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I mean … if Paul said it. I guess it’s true, time to burn my red and find a new team.
Is Oldjar actually Paul Finnebaum🤔Oh so one old bald guy says we wont be great again. His opinion is hardly better than anyone here.
No reason Nebraska cannot be a top 12 team in the country.We’re WAAAAAAAAAYYYY down the list in terms of NIL money available to a football program, and always will be.
We’re spending the money we need to be competitive (finally), but we won’t ever have the money or talent to be a playoff team, in its current format. Half dozen teams will consistently vie for over half of the elite talent, and those are the teams currently defined by ‘greatness’. Sadly, just means they have the wealthy donors to spend more.
Raiola is One player, and I’m as overjoyed as anyone to have him as a foundation for better talent, but the playoff teams currently, including Texas and obviously Bama, are ALL paid mercenaries.
‘Greatness’ isn’t necessarily behind us (or Miami), but we’re gonna need an expanded playoff, some regulation of this untenable transfer portal situation and a lotta luck if we’re gonna get there.
We’re still not a playoff team, or anywhere close. Don’t care who our coach is. This last season was a waste. We JUST started last month, IMHO…
I frequently see people say we don’t have as much NIL money as other programs but I have never actually seen them post true numbers. Please show us the actual numbers. I really am interested to see them and how they are verified.We’re WAAAAAAAAAYYYY down the list in terms of NIL money available to a football program, and always will be.
We’re spending the money we need to be competitive (finally), but we won’t ever have the money or talent to be a playoff team, in its current format. Half dozen teams will consistently vie for over half of the elite talent, and those are the teams currently defined by ‘greatness’. Sadly, just means they have the wealthy donors to spend more.
Raiola is One player, and I’m as overjoyed as anyone to have him as a foundation for better talent, but the playoff teams currently, including Texas and obviously Bama, are ALL paid mercenaries.
‘Greatness’ isn’t necessarily behind us (or Miami), but we’re gonna need an expanded playoff, some regulation of this untenable transfer portal situation and a lotta luck if we’re gonna get there.
We’re still not a playoff team, or anywhere close. Don’t care who our coach is. This last season was a waste. We JUST started last month, IMHO…
Yep. Returning to the dominance of the 90's will be hard, but good enough to make the 12 team playoff and regularly be a 9 win team is very doable.He should define "greatness."
I don't think he's right when he says we won't return to greatness, but he's also not wrong in saying we just haven't gotten it done.
What were his score predictions for Osborne’s 3 Natty’s?
This is wrong in a lot of ways.We’re WAAAAAAAAAYYYY down the list in terms of NIL money available to a football program, and always will be.
We’re spending the money we need to be competitive (finally), but we won’t ever have the money or talent to be a playoff team, in its current format. Half dozen teams will consistently vie for over half of the elite talent, and those are the teams currently defined by ‘greatness’. Sadly, just means they have the wealthy donors to spend more.
Raiola is One player, and I’m as overjoyed as anyone to have him as a foundation for better talent, but the playoff teams currently, including Texas and obviously Bama, are ALL paid mercenaries.
‘Greatness’ isn’t necessarily behind us (or Miami), but we’re gonna need an expanded playoff, some regulation of this untenable transfer portal situation and a lotta luck if we’re gonna get there.
We’re still not a playoff team, or anywhere close. Don’t care who our coach is. This last season was a waste. We JUST started last month, IMHO…
Agree 100%. There are millions of reasons why we’ll not be top four, tho…No reason Nebraska cannot be a top 12 team in the country.
They're making shit up. It's more about where you put your NIL dollars.I frequently see people say we don’t have as much NIL money as other programs but I have never actually seen them post true numbers. Please show us the actual numbers. I really am interested to see them and how they are verified.
What were his score predictions for Osborne’s 3 Natty’s?
There aren’t posted numbers, but they’re at least somewhat proportional to any university’s ’general endowment’, which is published. We rank in the mid 60’s there, amongst private and public. Not all spend money on football, but suffice it to say Texas, MU and tOSU will always have EXPONENTIALLY more to spend, not just on public education in general, but proportionally in terms of NIL donation. They’re mutually exclusive, I get that, but HAS TO also be proportional.I frequently see people say we don’t have as much NIL money as other programs but I have never actually seen them post true numbers. Please show us the actual numbers. I really am interested to see them and how they are verified.
