Vince R.

hmmm.....

This is taking a lot longer than i thought. possible issue? (Admire scenario)

mostly about him getting his grades up this summer. thought Nebraska was a run only team, did some hw and wants to officially visit. also mentions recruiting QB's and liking our class. you look at certain kids at rivals and they are 4 star kids top 200 guys and you have only a few offers... makes you wonder whats goin on sometimes........ yeah, when that happens it indicates the grade issue but since there is a huge need at WR, it wouldnt hurt taking a chance on a kid with his skill set. unless something better comes along of course. should we start callin this one the Braylon/Bell situation already?

teaser on scout about him? this is what we need.

I hate sounding like a creep but they're all exchanging their xbox live gamer tags, You're starting to see The "Nebraska Way" forming with kids who live all across the country, They're all really close and I believe this will be the class that puts us over the top cause they have more chemistry than any other recruiting class in the country and im willing to bet. These guys sense it too.

Im just gonna call a commit right here and i believe Anthony will be N. Tyler Moore and him interact alot on FB, also with the other OL recruits, Personally i think he's just waiting for his visit and will decide then. Now it would be weird to know off FB but Im pretty young myself and im actually cool with BOBO AKA Q. Enunwa.

he reminds me a lot of dejon gomes. im sure when they saw him, thats all they could think of. i like this guy a lot

Im over the ranting, i welcome him N and im excited to see what he does, lets just all enjoy these kids making the choice to come play for us and ill be fine

Im over the whole ranting about him and Bouzos, i welcome them N with no complaints.

you are not evaluating the correct aspects of recruiting. YOU DO NOT RECRUIT MANY PLAYERS THAT ARE GOING TO WALK ONTO CAMPUS AND START ON DEFENSE DURING THEIR FIRST PRACTICE! i understand what you are saying about him not looking like a D1 safety to YOU but do you honestly think that you know more about playing the safety position than does the staff and The University of Nebraska? imma answer that one for you: no you do not. typically players are not at optimal size coming out of high school. players also do not usually even have all of the fundamentals down coming out of high school. you cannot expect a 5 star recruit from every one of our 20 or so recruits each year and to do so is as you say "ignorant". if you want all 4 and 5 star players then by all means start following Texas, USC, or Florida because im sure they will do it for ya!! Ok Bo Pelini? how do you evaluate talent. cause i guess getting thrown on by a better team with less d1 talent is not apart of the process? yes he's only one guy but besides the hit, he did nothing. top dogs show up every game. and thank you for putting words in my mouth cause everything you said that you implied coming out of my mouth didnt. as far as the size goes, i didnt say he had no size, i mean he's no corey cooper but hes not off by a lot. and next time when you mention three teams to compare nebraska with, dont choose the teams that have won 5 out of the last ten national championships, you only made my point, so actually thanks me thinks you need to work on your reading comprehension skills before i will continue to chat with you. (ie. didnt compare nebraska to anyone. re-read.) haha read your last sentence.."if you want all 4 and 5 star players then by all means start following Texas, USC, or Florida because im sure they will do it for ya!!" Using three other teams in your argument, automatically makes you comparing them. You're referring Nebraska does not get the 4-5 star players those teams do. which is COMPARING. all your argument did was was strengthen mine, you brought up the last 5 national champions besides LSU. ok fine. however i am not comparing them the way that you imply. i see absolutely no way that i strengthened your argument. in fact i would contend that your argument is severely flawed. the following is a diagram of how you think: i didnt even take the time to even read what you posted up there cause its sad. but are you serious? i mean really? you have no idea how you have strengthened my argument?? well. you implied that nebraska doesnt need to recruit like Texas,Florida, or USC by saying to go follow them if you want 4-5 stars. well it turns out those teams have been the most dominant in this decade because of all that great recruiting. So even though you didnt realize it, you did, big time. thanks. Vince you really think the only reason they do so well is because they recruit 4-5 star players? Do you really think Kiffin is going to go into USC and dominate the way Caroll did? No way. Yeah recruiting really helps a lot. Get good talent and its easier to be good, but look at Callahan. He had great recruiting and yet couldn't coach. Look at Kiffin at Tennessee. Obviously he didn't wait around long enough to use his recruits, but Tennessee didn't have bad players and yet he couldn't coach them worth a darn. Rick Nieuhisel (spell?) at UCLA. He has always been a great recruiter, but can't coach... want proof look at what he did to Colorado and what he is about to do to UCLA. A couple great classes for him so far, but I am willing to be he coaches those kids into losing seasons and probably NCAA sanctions because of how he recruited them there. My point being you don't have to have 4-5 star recruits all the time to win. It really helps, but in the end the coaching is what gets the job done. Ok i think you're missing the point again. We havent won anything. We could use more 4-5 star players and now is the time to get them because we are on their radar, im not saying it has to be all filled up with all americans. Callahan couldnt do anything with the players but he sure as hell set up bo and staff nicely, if you really look at it, Bill brought in a lot of studs. Just couldnt do much with them. and the fact that Bo can do somehting with them, makes it more exciting and speeds up the process if he can get high caliber prospects

