Yea his dad is nuts about wrestling and he’s got a chance to go down as the greatest heavyweight in Nebraska high school history
These two can be the big boys on the Dline for now and grab some transfers.
| 44 | Riley Van Poppel | DL | 6' 5" | 290 lbs | Sophomore 1V | Argyle, Texas |
| 92 | Sua Lefotu | DL | 6' 3" | 295 lbs | Freshman HS | Bellflower, California |
I don't think we need to go crazy in the portal for the D line. Maybe a DT and a DE. IF we can get two mature above average DTs that would be great but probably not going to happen.
Oh look. Skulz and Bonz has a twitter page.
I think we should go bonkers along both lines. If we really want to rebuild this program it starts in the trenches. Possibly 50% of roster in those two areas to start. 1:2 players being a OL/DL
Or he decided to delay surgery and just rehab until after wrestling.
I'm not sure we can buy portal starters better than some of the guys we already have. Difference maker linemen are probably not going to be in our reach financially. Maybe we can land a guy or two but I'm not holding my breath thinking that we're going to sign all conference kind of transfer linemen. They'll likely be roster hole pluggers.
Probably. But I would shoot for the stars in those positions and offer them a mint.
I don't know what we can offer. I have a friend of 60 years who is a big donor and he said he's closed his wallet for football. I suspect there are others who have done the same. He lamented how much money we've blown on facilities and buyouts and the results are the same. We're talking about a guy who has donated hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars to NU over the past few decades.
I really have no idea. I'm just relaying what one suite holder/huge donor shared with me 3 weeks ago. We've been good friends since grade school.
Wow. Lots of roster churn if we do that.
I don't blame him. And honestly I think more guys need to do it. At some point our players and coaches need to start earning all that they have been given. Too much is taken for granted. You want to have facilities like the big boys. Go out and win instead of looking for a handout.
I hope this isn't true. For Fvch sakes have we not learned anything from our past?
I hope that the football program begins to get the picture that, you can't continue to produce a shit product and still have golden castle to reside in.
This team is young enough that that means he's likely going to have to whack a good number of the guys he recruited to get down to 105. I'm not sure that's a chemistry building plan. I get that he took a large number of projects that first year especially but damn. Adding 21 freshmen and 14 transfers to the number....damn. Buckle up boys.
New coordinators, new players
Exactly so stop spending, stop contributing. send a message. What could possibly happen? We end up with a losing season?
You can't preach Tommy Tough Guy, "Way of the world" and then follow it up with give them whatever $$$$ it takes to possibly get wins.
Wallin is gone. He's the reason I laughed at this depth chart. Wallin was not going to start for us next fall barring catastrophic injuries.
Those first year projects have had two years to develop. If they aren’t ready yet, then it is too late.
There’s more supply to choose from, for this cycle only. And many of those extra players are better than what has been out there in previous cycles. And the open spots are fewer and more selective. But this creates opportunity for middling teams to upgrade.
It’s not like we’re giving lifetime contracts
I disagree. Other than maybe 3-4 guys, I dont think we’ll bring in any better than what we already have.
