Perhaps the recruiting services are just not doing a good job of finding and rating the 'local' (inside the 500 mile radi) very well and we are getting better players, over the years, than the 'stars' suggest. ? Just a possibility that the 'flyover' country boys are not getting a fair shake. Face it, if you are a recruiting 'analyst' (whatever you may want to call the scouts or people who actually decide the players' ratinghs), it would be much easier and cheaper, etc to go to the high population and more concentrated / 'fertile' recruiting grounds and evaluate dozens instead of driving all over a 500 mile area around Lincoln. There are a ton of smaller schools and lots of two lane roads to navigate to go and actually watch live games etc. But Nebraska could easily recruit a dozen or so superb football players from a 250 mile radius (Des Moines to KC to Wichita to mid Nebraska. In fact, I would suggest a fair % of our walk ons should be rated a couple stars or so but are not even looked at.
As has been suggested by me and many others on this board, it is MORE important that Nebraska recruit the best players we can that FILL our needs. Hopefully our coaches are finding some underrated 3 stars that 'fit' well and will thrive and excel in our program. It seems our Athletic Department is taking making Nebraska great again VERY SERIOUSLY and is doing all things possible to revitalize and improve our product on the field. If this class finishes well (it seems a little momentum is there?), then we will have two big steps forward. We have a couple dozen more steps to go but it really seems that we are moving in the right direction. It will not happen overnight but - assuming we find an O line and a couple QBs become Husker legends in the coming years, we will find ourselves back in the top ten. That will put within reach of the final four. Once there, we need a good matchup and some God given LUCK and maybe, just maybe, 'We're back where we belong!"
