RADAR Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 With a top notch recruiting staff...I think NU could count on rankings (on a consistent basis) in the top 20...with a lot of top 15's. Check back in February and the February after and we shall see. Quote Link to comment
RADAR Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 The real title to this thread should be " smoke and mirrors" The real discussion already took place here- http://www.huskerboard.com/index.php?/topic/76388-408-left-us-high-and-dry/ Quote Link to comment
4skers89 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 What the heck is going on here? Is it good or bad to have Walk Ons? I thought it was good, but now I'm hearing its bad? Someone seriously needs to tell me what I need to believe from here on out about walk ons... Someone needs to provide me with my opinion... It's good to have walkons to make up for recruiting misses. It's bad to have to rely on walkons to make up for recruiting misses. 1 Quote Link to comment
Bowfin Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Where did all of this "All we have is walk-ons!" nonsense began in the first place? Here's two guys who weren't good enough to get a scholarship to Nebraska but were considered "walk on" material: Danny Woodhead Jay Novacek Both played in the Super Bowl. That "Jimmies and Joes" quote is mostly used by coaches who need an excuse, IMNSHO. A high school recruit is nothing more than raw material, not the finished product. Ask any NCO from Fort Bragg or Parris Island. Quote Link to comment
RADAR Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Where did all of this "All we have is walk-ons!" nonsense began in the first place? Here's two guys who weren't good enough to get a scholarship to Nebraska but were considered "walk on" material: Danny Woodhead Jay Novacek Both played in the Super Bowl. That "Jimmies and Joes" quote is mostly used by coaches who need an excuse, IMNSHO. A high school recruit is nothing more than raw material, not the finished product. Ask any NCO from Fort Bragg or Parris Island. Really??????????? You cherry pick 2 out of thousands and that is supposed to make your point. Laughable! Quote Link to comment
GBRedneck Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 I saw a lot of references to the 24 of 79 players on the Husker travel roster being walkons. ("Oh the horror!!!") I asked several times for the same stats from other teams, because as a standalone number, 24/79 is pretty meaningless. Anyway, I got tired of waiting so I went to compile some numbers on my own. I looked at Wisconsin. Since I couldn't find any travel rosters, I figured I would find a blowout game where a lot of players saw the field and maybe the game participation report would have a similar number of players to the Husker travel roster. The Sept 12 game against Miami(OH) was a 58-0 blowout, and sure enough, they had 64 players that saw the field. I cross referenced that list with their recruiting classes from 2011 - 2015 to include 5th year seniors through true freshman. The results were very similar to the Huskers. Out of 64 who saw the field, 18 were walkons. 18/64 = 28% walkons. Remember, that is the guys that actually played. Our numbers for Miami were 24/79 = 30% walkons, but that is just those who traveled, not necessarily played. So I also checked the Huskers participation report against Miami. The Huskers played 51 total, 10 were walkons. 10/51 = 19.6% So either Wisconsin is in big trouble talent wise, or Riley has a bunch of supporters who are experts in "How to Lie with Statistics". Here are the Wisconsin players marked with either W for walkon, or the year of their recruiting class. Biegel, Hayden 13 Biegel, Vince 12 Brookins, K. 13 Caputo, Michael 11 Cichy, Jack W Connelly, Ryan W Connors, Brett W Deal, Taiwan 14 Deiter, Michael 14 Dixon, D'Cota 14 Dooley, Garret 13 Edwards, TJ 14 Endicott, Andre W Erickson, Alex W Farrar, A. 15 Ferguson, Joe W Figaro, Lubern 14 Fredrick, J. 11 Gaglianone, R. 14 Goldberg, A. 12 Hayes, Jesse 11 Hillary, Darius 11 Hirschfeld, B. 14 Houston, Bart 12 Jacobs, Leon 13 Jamerson, N. 14 James, Alec 13 Jones, Kellen W Jordan, AJ 11 Kapoi, Micah 14 Keefer, Jake 11 Kinlaw, Caleb 14 Love, Reggie 12 Marz, Tyler 11 Maxwell, Jacob 14 McEvoy, Tanner 13 Meyer, Drew W Musso, Leo 12 Neuville, Z. W Obasih, Chikwe 13 Ogunbowale, D. W Orr, Chris 15 Panos, George 14 Peavy, Jazz 13 Rosowski, PJ W Rushing, George 14 Russell, Jack W Saari, Mark W Sagapolu, Olive 15 Schmidt, Logan W Schobert, Joe W Sheehy, Conor 14 Shelton, S. 13 Stave, Joel W Steffes, Eric 11 Straus, Derek W Tindal, Derrick 14 Traylor, Austin 11 Udelhoven, C. W Voltz, Dan 12 Watt, Derek 11 Watt, TJ 13 Wheelwright, R. 13 Williams, W. 1 A crap post, the only thing Nebraska and Wisconsin have in common right now is they are both unranked with average talent. Damon Benning said today on the subject, that if this continued to be case in 2 years, Nebraska is in real trouble. (hense, Nebraska is in real trouble NOW) Wisconsin is ranked in both polls. If Damon Benning said that, he's ignorant about the subject. It was that type of response to this issue that caused me to look into it and discover that it's not an issue. If TO had a travel roster with 79 players on it back in 1997, 24 would have been former walkons. Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I saw a lot of references to the 24 of 79 players on the Husker travel roster being walkons. ("Oh the horror!!!") I asked several times for the same stats from other teams, because as a standalone number, 24/79 is pretty meaningless. Anyway, I got tired of waiting so I went to compile some numbers on my own. I looked at Wisconsin. Since I couldn't find any travel rosters, I figured I would find a blowout game where a lot of players saw the field and maybe the game participation report would have a similar number of players to the Husker travel roster. The Sept 12 game against Miami(OH) was a 58-0 blowout, and sure enough, they had 64 players that saw the field. I cross referenced that list with their recruiting classes from 2011 - 2015 to include 5th year seniors through true freshman. The results were very similar to the Huskers. Out of 64 who saw the field, 18 were walkons. 18/64 = 28% walkons. Remember, that is the guys that actually played. Our numbers for Miami were 24/79 = 30% walkons, but that is just those who traveled, not necessarily played. So I also checked the Huskers participation report against Miami. The Huskers played 51 total, 10 were walkons. 10/51 = 19.6% So either Wisconsin is in big trouble talent wise, or Riley has a bunch of supporters who are experts in "How to Lie with Statistics". Here are the Wisconsin players marked with either W for walkon, or the year of their recruiting class. Biegel, Hayden 13 Biegel, Vince 12 Brookins, K. 13 Caputo, Michael 11 Cichy, Jack W Connelly, Ryan W Connors, Brett W Deal, Taiwan 14 Deiter, Michael 14 Dixon, D'Cota 14 Dooley, Garret 13 Edwards, TJ 14 Endicott, Andre W Erickson, Alex W Farrar, A. 15 Ferguson, Joe W Figaro, Lubern 14 Fredrick, J. 11 Gaglianone, R. 14 Goldberg, A. 12 Hayes, Jesse 11 Hillary, Darius 11 Hirschfeld, B. 14 Houston, Bart 12 Jacobs, Leon 13 Jamerson, N. 14 James, Alec 13 Jones, Kellen W Jordan, AJ 11 Kapoi, Micah 14 Keefer, Jake 11 Kinlaw, Caleb 14 Love, Reggie 12 Marz, Tyler 11 Maxwell, Jacob 14 McEvoy, Tanner 13 Meyer, Drew W Musso, Leo 12 Neuville, Z. W Obasih, Chikwe 13 Ogunbowale, D. W Orr, Chris 15 Panos, George 14 Peavy, Jazz 13 Rosowski, PJ W Rushing, George 14 Russell, Jack W Saari, Mark W Sagapolu, Olive 15 Schmidt, Logan W Schobert, Joe W Sheehy, Conor 14 Shelton, S. 13 Stave, Joel W Steffes, Eric 11 Straus, Derek W Tindal, Derrick 14 Traylor, Austin 11 Udelhoven, C. W Voltz, Dan 12 Watt, Derek 11 Watt, TJ 13 Wheelwright, R. 13 Williams, W. 1 A crap post, the only thing Nebraska and Wisconsin have in common right now is they are both unranked with average talent. Damon Benning said today on the subject, that if this continued to be case in 2 years, Nebraska is in real trouble. (hense, Nebraska is in real trouble NOW) Wisconsin is ranked in both polls. If Damon Benning said that, he's ignorant about the subject. It was that type of response to this issue that caused me to look into it and discover that it's not an issue. If TO had a travel roster with 79 players on it back in 1997, 24 would have been former walkons. That's probably not totally accurate because TO was allowed 24 more scholarship players on the team than they are allowed now. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Damon Benning is "ignorant about the subject." No. Just no. 1 Quote Link to comment
GBRedneck Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 I saw a lot of references to the 24 of 79 players on the Husker travel roster being walkons. ("Oh the horror!!!") I asked several times for the same stats from other teams, because as a standalone number, 24/79 is pretty meaningless. Anyway, I got tired of waiting so I went to compile some numbers on my own. I looked at Wisconsin. Since I couldn't find any travel rosters, I figured I would find a blowout game where a lot of players saw the field and maybe the game participation report would have a similar number of players to the Husker travel roster. The Sept 12 game against Miami(OH) was a 58-0 blowout, and sure enough, they had 64 players that saw the field. I cross referenced that list with their recruiting classes from 2011 - 2015 to include 5th year seniors through true freshman. The results were very similar to the Huskers. Out of 64 who saw the field, 18 were walkons. 