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Pre-Fall Camp Husker News
- Thread starter Red Reign
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Best front five he's ever been around, might have saved him buying a dinner already
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Curious the data that went into that ranking
Pure rage bait
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There's been a lot of criticism about Nebraska recruiting well but that it doesn't show up on the field. The conclusion is generally that we don't develop players well.
I went back and looked at our recruiting rankings since 2018, which is as far back as my source goes (Wikipedia.) Wikipedia also lists top ranked recruits and which school landed them. Here are Nebraska's historical rankings:
The 2026 numbers were as of September 2025.
In 2020, Michigan's rankings were 11 / 10 / 10. Four years later they're National Champs.
In 2021, Ohio State's rankings were 2 / 2 / 2. Four years later, they're National Champs.
Indiana hasn't been in the top 25 during this period.
Cignetti made the portal work for Indiana, but I think it's still a fair question: If we're consistently in top 25 recruiting, why aren't we just as consistently ranked in the top 25 in the polls? Are the recruit ranking systems flawed? The three systems are relatively in sync, so, while possible, that seems unlikely.
We just need to recruit better. How we accomplish that is a mystery to me, but I believe given today's system, it's going to take a boat-load of cash--probably more than we have.
I went back and looked at our recruiting rankings since 2018, which is as far back as my source goes (Wikipedia.) Wikipedia also lists top ranked recruits and which school landed them. Here are Nebraska's historical rankings:
The 2026 numbers were as of September 2025.
In 2020, Michigan's rankings were 11 / 10 / 10. Four years later they're National Champs.
In 2021, Ohio State's rankings were 2 / 2 / 2. Four years later, they're National Champs.
Indiana hasn't been in the top 25 during this period.
Cignetti made the portal work for Indiana, but I think it's still a fair question: If we're consistently in top 25 recruiting, why aren't we just as consistently ranked in the top 25 in the polls? Are the recruit ranking systems flawed? The three systems are relatively in sync, so, while possible, that seems unlikely.
We just need to recruit better. How we accomplish that is a mystery to me, but I believe given today's system, it's going to take a boat-load of cash--probably more than we have.
Recruiting, evaluation and retention. Did your source count retention? Now count players who played as to their class, iow, not as many sophs and frosh played as juniors and seniors, then add in the covid extra years etc.
Under MR we are nearing our recruiting in rankings/won loss. IMO, our coaching has improved as has our recruiting. If our coaching has improved, it isnt unreasonable to see us playing above our recruiting rankings.
As far as Cig goes, he did what SF was unable to do, brought his guys, his coaches and made it work.
Now comes the harder part, he loses his guys as his foundation is weakened, replacing them en masse as plug n play at those numbers wont happen, and recruiting guys you have to grow them into position as well, throws the whole timing off. Yet still he's one heck of a coach.
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