you are not evaluating the correct aspects of recruiting. YOU DO NOT RECRUIT MANY PLAYERS THAT ARE GOING TO WALK ONTO CAMPUS AND START ON DEFENSE DURING THEIR FIRST PRACTICE! i understand what you are saying about him not looking like a D1 safety to YOU but do you honestly think that you know more about playing the safety position than does the staff and The University of Nebraska? imma answer that one for you: no you do not. typically players are not at optimal size coming out of high school. players also do not usually even have all of the fundamentals down coming out of high school. you cannot expect a 5 star recruit from every one of our 20 or so recruits each year and to do so is as you say "ignorant". if you want all 4 and 5 star players then by all means start following Texas, USC, or Florida because im sure they will do it for ya!! Ok Bo Pelini? how do you evaluate talent. cause i guess getting thrown on by a better team with less d1 talent is not apart of the process? yes he's only one guy but besides the hit, he did nothing. top dogs show up every game. and thank you for putting words in my mouth cause everything you said that you implied coming out of my mouth didnt. as far as the size goes, i didnt say he had no size, i mean he's no corey cooper but hes not off by a lot. and next time when you mention three teams to compare nebraska with, dont choose the teams that have won 5 out of the last ten national championships, you only made my point, so actually thanks me thinks you need to work on your reading comprehension skills before i will continue to chat with you. (ie. didnt compare nebraska to anyone. re-read.) haha read your last sentence.."if you want all 4 and 5 star players then by all means start following Texas, USC, or Florida because im sure they will do it for ya!!" Using three other teams in your argument, automatically makes you comparing them. You're referring Nebraska does not get the 4-5 star players those teams do. which is COMPARING. all your argument did was was strengthen mine, you brought up the last 5 national champions besides LSU. ok fine. however i am not comparing them the way that you imply. i see absolutely no way that i strengthened your argument. in fact i would contend that your argument is severely flawed. the following is a diagram of how you think: i didnt even take the time to even read what you posted up there cause its sad. but are you serious? i mean really? you have no idea how you have strengthened my argument?? well. you implied that nebraska doesnt need to recruit like Texas,Florida, or USC by saying to go follow them if you want 4-5 stars. well it turns out those teams have been the most dominant in this decade because of all that great recruiting. So even though you didnt realize it, you did, big time. thanks.

you are not evaluating the correct aspects of recruiting. YOU DO NOT RECRUIT MANY PLAYERS THAT ARE GOING TO WALK ONTO CAMPUS AND START ON DEFENSE DURING THEIR FIRST PRACTICE! i understand what you are saying about him not looking like a D1 safety to YOU but do you honestly think that you know more about playing the safety position than does the staff and The University of Nebraska? imma answer that one for you: no you do not. typically players are not at optimal size coming out of high school. players also do not usually even have all of the fundamentals down coming out of high school. you cannot expect a 5 star recruit from every one of our 20 or so recruits each year and to do so is as you say "ignorant". if you want all 4 and 5 star players then by all means start following Texas, USC, or Florida because im sure they will do it for ya!! Ok Bo Pelini? how do you evaluate talent. cause i guess getting thrown on by a better team with less d1 talent is not apart of the process? yes he's only one guy but besides the hit, he did nothing. top dogs show up every game. and thank you for putting words in my mouth cause everything you said that you implied coming out of my mouth didnt. as far as the size goes, i didnt say he had no size, i mean he's no corey cooper but hes not off by a lot. and next time when you mention three teams to compare nebraska with, dont choose the teams that have won 5 out of the last ten national championships, you only made my point, so actually thanks me thinks you need to work on your reading comprehension skills before i will continue to chat with you. (ie. didnt compare nebraska to anyone. re-read.) haha read your last sentence.."if you want all 4 and 5 star players then by all means start following Texas, USC, or Florida because im sure they will do it for ya!!" Using three other teams in your argument, automatically makes you comparing them. You're referring Nebraska does not get the 4-5 star players those teams do. which is COMPARING. all your argument did was was strengthen mine, you brought up the last 5 national champions besides LSU.

