[Husker] interesting OWH article

[Eric Erlandson]

I love Nebraska's nuanced river beauty and its otherworldly sandhills, but 
you have to admit that those things are a harder sell to an 18-year-old 
than Boulder's Rockies.  I don't know that our culture is all that 
superior to Columbia's or Lawrence's, and, while Callahan might sell well 
to an NFL prospect, parents aren't going to be drawn to him as they were 
to Dr. Tom.  "Never" losing to a bunch of Big-8 schools is a higher bar 
than I'm willing to set.


On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, 3aoo-cvfd at dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> j j wrote:
>>
>> I would say that we probably have better facilities
>> then most of the Big XII teams except OU, TU, and aTm
>> and we probably are equal to those three.  We have
>> better culture then most college teams.  So are you
>> saying that we should only lose to about 10 or 15
>> different teams and beat everyone else?
>
> I'm saying that because of our superior facilities and
> superior culture, we should out-recruit the other North
> teams.  Add that talent to our facilities and culture,
> and we should consistently beat every big North team.
> Every year.  Like a hot knife through butter.
>
> We all recruit to the same environment.  All of us are
> a thousand miles from the nearest beach.  All of us have
> long cold winters.  You can forgive a recruit for choosing
> the beaches of Miami to the snow-storms of Nebraska, but
> why would a recruit choose Kansas?  Or Iowa State?
>
> Nebraska should totally dominate Big 12 North recruiting.
> Once those recruits mature (within our superior culture
> and superior facilities), they will dominate the B12 North.
> And that will make Nebraska even more attractive to new
> recruits.
>
> Outside of the B12 North, things are different.  Some
> schools have facilities to match Nebraska and some have
> more attractive climates and/or environs.  Therefore
> Nebraska is unlikely to outrecruit them.  So, yes, we
> will face some tough competition outside the B12 North
> and, yes, we will lose some games to those teams.
>
> Whether the number of tough teams is 10-15 or 20-25,
> I don't know.  It will vary from year to year.  What
> I do know is that there is no excuse for losing to a
> B12 North team.  If our coaches are doing their jobs,
> we should never lose to Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri,
> Iowa State or Colorado.  Ever.
>
> GBR
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