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I'm no recruitnik, but those numbers don't look all that impressive. Guys in the 200s? There was only like 120-some odd teams. OSU had to start their FB at MLB for most of the season, and the Defense was horrendous.

In the 200s for the entire recruiting class, not for their position. I think generally the top 300 is usually considered to be the "4*" cutoff, so basically he had a team full of 4* players with probably the occasional 5* sprinkled in.
There was talent.

Yeah that's kind of the point. You don't want to emulate RichRod. Had he kept Llloyd's offense intact he may have been able to prevent Ryan Mallet and Justin Boren from transferring, and probably would have made a Bowl game or two before switching over to his preferred offense. 

I'm not suggesting that Nebraska would win ten games by playing the system that these guys were recruited for. But they might take a small step forward and flirt with a bowl game. Get those much needed extra practices. 

Instead we have a gigantic step backwards that will likely result in record setting futility.

also, Purdue is a pretty solid team.  Especially on offense.

Corngrats to the Boilers for a good road win.

I'm not suggesting that Nebraska would win ten games by playing the system that these guys were recruited for. But they might take a small step forward and flirt with a bowl game. Get those much needed extra practices.

Instead we have a gigantic step backwards that will likely result in record setting futility.

As entropy said, circumstances matter. Do you come into a job as the HC/OC with of one of the nation’s best offenses in your back pocket, and toss that all aside in favor of a clunky pro-style attack- that had done nothing but sputter for three years, and was short on personnel at key positions- on the hopes that you might make a bowl game? No.

In that instance you might retain the defensive system in place…but seeing as how it was one of the worst in the nation and everybody in the state hated the DC, there’s probably not a whole lot to gain there either.

It’s a shitty situation, but its one that required years of poor decision-making to get into and will take years of good decision-making to get out of. If we had a decent degree of latent talent at hand, like Hoke and Meyer did when they took over, it would go more quickly. But we don’t...this is, literally, a rebuild project.

If we're lucky, in 5-6 years Scott might be able to get us to where Wisconsin is now. Then if he sticks around for another ten years, maybe something special happens. Lots of ifs in there. 

Last year they got off to a 4-4 start before the wheels came off. Who exactly did they lose that would result in them having zero chance of being even competitive against FBS cometition? 

In the wake of another flag-marred defeat Saturday, coach Scott Frost said the Huskers "look like one of the most undisciplined teams in the country."

The numbers bear out just how true that is.

Penalties haven't discriminated by unit or quarter through four games. The offense has been whistled for 18 infractions (138 yards), ahead of the defense (13 for 152) and special teams (11 for 97). The third quarter (13 for 127) has been NU's most whistled, while its least has been the first period (eight for 75).

Add it up, and Nebraska is tied with South Alabama for the most penalty yards per game (96.8). The Huskers' 10.5 flags per game is 129th of 130 NCAA Division I programs. Those totals were inflated following the team's 11 penalties for 136 yards Saturday against Purdue.

There is no one main offender. A whopping 26 players have been flagged at least once this season, with center Cole Conrad (three for 25 yards) the clubhouse leader. Personal fouls — 12 total, with eight on defense and two apiece on offense and special teams — are easily the most pervasive mistake, ahead of offensive holding (seven flags) and delay of game (five).

Last season, Nebraska finished 99th in average penalty yards (60.7) and 78th in average penalties (6.3). Thirty-three different Huskers were penalized. The top infractions were offensive holding (15), false starts (13) and personal fouls (13).

Also worth noting: Frost's undefeated UCF team last year was one of the nation's most penalized. The Knights committed 8.4 penalties per game (127th nationally) for 68.3 yards (117th).