you are not evaluating the correct aspects of recruiting. YOU DO NOT RECRUIT MANY PLAYERS THAT ARE GOING TO WALK ONTO CAMPUS AND START ON DEFENSE DURING THEIR FIRST PRACTICE! i understand what you are saying about him not looking like a D1 safety to YOU but do you honestly think that you know more about playing the safety position than does the staff and The University of Nebraska? imma answer that one for you: no you do not. typically players are not at optimal size coming out of high school. players also do not usually even have all of the fundamentals down coming out of high school. you cannot expect a 5 star recruit from every one of our 20 or so recruits each year and to do so is as you say "ignorant". if you want all 4 and 5 star players then by all means start following Texas, USC, or Florida because im sure they will do it for ya!! Ok Bo Pelini? how do you evaluate talent. cause i guess getting thrown on by a better team with less d1 talent is not apart of the process? yes he's only one guy but besides the hit, he did nothing. top dogs show up every game. and thank you for putting words in my mouth cause everything you said that you implied coming out of my mouth didnt. as far as the size goes, i didnt say he had no size, i mean he's no corey cooper but hes not off by a lot. and next time when you mention three teams to compare nebraska with, dont choose the teams that have won 5 out of the last ten national championships, you only made my point, so actually thanks me thinks you need to work on your reading comprehension skills before i will continue to chat with you. (ie. didnt compare nebraska to anyone. re-read.) I live in Whittier, between La Habra High School and La Mirada High School. My kids have gone to La Habra High School and my younger ones will go to La Habra High School. La Habra is a powerhouse for their division and won the state championship for their division this past year and 3 of the last 4 years. So it is not surprising that they laid the wood to La Mirada last year or any other year. La Mirada is in a smaller division and they won their division but to say La Mirada/La Habra only a had one D1 player(la habra) in that game may not be accurate. As of this morning, Luatua (OL) from La Mirada got an offer from Bama. He is going D1, if not Bama, someone else will sign him. Max Gama from La Mirada has signed to go to Wash St. Aaryn Bouzous is signed on with NU. So from last years team La Mirada has 3 D1 players and we are 3.5 months away from the start of the 2010 season. They may have 1 or 2 players get scollies, so that would be/is impressive for a small school to send that many kids to D1 schools. Vince, I agree with some of your points and it looks like you do go to a lot of the games and see them live but so far La Mirada is sending 3 of those juniors to D1 schools, that is impressive. Some of the top talent goes to the private schools around this area. Bishop Amat(Hacienda Heights), Servite(Anaheim) but those schools cost money and not all kids can go there based on the financial status of the family. So La Habra and La Mirada still have some talented kids but not a lot of 4 and 5 star type talent. My son plays on a travel soccer team and two of his teammates are going to school at Bishop Amat and Servite. Those are based on a combination of being a good athlete and having the financial ability to send each kid to private catholic school. If Aaryn was playing for Servite or Bishop Amat he may get more attention and play against higher competition but he would still be from La Mirada. So I think we do have talented kids in this area and I am excited one is going to Nebraska!!! i was reffering to la habra only having one legitimate d1 kid in Quezada, other than that nobody was too impressive alone.

