OT Andrus Peat [Stanford Commit]

this doesnt have the look of a class that will "put us over the top" of course it is very tough to tell at this point. you cant fault people for being discouraged

 
Rollin said:
Knapp, now is not the time for rainbows and kittens...
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What is it time for? Overreacting based on the decision of an 18-year-old who's never played a down of D1 football?

I'm just not in to the whole "sky is falling" thing because a very good player went to another school. Especially when he's saying that education was a major part of his decision and he signed with Stanford.

 
We have 16 guys signed. Aren’t there 3 that are on the fence academically? If that is true and we only get 13 of 16 on campus this class was not a success. If all 16 make then it is a decent class.

 
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knapplc said:
Rollin said:
Knapp, now is not the time for rainbows and kittens...
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What is it time for? Overreacting based on the decision of an 18-year-old who's never played a down of D1 football?

I'm just not in to the whole "sky is falling" thing because a very good player went to another school. Especially when he's saying that education was a major part of his decision and he signed with Stanford.
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It was sarcasm..... Wait am I grounded now?

 
knapplc said:
C-4 said:
knapplc said:
C-4 said:
this class isn't very good.
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I hope you're not quitting your day job to become a talent analyst.
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It seems that this would be the consensus view among any scouting service or respected recruiting followers, no?

I realize the important thing right now is to stay positive, especially after losing the 2nd ranked Tackle in the nation, but how are you going to savor this class at the moment?

You can say this class could end up being great, but without hindsight, this class does not stack up with the other school's classes.

Again, I realize you're trying to stay positive, so I wouldn't badger you about it.
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We have a top 25 class. Out of 120 D1A schools, that is far from "average." Sure, other schools have better classes. What's different about that than the other 120-something years of Husker football? We've never won a championship with a #1 class.
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i absolutely agree. A top 25 class is what the national guys will rank us. What does that translate into? A good deal of potential with these young men. To really distinguish betten recruiting class # 12 or so and # 30 is not something that can be done accurately at thios juncture. The bottom line is it is a good class (not one of the best... but good.

Again. NU fans should be pleased. Heck... FWIW... I am pleased and I am one of the toughest here in terms of assesment of the Huskers.

 
It's also worth noting that O Line wasn't our biggest need in this class.

It sucks that Peat went elsewhere. End of the world? No. Not at all.

 
melscott62 said:
this doesnt have the look of a class that will "put us over the top" of course it is very tough to tell at this point. you cant fault people for being discouraged
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Maybe not "over the top" by themselves but we've got a lot of good young guys already in Lincoln. If these guys can fill some spots and add a couple stars, we'll be in good shape.

 
Rollin said:
knapplc said:
Rollin said:
Knapp, now is not the time for rainbows and kittens...
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What is it time for? Overreacting based on the decision of an 18-year-old who's never played a down of D1 football?

I'm just not in to the whole "sky is falling" thing because a very good player went to another school. Especially when he's saying that education was a major part of his decision and he signed with Stanford.
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It was sarcasm..... Wait am I grounded now?
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You're still grounded, if that's what you mean. I haven't let you out of the doghouse after that Pringles can full of springy snakes. :angry:

 
knapplc said:
Rollin said:
knapplc said:
Rollin said:
Knapp, now is not the time for rainbows and kittens...
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What is it time for? Overreacting based on the decision of an 18-year-old who's never played a down of D1 football?

I'm just not in to the whole "sky is falling" thing because a very good player went to another school. Especially when he's saying that education was a major part of his decision and he signed with Stanford.
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It was sarcasm..... Wait am I grounded now?
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You're still grounded, if that's what you mean. I haven't let you out of the doghouse after that Pringles can full of springy snakes. :angry:
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At your age I thought you'd appreciate a classic like that....

 
knapplc said:
C-4 said:
knapplc said:
C-4 said:
this class isn't very good.
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I hope you're not quitting your day job to become a talent analyst.
Click to expand...

It seems that this would be the consensus view among any scouting service or respected recruiting followers, no?

I realize the important thing right now is to stay positive, especially after losing the 2nd ranked Tackle in the nation, but how are you going to savor this class at the moment?

You can say this class could end up being great, but without hindsight, this class does not stack up with the other school's classes.

Again, I realize you're trying to stay positive, so I wouldn't badger you about it.
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We have a top 25 class. Out of 120 D1A schools, that is far from "average." Sure, other schools have better classes. What's different about that than the other 120-something years of Husker football? We've never won a championship with a #1 class.
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You can't compare this class to all 120 schools (with Furman, Florida Atlantic, etc.). You have to compare it with its peers, which would be Ohio State, Michigan, and Wisconsin. That's not even going out of conference.

I'm not saying we have to have 20 4/5 stars like Alabama, but this class.... is lacking relative to our peers', to say the least.

 
C-4 said:
You can't compare this class to all 120 schools (with Furman, Florida Atlantic, etc.). You have to compare it with its peers, which would be Ohio State, Michigan, and Wisconsin. That's not even going out of conference.

I'm not saying we have to have 20 4/5 stars like Alabama, but this class.... is lacking relative to our peers', to say the least.
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Doesn't matter how you compare it. It's still not a bad class.

You can't simply focus on the stars we signed. The crucial thing is, did we fill needs? O Line was not a need in this class. LB was a need. QB was a need. CB was a need (and we're short there, although CJ making it to campus will help).

We never signed the top class in the Big 8, either. Seemed to do OK there. We signed a top class once, near as I can remember. Failed miserably with it, too.

 
C-4 said:
You can't compare this class to all 120 schools (with Furman, Florida Atlantic, etc.). You have to compare it with its peers, which would be Ohio State, Michigan, and Wisconsin. That's not even going out of conference.

I'm not saying we have to have 20 4/5 stars like Alabama, but this class.... is lacking relative to our peers', to say the least.
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Rivals currently has us #3 in the B1G. No one below us has any five stars or more than four four-stars (we have six). Wisconsin is #7 (behind Purdue and Iowa). I'd say that is above average for our peers.

 
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