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Thinking they are done. Holding onto 2’ ships for late spring, early summer options from portal or JC. FWIW, Sam M from OWH thinks a QB portal option that becomes available this summer is likely if they find someone who will be a good fit. Narrows it down to someone with at least 2 years eligibility and is fine being a backup in year 1.
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Is there a QB in the portal or in college football that is willing to sit on the bench for half of their remaining eligibility? Probably already have that option at their current school.
They aren’t coming to “sit out one year” they are coming to compete for a job. If frost doesn’t think they can compete this year he wouldn’t bring them in. Summer is plenty of time to get up to snuff..especially if they come from the same system.
A guy who was a freshman this past year could redshirt and be a redshirt freshmen in 2022, The odds of that happening are slim I understand but who knows. There might be a grad transfer who actually IS interested in the financial advantage of being a grad transfer QB at NU while completing a Masters. A guy from a DII or FCS level would seem most likely.
This notion is a bit overrated. It was a lot easier to find those diamond in the roughs. We recruited a lot of guys that would have been ranked higher if there were more recruiting resources available back then. Recruiting services are 100 times better today than back then.
He had a number of highly regarded classes. There wasn't the rating systems there are now but it is a false narrative.
So it was just a coincidence that a bunch of those players were All American and had NFL careers?
If that's true, then either Oregon filled up with the kids they wanted more than AD and Arkansas is a fallback plan. Or maybe AD switched to Arkansas last minute. Either way, playing in the SEC isn't a bad option.
Personally, I've never thought Nebraska had a chance. He's not impressed and wants to go away to school.
This. No matter what. He is a an overrated flake. Nebraska gets their allotment of those from Florida.
no like I said he was very effective at coaching them up. Players redshirted and received tons of reps because of the size of the roster. Many 3rd and 4th string players received similar attention as 1st and 2nd team players by the coaches during practice. It was also common for lower unit players to receive game experience.
Still they did not get highly
This from an interview between Steve Sipple and Osborne. Lincoln Journal Star Nov 1, 2012
From the horse’s own mouth: “Osborne noted that during the 1990’s MOST of the Huskers recruiting classes were ranked in the 15-30’s range.” You can say what you want but according to coach they did not have many top 10 classes. I lived through that era and was a big Husker fan and I remember being frustrated with the lack of recruiting success BUT they always outplayed their recruiting.
Here's what info I could find
Year: PrepStar Emfinger Wallace Lemming
2000: 12 - 15 -
1999: 25 - 17 -
1998: 10 - 17
1997: 17 - 19-
1996: - 9 6 / 2 10
1995: - 3 8 / 11 5
1994: - 6 20 -
1993: - - 18 -
1992: - 5 14 10
1991: - - 28-
1990: - - 10-
1989: - - 12 -
1988: - - 24 -
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in 1995 and 1996 and wallace ranked the offense and defense recruits. thus the 6/2 and 8/11
Year: PrepStar Emfinger Wallace Lemming
2000: 12 - 15 -
1999: 25 - 17 -
1998: 10 - 17
1997: 17 - 19-
1996: - 9 6 / 2 10
1995: - 3 8 / 11 5
1994: - 6 20 -
1993: - - 18 -
1992: - 5 14 10
1991: - - 28-
1990: - - 10-
1989: - - 12 -
1988: - - 24 -
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in 1995 and 1996 and wallace ranked the offense and defense recruits. thus the 6/2 and 8/11
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Bingo. The notion that those 90s teams weren't made with elite recruiting is a bunch of BS. Yes there were a lot of contributors who were unheralded guys in HS and then developed. There were also a lot of guys who were flat out players in HS and continued to be flat out players at NU, then went to the NFL.
Frazier, Newcombe, Crouch, London, those dudes were all top ranked option QB prospects. Those rosters had a bunch of dudes who were excellent option QBs in high school and they came to NU and moved to wingback like Clester Johnson or safety like Tony Veland or WR/PR like Bobby Newcombe.
Ahman Green was an elite RB prospect and an elite college RB, oh and he's just the Packers all time rushing leader. People gloss over that because he came from Omaha. He could have gone anywhere he wanted. People act like Childs and Benning were just some guys because they came from Omaha as well; both of them could have been incredibly productive starters elsewhere in the conference or in D1.
It's slightly more difficult research 90s classes to do than just looking up a 2015 Rivals ranking which is why most fans don't do it.
winning is a combination of talent + coaching
Neb needs to have a few classes full of 8* recruits
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This is a myth that has been debunked on here many times. Nebraska frequently had Top 10 classes under TO and even had a #1 class (85?).
Good research. Thanks for posting. TO did a great job of finding roles for local guys and developing players, but he was also able to land some elite talent. LP, Tommie, Ahman Green, Mike Brown, Grant Wistrom, etc were 5-star guys.
See my post about Osborne’s own assessment of his recruiting. 1990’s classes 15-30.
@rcnut223 Provided the actual data. We had a run in the 90's with Top 10 classes 3 years in a row and 5 years out of 7. If you go further back the 80's looked much the same. TO's could identify and recruit, mothers trusted him to take care of their sons and kids trusted him to get them to the NFL.
Tom is notoriously humble and downplayed things. He did better than he gave himself credit for.
Was it also a coincidence that many of those players were from Nebraska, a state that doesn't produce more than a couple 4 stars a year?