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SINKRATZ said:
Fundamentally I wonder what the difference is between Nebraska and Oklahoma when it comes to recruiting and ability to continue as a power football program. Is access to Texas the biggest differentiator right now?
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Yes. Location absolutely has a lot to do with this.

Remember- kNu would win with some really big lineman from the midwest and go get their skill players from Florida, NJ, some TX & CA sprinkled in. They can't get those top players from those areas anymore.
 
SINKRATZ said:
Fundamentally I wonder what the difference is between Nebraska and Oklahoma when it comes to recruiting and ability to continue as a power football program. Is access to Texas the biggest differentiator right now?
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Probably. Oklahoma is #2 in Texas and Nebraskas recruiting took a major hit when they left for the B1G. Obviously OU has only had three coaches in like 25 years, two of which are CFB HOF level guys, while Nebraska is on their 6th HC over that same time period, so that also doesn’t help.
 
The Alabaster Yak said:
Probably. Oklahoma is #2 in Texas and Nebraskas recruiting took a major hit when they left for the B1G. Obviously OU has only had three coaches in like 25 years, two of which are CFB HOF level guys, while Nebraska is on their 6th HC over that same time period, so that also doesn’t help.
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Sounds right. When it comes to fan support, money, and geography they just seem really similar, so maybe an example where conference affiliation matters.
 
SINKRATZ said:
Fundamentally I wonder what the difference is between Nebraska and Oklahoma when it comes to recruiting and ability to continue as a power football program. Is access to Texas the biggest differentiator right now?
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CU took their soul. We haven't done that to OU yet.

Seriously though, proximity to Texas is a huge factor. Additionally, Nebraska can't fool anyone anymore. Kids know where Nebraska is, what it looks like, what there is to do in Lincoln, what campus culture is like, etc. Like Kansas, the hurdles are difficult to overcome
 
darth-horax said:
NU is really outclassed in the Big X.
They'd fare better in the Big XII, in all honesty.

Lincoln sucks when you cmpare it to nearly every city where colleges reside in either conference, but they're more in line with the cities in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas when it comes to scenery. They can't compete with Boulder, SLC, Ohio St, and others.

I can't wait until tehy get destroyed in Boulder this year, but the rest of the year I really don't care about what happens to them.
I generally root for any old Big 8 teams when we are no longer in the same conference, though.
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The Haymarket district and old downtown keep Lincoln out of the bottom rung of B1G towns. This list has them at 9 out of 13, and I can easily think of five or six Big XII towns that I would rank below Lincoln.

To be honest, Provo and SLC both suck for game weekend experience. I know I will get **** on (again) for this, but I had a great time in Lincoln last time we were there. Lots of surprisingly decent bars and nightlife have sprung up since our trip in the 80s and 90s. The fan ****ery is actually part of what makes it fun too.
 
Heywood said:
We got some angles that dont look good
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Guess what, it doesn't matter if their corner doesn't get suckered on the inside move. Had all the help on the world on the inside, all he had to do was keep the outside shoulder.
 
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SINKRATZ said:
Fundamentally I wonder what the difference is between Nebraska and Oklahoma when it comes to recruiting and ability to continue as a power football program. Is access to Texas the biggest differentiator right now?
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Number of differences, proximity to Texas recruiting is a big one, climate matters.

Biggest difference is that Oklahoma and it's boosters are in the 2020's in terms of football, Nebraska is still back in the 1990's. Even if a coach wanted to drag Nebraska forward 10-15 years the fans and administration wouldn't let them. It is all about how "Dr. Tom would have done it," "The Nebraska tradition," "greatest fans in the world," " longest sellout streak," etc. etc.

You saw the game last night, what QB wants to play in that system when he has other options? They threw 19 times for 114 yards with 3 INTs and 3 sacks. Take the sack yardage off and the QB Sims almost ran for as many yards as he passed for.

Decent QBs dream about getting drafted into the NFL, not about running the triple option or some current version of it.

No QB and talented WRs don't want to come or if they do don't want to stay. Nebraska's top receiver had 3 catches for 56 yards. Kids in California and Florida look at that and think "That kind of numbers aren't getting me drafted, I'm going someplace where they are going to get me the ball.

Then it extends to offensive linemen. What did we see last night that looked like the Nebraska OL had anybody on track for the NFL?

Compare that to Oklahoma.

Sooners have multiple 1st round QBs in the league, multiple first and second day WRs in the league, a bunch of OL in the league. Kids see that and think "Where do I sign up?"
 
Bread said:
Yeah, don't blame the guy that threw 3 god awful picks. Blame the running back who fumbled one time.
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That's my quarterback man
 
Don't see much I care about tonight. I'll probably watch the late game for as long as I'm awake, though. Curious to see how much Stanford has schematically changed.
 
Bread said:
Yeah, don't blame the guy that threw 3 god awful picks. Blame the running back who fumbled one time.
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Remember as kids when we would play 500.

The guy throwing the ball would make a long throw into a group of kids yelling out the point value of the ball. Whoever came down with the ball got the points.

At times that is what Nebraska's passing offense with Sims looked like, toss it up there and see if one of the guys downfield can come down with it.
 
Buffnik said:
2-10 year one at Temple
1-11 year one at Baylor

He's got a system which has done a 3-year turnaround twice of awful-to-mediocre-to-damn good.

Just as with other recent experiences with Riley / Oregon State and Frost / UCF, it may be that Temple & Baylor are also easier places to win than Nebraska.
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He also didn't have the transfer portal the way it was constructed when he took over Nebraska. He made a big mistake with Sims
 
H.E. Pennypacker said:
He also didn't have the transfer portal the way it was constructed when he took over Nebraska. He made a big mistake with Sims
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Yep. Portal goes both directions and the Nubs might have been net losers this off-season.

They brought in 12, with the TE Gilbert being the highest rated. 27 guys left.
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