Correction. Lots of film showing what we can do with big receivers over five consecutive seasons.
Lawrence Cager from Miami officially visiting Iowa State
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Correction. Lots of film showing what we can do with big receivers over five consecutive seasons.
I want to start with that I really dislike NU football (not Nebraskans in general, they are good people like Iowan's), but they did show a lot of improvement towards the end of the season. I hate to admit but I don't think that 4-8 is going to be their norm going forward. I'm not saying national championship caliber but I can see them contending for the B10 west which isn't saying a whole lot compared to the B10 east. (hope I'm wrong!)They were much better at the end of last season than to start -- I will admit that is not saying much, on the other hand, considering where they started.
Long-term, however, there's room in the "ecosystem" for one nationally-competitive team in the Big Ten West (or maybe more generally between Chicago and Denver). I see no reason that team could not be Nebraska in the Big Ten instead of the Iowa and Wisconsin of the past half-decade -- and Iowa State instead of Kansas State in the Big 12.
There is a niche for them there, just as there is for us.
Feel bad for UNI. Seems like the missed the boat by sticking around in the MVC. All those years Creighton and Wichita State were cruising through the league, UNI was always right there with or behind them. Now they are left in a downtrodden league (yes, I know Loyal went on a Final 4 run last year), and they are near the bottom of it somehow. Life just ain't fair sometimes
Did UNI have an option to move to another conference above the MVC?
Creighton took advantage of realignment and WSU was the Kansas of the MVC as such desired by other conferences.
They are having a down year but still have a mid-major basketball respect w/ good coach. With those two programs no longer in the MVC they are as likely as any team to take advantage to make the tourney over the next 5 years. I'd argue they are in a better position than 7-10 years ago as a program. If they take advantage they could be the next school chosen to move up a conference the next time realignment occurs (Drake too).
I doubt UNI had an opportunity to move up. Creighton and Wichita were more successful than them on the hardwood, and UNI has football holding them back while the other two don't. UNI should cut football, or at least scholarship football, like Drake, and just focus on becoming the next Creighton/Wichita
There is going to be a path forward for them in the Big 10 West -- Iowa seems to have a hard ceiling as a program, and while Wisconsin has been the dominant program in the division for a long time now, they seem to have taken a step back.
No reason their replacement could not be Nebraska. Frost is a good coach. I did not think we were looking at him much when we hired Campbell, but he was initially one of the guys that I thought would have been great for us before he went to UCF.
Nebraska made a good hire there -- as good as they really could.
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There is a direct correlation between Fran's recruiting and UNI's descent....
Iowa has had the privilege of beating up on a down Nebraska for several years now. At this point I would love to see Nebraksa kick the piss out of Iowa for a few years in a row. Like it or not but Nebby is much closer to be a West contender than they are to being a 4-8 football team moving forward.
Damn. I thought this thread was about Cager.
I couldn't remember what thread I opened.
threads tend to get off track here once in a while, but talking about UNI basketball recruiting in a thread about a FB transfer has to be in the top 10 for getting lost.
Just got back from Aunt Maudes and pretty sure he and some players and coaches were wining and dining him at a lower level private area there. Too bad it's so cold out!
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Yeah, part of me worries about recruits freaking out about the cold during these January visits. Then another part of me says, "If you want to play at the next level, get used to the cold." The Patriots, Packers, Eagles, Giants, & Bears play big boy football up north without a roof over their heads. The way God intended.
When he has to show up here it's not going to be like this and he could bail next year before it happens again.
