Cornhusker Fans in here!

[SPfloppy]

Man that kid Suh looks like the second comming of Reggie White. Mcoy is gonna be having PTSD from the game saturday

[robbieopperude]

SUH ='s top 2 NFL draft pick.

[Evenrude]

Oh.. what I would do to see him in Orange and Blue....

[Florida_Bronco]

Originally Posted by Evenrude

Oh.. what I would do to see him in Orange and Blue....

Hell, I've been performing human sacrifices all week hoping that the football gods would bless us with such a talent.

On a side note, the Tampa area is nearly devoid of Chief and Raider fans now.

[robbieopperude]

What if we draft Tebow?

[dark_hawk]

Originally Posted by robbieopperude

What if we draft Tebow?

That all depends on where we draft him and for what position. As a quarterback I'm not sure I'd want to draft him at all.

[Kid A]

Pelini obviously looks like he'll have us fielding good defenses for years to come, but this group was something special. Given that the juniors and seniors were part of one of the worst squads in the entire nation two years ago, to see them become a top 3 D is amazing and gratifying. It would be hard to overstate how incredible the turnaround has been on that side of the ball.

[jhns]

Originally Posted by McKid A

Pelini obviously looks like he'll have us fielding good defenses for years to come, but this group was something special. Given that the juniors and seniors were part of one of the worst squads in the entire nation two years ago, to see them become a top 3 D is amazing and gratifying. It would be hard to overstate how incredible the turnaround has been on that side of the ball.

The future looks good. Hopefully the offense can improve. They will have some experience now. One of these QBs need to step up. I have no doubt we will keep up the great defensive performance.

This was a great game to end the season. This defense is something special.

[Evenrude]

Huge finish for Nebraska's recruiting class looks to be forming.... Owa could be the next Suh.

[Kid A]

Originally Posted by Evenrude

Huge finish for Nebraska's recruiting class looks to be forming.... Owa could be the next Suh.

Oh man, want him so bad. Can we pry another defensive stud out of Oregon?

[DBroncos4life]

Originally Posted by McKid A

Oh man, want him so bad. Can we pry another defensive stud out of Oregon?

Owa took USC off his list because of the coaching change. If the Oregon coach would have went to USC they would have been off the list. Its between Oregon and Nebraska. We have to over come his family being so far away from him. Bo Pelini had a in home visit with him yesterday. I hope it went well.

[Kid A]

Carnes, Cooper, and Owa are the big three targets that we have a very real shot at landing. Can we get all three? Pretty please?

http://huskerextra.com/articles/2010...6822590943.txt

[DBroncos4life]

Originally Posted by McKid A

Carnes, Cooper, and Owa are the big three targets that we have a very real shot at landing. Can we get all three? Pretty please?

http://huskerextra.com/articles/2010...6822590943.txt

i think Cooper and Owa will be Huskers by the then end of next week.

[DBroncos4life]

Jamal Turner QB from Texas committed to the 2011 class. He is the 16th ranked player from Texas and might be a 5 star. We have three commits to the 2011 class and they all could end up being 5 star players. It's a heck of a job they are doing so far.

[Kid A]

Originally Posted by DBroncos4life

Jamal Turner QB from Texas committed to the 2011 class. He is the 16th ranked player from Texas and might be a 5 star. We have three commits to the 2011 class and they all could end up being 5 star players. It's a heck of a job they are doing so far.

Awesome. Rumors are that Carnes is a likely commit, so that would be two good prospects at QB in the next couple years. We landed a QB for the 2011 class before getting any in the 2010 class.

[DBroncos4life]

Originally Posted by McKid A

Awesome. Rumors are that Carnes is a likely commit, so that would be two good prospects at QB in the next couple years. We landed a QB for the 2011 class before getting any in the 2010 class.

I agree it sounds like Carnes is a Husker, we canceled that other guys visit so all signs point to him being a Sker!

[Evenrude]

Owa to UCLA. Why anyone would want to play for Slick Rick instead of Pelini is beyond me. Oh well, Owa is pure class.... I wish him the best.

Very solid class for NU. I'll take it as is.

[DBroncos4life]

A slow summer. A solid fall. A downer December. A fast finish. And, at the wire, two quality picks, and one whale lost.

