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chuckd4vt

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They will NEVER consistently be the Nebraska of old.


They just have far too many recruiting disadvantages to ever get back to that sort of play again.

Right now, they are in the same league as VT and Wisconsin in recruiting, thought I think VT thoroughly underperforms in recruiting. VT has a ton more talent within a half days drive than either of those two.

But anyhow, there were a couple of things that made Nebraska what it was back then.

First, they had a cutting edge strength and conditioning program. VT began to benefit with such a program back then too. But, anyhow, everybody else has caught up and it's too difficult to do anything that's as innovative nowadays.

Second, they had the one student per county scholarship rule that helped them a bunch. Every county, or maybe every school, in Nebraska was able to send one student for a free ride each year. And apparently, that one student was oftentimes the biggest farm boy in town. And then, these kids would "walk on" to the football team without being counted against their scholarship limit. NCAA eventually shut that down and Nebraska's slipped.

(In response to this post by VTHokie2000)

Posted: 06/13/2017 at 4:53PM



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