Dear Matt,
I really like you. Will you go to the dance with me? Check yes □ or no □
~ Jim
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Dear Matt,
I really like you. Will you go to the dance with me? Check yes □ or no □
~ Jim
I haven't heard this from a horses mouth on the staff, but rather from someone inside who claims this. But, Riley and company were always a little frustrated that guys like Harbaugh and Sarkisian could come late to the party and steal their recruits. Keeping a kid at Oregon State as opposed to him flipping to Oregon, Stanford, or Washington was not easy.
Now fast forward to 2015 where the playing fields aren't quite even yet, but we are right there with the others, and beating Harbaugh and Michigan with the two recruits we really had a chance at keeping is a massive dose of spinach for this staff. You have no idea the chip on the shoulder and the momentum this can create. Riley and staff always thought they were good recruiters, always thought they were good evaluators, always thought they were good coaches, but I'm the back of their mind Oregon State was an extreme disadvantage. It's game on now, I think whatever doubts they possibly had should be gone now, and it can be game on for the 2016 class.
Still have to prove it on the field, but this is great news...
No training wheels on this staff. These guys appear to be riding Harley's on the recruiting trail. Someone else said it earlier in the thread. Riley knew what a recruiting disadvantage was at OSU. Now that he and his fellas are in Nebraska, this is a huge step up in recruiting advantages for them. No defeatist attitude from these coaches.
Good choice Matt, we like big tight ends at Nebraska, especially when the new coach will actually use you.