Nice try. But I seem to recall the issue was as much keeping the players on board as they were recruiting them.
It's an interesting article. For sure the article wasn't written with a Nebraska lean either way, they got very little mention in the entire thing. One thing is clear, we are not there yet recruiting wise.
It would be interesting to know what site he is basing that off of, because on Rivals he does have it wrong. 2014 was 4 blue chip players (defined as 4 star and above) while in 2017, we had 7 blue chip players. That seems like an improvement to me. Hadn't looked at recruiting in awhile, but we are sitting at #50 right now on Rivals team ranking.. that small class isn't helping but have 5 blue chips, and overall talent seems higher.
It's been said a million times. If Bo wasn't such a jerk he'd still be coaching at Nebraska even with his 9 win seasons.
We MAY play three top 10 teams this year. Let's see where those teams end up at the end of the year. You are basing your assumption on a poll that everyone knows is flawed before a game is played. (Sorry, we aren't really 39th and tied with App. State and Tulsa.) Nearly all of us said that, including me, in the thread on the polls.
No, what was a failure was getting nine wins against weak opponents, getting your azz handed to you in the other three and then acting like a dick to the fans who pay your $3 million salary.
