Thurston from Pender
Five-Star Recruit
1. The speed lives down South. It is cold in Nebraska. Lots of players make their decision based on that.
2. Evaluation of recruits is an inexact science. How many top recruits have bombed out in college?
3. Chemistry between the coach and the player is very subjective.
4. Nebraska has never been relevant on the national stage in the lifetime of the recruits. It's like going to Gopher stadium and seeing all the national titles for Minnesota and the first thought is, "Minnesota was a football champion?"
5. To have a championship football team, you need at least one excellent player and about 5 really good ones. No weak sisters. And must have good special teams with a consistent kicker.
6. Lack of a diverse female student body to date.
7. Lincoln is, face it, boring. The only thing to do is drink and not supposed to do that until 21. Weak music scene.
8. The competition is much stiffer than back in Dr. Tom's day. Now it is Bama, Sooners, LSU, Clemson, Ohio State, Oregon, Notre Dame and others trying to get back like us: Texas, Michigan, FL, FSU, Miami and others.
9. State has only 1.8m people. Not a lot of job prospects here after graduation.
10. Program has been cursed since Steve P. and the fans refuse to perform the Ritual Exorcism to cleanse Husker Nation and rid it of the demons of the failed coaches of the past.
2. Evaluation of recruits is an inexact science. How many top recruits have bombed out in college?
3. Chemistry between the coach and the player is very subjective.
4. Nebraska has never been relevant on the national stage in the lifetime of the recruits. It's like going to Gopher stadium and seeing all the national titles for Minnesota and the first thought is, "Minnesota was a football champion?"
5. To have a championship football team, you need at least one excellent player and about 5 really good ones. No weak sisters. And must have good special teams with a consistent kicker.
6. Lack of a diverse female student body to date.
7. Lincoln is, face it, boring. The only thing to do is drink and not supposed to do that until 21. Weak music scene.
8. The competition is much stiffer than back in Dr. Tom's day. Now it is Bama, Sooners, LSU, Clemson, Ohio State, Oregon, Notre Dame and others trying to get back like us: Texas, Michigan, FL, FSU, Miami and others.
9. State has only 1.8m people. Not a lot of job prospects here after graduation.
10. Program has been cursed since Steve P. and the fans refuse to perform the Ritual Exorcism to cleanse Husker Nation and rid it of the demons of the failed coaches of the past.