this is the kind of response i was looking for, reasonable, understanding, and logical. thank you

i believe Wyoming offered first but i could be wrong. Its not about them being the first, its about them being the first and only. if this kid was totally legit, dont you think one of the many d1 programs in CA wouldve offered him right away? Isnt it safe to say that any coach is gonna hype his kid up and never downplay his conference when asked? Isnt safe to say that any coach is gonna use any advantage possible like using the california card? Isnt it safe to say that a low division player has many question marks? i mean, at least i have some knowledge with my answers, everyone is giving me the safe card by saying trust the staff. besides that what else is out there? yeah he hits hard but he hits kids who will never sniff a d1 offer. i mean you heard unsportsmanlike conduct and even they saw how small those kids are. its comparable to freshman football in long beach and even then those freshman are already getting d1 offers. So what else needs to be said? I dont think that CA schools would have offered him right away, why would they? NU doesnt have to offer Nebraska kids right away because you always have that hometown pull. No, it is not safe to say that any/most high school coaches will hype up their kid and downplay their conferences "badness". I have been on 3 different staffs and helped send a few kids to D1 schools and its not really something that is done. High school coaches generally do not want to set up their kids for failure so most wont lie to convince a college coach anything. I dont know what the california card is so I cant answer that. Yeah, its safe to say that a lower division kid could have question marks. I think thats safe to say about any and all players. Also, most high school guys are not playing vs and hitting other D1 guys while in high school. I mean there are about 2,500 scholarships for D1 players per year and well, there are about 40,000 public and private high schools in the US, you got to think that if each one has a varsity football team and that averages about 40 players per team, well do the math. Most high school players never play vs another D1 guy. I played in the largest class in IL, my school had close to 3000 kids, the schools we played all had 3000 or more and I played against zero future D1 guys that I know of and I played with three guys that went on to play D1 but at non BCS schools. well if nebraska thinks hes great dont you think some of the other schools in california would too? thats like saying a player like niles paul gets offered by nebraska a month before signing day. if the kid is good, then the offer is on the table, simple to me. and the california card means the california excuse and perception. meaning well if hes from california then he has to be good. and i understand youre point 100 percent and agree. i just want to lay out all the facts about this kid. He's N, thats fine. lets see what the staff can do with him

you are not evaluating the correct aspects of recruiting. YOU DO NOT RECRUIT MANY PLAYERS THAT ARE GOING TO WALK ONTO CAMPUS AND START ON DEFENSE DURING THEIR FIRST PRACTICE! i understand what you are saying about him not looking like a D1 safety to YOU but do you honestly think that you know more about playing the safety position than does the staff and The University of Nebraska? imma answer that one for you: no you do not. typically players are not at optimal size coming out of high school. players also do not usually even have all of the fundamentals down coming out of high school. you cannot expect a 5 star recruit from every one of our 20 or so recruits each year and to do so is as you say "ignorant". if you want all 4 and 5 star players then by all means start following Texas, USC, or Florida because im sure they will do it for ya!! Ok Bo Pelini? how do you evaluate talent. cause i guess getting thrown on by a better team with less d1 talent is not apart of the process? yes he's only one guy but besides the hit, he did nothing. top dogs show up every game. and thank you for putting words in my mouth cause everything you said that you implied coming out of my mouth didnt. as far as the size goes, i didnt say he had no size, i mean he's no corey cooper but hes not off by a lot. and next time when you mention three teams to compare nebraska with, dont choose the teams that have won 5 out of the last ten national championships, you only made my point, so actually thanks

and i gotta be honest, i think this is a situation where nebraska is his best offer and he commits. but if ucla or any local teams come callin, then i think we're in for a battle cause california kids dont have allegiances to anyone.

i believe Wyoming offered first but i could be wrong. Its not about them being the first, its about them being the first and only. if this kid was totally legit, dont you think one of the many d1 programs in CA wouldve offered him right away? Isnt it safe to say that any coach is gonna hype his kid up and never downplay his conference when asked? Isnt safe to say that any coach is gonna use any advantage possible like using the california card? Isnt it safe to say that a low division player has many question marks? i mean, at least i have some knowledge with my answers, everyone is giving me the safe card by saying trust the staff. besides that what else is out there? yeah he hits hard but he hits kids who will never sniff a d1 offer. i mean you heard unsportsmanlike conduct and even they saw how small those kids are. its comparable to freshman football in long beach and even then those freshman are already getting d1 offers. So what else needs to be said?

Im going to end my rant with one more thing. if you guys dont want to take what i say into perspective then fine. i went on here to enlighten those who arent familiar with this area to let them know what kind of competition goes on here. yes im sure it all came off as me not liking this kid and thats not the case. hes apart of our class, im incredibly intrigued to see him play for us and its cool that someone from my neighborhood is going to Nebraska but i have to lay out all the facts. i know people's perceptions on california, i read it all the time and how its sooo rich with talent and thats not always the case, its not like every school has great players.not true at all. if all this makes me the bad guy of the blog, so be it, i just like saying whats real.

