nathanwindu

So who do you guys think is in line for a Husker offer? Seems to me based on the interest of other schools that Strom & Kitrell are the most deserving, and the Huskers could really use them as well. There's other guys like Ciurej, Arnold, Begley, etc. that I could see getting a late offer as well. Not Vedral since he doesn't fit the scheme, but he's talented also. P.S. I know we offered Broc Bando, but has anybody heard anything about Cordarrius Bailey, the guy who moved to MS from Lincoln High? Seems like he would also be one the staff would be giving a look.

Does somebody have a link confirming this hire? Maybe I missed something, but I don't see it anywhere...

Just out of curiosity, how would an 8-team playoff affect the conference runner-ups? For example this year, going into Conf. Champ week, the Top 8 was: 1. Bama 2. Oregon 3. TCU 4. FSU 5. tOSU 6. Baylor 7. Arizona 8. Michigan State (9. KSU) (10. Miss. State) Arizona loses the Conference Championship and falls out of the Top 8, so then you have teams like Miss. State, Mich. State, Kansas State, etc. making it into the Top 8 and the CFP without having even played in their conference championship. Does this somewhat penalize conference runner-ups in favor of 3rd or 4th place teams? It seems like it'd be almost better to not make your Conf. Champ game in that case

I can confirm from my sources it's definitely this guy...

Something that I haven't really read in this thread yet - we're all talking about what the Big Ten and the SEC will do to the ACC, with some Big East/C-USA implications involved as well, but where does the Pac-12 sit in all this? surely they're not going to stand pat with 12 when the others are going to 16 and beyond, are they? would they be content to poach decent schools from the Mountain West, like Boise St., snag an independent like BYU, or would they look to the Big XII? just wanted to know if you guys in the know have heard anything. Thanks!

But you can't stop the change, no more than you can stop the sun from setting...

so beating the #7 team in the nation by 2 scores isn't a big win because they're Missouri and it was at home, yet you cite KANSAS FREAKIN' STATE as a big win for Frank? Cause Kansas State was unranked at the time, and we played them at home, too. "So, yea, we beat Kansas State, but really since when has Kansas State been considered a program changing or big win at all? We also played them at home" just saying EDIT: also would like to note that we were losing at halftime to that KSU team, and *only* won by 10. Kansas State was 4-4, and 2-4 in the Big XII when we played that game as well. So I don't see how they were a "damn good" team that year...

Knevel's case sounds a bit like a recruit from a couple years ago named Mickey Johnson. Mickey had Suh throwing Colt McCoy to the ground as his screensaver, was a huge Pelini fan, etc. and had us and UCLA as his top 2 for most of the summer. But he always seemed to change his "leader" to the school he last visited. Knevel seems to be a bit of the same way - what with almost committing after the Wisconsin game, then naming Purdue his leader after his visit. One to keep an eye on, but I think this kid will be swayed by whoever gets his visit last.

The loss is frustrating, but I'll support Bo, because I know his players want to play for him, and I think he's a good coach, and has room to improve, but he's not elite yet, nor has he learned that you need an elite coaching staff to succeed in this day and age (no offense to guys like Papuchis/Beck, they're good coaches, just maybe not ready to be coordinators, and in over their heads a little bit). I would say Bo deserves the rest of this season, AND next season, unless we aren't bowl eligible this year. The 2013 season will have about as easy of a schedule as we can get, and our team will be arguably in the best position to succeed, with much of the offense being upperclassmen, and the defense is a question mark because of how many starters we lose, but I also think we have plenty of talented players to replace them. Nevertheless, if Bo and co. can't get it done (as in a conference championship/BCS bowl) in 2013, then the argument is valid. My first choice would be Mark Richt - Omaha native, grew up a Cornhuskers fan, and is a highly successful coach in the best conference in the nation. I don't know if he's on the hot seat at Georgia or anything, but I would be willing to pretty much pay him whatever he wants. I think he makes $3.5 mil at Georgia, so maybe $4.5-$5 mil will make him think about it.

Neither was his fault. O-line on both let them in the backfield far too easily, the 1st one he was winding up to throw, the 2nd Heard ran into him on a miscommunication.

let's not forget that Suh, going into the NFL, people criticized his style of play for simply overwhelming the opposing offensive line with his strength and speed, saying he wouldn't be able to do that against NFL lineman. Now, obviously, Suh is doing just fine in the NFL, but it was a valid point - and if our D-Lineman are trying to play like that, then there's something wrong, because quite simply, our current players just don't have that strength and speed. They need to work on their technique, rather than simply bull-rush.

