If basketball and baseball can do it, why can't football?

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel

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Over the past few months I've seen numerous top prospects commit to the basketball and baseball programs, yet every time football lands a recruit it seems to be a 3-star or a walk-on. So many fans are quick to blame the weather or that there's not a lot of homegrown talent... but if that's the case, why are the other programs able to do it?

 
The football team did earlier in Frost's tenure. Basketball and baseball are earlier in those coaches tenures, and baseball has already experienced on field success.  Football is struggling due to not winning. Can't sell a vision anymore at 12-20. Win 8 games this year and the ship is righted, plain and simple.

 
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runningblind said:
The football team did earlier in Frost's tenure. Basketball and baseball are earlier in those coaches tenures, and baseball has already experienced on field success.  Football is struggling due to not winning. Can't sell a vision anymore at 12-20. Win 8 games this year and the ship is righted, plain and simple.
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This is the biggest reason we didn't land any of the Omaha kids this year. 

 
basketball only really need 4 great players and 2 -3 good guys. 

i know you guys think baseball is sweet but its really not a thing. its dominated by the SEC. little to no northern teams actually matter. the tv ratings get beat by the softball world series. 

football is very hard. in a spot like UNL you have to have the right guy.... its like matt campbell with iowa state. lightning has to strike. 

 
J-MAGIC said:
Basketball signed it's one good recruit because his brother was already on the team. I have no idea why people use that as some sort of significant indicator of anything. It's cool it happened but it's probably not anything more than a fluke! 
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Signed one REALLY good recruit.  Let's not act like a bunch of the other guys Hoiberg has signed are going to be a bunch of scrubs.  He's put together a hell of a class.

 
internetman said:
basketball only really need 4 great players and 2 -3 good guys. 

i know you guys think baseball is sweet but its really not a thing. its dominated by the SEC. little to no northern teams actually matter. the tv ratings get beat by the softball world series. 

football is very hard. in a spot like UNL you have to have the right guy.... its like matt campbell with iowa state. lightning has to strike. 
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I know Oregon State had a nice run not too long ago

 
internetman said:
basketball only really need 4 great players and 2 -3 good guys. 

i know you guys think baseball is sweet but its really not a thing. its dominated by the SEC. little to no northern teams actually matter. the tv ratings get beat by the softball world series. 

football is very hard. in a spot like UNL you have to have the right guy.... its like matt campbell with iowa state. lightning has to strike. 
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You don't know how close baseball is to being a fixture at the super regional level, do you?

 
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