I didnt see D1 talent cause they got killed by a team who got only had one legitimate d1 player. i mean how hard is that to understand? im only saying all this because unlike any of you i see who these guys play and know what type of players play here. nebraska offered him and thats why he's getting looked at..its the same old story. when lazarri got offered, all of the sudden every coach felt like a genius and looked at him but it was too late. My first impression is that our coaches didnt do their homework and didnt look at the fine print. they saw hard hitter from california...didnt see that this kid plays in a terrible division, finally played a team in a higher division and got smoked and got thrown all over. i mean cmon if you knew what i knew, how could you not have doubt? and about their conference in california....its a joke. to even downplay it by saying its not the top is a joke. sorry to break your heart on that one. the fact is, there are plenty of safeties who are worthy of a scholarship and have fewer question marks and this is what we get. kinda disapointed but then again im not on the coaching staff. most of you guys sound like you are or know so much cause none of you guys are asking questions or seem to care cause whatever the coaching staff does is correct. in my opinion thats very closed minded and ignorant. i cant speak for any kid in any other state because i dont live their but this guy is in my backyard and that gives me the edge. but if this kid gets offered then why not thatDaniel Davie kid in nebraska? hes way faster than this kid and has better measurables. but wait cause nebraska's perception is that they dont have legitimate d1 talent throughout the state and you cannot project those kids..well in division 5 and lower in california, its the same way..the talent level drops quickly and with that offer to be thrown out so quickly told me they didnt evaluate every aspect.

i dont see how you think his weight is low, thats a pretty good weight for a kid coming out of his jr year of HS. on a side note, HOW IN THE WORLD DID WE PULL A KID OUT OF PAC10 COUNTRY?!?!?! WE DONT PLAY IN THE PAC 10!!! BANANAS!!! well considering the stature of the top programs safeties who are 200lbs already. and they pulled him out of pac10 country cause the pac10 doesnt want him, at least yet

but once again, and i hate to be negative on this board but this is another kid to really keep an eye on. i saw him up front and those two safeties got torched. He loves to hit but he aint hitting no 6ft 2in 200lbs Wr's either. im talking 5 ft 9in 165lb wrs..his level of competition is terrible and the players couldnt play against texas's jv teams. but im gonna try and trust our staff on this one i can see him being a special teams player. and then maybe like an Austin Cassidy type player. I was gonna say Hagg but hes not that athletic but being the peso backer would look like a decent fit. his speed is good, height is ok, and weight is low but thats not a problem. not bad

I saw him against La Habra High School and he absolutely took the WR's head off. only negative. his secondary got blown out 54-13. besides the hit, you couldnt tell there was D1 prospects playing.

It's cool. The Suh comparison was made with the disclaimer that he looked like a HS (High School) version of Suh in those films. It didn't mean that I'm expecting him to be like or that he'll ever be like Suh. It was the way he was playing on film that drew such a comparison. The use of his hands when disengaging blockers, the numerous plays of him running a player down after he got past the line of scrimmage, along with a couple of pass break-up plays here and there. It was very Suh-like. His level of competition was irrelevant at first glance. That wasn't my intention when I made that comparison. I think you took the Suh comparison too literally, but it's all good. I was just curious why you were so adamant in downplaying the kids film in multiple posts. We've all said our piece and I'm okay with leaving it at that. its obvious that he has suh movements and techniques and i didnt take it too literal. i knew but i had to ease the kool aid cause it was a big question mark just based off what i know. hope this kid is the diamond in the rough for us

of course its not up to us, I mean they know what they're doing for the most part obviously. My point on this was not to say this kid shouldnt deserve anything and that there is no way he will be great. but i saw all these suh comparisons and well thats foolish. my point was to ease everyone off this kid and understand the full situation cause from my perspective just by lookin at it, it looks like a bad call. now i dont know the kid and it would be so sick if he was that good. then bring him on board and lets get some more.but someone needed to calm down those comments about how good he looks cause he plays nobody and when it comes to evaluation time, that will be his biggest knock and rightfully so, its apart of the process