Nebraska and talent acquisition

[Bootleg11]

Is Nebraska Nil going to get serious about player acquisition this winter?

Oregon is showing what it looks like when your financial backing is fully invested in bringing in talent.

I’m not talking about bringing in some guy that was a 2021 FCS all American. I’m talking about really paying transfers?

Is Nebraska willing to play the game? If not then us getting upset about losing is kind of silly at this point. Otherwise we are just another team not trying to win and being happy being a whipping boy in a big conference to get a big check so our admin can make more money.

 

[Kaladin]

We aren't going to have much room for transfers

I'm not expecting much

 

[Alcaus]

No. Rhule only knows how to build it his way.

He’s going to try to develop kids on the roster.

 

[Kaladin]

I think we will get a few decent pieces but not the kind we need to take the next step, which is why I think we will be looking at a 7/8 win season next year

 

[Bswain1980]

You do realize Jalen Lloyd wasn't offered by anyone? Evan Cooper was completely sold after watching his tape. He's a freshman. These guys know talent. Do they need to hit the portal? Yes. QB is everything.

 

[Bootleg11]

You do realize Jalen Lloyd wasn't offered by anyone? Evan Cooper was completely sold after watching his tape. He's a freshman. These guys know talent. Do they need to hit the portal? Yes. QB is everything.

They need more than just a QB. You have to be willing to overpay. By a lot.

 

[Fargo Husker]

We aren't going to have much room for transfers

I'm not expecting much

Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t go big for the ones we do take.

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

I think we will get a few decent pieces but not the kind we need to take the next step, which is why I think we will be looking at a 7/8 win season next year

Sign me up.

 

[Gman1228]

I think we all know the answer. At this point, Nebraska isn't remotely serious about competing, they are cashing checks. Spending $500m on a stadium upgrade all but confirms that. It is a joke.

 

[Bootleg11]

I think we all know the answer. At this point, Nebraska isn't remotely serious about competing, they are cashing checks. Spending $500m on a stadium upgrade all but confirms that. It is a joke.

Unfortunately Gman it appears to be true. Lining pockets of admin and others. Not really trying to win games.

 

[Herbie]

I doubt Nebraska is top 20 in nil, nil for Nebraska has mostly been a flop

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Unfortunately Gman it appears to be true. Lining pockets of admin and others. Not really trying to win games.

I have no idea what reality is but I doubt nil and stadium money are mutually exclusive

 

[Bootleg11]

I have no idea what reality is but I doubt nil and stadium money are mutually exclusive

If they stadium is renovated from donations then I would think it it directly effects NIL donations.

 

[Bootleg11]

I doubt Nebraska is top 20 in nil, nil for Nebraska has mostly been a flop

If true and I have no idea if it is, then Nebraska is not serious about winning.

 

[Fargo Husker]

I have no idea what reality is but I doubt nil and stadium money are mutually exclusive

Yeah, I don’t think we can say “well we’re spending all this money on the stadium, so we’re obviously NOT spending big bucks in NIL.”

 

[Poor_and_Stupid]

I think we will get a few decent pieces but not the kind we need to take the next step, which is why I think we will be looking at a 7/8 win season next year

The next step would be 6 wins (which just got much harder). 7/8 wins would be like 3 steps forward.

 

[HughJanus]

Is Nebraska Nil going to get serious about player acquisition this winter?

No, our NIL program is just an adult daycare for MD, so he can keep avoiding life after college.

 

[Cash68847]

No, our NIL program is just an adult daycare for MD, so he can keep avoiding life after college.

It’s good to have friends in high places.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

If they stadium is renovated from donations then I would think it it directly effects NIL donations.

I guess I assume that most of the NIL donors will give to pretty much anything and the university will tap others funding mechanisms for the stadium. Maybe there's some overlap, but I don't know that our NIL problems are as much financial as they are a lack of desire to push the envelope in the same way other places have.

But then again I also don't know that NIL matters all that much for talent acquisition as much as us being the worst P5 program over a decade

 

[Red Finger]

I can recall the Raiola story when Georgia upped the price and we wouldn’t make. Seems a little silly not to step up and match it today doesn’t it? So far I haven’t been impressed with Nebraska NIL people. They’re just ok

They’ll have to show me they’ll spend the money. I kinda think they will…but I gotta see it. I think we have a good pitch for transfer guys right now so it’ll be interesting to track.