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ESPN's Chris Fowler is MC'ing the event. Barry Switzer, Barry Alvarez, Bill Snyder, Scott Frost will be there. Quite the shindig they're having.

He tied Skow's record that year.

I didn't know that. Completely forgot about him. Where would you rank him on the list? I'm not a rankings type of guy when it comes to individual players. I like to use the term "in the conversation" when the debate merits a "greatest" list.

Jim Skow ('83-'85) is in the conversation. Still holds Nebraska season records for TFLs (25) and sacks (15).

A lot of smart people posted in that thread. Agreed. Not too often when a thread is unanimous in thought on HB. This seemed like a no-brainer though.

Excellent! Coach Pettit deserves the honor. Remember this thread?

Player: Martez Ivey Hometown: Apopka, Florida School: Apopka Position: Offensive Tackle Height: 6'5" Weight: 275 40 time: Offers: Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina Twitter Rivals: #21 Overall; #3 OT; :star :star 247: #5 Overall; #2 OT; :star :star Scout: #1 Overall; #1 OT; :star :star ESPN: #7 Overall; #2 OT; :star :star Highlights

Player: Kevin Dillman Hometown: Denton, Texas School: Guyer Position: Dual-threat Quarterback Height: 6'4" Weight: 220 40 time: Offers: Arkansas, California, Florida State, Louisville, Nebraska Visits: 4/5/14 Twitter Rivals: 247: #14 DTQB; :star Scout: :star ESPN: #18 DTQB; :star Hudl

Player: Eric Glover-Williams Hometown: Canton, OH School: McKinley Position: RB Height: 5'10" Weight: 165 40 time: Offers: Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan State, Nebraska, Ohio State Visits: Rivals: :star :star 247: :star :star Scout: :star :star ESPN: :star :star

Player: Darrin Hall Hometown: Youngstown, OH School: Austintown Fitch Position: RB Height: 6'0” Weight: 185 40 time: 4.6 Offers: Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska Rivals: 247: Scout: ESPN: Highlights

Player: Andy Bauer Hometown: St. Louis, MO School: DeSmet Position: OT Height: 6'6" Weight: 305 40 time: 5.2 Offers: Alabama, LSU, Missouri, Florida, Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Boston College, Florida State, Illinois, Kansas State, Maryland, Miami, Michigan, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin Rivals: :star :star 247: :star :star Scout: :star :star ESPN: :star :star

Player: Dallas Rivers Hometown: Stone Mountain, GA School: Stephenson Position: RB Height: 6'0" Weight: 200 40 time: Offers: Maryland, Nebraska, Syracuse, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Wake Forest Rivals: :star 247: :star Scout: :star ESPN: :star :star Highlights

Tom Izzo was impressed:

It also shows that you recruit quality players yearly if you want a chance at the whole enchilada. You need top notch coaching as well. TO had a few top 10 classes. His 1996 class ranked 2nd but was then paired with all of Franks mediocre recruiting. Which still won frank plenty of games. In the BCS era you have to have an average recruiting ranking of 12 to even have a chance per the numbers and past winners etc. now I am sure it can be done but hasn't as of yet. I'm curious where you found the rankings for those classes. Rivals web page only goes back to 2002 as far as I can tell. I'd like to see who the highly ranked recruits were. For example, looking at the roster, I'd struggle to see what made the 1996 class so special. Obviously there is a difference in what they were rated and how they turned out but I don't see a lot of names that I would've expected to be highly rated recruits. The roster for the 1996 season shows 90 freshmen! Talk about over-signing. I know - different rules, a lot of walk-ons but that's a bunch. Out of those 90, I would say Dan Alexander, Mike & Ralph Brown, DeAngelo Evans, Julius Jackson, Frankie London, Tony Ortiz, Carlos Polk and Steve Warren would have been candidates for a decent ranking but that's only nine guys. We had a lot of Nebraska kids that turned into players - John Gibson, Russ Hochstein, Adam Julch, Loran Kaiser and Brian Shaw - but I doubt they would have been very highly ranked. Just curious. If you click on the "thread" link in post #4, Hedley's numbers come from this article that was posted last February.

Adam had the HS version of Adrian Peterson's season this year. Both rebounded from ACL surgery at a level that defied the odds.

If I were a betting man, I'd say yes.

Fair enough, most of the recruiting services are different. Terrell Newby's RB ranking in the state of CA: #1 by Rivals #1 by 24/7 #2 by Scout #4 by ESPN

This thread will probably interest you since this very topic was discussed last February after a Big Red Network article on Nebraska recruiting in the 90s to the present was published. What AgMarauder is suggesting is also true. I've quoted this several times in the past, but it's always worth mentioning concerning NU recruiting during the 90s.

I don't wanna be that guy, but can we try and keep the personal attacks/name-calling at bay please? I realize people are not always going to agree with each other here and that's okay. All I ask is that we disagree respectfully and keep it moving. Purposely flame-baiting one another for whatever reason derails the thread. I'd appreciate the courtesy.

Because it's HTTPS which is a security layer. Nowadays a lot of youtube videos are switching to HTTPS vs the standard HTTP protocol. All you have to do is remove the S from the link and it'll embed properly. Revisit your post. I've edited it without the S in the link. Show-off...

I thought Wisky and scUM voted against Nebraska? Barry Alvarez was one of the main people who pushed for us to be in the Big Ten so I doubt that they voted against us. hmm.... good point. Must be thinking of something else regarding Wisky and scUM. Anyway I would imagine it's set up similar to the SEC. I thought they only needed 9 votes. dont know for sure. The B1G unanimously voted for Nebraska to be in the conference. Wisky & Michigan voted to drop Nebraska from their AAU membership after Nebraska had already been accepted into the B1G.

Player: Monte Harrison Hometown: Lee's Summit, MO School: Lee's Summit West Position: WR Height: 6'4" Weight: 195 40 time: Offers: Missouri, Nebraska Rivals: :star :star 247: :star Scout: :star ESPN: :star :star Highlights

Player: Nyles Morgan Hometown: Crete, IL School: Crete-Monee Position: LB Height: 6'2" Weight: 215 40 time: Offers: Notre Dame, Arizona State, Florida, Michigan State, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Purdue, Wisconsin Rivals: :star :star 247: :star :star Scout: :star :star ESPN: :star :star