Vince R.

How much faster did you get info there? These guys we have here do an excellent job I think 

@man eating mastodonYou get it pretty fast, and then you learn who gets it first. Tea leaf info for sure, and Munson was the first to swing the Mathis pendulum towards Nebraska recently. Then 247 came in a day later.

All that matters is if there is a try-hard walkon that will block for the RB's who can't break long runs because the OL can't get a push.  

How can a dude that big be that fragile?

Is there any chance this is just crafty coaching by Frost? 

Yes, but when the scheme gets WRs wide open and your QB either can't make the throw or refuses to get rid of the ball to them and takes a sack/fumble instead, that's a major problem with the QB.

The coaches decided on their guy and have nothing ready behind him. It's all on frost

Martinez isn't perfect, but he leaves it out on the field. Frost needs to give up on the offense or playcalling.

Ticket Hippo

You were a funny guy back in those days. Not so much anymore....

I was trying some coding a couple years ago where I timestamped some laughs on posts to occur 2 years into the future.  It looks like it worked!

Ever think someone may have been in a coma for 2 years and is trying to catch up?

Flipping someone like Dickerson or (if he doesn't commit) Fedone might be impossible for us now. 

Fidone if anything would mean it’s a even more of a lock lol 

Dickerson is dead and gone though. Visits will still happen they just will be the here check this out on campus if you can afford it kinda thing 

Don’t worry.  Securing Heinrich >> Flipping A.D.

I agree. Decoy73.  Dickerson is good but Heinrich has a great ceiling and wants to be here.  Really like the bodies Fisher has in his room.  Our secondary will be good

He gone. Not coming back. 

Interesting thought, at least. But I don't know about full-time employees with their own offices. If there's anything remote to be done, though, I think it would be more like third-party scouting firms. Pay someone who already lives in LA a commission to comb through hours of video and visit various HS teams in the area and give their picks to various client coaches based on what the coaches are looking for. But who knows...

Probably right. And I see a time somewhere in the future where I won’t give two rips about college football because it has become too much like the NFL and no longer resembles the sport I grew up loving. The transfer portal and the lack of player commitment to anything except me me me is a pretty good start down that road.

Go on....

It's certainly more fun to be going down to the wire with some highly rated guys rather than scrambling around for bodies with a pulse! 

I know it's the lifeblood of the program and it's important to have the emphasis on recruiting, but I tend to not follow recruiting until late in the process for 2 reasons.

1.  Tracking every comment of a 17-18 year old kid seems a bit odd to me.

2.  The way recruiting is followed so closely, fans are able to get a lot of info on incoming players, but I also think it creates unrealistic expectations for kids to produce right away and get labeled as "busts" too soon in the process.

This is the most excited I’ve seen this board for recruiting well...ever 

@onlyHskrfaninIL

Recruiting speeds up the process.

Good coaches know how to build a culture/system, ID & recruit the right talent to make the system work and ultimately succeed with that system.

They also know how to adapt their system to fit the talent they currently have available and still succeed.

Frost has shown he can do the former. He's got a lot to prove regarding the latter.

Sadly, the phrase by Coach Frost, "We all know where this is going", isn't going to hold any weight going forward.  Time to "put up or shut up."  I'm with @Vince R. feelings.  Unfortunately, there is no momentum at all.  We should all probably be grateful we hold on to the 4 star commits we have.  Outside of landing Manning and Johnson, there really isn't a potential recruit that I salivate in bringing into the program ... my spirit says, "meow" to most.  I guess that is what it should feel like after 5-7.  Can't imagine how those of you feel who thought we would be better than 7-5.  You have to feel really sick to your stomach.

He had what, maybe less than 10 catches over his career.  

Wasn't he a senior..? 

@Atbone95 He had a redshirt left so he gets 1 more year.

I don't think you need to apologize for wanting to see legit scholarship players sign more than walk-ons.

Getting walk on commits doesn’t  preclude getting scholarship players. Just be glad they want to come to NU vs taking a scholarship at a D2.  

