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Drew said:
Not gonna lie, I had a good laugh at “one top 30 Texas recruit” being the bar for success in recruiting football talent. Meanwhile Nebraska is going to finish with (yet another) top 25 class this year and possibly even top 15.
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He’s a unique poster. I still think they are in a similar boat. Both used to big fish in small ponds and now they are just another fish.

And LOL at the idea Oklahoma isn’t in the middle of nowhere.
 
ZooCougar said:
And LOL at the idea Oklahoma isn’t in the middle of nowhere.
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Norman is a suburb of Oklahoma City with a metro population of 1.5 million. The city has grown 20% in the past 13 years and has grown double digits every decade going back to 1900 and more people live in the city than in Boston. It is a booming area. Have you ever been? And, they have an NBA team the Thunder.
 
UConnJim said:
Norman is a suburb of Oklahoma City with a metro population of 1.5 million. The city has grown 20% in the past 13 years and has grown double digits every decade going back to 1900 and more people live in the city than in Boston. It is a booming area. Have you ever been? And, they have an NBA team the Thunder.
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Yes I live in the region.

The middle of the country is “booming” but it’s still nowhere.

It’s not materially better than Lincoln, Iowa City or even Omaha. Ever been to Omaha? It’s kind of great. But it’s also nowhere; just like Norman and Lincoln.


You’re pretty special.
 
ZooCougar said:
Yes I live in the region.

The middle of the country is “booming” but it’s still nowhere.

It’s not materially better than Lincoln, Iowa City or even Omaha. Ever been to Omaha? It’s kind of great. But it’s also nowhere; just like Norman and Lincoln.


You’re pretty special.
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This is the perfect description of Omaha.
 
ZooCougar said:
Yes I live in the region.

The middle of the country is “booming” but it’s still nowhere.

It’s not materially better than Lincoln, Iowa City or even Omaha. Ever been to Omaha? It’s kind of great. But it’s also nowhere; just like Norman and Lincoln.


You’re pretty special.
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Yes, because the edge of our flat Earth is just west of the Hudson River. If you don't pay attention, you can fall off.
 
Drew said:
Not gonna lie, I had a good laugh at “one top 30 Texas recruit” being the bar for success in recruiting football talent. Meanwhile Nebraska is going to finish with (yet another) top 25 class this year and possibly even top 15.
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How about this stat. In the last 4 recruiting classes, Oklahoma has had 4 5* and 54 4* recruits and Nebraska has had 1 5* and 12 4* recruits. Over the past 8 seasons, Oklahoma has had 7 top 10 recruiting classes and Nebraska has had 0. Oklahoma has had 12 top 10 finishes in the past 20 years vs. 0 for Nebraska. Heck, Nebraska is going to their first bowl in 8 years!
 
UConnJim said:
How about this stat. In the last 4 recruiting classes, Oklahoma has had 4 5* and 54 4* recruits and Nebraska has had 1 5* and 12 4* recruits. Over the past 8 seasons, Oklahoma has had 7 top 10 recruiting classes and Nebraska has had 0. Oklahoma has had 12 top 10 finishes in the past 20 years vs. 0 for Nebraska. Heck, Nebraska is going to their first bowl in 8 years!
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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.
 
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
 
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
 
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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