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Originally posted by chopper816
what rate?? two players left. andy birkel who was a freshmen and ross pilkington who is staying at the school but doesnt want to play football. they left but they were in the coaches doghouse for most of the season.
next year nebraska will be competitive. now they get a full off season to develop the talent here and for everyone to learn they new systems. and it doesnt hurt that nebraska has the #1 recruiting class on rivals.com they have 3 pocket passers coming in and the competition for the job will be stiff. they will start placing people at better positions, such as david horne, a rb who played a lot of receiver against colorado, and did well. Matt Herian should be good as new as well, his injury really hurt the team. within 5 years, nebraska wins a national title, ya could say im jumping the gun, but i remember when oklahoma really sucked and when stoops came in he turned it around and look where they are now...
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Callahan is no Stoops. Remember, Stoops came in, implemented a VERY different system, and went 7-5 his first season, and 13-0 his next.
At what rate? You've had 4 linemen leave (not counting Incognito who was rightfully kicked off the team): Chris Patrick (4-star transferred to Mich, MSU or Purdue), Danny Muy, Cory Timm, and another 4-star guy, Ryan Schuler. Nebraska also recently lost Ross Pilkington and Andy Birkel. None of these guys had anything nice to say about Callahan and company when they left.
As far as the recruiting class, they have 24 signees. The second place team has around 14. They are only #1 due to the number of committments. Here's a link to the rankings... 12 3 star players. There are a couple of good players, but it's a very bottom heavy class so far.
http://rivals100.rivals.com/teamrank.asp
Again, I was VERY unimpressed with the behavior of your coaches when they visited Oklahoma. I've never seen anyone act in such a classless way, felony charges are still pending against one of your linemen who assaulted a spirit-club member off the field. I've always respected Nebraska, even when Osborne was running up the score on weak mid-90's OU teams -- I believe y'all even threw "fruit" onto the field back in those days.