Drake Martinez

[Red_Alert]

Until we see the absence of 70-31 types of games, how can anyone get excited by a recruiting class, no matter how highly rated that class is?

Are ya throwin' in the towel zorbie?

 

[Exorbitant]

Are ya throwin' in the towel zorbie?

What gave you that idea? I'm just super skeptical just like every other Nebraska fan should be with the coaching staff we have.

 

[Brasky]

My main question is, will he be utilized right?

They need to stick him at safety and keep him there.

He is so much more gifted physically than, say, Austin Cassidy.

Cassidy sucked though, but I'm comparing white safeties @ Nebraska.

Nathan Gerry is also much more physically gifted than Cassidy was.

I think he's a can't miss prospect at safety, but that's JMHO.

 

[Brasky]

Until we see the absence of 70-31 types of games, how can anyone get excited by a recruiting class, no matter how highly rated that class is?

There has been some improvement.

There are people in-the-know who say that this years Nebraska class is deceptively good.

The reason for that being the talent pool was so deep.

For example if you stacked this years class up against the nation in 2012 or 2011, it would have likely been a top 10 class by most recruiting services standards and even top 5 in some.

This year just had an insanely deep talent pool.

I still think we are underachieving as far as recruiting. Tom Lemming agrees. Nebraska should be pulling top 10 classes every year.

Bo's performance as far as player development has been average according to some major stat geeks. If you look at the class rankings in correlation to how Nebraska has finished in the AP poll, Nebraska has either mildly over-achieved, or mildly underachieved.

There haven't been any incredible coaching jobs by a husker head coach in the last 9 years.

Bo has basically proved that he can go as far as his talent takes him and not much farther.

 

[Red_Alert]

Same here

 

[Brasky]

is it further or farther? I'm not googling it.

 

[Exorbitant]

is it further or farther? I'm not googling it.

Further sounds right. I know this is a bit off topic, but fur traders back in the 1800s used to say further. Example... That's a great further!

 

[Exorbitant]

There has been some improvement.

There are people in-the-know who say that this years Nebraska class is deceptively good.

The reason for that being the talent pool was so deep.

For example if you stacked this years class up against the nation in 2012 or 2011, it would have likely been a top 10 class by most recruiting services standards and even top 5 in some.

This year just had an insanely deep talent pool.

I still think we are underachieving as far as recruiting. Tom Lemming agrees. Nebraska should be pulling top 10 classes every year.

Bo's performance as far as player development has been average according to some major stat geeks. If you look at the class rankings in correlation to how Nebraska has finished in the AP poll, Nebraska has either mildly over-achieved, or mildly underachieved.

There haven't been any incredible coaching jobs by a husker head coach in the last 9 years.

Bo has basically proved that he can go as far as his talent takes him and not much farther.

This is exactly why I don't get excited by any of Pelini's classes. Maybe things will change in the future.

 

[Red_Alert]

2008- Over-achieved
2009- Under-achieved
2010- Under-acieved
2011- Under-achieved
2012- Over-achieved

 

[Exorbitant]

2008- Over-achieved
2009- Under-achieved
2010- Under-acieved
2011- Under-achieved
2012- Over-achieved

I would agree with you about 2012 if the two blowouts Nebraska endured were competitive games.