[Husker] Recruiting

[Matt]

Speaking of recruiting and NFL-readiness…

i'm always surprised at the number of starting NFL players - particularly
quarterbacks, who did NOT go to a major 4 year school.  Every time they do
the player introductions, and a guy will say, "Joe Smith, <Direction>
<Direction> <Random State> College", i'm like, "how did 110 major colleges
whiff on *this* guy?

there may be something to having that chip on your shoulder that comes with
being off the radar, i don't know. but it just underscores what we can all
agree on: this recruiting / ranking business is, as they say,
"Directionally correct", but that's about it.

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Mike Nolan <nolan at tssi.com> wrote:

> Part of the thing to keep in mind that the recruiting services generally
> rank players based on how they fit into pass-oriented NFL style offenses,
> especialy QBs and OLs.
>
> As Nebraska transitions back towards something more like the option offense
> of the Osborne era, I would expect Nebraska's recruiting classes to suffer
> in the rankings.
>
> I don't care.  Osborne won 3 national championships with players from
> recruiting classes that as I recall were not Top 10 caliber classes.
>
> Notre Dame has had several losing seasons in the past 10 years with its
> nearly perennial top 5 caliber classes.  (But I have always said that
> Notre Dame is a special case, a player being recruited by Notre Dame goes
> UP in the rankings of the recruiting services, just because Notre Dame
> wants him.)
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> Mike Nolan
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