Fwd: Re: [Husker] caution

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Mac Brown received a long term extension and a lot of money not too long 
ago. 

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husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 02/02/2005 09:56:58 PM:

> The problem with Mack Brown and his blue chip recruits is
> the same as the problem with the Huskers under Osborne until
> they finally began to win against Oklahoma. For UT and OU
> the Red River Rivalry is all about bragging rights and
> recruiting leverage in a whole other world-Texas High School
> Football. You see the best of Texas come North to Norman
> year after year but you don't see the top players in
> Oklahoma going South to Austin. They prefer to go North to
> OSU, Nebraska and KState or Southeast to Miami. You don't
> beat OU as a Longhorn coach and you are in danger of losing
> your job with a 13-1 record and a Co-MNC. Getting one
> outright with a loss to OU might buy you another year. The
> Rose Bowl win for the Horns bought Mack at least another
> year but if he comes up short in Dallas in October the heat
> will be on to get a new coach for the Burnt Orange.
> 
> Kerry Hookstra
> Erick, Oklahoma
> 
> From: Neal Smith <nealsmith_1965 at yahoo.com>
> To: weldoc at juno.com, husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] caution
> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 19:26:32 -0800 (PST)
> 
> Point 1.  Texas won the Rose Bowl this year and has one of
> the top programs in the country.
> 
> Point 3.  Name one blue chip that wanted to come to NU that
> TO passed on.  NU missed out on a lot of blue chippers under
> TO because the perception was that he ran an outdated
> offense.  However, the proof of the pudding is in the
> eating.  I will eat TO anytime!
> 
> Neal Smith
> 
> NU Class of 1983
> 
> weldoc at juno.com wrote:
> 
> 1) UT has had Top 10 blue-chip recruiting classes for YEARS
> and where has it gotten them ?
> 
> 3) T.O. was renowned for passing up so-called blue chips,
> for those he'd determined had the right work ethic. He
> placed emphasis on intangibles other than pure athletic
> talent and high-school or juco stats. Not that those weren't
> important--they just weren't the ONLY thing. In this light,
> if everyone so highly-sought-after played next year, I
> wonder what percentage of starters would still be
> Nebraska-born boys ?
> 
> Bill Laughlin,
> Wichita, KS
> 
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