14 or 15 portal players will be taken. Updated numbers. 9 and counting
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I like your breakdown of needs. Definitely need help at all those spots. QB, running back, and defensive line are a priority. But we need help at many spots. Going to take a ton of NIL cash to bring in 15 quality transfers who can step in and contribute right away
I posted the other day that next year feels like Rhule 2.0. It is a great reset. Normally, that is a sign of desperation and portends a coming disaster. But in the NIL and transfer portal era it is the coaches who don’t bring in a steady flow of proven talent every year to plug holes that are going to be in trouble. Add in two new coordinators and it is really a different team.
Whatever works in becomming competitive and relevant again.
Please don't ever take the names off the jerseys. I have a hard enough time knowing who's who with 3 & 4 year guys. 1 and done guys will be frustrating for me.
Please don't ever take the names off the jerseys. I have a hard enough time knowing who's who with 3 & 4 year guys. 1 and done guys will be frustrating for me.
Always need a solid base of HS freshman which I think we have. Just need to plug and play some dudes at key spots. We have our QB1 and QB2 to build around which is always good.
Yep. The coaches that blend transfers with high school recruits will be the best off.
Rhule's modified view toward the portal is made necessary by all the roster changes forced by the new 105 rule and the coaching changes. I hate to say it but Nebraska's team next year is going to look a bit more like Colorado's team with all that year-to-year player turnover. So next year will be different for sure but for better or for worse remains to be seen. The changing college football landscape has become an adventure where the ability to recruit from the portal increases in importance and the development of freshmen players over a career diminishes some.
This is the depth chart from the Iowa game.
Yellow = Seniors
Red = Transfer Portal
Yellow = Seniors
Red = Transfer Portal
At least half of the projected are linemen. This is where the emphasis needs to be if you want to compete in the Big Ten. All the sizzle headlines for the “skill position” players. Pay attention to the players with a hand on the ground. It all begins there.
Dowdell (which autocorrects to diesel) might’ve hit the portal / patience lottery. I’m sure we will have some type of lightning to go with him, but racking up goaline TDs next year while only having to carry the rock 10-15x a game.
Based on attrition so far our biggest needs IMO, at least as of this moment:
2 LBs
2 RB
2 WR
2 DE
DT
CB
OT
2 LBs
2 RB
2 WR
2 DE
DT
CB
OT
I mean High school recruits only matter if they are ready to play right away. Position coaches and coordinators aren't staying around long enough to develop anybody in a system. I mean look at Dylan. He had two OCS in one season, and we could easily lose DH to a bigger payday. Hopefully we see smaller head coach contracts and paydays and larger position coach and coordinator ones to keep players longer to develop them. The quality of the sport is really going to suffer with kids sitting out most of a season in the portal without developing, then going to 3 or 4 systems in their careers.
I would guess we are still looking for:
OT
OL (Best Available. IOL, OT, or swing.)
WR
NT
CB
LB
RB (?)
OT
OL (Best Available. IOL, OT, or swing.)
WR
NT
CB
LB
RB (?)
