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Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

Drew said:
NU Recruiting Rankings per 247 Composite last 10 years:

2025: 21
2024: 18
2023: 25
2022: 41
2021: 20
2020: 20
2019: 17
2018: 23
2017: 23
2016: 26

Avg Class Rank: 23.4

Team hasn’t sniffed the broad side of a barn in 10 years and still averages top 25 classes. Plus they have one of the highest regarded NIL collectives and are one of 8 schools that actually generate a profit as an AD and return money to the school, despite the fact that half their seats don’t require donations in the stadium (changing in 2026 and beyond).

Trying to claim Nebraska is broke and doesn’t attract any football talent because they don’t recruit as well as OU does is just foolish.

Oh and I know NU is going bowling - I was at the game Saturday. Great time.
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With those recruiting rankings and 69 P4 schools, that puts them firmly above average, but not in the top echelon of schools. Nebraska is a solid program with a great fanbase and I never claimed poverty, but Nebraska WAS a top 5 program and I think that will not happen again. Sure, top 25, maybe the scattered top 10 finish, but that is the ceiling. Oklahoma has proven over the past 20 years that they can be a top 10 program. That said, I recognize moving to the SEC may change that.
 
I'm in the camp that believes that both Nebraska and Oklahoma have their best days behind them. The B1G and the SEC has given them more money, but they won't enjoy the success that they each had in the Big12. And yes, I know Oklahoma beat Alabama. So did Vandy. They had better get used to the sound of 7-5 every year.

As for Nebraska, the days of Osborne and Solich (hell, even Pelini) are over. 1 winning season in the last 9, this year will be 2 in the last 10. Life was perfect in the Big12 North, where they could meet the winner of Texas and Oklahoma in the conference championship. But...c'est la vie. Bragging about recruiting rankings over the last 7 year's that were no higher than 18th and as low as 41 should feel like a loss to a Husker, not a victory...
 
Wow Bret, that's some elite conference you're building. Ya got Utah who really didn't want to join last year and publicly stated they were displeased with the Big12 earlier this season due to officiating, and now ya got TCU who is not so silently looking to bolt. Great job Bret at building a really solid and unified conference. Meanwhile ya had a school that would've been elated to join (despite the crying from some of its BBall fanbase who would fall in line eventually) that ya publicly left hanging twice and whose administration hasn't expressed any slight towards you. Keep up the stellar job Bret, with your 1 bid season to the CFP, you were almost as successful as the MWC.:p
 
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coachcap said:
The B1G doesn't currently have any schools with religious affiliation. They would make an exception for Notre Dame, but TCU doesn't come close in comparison.
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there's some really funny thinking amongst some of these groups
 
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Drew said:
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AD David Benedict should be able to capitalize on this to grab a “full media payout, come and go as you like, no exit fee” football only agreement as a place to plant the program while negotiations continue

Or in the real world they probably just boot NIU from the conference and add WKU
 
They probably boot NIU from the conference and do nothing (there are a few non-Football D1 leagues that they could house their other sports in). UMass was just added so NIU leaving would put them back at 12.
 
huskymedic said:
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Regarding the B1G and Texas, to me there is no doubt its part of their future. But I think the target school is indeed those strange birds at Texas A&M. TCU could book end a ND addition however; both branches covered!

Below from the WSJ today:
Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO Michael Dell:

Reflecting on the growth of Texas’ tech industry, he noted that 1 in 10 children born in America is now born in Texas, the state has 1.8 million college students, and that the state has a growth-friendly environment which has attracted many well-known companies, while also creating an environment conducive to the more than 5,000 startups currently operating in the state.
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Exit 4 said:
Regarding the B1G and Texas, to me there is no doubt its part of their future. But I think the target school is indeed those strange birds at Texas A&M. TCU could book end a ND addition however; both branches covered!

Below from the WSJ today:
Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO Michael Dell:
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Someone arguing that Texas is some kind of economic utopia is an intelligence test. Texas has the 10th to 12th highest tax rate in the country depending on which analysis you use, and I think it is closer to 5th when you factor in all the hidden fees and costs that are higher than other states. And that gets you a school system that is ranked about 25th nationally.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Someone arguing that Texas is some kind of economic utopia is an intelligence test. Texas has the 10th to 12th highest tax rate in the country depending on which analysis you use, and I think it is closer to 5th when you factor in all the hidden fees and costs that are higher than other states. And that gets you a school system that is ranked about 25th nationally.
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Not taking the bait with an idiot.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Someone arguing that Texas is some kind of economic utopia is an intelligence test. Texas has the 10th to 12th highest tax rate in the country depending on which analysis you use, and I think it is closer to 5th when you factor in all the hidden fees and costs that are higher than other states. And that gets you a school system that is ranked about 25th nationally.
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Not to mention a highly unpredictable power grid which is unable to access non-Texas generated power. Because, you know, Texas didn’t want to upgrade its grid to meet interstate requirements that every other state follows. The Stste agency responsible for energy predicts rolling blackouts are between 50-80% likely in winter storms and the Texas electricity supply is not sufficient to support winter demand already. Forbes just had a piece on it. Not some left wing publication. They ‘d prefer to blame solar power when there is an outage. And an increasingly inhospitable social agenda. Those kids being born now are lucky. 13% of on-gyns are planning to retire early and ob resident applications were down 15%. And another 15% of current medical ob residents plan to leave Texas after program completion. This is a major source of new doctors in any state and if they are leaving in high numbers it is a big concern. 45% of Texas counties now are considered ob deserts meaning there is no ob service. Expected to reach 60% by 2030. So in a couple of years most of those babies born in Texas will be born without their moms having any access to pre-natal care. This from a study commissioned by the state agency that oversees medical practice. Again, not some pinko human rights group.

But yeah, Texas is nirvana
 
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