2018 Recruiting Thread

[MaximumSam]

He called UNL coaches and said he was committing.  Snow delay at school meant someone at home talked him into OSU.    He's not a fit for OSU's D.    I'll be surprised if he ever plays.

Tough for a new coach to break through the Urbs.  But give Frost a year and he will win some battles.

[847badgerfan]

OSU didn't need him and probably won't use him. I'm shocked he didn't end up in Lincoln.

[utee94]

UNL is up to #22 in the 24/7 composite team rankings.

OSU is still #2
PSU #5
Michigan 21
Maryland #28 to round out the top 5 for the BIG  (if you put a lot of stock into the rankings..)

Rankings are bunk, but really really good players are better for your program than really really bad ones, so...
Texas finishes at #3 in the composite, now I hope we finally have a coaching staff that can do something with the incoming talent, but even more importantly, with what's already on hand.  

[FearlessF]

Nothing new there.

the gooophers don't usually finish 2nd in the west

[FearlessF]

Tough for a new coach to break through the Urbs.  But give Frost a year and he will win some battles.

I'm impressed with the work Frost did in his situation

[847badgerfan]

the gooophers don't usually finish 2nd in the west

They also don't normally sign 26 kids.

[Entropy]

Tough for a new coach to break through the Urbs.  But give Frost a year and he will win some battles.

Urbs is one of the best when it comes to recruiting.   I don't doubt or disagree with that statement.   I think any UNL fan who is disappointed with Frost and his staff regarding recruiting this year is just looking to disagree or be upset.  

[Entropy]

OSU didn't need him and probably won't use him. I'm shocked he didn't end up in Lincoln.

I could be wrong on JBB's potential at OSU, but I can't imagine OSU not signing at least 2 DE's next year that fit their system better.   So even if he's a project and needs to grow into the position, I don't see future recruits behind JBB in terms of talent matching system design.   

[Brutus Buckeye]

[FearlessF]

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/national-signing-day-2018-winners-and-losers

[PSUinNC]

Rankings are bunk, but really really good players are better for your program than really really bad ones, so...
Texas finishes at #3 in the composite, now I hope we finally have a coaching staff that can do something with the incoming talent, but even more importantly, with what's already on hand.  

Subjective yes, but they have shown correlation to results for sure.  

[Entropy]

obviously... based upon stars and perceptions.   Nothing about development, fit in system, etc..

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/national-signing-day-2018-winners-and-losers

[PSUinNC]

I'm impressed with the work Frost did in his situation

VERY impressive work by Frost.  

[ELA]

Nothing gets a recruiting bump like a helmet school making a splash hire.

Much was made about the hope vs. results quote a couple years ago, but I think it makes a lot of sense.

If you have been at a place, you have to sell results.  Problem is, your results are what your results are.  If you want to recruit like Alabama, you have to sell recruits that you are going to win like Alabama.  If you've been there, you can't do that, because you haven't been winning like.

New hire at a helmet school isn't tied to a track record.  As long as the prestige of the coach and the school is high, selling that hope that Notre Dame/Michigan/Nebraska/Texas, etc.. is BACK is time after time a foolproof recruiting pitch.  You can sell, "yeah, we haven't been winning like Alabama, but we used to, and now that I'm here, we will again."  You've got a couple years to translate that to results, or it wanes.