For those of us who watched the Huskers in 70s, 80s, 90s, we saw them play with lineman straight off the farm.
Nebraska used to have a bunch of “walk ons” on both lines.
How did they get so many quality walk ons?
Simple answer. Each Husker club in each county would give a local player (usually lineman) an academic scholarship. It was a charade.
But it achieved 2 important things. 1. It freed up scholarships so they could recruit liberally on skill positions, and 2, It freed up a recruiter to go elsewhere.
That charade was outlawed and poof, now they don’t get free lineman and must use the scholarships to fill the gap.
Now they have to devote resources to recruiting lineman.
Too far from FL and buffered by Oklahoma they can’t get big names out of Texas.
_Skolich gets fired. Callahan is a disaster and Orlando gets pushed out.
Now they are in the BigTen and they don’t have the usual patsies to rely on.
Frost was a good coach when he had Florida speed and average foes. But without FL speed and better competition they just can’t cut it.
The number of losses by less than a touchdown has to hurt…but it also proves they don’t have an advantage.
Whoever they bring in as a coach needs to hit TEXAS and CA hard on the recruiting trail.
Nebraska used to have a bunch of “walk ons” on both lines.
How did they get so many quality walk ons?
Simple answer. Each Husker club in each county would give a local player (usually lineman) an academic scholarship. It was a charade.
But it achieved 2 important things. 1. It freed up scholarships so they could recruit liberally on skill positions, and 2, It freed up a recruiter to go elsewhere.
That charade was outlawed and poof, now they don’t get free lineman and must use the scholarships to fill the gap.
Now they have to devote resources to recruiting lineman.
Too far from FL and buffered by Oklahoma they can’t get big names out of Texas.
_Skolich gets fired. Callahan is a disaster and Orlando gets pushed out.
Now they are in the BigTen and they don’t have the usual patsies to rely on.
Frost was a good coach when he had Florida speed and average foes. But without FL speed and better competition they just can’t cut it.
The number of losses by less than a touchdown has to hurt…but it also proves they don’t have an advantage.
Whoever they bring in as a coach needs to hit TEXAS and CA hard on the recruiting trail.