Nebraska football can certainly live with its 2010 recruiting haul, especially as quarterback Brion Carnes and safety Corey Cooper committed to NU on Signing Day. The class is fourth or fifth in the Big 12 overall, and first or second in the North, depending on whether you think Missouri’s collection of skill talent trumps NU’s trench bunch. (I don’t.)

But in 2011, the Huskers will have their chance to get fat off the recruiting lamb. And Bo Pelini and his staff will put on the 365-day full court press to get it done. Bo seems to know it, too, having landed three commitments for 2011.

“We have a nice group of kids committed for next year already,” Pelini said Wednesday. And NU has lined up more visitors before Junior Day in the spring.

I hate to get all futuristic on you when you’re still luxuriating in the 2010 bath. But Wednesday kicked off what I expect to be the most ambitious year of Bo’s tenure at Nebraska. With a narrow loss in the Big 12 Championship and the blowout Holiday Bowl win, Bo’s confidence turned the corner. He’s thrown out phrases - “five times better,” “Nebraska’s back” - that suggest he’s ready to hit the next part of the process.

“I came here to win a national championship and to win championships,” Pelini said. “And I recruited a class that I fully believe will get that accomplished.”

Most new coaches sign their defining class in year two. That’s the “regime change” class. Or the “you made me promises, promises” class. Look at Bill Callahan in 2005. Nick Saban in 2008. Rich Texas A&M's Mike Sherman in 2009. Rodriguez in 2009. Auburn’s Gene Chizik in 2010. Saban, in fact, has signed three massive classes in a row - 32, 27 and 26. Folks, that’s the whole football team. And that’s what you call scholarship turnover. Bama has a national title in back pocket - and more to come.

Pelini, meanwhile, has held off. It’s a curious, impressive restraint, actually. He’s lived up to the old Bear Bryant adage: He took Bill Callahan’s recruits and beat guys he once recruited to Oklahoma.

Because so much of Callahan’s 2007 class didn’t redshirt - and will be counted upon to carry NU to a Big 12 title in 2010 - Pelini has gambled, to some extent, with two small classes (20 and 21 signees in 2009 and 2010) in a row. Texas employed this same strategy in 2008 and 2009. We’ll see if the Horns get away with it. While Bo signed 28 in 2008, six of those players left the program within a year.

Bo could have cut more dead weight from the program, or handed out fewer scholarships to walk-ons, to create more room in 2010. He didn’t. All hands on deck for a huge 2010 season that will be won with Callahan’s last class and Pelini’s first two. Provided NU produces the boffo year fans expect, Bo should have 25 or more scholarships to hand out for 2011, and that’s when he can make the big push with the nation’s best skill players.

As for 2010?

It’s a talented, deep class on defense - second best in the Big 12, I say - even without stud defensive end Owa Odighizuwa, who committed to UCLA. NU got its fill of interior defensive linemen and padded depth at defensive end. JUCO linebacker LaVonte David is, at the very least, a special teams dynamo next year, and potentially more. Safeties Corey Cooper and Harvey Jackson have prototypical size and speed.

Bo is rightly building the side of the ball that best gives him a chance to win the Big 12 North. A great defense can carry an offense looking for an identity. Not in every game, and not forever, but the 2010 bunch matches up exceedingly well to any offensive haul in the Big 12. Yes, including UT and OU.

NU paid close attention to the trenches, too, signing 10 offensive or defensive linemen. It takes discipline to do that, because linemen rarely play well without a redshirt season.

We’ve already rehashed offensive recruiting enough in the last two months. The Huskers have one season - 2010 - to prove themselves to top-flight skill talent and patch over a washout 2008 class and this thin 2010 bunch.

NU arguably has a commit from one of them in Arlington (Texas) quarterback Jamal Turner. San Antonio running back Aaron Green, brother of Nebraska cornerback Andrew Green, is another. Two more signature, top-flight receivers. And more speed. Much more speed.

“The best recruiting tool is to win,” Pelini said. “We’re starting to do that.”

Well, yes and no. Winning helps. But a clear vision - and sheer salesmanship - are the best formula. Saban parlayed a 7-6 season in 2007 into one of the great recruiting classes in the last 10 years, which has already produced Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram, Terrance Cody and three other starters on the 2009 national title squad.

