Transfer Portal Season

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[Big bo fan]

That ha nothing to do with my post or that this is B.S. to kids who signed up. I was trying to explain why people are upset about the 105 issue. Its wrong to the players, you know, the ones who actually are in the sport.
As I said in other posts, it woulda been fine if they grandfathered them n and made the 105 number “in 4 years” or something, then signees would know what they are getting into.
Plus, freshmen have no tape.

The problem with going to 105 so quickly is with Covid that allowed the schools to carry much bigger rosters and now they are basically pulling the rug from out beneath them .

 

[mgbreis]

Its wrong to the players, you know, the ones who actually are in the sport.

Nebraska has a super engaged fan base. This board takes that up to another level. If you're a guy on the roster that 90% of us have never heard of, you're not actually "in" the sport. You're a glorified tackling dummy. You can debate 105 or 125 - 150+ is just stupid. My opinion is that its actually been a detriment to the focus of our coaches. I know what my opinion is worth, but I'm very happy that this rule finally forces Nebraska to abandon this huge roster.

 

[Frosts Playcall Sheet]

Didn’t really take the Nebraska rival boards to be a bunch of fans of participation trophies until you all started crying over walk ons having to stop hanging on to being the cool kid in high school, poor kids have to actually do something with their lives instead of wearing free adidas gear to get laid

 

[timnsun]

Didn’t really take the Nebraska rival boards to be a bunch of fans of participation trophies until you all started crying over walk ons having to stop hanging on to being the cool kid in high school, poor kids have to actually do something with their lives instead of wearing free adidas gear to get laid

You aren’t as clever as you think you are… but since you are from Iowa, that explains so much.

 

[kakdawg]

Nebraska has a super engaged fan base. This board takes that up to another level. If you're a guy on the roster that 90% of us have never heard of, you're not actually "in" the sport. You're a glorified tackling dummy. You can debate 105 or 125 - 150+ is just stupid. My opinion is that its actually been a detriment to the focus of our coaches. I know what my opinion is worth, but I'm very happy that this rule finally forces Nebraska to abandon this huge roster.

We are in agreement completely. I know our fans enjoyed the big roster and the bunch of hometown stories that come with them. But in actuality after you get so deep in the 120s you are probably dealing with guys who won't ever play a meaningful down. What good is it to have 150 guys if 35 or so if them are basically "tomato cans"? Just never made sense to me. Again I doubt the coaches would ever mention it publicly but if bet deep down they absolutely appreciate working with a smaller roster.


Holla

 

[huskerfan1414]

Nebraska has a super engaged fan base. This board takes that up to another level. If you're a guy on the roster that 90% of us have never heard of, you're not actually "in" the sport. You're a glorified tackling dummy. You can debate 105 or 125 - 150+ is just stupid. My opinion is that its actually been a detriment to the focus of our coaches. I know what my opinion is worth, but I'm very happy that this rule finally forces Nebraska to abandon this huge roster.

The coaches went after these PWOs and they chose DONU over other options. You can just toss them out and not give a crap, but I think they are being hosed. As I said, this wouldnt have been difficult to say “in four years”, not right away which screws kids who had no idea this would happen when they signed.
Also, you say wont play, but freshmen walk ons never play. Nebraska has had many develop and play, many have excelled. Now we’ll never know.

 

[huskerfan1414]

We are in agreement completely. I know our fans enjoyed the big roster and the bunch of hometown stories that come with them. But in actuality after you get so deep in the 120s you are probably dealing with guys who won't ever play a meaningful down. What good is it to have 150 guys if 35 or so if them are basically "tomato cans"? Just never made sense to me. Again I doubt the coaches would ever mention it publicly but if bet deep down they absolutely appreciate working with a smaller roster.


Holla

I feel like you guys arent listening to me and are putting words in my mouth.

I am not arguing what the roster size should be.

I am also not arguing how many future walk ons I want the staff to go after.

I am saying its horseshit, and unacceptable, for the ncaa to screw kids over, both walk on and scholarship, who when they signed at NU over other options had no idea this was going to happen and are now left without a home.

I can tell you guys DGAF about anyone who isnt a superstar right now, but many of these kids were recruited by our coaches and have done everything right and worked hard, and dont deserve this. It is what it is but there are reasons to not like the way its being handled.

 

[Spinner45]

I feel like you guys arent listening to me and are putting words in my mouth.

I am not arguing what the roster size should be.

I am also not arguing how many future walk ons I want the staff to go after.

I am saying its horseshit, and unacceptable, for the ncaa to screw kids over, both walk on and scholarship, who when they signed at NU over other options had no idea this was going to happen and are now left without a home.

I can tell you guys DGAF about anyone who isnt a superstar right now, but many of these kids were recruited by our coaches and have done everything right and worked hard, and dont deserve this. It is what it is but there are reasons to not like the way its being handled.