Walkons probably see a lot of opportunities for playing time.  I would if I was a motivated PWO.

@Vince R.

I hear you, man. We're all frustrated.  Truth is, no side of the ball is getting it done.

Illinois held them to 6.

Both sides busted at critical moments. The defense just had some of the worst. 96 yards and 82 yards. Ouch!

I think we all need to chill out and let Frost do his thing. Really think you are going too deep here. The roster may be turned over but does that translate to wins right away? Not many squads win alot of games with this little help from upperclassman. Attrition has decimated our upperclassmen.

@NebfanaticI don't think it has anything to do with the staff. I don't think I am going too deep because I am bringing up a program theme over the last 20 years. There is a difference between talent and will to play. Nebraska should never have a showing like that. The game plans are fine. The schemes are actually good. These players are rewired in a negative way once they move in. The competitive nature, and will to fight is stripped. This program has zero aggression, and has become a counter punch team. Hence why Nebraska is known to playing down to their opponents, or gets shell shocked when WI, tOSU, or Iowa punches first, and the game is over by the second quarter. There is something that is fundamentally broken on that campus, and it has zero to do with S&C, recruiting rankings, scheme, 3-4, spread, Frost, Riley, or Pelini. 

If what you are saying is true then Frost has no hope. Again, I think you are over thinking it. Once Frost gets guys who were winners in HS in here and has a culture top to bottom he wants things will change around here.

"Multiple"

@krc1995 it was Wan'Dale

I wonder is those kids had ever heard of the option before?

6 one half dozen the other. We are lacking talent up front. Maybe the coaching needs some refining as well, but we need to croot the OL hard this year!

At least we have an excuse for every loss. 

I think the o-line talent is already starting to take shape. Look at what they brought in last year. Those are some big big boys.

GBR!!!

Don't get me wrong, I don't think the D was good by any stretch, but I see plenty of moments where they held their own, and Nebraska's O let them down. You can see it all over the Wisconsin game. 

Pretty much agree @Vince R..  I would say the other thing to keep in mind was there was not only decent improvement as the season went along but we made significant improvements from the prior year.  Granted, it was going from horrendous to kind of bad but that's significant progress in the right direction.  If we make another decent jump like that we'll be in pretty good shape for this year.

Big thing is improving on 3rd-downs, so many times we had two good plays then blew it on 3rd-and long. Being able to field a bigger/stronger  legit 3-4 d-line that can rotate should help a lot. Should be able to rotate at LB more too. Pro day showed how slow our safeties were, losing experience but gaining athleticism.  Corner developed considerably over the course of last season. Not expecting big things but we should give up one less score a game and force some turnovers.

@Vince R. you can’t selectively say that NU “forced” Ohio State into mistakes, while NU’s mistakes were self-inflicted. It can’t go both ways. Jackson’s INT of Haskins was more of a combination terrible read and terrible throw by Haskins.

Yes, looking back at the game, NU had chances to win the game. But to say that NU controlled the game and our mistakes were the sole reason we lost is not genuine. Ohio State led for way more time during the game, and had a good chunk of that time leading by 2 scores. That is controlling the game. NU took advantage of Ohio State mistakes to lead at 2 times during the game, but the lead was never more than 1 score, and it was less than 25% of the games.

Ohio State didn’t seem very interested in playing a 2-win team, and their lack of effort and crispness showed that. Give NU a ton of credit for making it a close game and having an opportunity to win. But to say that NU “should have won” is not a correct statement. 

Sorry about the multiple posts of the same thing. Yes, NU had an opportunity to beat Ohio State, just like they had an opportunity to win by 17-21 points. Both teams made mistakes and left points on the field. In the end, I think the better team still won, but it was great to see NU hang in and play them down to the wire, with an opportunity to win. 

@ColoradoHuskIt's all good. I figured a new comment would come in. I think tOSU was the better team. Still, the opportunity is frustrating, but enlightening to what Nebraska could do. Nebraska out coached them, but execution simply wasn't on par with it. I don't expect that to be the case anymore. We have a ton to look forward to.