Back to Ngoyi, the Huskers made a home run hire with WR coach Mickey Joseph. Very charismatic, recruits seem to love him. But, their roster is now flooded with wide receivers. About 20% of their players. So how that pans out, who knows. But I suspect Ngoyi was not a priority for them, and that Ngoyi saw an overcrowded room at NU. And he surely just liked ISU better.
We all can see, Nebraska has been miserable for years. But not for lack of talent. I'd say mostly due to mediocre QB play and lack of good coaching. Even so, the gap between them and us is not what we like to think. Keep in mind we lost to Texas Tech and West Virginia last year. My guess is if we played NU, it would be a close game. Win or lose, it seems the majority of our games are close. I watch every Husker game, often with friends who are fans, and they are much more competitive than what their record suggests. Under Frost they just manage to shoot themselves in the foot a lot.