kicker22
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Difference is Maryland/Indy fan base knows where they sit. Nebby's will remind you that they won NC's in the 20th century.
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NorthKCHawk
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They are currently about as shitty as it gets, but I am not as pessimistic as Fry and others are on the Nebbie job. While saying it is a sleeping giant may be hyperbolic given 2 decades of utter irrelevance, there are things to build off of.
First, Frost was getting Top 25 recruiting classes. Nebraska typically ranked higher than Iowa.
They have Top 10 program fan support.
They have Big 10 money and resources.
Facilities are Top 25.
They have dusty trophies. That doesn't mean much, but it is not nothing.
There is a foundation there for the right coach. If Campbell can make ISU relevant or Leupold make Kansas relevant or even look at what Fleck did at Minnesota. Now, that is not the type of success Nebraska wants in the long term, but the right coach can bring them back to something close to what they did under Pelini. 8-9 wins a year and at least relevant to the conference standings.
They have swung and missed their last two hires, and there was plenty of dumb coaching decisions before that too, but the law of averages alone says that this next hire will be an improvement, and Trev Alberts is a pretty smart dude. While hiring any coach is always a 50/50 shot as Fry likes to note, my gut tells me the next coach brings Nebbie back to regular bowl eligibility type level.
Where I find agreement with others is that I do not see Nebraska ever returning to late 90s relevance. I doubt they ever play for another Nattie in my lifetime. College football has changed radically in the last 25 years and I agree that the impediments other's point out will hinder that sort of return to relevance. That would take a generational coach to do that at Nebraska. Odds are heavily against them.
Nebraska can be Minnesota with just a good hire. They can be Iowa or Wisconsin with a great hire. Maybe they could approach Penn State/Michigan type success with an unbelievable hire. They will never be OSU. Ship has sailed.
racerhawk
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I don't think Iowa can go to the Las Vegas Bowl this year, yes? (Based on every other year commitments, I think I read)... Rose Bowl would be lovely. I'd go to either, but can't make it to Floriday.
Back to your point, I wonder if Northwestern is going to stay down for a while or come back up. They have an unbelievable amount of money pouring into their facilities upgrades. A 247 sports article ranking their facilities has them inside of the top 10 nationally. That place along the lake is amazing. Also, they are about to embark upon a $750M (I think that's correct) improvement to their football stadium. That's huge money.
They also recruit not so terribly (sort of in the Iowa territory). So, I'm wondering if NW will be "shit" as you say for a long time or if they will pop back up.
Now back to bowl talk and saying shit about Nebby....
loesshillshawk
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Agree Fryowa...they have a mobile QB, great receiver, tight end, and quality backs. Their online is awful, their defense is porous and they lost a couple D players Saturday. Key is getting ahead early and they will roll over and die.
