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Is the 2027 class a program changer?
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Need our freshman RB to play this year at least IMO.
The obvious problem for this fall is what appears to be a much tougher schedule. Our lines and QB could be better and we could still win fewer games
Did you watch college football last year or no? There might be 2 teams on that list that have less talent than we do on the DL and thatās it.
The obvious problem for this fall is what appears to be a much tougher schedule. Our lines and QB could be better and we could still win fewer games
People keep saying this, but I don't think it's actually true, assuming our goal is just making another meaningless bowl, which I believe it is.
The schedule is only tougher for the upper half of the games. The lower half of the games are actually as weak or weaker than last year. 6 wins (or possibly only need 5) should be very doable.
Heading into last year, I would have called these our best shot at 6 wins...
Cincinnati (away, but basically home)
Akron (home)
HCU (home)
MCU (home)
Maryland (away)
Northwestern (home)
Heading into this year, I'd guess that looks like this...
Ohio (home)
Bowling Green (home)
North Dakota (home)
MSU (away)
Maryland (home)
Rutgers (away)
Looks pretty comparable to me.
I will disagree...our fans broke the decibel level in Oklahoma City, broke attendance records for baseball and softball, broke the world record for fans attending a volleyball game and Colorado players openly stated that they were shook by the enviroment, which ultimately lead to our biggest win in the Rhule era.
The team is so boring and bad that the environment has been muted, but if we ever had a top 5 team, at night...you will see a different beast...
Go and watch film on Colandra. He is a running qb. His passing game is very suspect. He was average in a lower conference, he will get killed in the big 10.The obvious problem for this fall is what appears to be a much tougher schedule. Our lines and QB could be better and we could still win fewer games
I'm talking about football. On any given Saturday. Currently.
Lots of programs as good or better. And if you don't know that, then you don't watch much football outside of Nebraska.
That Colorado game was an outlier as is your hypothetical "if we ever had a top 5 team, at night."
With extremes, exceptions and hypotheticals, sure we can hang with anyone. In present reality, it's not a differentiator.
Need a couple things to happen for this class:
* canāt lose too many games
* canāt get outbid on best commits
I am pessimistic on both fronts. But hopefully I will be wrong.
* canāt lose too many games
* canāt get outbid on best commits
I am pessimistic on both fronts. But hopefully I will be wrong.
Both sides of the ball. I'm confident in GW and optimistic about DL coaches
Define too many games. If we make another meaningless bowl, is that enough? I can certainly hear the hat spinning the narrative into "back to back to back bowls for the first time in over a decade, heading in the right direction, just need a player like you to take the next step, blah, blah, blah"
Having some confidence is a little different than thinking our lines went from some of the worst in the B1G to Top 12 in the country within a year.
No disagreement. The gist of the conversation was development. I think we have people in place now that can do that. Last year not so much. That's all I have to say about that
Having said that I am VERY concerned about the lack of dl and de recruitment for 2027
Like I said, taking a stab. Most of those teams had a worse rush defense or gave up more yards per carry than we did. Could be system, could be talent. I have no clue. Like I said, I was taking a stab at it.
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We need to get much better on both sides of the line to be a playoff team.
What part of English didnāt you understand.
Depth at the QB is the best since Rhule has been hired.
in general, whenever people are so negative about something, the result usually turns out to be the opposite.. add to that, the Offensive Line Overhaul and the QB who dared to take a sign from God, to come to NU. I see nothing but good times this year.. so much so, I'm trying to manifest a playoff berth.. join me!
We only have 4 top 20 games.. even if you split that, you're in the playoffs. We can do this! I'm serious!
Oh, @Redscarlet my simple-minded, slow blinking, little friend. It appears, once again, that you are the one with the English comprehension problem. Entire conversation below to help you follow along. I can't spell it out any more in crayon for you...
@NikkiSixx - I believe we have a playoff level team.
@BugsAreQualityProtein - What position group makes you say that?
You - Offensive and defensive lines.
Me - You're joking, right?
Here are the actual quotes for context and accuracy with the pertinent parts in bold for you...
You might want to brush up on your own basic understanding of the English language before you come here questioning that of other posters.
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What Iām saying is that Geep seems to at least be addressing what should have been done year 1 under Rhule. Other than that Iām lukewarm at best and apathetic at worst.
Yeah, I know what you're saying. My post wasn't directed at you.
That is defined in the eye of the recruit on a recruit by recruit basis. To the degree that a recruit plans to go to the NFL, bowl games, CFP games and gel with this staff and teammates while winning games for a few years, all of that can be undermined by a stinker of a 2026 season. Best example would be the recruiting class that could have been if Callahan hadnāt been fired.
If for some reason a recruit likes Lincoln, likes his major at UNL, and isnāt getting better NIL offers, then that guy will be more patient.
You probably coulda given me a thousand guesses and I wouldnāt have come up with the proper spelling of the word āchutzpah.ā Respect!