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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 4386582, member: 1559"] Another advantage is perception among young athletes. Ask teenagers who they think has more football history, Nebraska or UCF? Most would say UCF as UCF has performed better in recent times than Nebraska including the "national championship". Think about this, the last NFL 1st round pick from Nebraska was in 2011 and UCF has had 3 1st rounders since. You say the "24/7 Talent Composite" shows Nebraska is better than UCF. Don't you think many Nebraska commits experience rating inflation? Case in point from 2022. Jake Appleget an edge from Nebraska was a 2* recruit rated 79 by 24/7. On 6/1, Nebraska offers him and on 6/2 his rating is upgraded to 84 3*. He ends up rated at 87 3*. Maybe he should have been highly rated, I don't know, but this is what happens when a kid commits to a P5 program with lots of fans who pay for recruiting sites. When I was young, Nebraska was a hot program that good football players wanted to go to. Those days are long in the past. Now Nebraska has more money and a better conference than most schools, but not everyone wants to go live in Nebraska especially if the team is mediocre or worse. I'm not wishing Nebraska to be bad, in fact I want them to be a good team, but I'm not sure Nebraska can figure out what they need to do. [/QUOTE]