All Big Ten) a scholarship and instead give it to a commit that only hopes to achieve his kind of success, or we can reward a player that has earned it and is a proven commodity; the publicity of which will only bolster other great athletes to walk-on at Nebraska in the future. There are certainly things that Pelini could do to infuse more talent into the program such as limit or eliminate walk-on scholarships and pull ships from recruits that have underperformed, but I for one am glad he does not.
  3. Most other top 25 schools also sign way more kids from their home states than Nebraska does. A kid from Detroit doesn't need to fly to Ann Arbor. The remoteness disadvantage for Nebraska is compounded by the fact that there just isn't a sizable instate pool of talent to tap into.
  4. I agree with Zoogies that we should have used every available ship. There will likely be attrition in the Spring that will free up a few scholarships for walk-ons. I see The Dude's point, but the walk-on program is something that should help offset our inherent recruiting disadvantages instead of cover up for not using each available scholarship. Speaking of walk-ons, reading through this entire thread I noticed at least one poster seemed to have some disdain for the walk-on program. This makes no sense at all. The walk-on program is a distinct advantage and even though walk-on players do take ships that might go else where, 100% of those that do are starters or significant contributors. This is a much higher ratio than commits on scholarship. Since 2008, 6 out of our 36 different all-conference players have been walk-ons. That is a nice luxury to have, and one that I know Wisconsin has also used effectively to supplement their recruiting classes in order to compete with the likes of Ohio State and Michigan. As to the quality of this class, I will reserve judgement. The last time I professed my love for a recruiting class was in 2006, and that class ended up having two thirds of it's members either totally bust or significantly underachieve (and that is putting it nicely in several cases).
  5. I agree with your major contributors. For my analysis, I require that a player have 6 career starts (half of a regular season) to be considered a starter. With the guys that you mentioned, it is most likely just a matter of time.
  6. I feel better about the team after this week than last. We had so many opportunities to score but just shot ourselves in the foot time and again. It's not like Idaho was stopping us. I would be a lot more concerned if that were the case. Penalties and fumbles are correctable. Time for Bo to focus more on the offense in this week's practices.
  7. As of now, the only changes would be Whaley and Williams moving up to major contributors. Once we get 6 games into the season when some of these guys will be racking up a half season of starts, we'll see guys move up to starters and possibly start to separate themselves as stars.
  8. After seeing them vs K-ST, I think he probably CAN start right away! Very doubtful. Prince missed fall camp due to injury, which explains a lot of the rust and inconsistency you saw vs K-St. But the WRs didn't do Prince any favors with all of their drops and it certainly didn't help that the O-line was decimated with injuries during camp. The main problem, however, was the run D. Hundley reminds me a lot of Josh Freeman. This is a big get for the Bruins. There is no way UCLA should have lost to KSU if you go by the recruiting rankings. 4 out of the last 5 recruiting classes for UCLA have been ranked in the top 20. KSU hasn't had a top 25 class in their last 5 and 3 out of these have been outside of the top 40. I'm not sure that there is such a thing as a huge get for UCLA as long as Neuheisel is coach, as I just don't see him doing much with whatever talent they bring on board.
  9. Ricky is from omaha not colorado and went JUCO in one of the Dakotas i think south That means that Colorado was his only other scholarship offer. That is correct. After the rating are quality BCS offers. Ricky also had a listed offer from Wyoming, but I didn't list it.
  10. Thanks for the link. Not a bad game for Jamal. His team doesn't appear to have any other weapons (or any defense).
  11. Wasn't LaTravis at LB in 2008 when we were playing guys like Tyler Wortman, Matt Holt, and Blake Lawrence? If he wasn't injured and he couldn't crack the starting rotation then, why would he be able to add anything to the position now when depth is even better despite losing Fisher and Compton?
  12. That was my guess as well at first Andy. But we did accept Admire's committment for awhile; granted it was under a few conditions, but the fact was that we accepted his committment, and continued to recruit both him and Hobbi. That tells me that the plan may have been to take 6 OL the whole time if that makes sense. I hate forced attrition, but understand it's a necessary evil. If we are going to take 6 OL, I hope that the coaches "make room" for more than the 6 or 7 scholarships that we currently have open for the 2011 class.
  13. I'll just go to a bar and watch. As long as it's not a nail biter, I shouldn't spend $35-$40 on beer.
  14. My guess is we are interested in Mordi-Price, but won't take both him and Hobbi. I think we'll slow play him until we know where we stand with Hobbi.
  15. I usually have a systemic approach when placing players into categories. Starting punters, kickers, punt returners, and kick returners go into major contributors. For starters, my cutoff is that they have to have started at least a half a season. Perhaps I should increase this number to a full season, but for now I think it suffices.
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