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Is the solution just an older team?

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Maybe it was discussed previously, but is the solution simply to have the oldest/most experienced team?

Cignetti just ran through the Big 10 and won the national title with the oldest roster in D1.

Hoiberg just had Nebraskas best season ever with one of the oldest basketball teams in the conference.

Apples to oranges comparing sports, and I don’t have the time (or the brain power) to compile all of the data.

But is this the way moving forward? Just go out and get the players with the most experience?
 
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Yes. That's typically been the case and it's even more important now as good players don't/won't automatically jump to the draft. Great players will always leave early, that's fine. But you're solid starters that would most likely be 3rd-5th round picks are way more likely to stay now. You have to keep those kids (or buy them through free agency...er...transfer portal pickups).
 
Experience matters … at QB, on the OLine, on the DLine … our AA running back was a 4th year player.

We kept hearing what a high percentage of last years roster were 1st or 2nd yr players.
How did Indiana do last year with one of the older rosters in the conference?

Athletes who’ve been through several years of S&C make a difference as does game experience.
 
Age can be a factor. More physically mature. A 23 year old man vs a 19 year old man. Time spent in strength and conditioning. Talent evaluation matters. Skill set matching systems. Competent coaching and schemes matter
 
Depends on if you have the coach who can put it all together or not? Few are able to, especially if it’s a one year rental. There has to be some time to gel, to get accustomed to one another. Putting these players into that position to succeed, is crucial. Few succeed at it. It’s mostly why nearly every OL in the country last year, less about 8-10, struggled their asses off. Few were any good.
 
I wouldn’t say it’s just as simple as having an older team, they have to be talented and well coached. I do think Indiana is a good example that having experienced players can make a huge impact though.
 
I also heard on a podcast interview - don’t recall which one - that was part of TO’s secret too. Other coaches complained about sending their 18- and 19-year-olds against our 22- and 23-year-olds.

This makes sense, especially in college ball, where all players are still young, and experience and development reign supreme.

Yes this means you might lose your older players to the portal, but you can also snag older players from it too. We must embrace the portal instead of lamenting its existence.
 
BleedinHuskerRed said:
I also heard on a podcast interview - don’t recall which one - that was part of TO’s secret too. Other coaches complained about sending their 18- and 19-year-olds against our 22- and 23-year-olds.

This makes sense, especially in college ball, where all players are still young, and experience and development reign supreme.

Yes this means you might lose your older players to the portal, but you can also snag older players from it too. We must embrace the portal instead of lamenting its existence.
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I wonder how our focus on recruiting high school heavily next year will pan out.
 
BleedinHuskerRed said:
I also heard on a podcast interview - don’t recall which one - that was part of TO’s secret too. Other coaches complained about sending their 18- and 19-year-olds against our 22- and 23-year-olds.

This makes sense, especially in college ball, where all players are still young, and experience and development reign supreme.

Yes this means you might lose your older players to the portal, but you can also snag older players from it too. We must embrace the portal instead of lamenting its existence.
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And that was in a day when those 22 year olds had been in the system for three to four years before they got to play. Everyone knew exactly what was expected and what they were supposed to do. In 2026, it is more like a pickup game where you cobble together a new group of inexperienced and experienced players every season.
 
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And that was in a day when those 22 year olds had been in the system for three to four years before they got to play. Everyone knew exactly what was expected and what they were supposed to do. In 2026, it is more like a pickup game where you cobble together a new group of inexperienced and experienced players every season.
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Yep. Different rules back then. Osborne wasn't worried that the 4 and 5 star offensive linemen he recruited would transfer because they were all forced to redshirt their freshman year. Try asking a 5-star lineman to redshirt in this day and age and see how long it takes for him to enter the portal.
 
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