I agree with this. There are a lot of Huskers in the portal right now that won’t find a home. Matt took a lot of project recruits in year 1 that he won’t be able to give a chance to now. It’s going to make the FCS and smaller FBS schools stronger but a lot like a farm system. You recruit guys to a big school, they will get less time to grow and replaced by guys from MAC schools or FCS schools. Then hopefully the kids that were recruited at Power conference that are washed out will end up at MAC or FCS schools. So why not just allow trades at this point?

 

[GaRed]

We are in agreement completely. I know our fans enjoyed the big roster and the bunch of hometown stories that come with them. But in actuality after you get so deep in the 120s you are probably dealing with guys who won't ever play a meaningful down. What good is it to have 150 guys if 35 or so if them are basically "tomato cans"? Just never made sense to me. Again I doubt the coaches would ever mention it publicly but if bet deep down they absolutely appreciate working with a smaller roster.


Holla

It worked well for us in a different era's that we we're successful. That is the past and sometimes hard to let go.

 

[inWV]

We are in agreement completely. I know our fans enjoyed the big roster and the bunch of hometown stories that come with them. But in actuality after you get so deep in the 120s you are probably dealing with guys who won't ever play a meaningful down. What good is it to have 150 guys if 35 or so if them are basically "tomato cans"? Just never made sense to me. Again I doubt the coaches would ever mention it publicly but if bet deep down they absolutely appreciate working with a smaller roster.


Holla

The new limit allows for the old 85 scholarship number plus the paid version of 20 of what were known as preferred walk ons. And let’s face it, in any year, there are going to be several kids that fit the development slot in that old 85 number just like we have now. Plenty of spots for worthy kids who are not highly rated coming out of high school.

 

[Husker1078]

Predictions thrown around for Huskers to land Houston WR transfer Jonah Wilson...

 

[Laner2]

Didn’t really take the Nebraska rival boards to be a bunch of fans of participation trophies until you all started crying over walk ons having to stop hanging on to being the cool kid in high school, poor kids have to actually do something with their lives instead of wearing free adidas gear to get laid

KKK found a use for Io_a's trophy case.

 

[kakdawg]

I feel like you guys arent listening to me and are putting words in my mouth.

I am not arguing what the roster size should be.

I am also not arguing how many future walk ons I want the staff to go after.

I am saying its horseshit, and unacceptable, for the ncaa to screw kids over, both walk on and scholarship, who when they signed at NU over other options had no idea this was going to happen and are now left without a home.

I can tell you guys DGAF about anyone who isnt a superstar right now, but many of these kids were recruited by our coaches and have done everything right and worked hard, and dont deserve this. It is what it is but there are reasons to not like the way its being handled.

I get your point. I also understand some kids will be left out di to things beyond there control. I get that and it is sad for those kids.

My point is that moving forward I understand and appreciate the fact that it's not necessary to have "bodies" who won't ever play. It's not even about being a superstar either. You talk about putting words in someone's mouth where did I ever say that? At some point the thing was gonna change. Someone was gonna get lost in the shuffle and it does suck for them. I can understand that and still be ok with smaller more manageable rosters.

Every time a coach came in and talked about cutting roster sizes down to be more manageable people acted like the coach was wrong. Or somehow shitting in tradition. I feel like now that it's mandated some people still feel that way. I just think at some point it was inevitable and I'm ok with it.



Holla

 

[dinglefritz]

The coaches went after these PWOs and they chose DONU over other options. You can just toss them out and not give a crap, but I think they are being hosed. As I said, this wouldnt have been difficult to say “in four years”, not right away which screws kids who had no idea this would happen when they signed.
Also, you say wont play, but freshmen walk ons never play. Nebraska has had many develop and play, many have excelled. Now we’ll never know.

Now they’ll go to SDSU, USD, UNI or UND and if they prove it there while maybe on scholarship, they might have a chance to get paid to play at NU. Seems like a better deal for them to me. I would bet all of our walk ons could have the opportunity to play elsewhere IF they want. It might be at Wayne State, Kearney or Chadron but they could play.

 

[mgbreis]

I feel like you guys arent listening to me and are putting words in my mouth.

I am not arguing what the roster size should be.

I am also not arguing how many future walk ons I want the staff to go after.

I am saying its horseshit, and unacceptable, for the ncaa to screw kids over, both walk on and scholarship, who when they signed at NU over other options had no idea this was going to happen and are now left without a home.

I can tell you guys DGAF about anyone who isnt a superstar right now, but many of these kids were recruited by our coaches and have done everything right and worked hard, and dont deserve this. It is what it is but there are reasons to not like the way it’s being handled.

I appreciate your position, it commendable. It’s not exactly that I DGAF, it’s that I feel P4 football has been dog-eat-dog for a long time and I think these kids will be fine. My kid got cut from a JUCO baseball team, no shame in that it has been happening to 100s of guys in JUCO baseball for years and years. He sucked it up and found a place to play and had a really good year last season. It was a very hard but valuable life lesson.