There must be some reasons(s) because we haven't done it. What he said was historically correct, arguments with that? If some believe we can be a top 12 team, how about saying when that might happen.No reason Nebraska cannot be a top 12 team in the country.
clinging to the 90s is exactly his point thoughWhat were his score predictions for Osborne’s 3 Natty’s?
It’s about the total dollars in the hands of a fanbase available for Donation. They can goto a general endowment fund, a $450M Stadium Obesity project, or straight into the pocket of an 18 y/o athlete. Their/our choice. ‘Merica. Just sayin… we’re down the list a long ways there. General Endowment is an accurate metric as you’re gonna find, IMO. Happy for someone to prove otherwise.They're making shit up. It's more about where you put your NIL dollars.
Saying we will not ascend to a great team again is historically correct?There must be some reasons(s) because we haven't done it. What he said was historically correct, arguments with that? If some believe we can be a top 12 team, how about saying when that might happen.
I'm not sure I'd put Bama in that conversation. They have recruited at a high level for 15 years. If anything things have leveled out with NIL between them and the other top 5-6 teams. Of course I'm not saying they weren't running their own form of NIL when they were running the table every year.We’re WAAAAAAAAAYYYY down the list in terms of NIL money available to a football program, and always will be.
We’re spending the money we need to be competitive (finally), but we won’t ever have the money or talent to be a playoff team, in its current format. Half dozen teams will consistently vie for over half of the elite talent, and those are the teams currently defined by ‘greatness’. Sadly, just means they have the wealthy donors to spend more.
Raiola is One player, and I’m as overjoyed as anyone to have him as a foundation for better talent, but the playoff teams currently, including Texas and obviously Bama, are ALL paid mercenaries.
‘Greatness’ isn’t necessarily behind us (or Miami), but we’re gonna need an expanded playoff, some regulation of this untenable transfer portal situation and a lotta luck if we’re gonna get there.
We’re still not a playoff team, or anywhere close. Don’t care who our coach is. This last season was a waste. We JUST started last month, IMHO…
^^^^ they’ve taken a small step back vs wealthier programs. 100%. REALLY HAPPY about it, it’s just we kinda have a ceiling still until the NCAA fixes it, or football in generally takes the reins and sidesteps the NCAA’s BS…I'm not sure I'd put Bama in that conversation. They have recruited at a high level for 15 years. If anything things have leveled out with NIL between them and the other top 5-6 teams. Of course I'm not saying they weren't running their own form of NIL when they were running the table every year.
We've been irrelevant for a long time and still get mentioned.
I'll file this under "all press is good press".
I thought profits generated from endowments are in large part across all colleges are utilized for academic purposes, but perhaps I'm wrong. By your rationale, Harvard, Yale and Stanford would have the highest NIL allocation, best facilities and would have been dominating and continue to dominate college athletics for the forseeable future. At least at Nebraska, I don't believe our endowment has ever been part of fundraising for any facilities nor NIL. Endowment may be somewhat of a measure of people's willingness to donate, general speaking, to a University, but it doesn't really translate to Nebraska athletics where the majority of the fanbase never even attended UNL (and wouldn't contribute to the endowment). The more Nebraska wins, the more the NIL pool will be amplified. I would be willing to guess that there is a lot of money sitting on the sidelines waiting to see if the program can be turned around, and if/when there is some proof that we can return to prominence (by winning), so will the "donations."There aren’t posted numbers, but they’re at least somewhat proportional to any university’s ’general endowment’, which is published. We rank in the mid 60’s there, amongst private and public. Not all spend money on football, but suffice it to say Texas, MU and tOSU will always have EXPONENTIALLY more to spend, not just on public education in general, but proportionally in terms of NIL donation. They’re mutually exclusive, I get that, but HAS TO also be proportional.
I think Tet’s standard is CU. They have so many f’n dogs and leaders, which must mean they got f’n NIL. That’s how you do it. Whatever CU’s got is what Tet wants.I frequently see people say we don’t have as much NIL money as other programs but I have never actually seen them post true numbers. Please show us the actual numbers. I really am interested to see them and how they are verified.