First off, congrats to UCLA, I think many of us thought this was going to be a relatively easy win. They simply outplayed us, no ifs, ands, or buts. Now, moving on to Nebraska. The 1st half offense was looking like the one we saw against Southern Miss, then UCLA made adjustments, and we didn't. We abandoned the run and became very one dimensional, with a QB that, even though he's improved his mechanics, is still not the best option to simply throw it around. Going away from Abdullah wasn't the right move, in my opinion, but with how the O-Line started to play (very 2011-esque), maybe it was the right decision. Hit and miss game for Beck. The Defense played very undisciplined. FINISH YOUR TACKLES!!! There were no adjustments made, I can't believe how many times we saw UCLA use that wheel route/hook screen, and it worked EVERY SINGLE TIME! There were too many blown coverages, the D-Line didn't get any push, and the LB's kept missing tackles. a poor performance all around for everybody. Special Teams was up and down. I think Maher's confidence is shaken this season, he almost got it back with the 54 yarder, but then missing another simple 35+ yarder later just crushed it again. The coverage was better this game, that's for sure. I also think there was a lack of effort and heart from the players. That shouldn't be the case, there were arguably more Husker fans than Bruin fans in the stadium, and this was as good as any road game to come out fiery and inspired. And I think the team fell flat in that area. Some players showed a lot of heart, especially Compton. But even with all the effort in the world, the fundamentally unsound play on both sides of the ball will get you beat. So while I think the players are lacking in talent (can we please just get some speed on the defense?), I think a lot of this comes down to coaching. All these fundamentals problems can be fixed with proper coaching. I'm starting to have serious doubts about this staff...with the amount of talent we've pulled in with the last couple recruiting classes, sometimes it feels like 4-star talent with 2-star coaching. I'm willing to chalk this game up as an aberration, move on, and come out strong the rest of the season. But 2 games in, the defense has serious questions, the D-Line specifically, the Offense is on and off, and the Special Teams are struggling. If this doesn't improve, I think some of these coaches that have questionable resumes that Bo hired for familiarity reasons need to be evaluated. Papuchis is a great recruiter (and from the looks of it, a good special teams coach), but when he took over the whole D-Line last season, the level of play dropped off. I have little faith in Els so far, Kaczenski seems to have changed nothing, Cotton/Garrison are still inconsistent, though getting better, etc. I'm not putting it all on the coaches, obviously the players have to make the plays, but it's quite obvious to me that the coaching is not top-notch, and I'm sorry, but I refuse to accept consistent 9-4 seasons, because I know we can be better than that. I thank Bo Pelini for bringing us out of the black hole known as Callahan/Cosgrove, but if we can't get it together, it might be time to find somebody that can take us that next step. Just my .02

Offense QB - Martinez RB 1 - Burkhead RB 2 - Abdullah FB - Marrow LT - Sirles LG - Rodriguez C - Long RG - Choi RT - Moore TE 1 - Cotton TE 2 - Reed WR (x) - Bell WR (z) - Marlowe WR (y) - Enunwa Defense RE - Meredith DT - Steinkuhler DT - Rome LE - Ankrah Sam - Anderson Mike - Compton Will - Whaley Nickel - Evans CB - Seisay CB - Green SS - Stafford FS - Smith Special Teams We all know Maher will be K & P PR - Abdullah KR - Abdullah KR - Marlowe this is what I think the coaches will do. I'm sure a lot of other players will get rotated in, especially on the lines and in the secondary, but for the most part, I would guess that barring some surprise in camp, this would probably be the lineup, with a couple changes here and there.

There seems to be a blue ribbon on Philadelphia, i dont think a commit came from there There is a recruit from Pennsylvania who would that be, Foppa? Zaire? EDIT: never mind, just saw Zaire's bio on Huskers.com, says his hometown is Philadelphia. So it's him.

There seems to be a blue ribbon on Philadelphia, i dont think a commit came from there I think those 2 on the East Coast are the JUCO's. Seisay came out of a AZ JUCO, and Zaire a Cali JUCO, but when Seisay originally committed to Memphis as a HS Senior, he came out of Virginia, which seems to be where the Red A is. the other one, I can only guess is Anderson, since Thomas Brown and Corey Whitaker came out of California as well, and there's only 2 dots. But I don't know if Zaire is really from there or not.

Not trying to meltdown here, but this really hurts the overall look of the class. Peat is a rare talent that doesn't come around often, and when we have his brother on campus, his cousin committed, very solid academics (having produced the most Academic All-Americans in the country), with a solid football team as well....all the advantages, and we STILL can't get the guy? This really hurts the class. HOWEVER, I am very excited about the guys coming in, but the class as a whole is somewhat disappointing without Peat on board. This is a huge loss. EDIT: I'll give credit where credit is due, Stanford got a heck of a football player, and I wish all the best for Andrus there, I would've been more frustrated if he had picked FSU or USC, but Stanford is close to home, with great academics and a (for now) very good team. Good luck in Palo Alto!

Sounded like a Kentucky lean to me. Saying he feels most comfortable there and when pressed about a leader his hint was "I love Kentucky." you could also attribute it to being the Kentucky Rivals affiliate, and you need to make it sound rosy for them, or else they have nothing to report. all that said, I'm not quite as confident that we are the leader for him, and his faith kind've tells me he wouldn't lie or distort things for people, I genuinely think this guy is 50/50 at the moment. Hope he goes

paid Rivals article from the Kentucky Rivals writers, had a Q&A with Cross...won't copy and paste or anything, but to sum it up, Kentucky and Nebraska are 50/50 for him right now, wants to make a decision later this week. Rates both the NU and Kentucky visit a 10. Sounds like it's pretty much a toss-up for this guy at this point, based on the interview.

