Honest question from MN fan

[knapplc]

Then every year Nebraska says Minnesota is terrible.

And Minnesota fans say Nebraska is terrible, even in years we've beaten the Gophers.

Whatever profound point you think you're making... you're not.

 

[everybody knows my name]

This Minnesota Gopher fan wasn't happy when NU hired Scott Frost.  I still think if you give him enough time, Frost will eventually turn the corner like Frank Beamer did at Virginia Tech.  I think you guys could be happy with Beamer's post-1993 results.  But it isn't easy to patient, is it?

 

[Treand3]

In the last five years, Nebraska has had the best average recruiting rankings out of the entire Big 10 West and three of the seven teams in the East. So, by majority, they recruit better than nine other teams.

The problem is what happens when the players get here, so, it really comes down to how you define "talent." To a man, I would argue Nebraska has more talent than at least 8-9 other teams in the B1G. Recent coaches have simply proven incapable of developing that talent to produce a winning product. That doesn't mean the players aren't "talented."

That's why I don't generally like the whole 'ArE tHeY tAlEnTeD' discussion. Nebraska is a D1 school full of players that landed them top 20 and top 30 recruiting classes. They're good players, at least in the raw sense. They're a team that is MORE than capable of winning 8-9 games and competing for a division title. They've proven that in multiple games this year. Just not in the stat that matters most.

And this all while compiling a 16-28 those last five years. With no 10-2 record.

 

[PasstheDamnBallGuy]

I mean Fleck himself said NU has the more skilled players. If Frost had said something like that it would be a meltdown about him throwing players under the bus. The product we have been putting on the field for a while has been poor and Minnesota has been slightly better. If not for poor camera angles on a replay Frost would still be 2-2 vs Fleck though