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Deion had the right idea

There's nothing really left to say. The program is a complete joke, the official big 10 twitter account taunts us, that's what the conference thinks of us. The entire thing...our program, our involvement in this conference, our place in the national scene is a complete and utter failure. It's a failure from top to bottom involving every single person in the AD. There is no way to fix it without a full purge of every single person. I mean the adults, the players, the janitorial staff, etc. Any person that could possibly speak to how things were (i.e. "we've never done it that way before") needs to be removed. There is no other way, the only person that can handle this is the head of the university system. It has to be done to save things, and it'll look bad but you have to cut the cancer out. It's metastatic to the rest of the AD and has to be stopped. We can't even get a little bias in volleyball commentary, which we've rightly earned. The football team has infected how the media treats other sports. People have no idea what's about to happen as the landscape gets rearranged to the big programs and everyone else goes D3. It will be a disaster for Nebraska and will destroy livelihoods around the state. This isn't an overstatement but the braintrust on here will act like it's crazy talk, it is not.
We are doing better with recruiting and player development than we have been in a long time. For two decades we sucked at one or the other or both. I'm also encouraged by the Holgerson hire and Rhule being willing to go find people that can make us better. Just blowing things up all the time is a sure way to never get anywhere. every new coach has to start from scratch unless they get lucky and inherit a stacked roster or they bring in a lot of guys from their old school.
Frost and Riley turned this program into a MAC school talent-wise. They weren't committed to building a solid program that could win in the Big 10. Sanders is going to have to discover whether he can win with roster rollover every year. We beat them partially because our guys were a cohesive team game two and they weren't.

Deion had the right idea

Yep a bunch of untested players, good luck.
Oof, try again. D. Miller has played all year and was the best WR against the best defense in the Big 12. O. Miller has burned the likes of USC and KSU. They would be at the top of the heap of portal transfers if they entered. Russell, yes, untested. Not sure luck is the key. Depth is. 1 guy fails, go to the next stud in line. Works literally everywhere else.

Cutting the roster to 105

This is going to be a good thing for Nebraska football. Nebraska needs to be focused in every respect, and I don't believe there is any way to efficiently coach a roster of 150+ players. Guys who could be "developed" are getting lost in the shuffle. I guarantee multiple points this season Rhule has thought "damn, I forgot about that guy" or maybe even "who the hell is this guy?" Sure, we might lose a few guys who could have eventually contributed, but that will be more than offset by focusing on a smaller number and getting them the reps and coaching that is so critical. I'm glad the NCAA is making a decision that we're too dumb to make ourselves.
Everybody likes walk-ons and finding diamonds-in-the-rough, but I agree 100%. A smaller roster with more coaching and development time on those that will actually make the three-deep at some point is a better use of resources.
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Deion had the right idea

Uh...
1 - Drelon Miller - Highly regarded Freshman WR who just had a breakout game against Utah. Compares favorably to a young LaViska Shenault. Has started at RB and WR for CU. Just figuring it out but will be a big-time player for CU.
2 - Omarion Miller - Sophomore WR, averages like 21.5 yards per catch. Big play WR who will no longer have to wait his turn. Injured on the season or would be having a big year.
3 - Cordale Russell - Freshman WR, former 4*/top 50 (ESPN/On3) who was injured early on and will miss the season. Supposed to be back in December but not expected to play this year. Has displayed big time talent in his short time on the practice field.

Those 3 are expected to be the best set of WRs we've had since Westbrook, Johnson, and Carruth were running all over the field in the 90's. The potential is there and not hard to attract the top rated QB when you have that on the roster. Had all 3 been healthy, they would have made a lot more noise this year.

Others:
Kam Mikell - Freshman, Highly rated WR that is redshirting this year.
Terrell Timmons - So., has played in place of Horn after his injury. Getting his feet wet. Time will tell.
Jordan Onovughe - Freshman, highly rated WR that plays sparingly this year.
Asaad Waseem - Freshman, hugely productive high school career. Special teams player this year.

Several highly rated recruits likely coming this cycle when signing day or whatever it is called now happens. I wasn't sure before, but after Juju's commit and their chatter on social media, I'm guessing they will sign (or send in financial aid papers or whatever they do now). I think WR will be the strongest position on the roster next year and maybe the strongest in the country when the dust settles. It will certainly be top 10 at a minimum.
Yep a bunch of untested players, good luck.

OT: Las Vegas

Where you ice fishing? We’re trying Ballsrds Resort this January on Lake of the Woods. They seem to pull some big eyes and jumbo perch out of there and in quantity. Always looking for new spots though.
Not sure. Coworker from central MN invited the whole department up. He has an amazing set up. Accommodations in the fish house will apparently be better than Vegas based on this thread😁
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Football Coaches > Nice Guys

It has nothing to do with my personal wellbeing and everything to do with my home state and alma mater being viewed as a punching bag/laughing stock

I have a family, I have small kids, I am successful and growing in my career. If NU shuttered the football program I would be just fine.

I do care about our reputation and I am a proud Nebraskan and Husker.

It would be nice to have leaders producing a product worthy of the 92k in Memorial Stadium and the 1.5M Huskers they represent.

The growing apathy I see here is the canary in the coal mine for the death of our #1 source of civic pride as Nebraskans.
I don't think apathy is the right word. We all care a great deal. We just aren't going to beat a dead horse over and over and over....

We all remain hopeful. We are all riding with the same horse, we (most of us) have little to do with who is head coach at NE or who is QB1. So beating that guy down everyday on a message board seems kind of foolish.

Instant reactions after games are understandable. Daily/hourly/multiple thread postings about it are f'ing crazy. Say what you want to say and be done with it.

Football Coaches > Nice Guys

Clark looks like the exact kind of kid DH likes on the outside. I also think Lloyd and Barney are the exact kind of players he likes as inside receivers. Let's hope he stays and brings the best out of these young WR's.
Yes. I have a lot more confidence in that happening with DH. Also hope we can continue to use and develop Bonner and Carter Nelson (if healthy?) a lot more going forward. Satt didn’t know how to use any of these guys well — he had no feel for it.
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