Anecdotally or statistically, there’s a connection to getting top-shelf talent - no matter where Rivals and Scout rank it - and turning around that talent in short order. Pelini sloughs off those services, to some extent, because he doesn’t always think they’re accurate.

“I like our football team,” Pelini said. “As long as we stay on track of where we are and the direction we’re headed and they keep working the way they are, I like our football team…we want to develop each and every guy on our team and if we do that, we can compete with anybody in the country.”

That confidence in infectious, and it speaks to Pelini’s holistic recruiting philosophy: The selling doesn’t end when the LOI is faxed.

“Recruiting just started today,” Pelini said. “Now it’s our job is to take these young men who have high goals, high expectations, and help enable them to make those dreams come true. And I believe that’s where this staff is at its best.”


http://nebraska.statepaper.com/vnews.../4b6a1717f235d

[DBroncos4life]

The 2011 class has..
Jamal Turner QB
Ryne Reeves OL
Tyler Moore OL

Moore is the highest ranked player right now on that list. Aaron Green RB should be a commit sooner or later. His brother plays for us now. Everything I have seen has him as a 5 star. Reeves should be the top center in the nation or close too it. We are looking at 3 or 4 possible top 150 players committing to us pretty early this year.

[Evenrude]

Aaron Green could be something very, very special.

Now to get a couple difference makers signed at WR...

The future looks bright!

[DBroncos4life]

http://blog.oregonlive.com/pac10/201...suh_portl.html

ike signs Ndamukong Suh, Portland native and Nebraska star, to endorsement deal
By The Oregonian
February 03, 2010, 4:53PM
ndamukongsuh-ap.jpgThe Associated PressNdamukong SuhA release from Nike today:


NIKE BUILDS ON ITS OUTSTANDING FOOTBALL HERITAGE, SIGNS TOP PRO FOOTBALL PROSPECT SUH

Standout Defensive Lineman Ndamukong Suh is Newest Nike Athlete

Nike today announced a partnership with 2009 AP National Player of the Year and top NFL prospect Ndamukong Suh. One of the nation's premiere collegiate defenders, Suh is projected to be drafted at the top of the first round of the 2010 NFL draft this summer.

Suh will join selected Nike football athletes participating in a webcast Friday, February 5, kicking off the 2010 Nike High School Combine Tour (Players will be available to media during webcast -- press alert to follow). Various Nike athletes will be attending the combines, which are open to high school football players at any level across the country, free of charge.

The 6-4, 300-pound Suh was one of the most dominating defensive tackles in recent memory while starring at Nebraska. At the conclusion of the 2009 season, the Huskers senior was recognized for numerous accolades and awards including a consensus first-team All-American selection, Defensive Player of the Year honors in addition to being named a Heisman Trophy finalist. Suh also became only the second player in Big 12 history to earn both the Defensive Player and Lineman of the Year awards in the same season.

Suh tallied 85 total tackles (24 for loss), 12.0 sacks and 1 interception during his senior campaign. Many analysts are predicting Suh will be the top overall pick in the upcoming NFL draft.

Born in Portland, Ore., Suh was a prep star at nearby Grant High School, so his teaming up with Beaverton, Ore.-based Nike is a natural homecoming.

He joins a top roster of football of NFL Nike athletes, including: LaDainian Tomlinson, Troy Polamalu, Adrian Peterson, Larry Fitzgerald, Tom Brady and Brian Urlacher.

[Kid A]

Just a silly prediction article, but just thinking about next year has me impatient with excitement.

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/co...sp?CID=1048047

Virginia Tech, Ohio State and Nebraska are high-profile programs. They all fit the national championship profile for 2010, too.

[DBroncos4life]

Originally Posted by McKid A

Just a silly prediction article, but just thinking about next year has me impatient with excitement.

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/co...sp?CID=1048047

I expect our D to be better this year then last years which is say a lot.

[DBroncos4life]

So they are planning on making a 340 million dollar arena to play basketball in. I think we need to offer Danny Manning the keys to the door and make him our basketball coach. I would love to see the looks on KU's when we take one of their greats and make him our coach. That's for Turner Gill you punks!!!

[DBroncos4life]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4916823

The staff got a raise...