The lines on both sides

[Carm]

They are going to have to get better at developing players and using the portal if they want to get the lines back to championship level. And yes they might have to cheat a little to get there.

Everyone needs to use the portal to some extent.

It's hard to tell how the portal will work. A lot depends on if the NIL rules survive. As far as rev sharing goes, teams won't be able to throw that around much because most teams are expected to exhaust their cap on their top 35-40 players. That might mean some decent guys will leave ("I get no rev share so I'll go where I will get it"), or it might mean they won't ("what's the point? I won't get any anywhere else and I like it here"). Teams will be spending the biggest part of their rev share on retention, most likely.

That leaves NIL. How many people will pay real NIL that follows the rules and no more? How many will take the chance just giving bags and either not reporting or misreporting? What will the sanctions be and will those sanctions survive? Does Congress pass a law that makes the rule statutory in some way?

Cheating on NIL is taking a big chance regardless, so no one will do it for marginal players.

I don't pretend to have a crystal ball but I suspect we will see transfer activity decline going forward. And we won't be competing with collectives who had to dump $40M before the end of the last fiscal year for transfer.

Recruiting, though, will cost more as the current rules (will Congress change them?) won't prevent schools from making sure HS kids get paid NIL to lock them up.

It sounds like Nebraska feels the world has shifted back towards a developmental model

 

[vailhusker]

Everyone needs to use the portal to some extent.

It's hard to tell how the portal will work. A lot depends on if the NIL rules survive. As far as rev sharing goes, teams won't be able to throw that around much because most teams are expected to exhaust their cap on their top 35-40 players. That might mean some decent guys will leave ("I get no rev share so I'll go where I will get it"), or it might mean they won't ("what's the point? I won't get any anywhere else and I like it here"). Teams will be spending the biggest part of their rev share on retention, most likely.

That leaves NIL. How many people will pay real NIL that follows the rules and no more? How many will take the chance just giving bags and either not reporting or misreporting? What will the sanctions be and will those sanctions survive? Does Congress pass a law that makes the rule statutory in some way?

Cheating on NIL is taking a big chance regardless, so no one will do it for marginal players.

I don't pretend to have a crystal ball but I suspect we will see transfer activity decline going forward. And we won't be competing with collectives who had to dump $40M before the end of the last fiscal year for transfer.

Recruiting, though, will cost more as the current rules (will Congress change them?) won't prevent schools from making sure HS kids get paid NIL to lock them up.

It sounds like Nebraska feels the world has shifted back towards a developmental model

It's year three and the lines are not up to P2 level yet. Do you want to win now? Or do you want to wait a couple more years to see how the high school classes work out? And does the AD, the donors, and the fans, etc... have patience for it?

 

[Carm]

It's year three and the lines are not up to P2 level yet. Do you want to win now? Or do you want to wait a couple more years to see how the high school classes work out? And does the AD, the donors, and the fans, etc... have patience for it?

I want to win now, of course. But that's not the question to ask. I'm saying getting players from the portal doesn't mean you'll win. They have to be the right players with the right fit. And those players may not exist for us. You can actually make teams worse by taking the wrong players.

 

[vailhusker]

I want to win now, of course. But that's not the question to ask. I'm saying getting players from the portal doesn't mean you'll win. They have to be the right players with the right fit. And those players may not exist for us. You can actually make teams worse by taking the wrong players.

That's why they are paying Rhule $8m a year, plus millions more for the rest of the staff to figure that shit out. He's not going to have the long runway that Frost had, he probably has couple more years max before the natives start to get real restless without any substantial improvement.

 

[Carm]

That's why they are paying Rhule $8m a year, plus millions more for the rest of the staff to figure that shit out. He's not going to have the long runway that Frost had, he probably has couple more years max before the natives start to get real restless without any substantial improvement.

If he gets just incrementally better over the next two years he'll be fine. Let's say 8-5 this year, 9-4 next year. He would not get fired. No way. Two 8-5 years would not get him fired, in fact. His buyout at the end of 2026 is fucking $41.4M

I agree if we see significant regression he'd get fired. It is his job to figure it out, and he seems to take it very seriously.

 

[DuckSker]

Throw 1-2 mil at Jordan Seaton next year to be the LT for Dylan, slide Gottula over to RT

 

[Carm]

Throw 1-2 mil at Jordan Seaton next year to be the LT for Dylan, slide Gottula over to RT

that would be a great deal. My guess is he could get more than that. I think he is a much better acquisition than Isaiah World, and World was supposedly offered over $2M by a school he turned down to sign with Oregon.

 

[herbsinator]

That's why they are paying Rhule $8m a year, plus millions more for the rest of the staff to figure that shit out. He's not going to have the long runway that Frost had, he probably has couple more years max before the natives start to get real restless without any substantial improvement.

He’s already done way more than frost ever did.

 

[V-Doub]

Everyone needs to use the portal to some extent.

It's hard to tell how the portal will work. A lot depends on if the NIL rules survive. As far as rev sharing goes, teams won't be able to throw that around much because most teams are expected to exhaust their cap on their top 35-40 players. That might mean some decent guys will leave ("I get no rev share so I'll go where I will get it"), or it might mean they won't ("what's the point? I won't get any anywhere else and I like it here"). Teams will be spending the biggest part of their rev share on retention, most likely.

That leaves NIL. How many people will pay real NIL that follows the rules and no more? How many will take the chance just giving bags and either not reporting or misreporting? What will the sanctions be and will those sanctions survive? Does Congress pass a law that makes the rule statutory in some way?

Cheating on NIL is taking a big chance regardless, so no one will do it for marginal players.

I don't pretend to have a crystal ball but I suspect we will see transfer activity decline going forward. And we won't be competing with collectives who had to dump $40M before the end of the last fiscal year for transfer.

Recruiting, though, will cost more as the current rules (will Congress change them?) won't prevent schools from making sure HS kids get paid NIL to lock them up.

It sounds like Nebraska feels the world has shifted back towards a developmental model

That’s a lot of words to say… “Whoever has the most money and spends it wisely and more efficiently will dominate, until the rules change.” (And they will soon) Then everyone will have to adjust or change their formula to acquire talent. In accordance with the new rules. But I’m with ya bromito. Anyone who thinks we’re past all the change in CFB better buckle their seatbelts.

 

[Blbmeb]

It's year three and the lines are not up to P2 level yet. Do you want to win now? Or do you want to wait a couple more years to see how the high school classes work out? And does the AD, the donors, and the fans, etc... have patience for it?

Just do whatever the hell Indiana did. That seemed to work out pretty fast. Still blows my mind, but a buddy of mine from IU said they have way more money there than people think.

 

[Cornicator]

Throw 1-2 mil at Jordan Seaton next year to be the LT for Dylan, slide Gottula over to RT

Gonna take 3 to 4 for that dude.

Just want to throw this out there:

JuJu Marks is the most athletic tackle Nebraska has ever signed. When he gets healthy, he's going to be elite.

 

[Blakejc]

I want to win now, of course. But that's not the question to ask. I'm saying getting players from the portal doesn't mean you'll win. They have to be the right players with the right fit. And those players may not exist for us. You can actually make teams worse by taking the wrong players.

Well, you know the pool of available players isn’t what’s in the portal. Nwaneri the perfect example. Corleone was never in the portal, but we know he tested the waters. So if we can sniff around and find the right fit we should.