BREAKING: Four-star WR Khalil Taylor commits to Nebraska
Nebraska has landed a commitment from four-star WR Khalil Taylor, overcoming Penn State, Colorado and more for the top-100 prospect.
***New Commit*** BREAKING: Four-star WR Khalil Taylor commits to Nebraska
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This class is impressive~! Pulling him out of PA from Penn State? That sounds VERY nice.
Do I wish he was 6'3"? Lol. (Just getting ahead of the grumpy guys). Dang I hope Rhule can keep the wheels on the road this season so we keep this class.
With the new 5-year rule it feels like a LOT of this class could play as freshman.
Do I wish he was 6'3"? Lol. (Just getting ahead of the grumpy guys). Dang I hope Rhule can keep the wheels on the road this season so we keep this class.
With the new 5-year rule it feels like a LOT of this class could play as freshman.
Expect some dog$&it posts from the pee bird moron that lives on this board.
What's crazy to me is a top 100 WR commits to NE and there are only nine replies. This reply being the 10th after several hours have passed since the WR's announcement. That just shows the state of this board and or the state of recruiting. Both are negative in my eyes.
Honestly if you belong to the Red Scrolls they have 2 pages already on the commitment.
Now that players are no longer held hostage by the school, it is not as much fun to follow HS recruiting.
At the P4 level, unless a kid is just a freak, your goal as a coach should probably be to not start anyone that isn't 20 years old or older.
At the P4 level, unless a kid is just a freak, your goal as a coach should probably be to not start anyone that isn't 20 years old or older.
Held hostage? Oh the travesty of getting recruited and playing big time athletics. And having to sit out a year on full scholarship if you change schools. Free food, stipend, free lodging. Then go pro or go out and get a real job. And they gladly signed up for it.
I mean...we have seen that once they were able to move freely, like normal people, that they clearly felt like they were held hostage. Look how many players enter the portal now that they have freedom of movement.
Yep
And, I know some posters will get mad, but Bo would have LOVED the portal. He would have loved getting older dudes with a bit of a chip on their shoulder that just wanted to get coached.
..I think most CFB fans feel the same about H.S. recruiting now, which is to say, "meh, lets see if he sticks to his commitment, and doesn't bail after one season..."
This is me. As much as our current recruiting success makes me happy, any excitement is totally counteracted by the realization it could all fall apart if other teams start to outbid us for the better players. Or, that they may spend one year here and then transfer. And it will also be hard to retain these recruits if our upcoming season sucks and social media explodes with anti Rhule sentiments
I wonder if it is easier to keep recruits now because of the money?
Who knows...
No doubt the QB recruit had a lot to do with getting this commitment.
Not me . I love what we are doing recruiting wise this year. Now the state of this board imo right now seems more "meh" then I've seen it. Granted I was on the pay board for years until about 3 years ago.
Personally I think people just wanna see it. They have been let down time and time again. No matter what they have recruited the results in the field has been less than what they expected. So in that sense it's a matter of wake me up when it happens.
I still get excited about recruiting but not near as much as I used to. More because guys don't stay around like they used to more than anything.
I think if this was Rhules 1st or 2nd class people would be more excited. The fact that it's not people wanna see action and results. Until then I'm afraid to some it won't matter how well we recruit.
Holla
I wouldn't think most players consider it being held hostage per se, but like you say some of those guys clearly are trying to find a better opportunity or just get out of a big situation. But there are a lot of factors at play when it comes to the transfer numbers. The NIL thing is creating some of this movement both with kids trying to earn more money elsewhere and kids being squeezed out by new guys being brought in. Neither of those factors existed several years ago.
I also think that the one year sit out as a transfer actually helped a lot of kids by discouraging transfers. Staying put and working through the challenges in front of you is a life lesson. "Normal people" don't actually move freely year to year.
This is what I foresee. Nebraska actually getting great players and then losing them in the portal. It hasn't happened much yet, but we haven't had a lot of players who would start at better schools and we haven't won. Everybody loves a winner. If we win more games, there will be more Wandales and Boerkechers.
But they CAN move freely. That is the point. Most normal people can move freely year to year.
They can move freely. They just couldn’t play for a while. Playing college football isn’t a right. I couldn’t transfer in my academic program either. Life’s a *****. Lots of trade employers have gone to restricted contracts where they’ll pay for your school but you have to agree to work for them for 2-4 years OR you’ll have to pay them back plus interest and a penalty. That would be reasonable for NIL.
But that is not the rule for players, so what does it matter if "lots of employers" do that?
The rule was horrible...it changed and now it is clearly great for the players.
Could have? He's still alive isn't he? So, why isn't he out there killing it with the portal? Oh right...
Is it? ESPN had a study that 54% of football players make it out of the portal. And how many of those kids bettered their situation? Half? Some move up. Some move down. The vast percentage of them overestimate their market value. Not to mention the 30-40% who never play again.
Much has been said that coaches can move so the players should be able to as well. Fine. I won't lose any sleep over it but a lot of times a coaching change can help existing players on a roster. A fresh start. These days most new coaches want to clean house and they can now because of the ridiculous transfer rules.
The word "closer" has two distinct meanings, not even pronounced the same, but.....
I think you missed the meaning here.
I am taking about the freedom of movement. The end result is what it is...I don't care about that part.
I care that they have the option to move without having to sit out a year.
There are limits to all freedoms. You think a player should be free to switch teams mid-season?