18/64 = 28% walkons. Remember, that is the guys that actually played. Our numbers for Miami were 24/79 = 30% walkons, but that is just those who traveled, not necessarily played. So I also checked the Huskers participation report against Miami. The Huskers played 51 total, 10 were walkons. 10/51 = 19.6% So either Wisconsin is in big trouble talent wise, or Riley has a bunch of supporters who are experts in "How to Lie with Statistics". Here are the Wisconsin players marked with either W for walkon, or the year of their recruiting class. Biegel, Hayden 13 Biegel, Vince 12 Brookins, K. 13 Caputo, Michael 11 Cichy, Jack W Connelly, Ryan W Connors, Brett W Deal, Taiwan 14 Deiter, Michael 14 Dixon, D'Cota 14 Dooley, Garret 13 Edwards, TJ 14 Endicott, Andre W Erickson, Alex W Farrar, A. 15 Ferguson, Joe W Figaro, Lubern 14 Fredrick, J. 11 Gaglianone, R. 14 Goldberg, A. 12 Hayes, Jesse 11 Hillary, Darius 11 Hirschfeld, B. 14 Houston, Bart 12 Jacobs, Leon 13 Jamerson, N. 14 James, Alec 13 Jones, Kellen W Jordan, AJ 11 Kapoi, Micah 14 Keefer, Jake 11 Kinlaw, Caleb 14 Love, Reggie 12 Marz, Tyler 11 Maxwell, Jacob 14 McEvoy, Tanner 13 Meyer, Drew W Musso, Leo 12 Neuville, Z. W Obasih, Chikwe 13 Ogunbowale, D. W Orr, Chris 15 Panos, George 14 Peavy, Jazz 13 Rosowski, PJ W Rushing, George 14 Russell, Jack W Saari, Mark W Sagapolu, Olive 15 Schmidt, Logan W Schobert, Joe W Sheehy, Conor 14 Shelton, S. 13 Stave, Joel W Steffes, Eric 11 Straus, Derek W Tindal, Derrick 14 Traylor, Austin 11 Udelhoven, C. W Voltz, Dan 12 Watt, Derek 11 Watt, TJ 13 Wheelwright, R. 13 Williams, W. 1 A crap post, the only thing Nebraska and Wisconsin have in common right now is they are both unranked with average talent. Damon Benning said today on the subject, that if this continued to be case in 2 years, Nebraska is in real trouble. (hense, Nebraska is in real trouble NOW) Wisconsin is ranked in both polls. If Damon Benning said that, he's ignorant about the subject. It was that type of response to this issue that caused me to look into it and discover that it's not an issue. If TO had a travel roster with 79 players on it back in 1997, 24 would have been former walkons. That's probably not totally accurate because TO was allowed 24 more scholarship players on the team than they are allowed now. Not in '97. The limit has been 85 since '92. Quote Link to comment
GBRedneck Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 Damon Benning is "ignorant about the subject." No. Just no. About this issue. If he thinks that the Huskers' ratio of former walkons to scholarship athletes on the travel roster is all of a sudden a problem, when it's roughly the same ratio as our peers, and the same as it's been for the last 20 years, then yes, he is ignorant about this issue. But I don't know what he said about it. I'm just going on what RADAR said. Did Benning actually say that about this issue? I'm a big fan of DB and always have been. But this issue is one of those things that sounds scary until you dig in and find out the details. It's like "OMG! Dihydrogen monoxide is everywhere and thousands of people die from it!" and then you find out it's just water. Quote Link to comment
Stumpy1 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 How many walk ons did Wisconsin take to Dallas? That is what you should be looking for. Who cares how many played. That isn't the point of the other discussion. Quote Link to comment
GBRedneck Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 How many walk ons did Wisconsin take to Dallas? That is what you should be looking for. Who cares how many played. That isn't the point of the other discussion. If you can find their travel roster, I'll do the analysis. But there's no reason to believe it will be much different than ours based on the numbers that saw the field (participation report). Let's assume they brought 79. They played 50. 12 were former walkons. Do you think the 29 that didn't play were all or even predominantly scholarship athletes? 10-15 of those 29 who didn't play will be former walkons. Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Could be wrong, but most of us don't care what Wisconsin does, and how similar they are to us. If we want to be back, we're going to have to blow Wisconsin away in every tangible way. 24 of 79 simply points to recruiting issues over the past 3, if not 4 years. It absolutely is a fact that Pelini didn't get it done with recruiting; Riley and his staff have to improve drastically on that if we're going to gain relevance again. 2 Quote Link to comment
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