This will not be a surprise to the staff ... it will be a surprise to some of the new posters on Huskerboard. If one understands what many of our "insiders" on this board share ... we are just fine at present and we will be just fine come NSD. The "smell of desperation" are by those newbies to the board who know nothing ... and their emotions sway for lack of knowledge. Historically (Pelini's last 3 years) Nebraska has been fairly set by Christmas, with just a few to commit after. So I understand people (myself included) worrying. It's certainly looking better as things get closer though. A lot of the guys we've been in on since the beginning are still out there. Makes me wonder why there was a such a major change this year though. Especially after last years class was fairly solid w/ the old approach. Is it JP? Will this continue w/ the new RC? Is it just kind of where recruiting is going? Not long ago classes were essentially whole by December 1 for a large number of programs. I wonder w/ all this "signing day drama" out there if we're going to see things move back towards late Jan/Feb again? I think kids are wanting to milk the process. w/ facebook and twitter they have a lot more "followers" and can easily reach a celebrity status in the markets seaking them. That wasn't the case, even as recently as 3-4 years ago for anyone outside the top 50ish. IMO recruiting was beginning too early anways so I'm all for whatever pushes it back closer to signing day. I would guess it's a combination of everything...recruits milking the process (as Valentine, Ford, Moore, etc. seem to be doing), new Recruiting Coordinator, and so on. I'm not too worried, though, I still think we'll have anywhere from 17-20 kids in this class. Peat, Valentine, Moore, Curry, Ford, Whitaker, Smith, and Cross are who I think will commit in the end, with Fuller going to Rutgers, but you take him no matter who else is committed if he wants in. He's a guy you make room for. Valentine may not commit, just from all his theatrics that we've seen, but I do think we're the leader. Cross could go to a smaller school if he doesn't like all the other RB's in the stable at the moment. Regardless, I think we will have a strong class in the end, favoring quality over quantity.

Well, I stand corrected....LeRoy Alexander committed to NU, that puts us at 12. Didn't see this one coming, but looks like a decent pickup. Could be on the defensive side of the ball

Crossed out anybody that we're pretty much out of it for, not interested in, or are EXTREME back-up plans that I don't see happening. Leggett committed to Marshall today, so he's out. as for the rest, I see Peat, Fuller (hopefully), Valentine, Shelton, Ford, Smith, and Bush-Loo committing. if Fuller does not (and it's pretty much 50/50 to me right now on whether or not he will pick Nebraska), we should almost certainly take Alonzo Moore. if Valentine doesn't commit, we should take Curry (though I could see us taking both, if Curry commits first and Valentine wants in). Standifer should be the back-up plan for Ford or Shelton...at the moment, I'd say we'll get Bush-Loo, but if he does not commit, I think we won't take a TE, and give a scholarship to one of the guys on the outside looking in (Standifer, Cross, Shoff, Curry, Moore)...I'd like to have all of them, though, but I just don't see us taking more than 18, MAYBE 19 in this class.

For all those talking about Carl Nicks and "he's a nobody" or "he's a punk"....really? He was certainly far from a nobody, he was a very talented player, he just had the unfortunate situation of playing on one of the worst teams in Nebraska history...he was drafted in the 5th round by the Saints and, since 2010, has been the starter at RG for them, and I think he made the Pro Bowl either last year or this year. so he's a great player, who had a lot of talent, just underutilized. as for his maturity, yes, Pelini banned him from the Pro Day that year because of his immaturity (I think he got a DUI not long before that), which angered him. However, back in 2010 (Article here: http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2010/04/new_orleans_saints_carl_nicks.html) he apologized to Pelini and Osborne for his bad behavior during his Nebraska career. So he's obviously man enough to admit he was a couch potato in college....but it looks like Pelini's discipline only made him work 10x harder. Sorry, it just frustrates me to see the fans on HuskerBoard bash the guy because he doesn't say "University of Nebraska" on his introduction in the NFL...he's far from a talentless hack or a punk who hates the team....

Alford just committed to Southern Miss today. Officially scratch that one.

Highlighted my predictions of who commits to NU....Leggett, Standifer, Moore, and a RB are also possibilities, but I think Leggett goes to FSU, Standifer goes somewhere that offered him, Moore will be a backup plan in case Fuller doesn't come here, and a RB only if we need to fill up the class....King Frazier, a 3* RB from Kansas City, has already agreed to Walk-On, and he's in the same mold as Borque or Cross, though not as talented...but if all else fails, he would be the RB of the class, even if he's only walking on. *Denotes late qualifier (Jackson)

Ha, yea, I guess.... Fyi, I think the coaches have already said that this will be a smaller class, probably anywhere between 15-19 kids, so it wouldn't surprise me to see only a few more kids, but I think we'll be around 16-18 when all's said and done. So, I'd say this class is an exception, not the rule. But that doesn't mean we can't have a solid class despite the size. Peat and Fuller would do wonders for the class.