Nebraska Cornhuskers 2023 Recruiting Thread (Commit list in OP)

FYI - Don't look for an official word tonight... but it's pretty much in the bag... Tune in tomorrow morning sometime for official word.
 
footballnut said:
I agree with this somewhat, however, I have also heard Rhule talk about understanding how to flip things in one year. The fact that Casey is coming back and that he's hitting the portal hard makes me think we win more than some think. I'm not predicting a division championship or anything but I think 5 to 7 wins is definitely on the table.
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i'm on the 4-5 win train right now, just because of what Rhule has done every where he has gone. Has to flip the roster and do it the way he wants. I think we'll see departures after spring practice when the players experience that. Although changes MJ implemented in the Fall might help with that transition as good kids are going to realize if they make to the NFL they will be switching coaching/coaching techniques in the pros.

Casey staying did up my optimism. You could probably talk me into 6-7 wins.
Minn is a coin flip.
Colorado is a coin flip.
Northern Illinois and LA Tech should be wins.
Michigan, Illinois probably losses.
Northwestern great test for where we at with how bad they were this year and us being only win. I'd certainly hope we could win it.
Purdue - coin flip.
Mich St - coin flip.
Maryland - coin flip.
Wiscy - coin flip.
Iowa - coin flip.

Minn is losing a ton of 6th year players, i think. so who knows on that one. Honestly if CT gets off to a hot start, i could see 4-0 out of the gate.
Colorado, Purdue, Wiscy all in the same boat as us with new coach, we have better talent than Colorado, so i'm hopeful that's a win. Purdue hired a defensive coach and their 6th year QB is gone i think, so I'd think they will be down - hopefully a win. Wiscy is a big question mark - since they retained Leonhard, it will depend were our offense is at there at the end of the year.
I don't personally see Mich St as that great of a team and it showed this year.
Maryland always plays even with the middle teams, lost to Purdue, almost lost to Northwestern and Indiana.
We beat Iowa this past year, but they are getting an upgrade a QB finally and one with some mobility, so i think their offense will be better next year.
 
I'm thinking they start slow, lose first 2 games on road. Rebound 1-1 or 2-0 next two games at home. 5th & 6th game lose to Meatchicken and at Illinois. Get W in 7th and 8th game, go 2-2 or 1-3 in last four games. So 4-6 wins is what I see. 6 wins if they get some breaks and a bit of luck.
 
huskers1217 said:
time to start the 2024 thread? LOL
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Will get it started in the new years! But lots of big names to look out for. If Nebraska can land Dylan Raiola expect this class to possibly be a Top 10 class and highest rated class since 2005, but maybe even better.
 
tometom said:
i'm on the 4-5 win train right now, just because of what Rhule has done every where he has gone. Has to flip the roster and do it the way he wants. I think we'll see departures after spring practice when the players experience that. Although changes MJ implemented in the Fall might help with that transition as good kids are going to realize if they make to the NFL they will be switching coaching/coaching techniques in the pros.

Casey staying did up my optimism. You could probably talk me into 6-7 wins.
Minn is a coin flip.
Colorado is a coin flip.
Northern Illinois and LA Tech should be wins.
Michigan, Illinois probably losses.
Northwestern great test for where we at with how bad they were this year and us being only win. I'd certainly hope we could win it.
Purdue - coin flip.
Mich St - coin flip.
Maryland - coin flip.
Wiscy - coin flip.
Iowa - coin flip.

Minn is losing a ton of 6th year players, i think. so who knows on that one. Honestly if CT gets off to a hot start, i could see 4-0 out of the gate.
Colorado, Purdue, Wiscy all in the same boat as us with new coach, we have better talent than Colorado, so i'm hopeful that's a win. Purdue hired a defensive coach and their 6th year QB is gone i think, so I'd think they will be down - hopefully a win. Wiscy is a big question mark - since they retained Leonhard, it will depend were our offense is at there at the end of the year.
I don't personally see Mich St as that great of a team and it showed this year.
Maryland always plays even with the middle teams, lost to Purdue, almost lost to Northwestern and Indiana.
We beat Iowa this past year, but they are getting an upgrade a QB finally and one with some mobility, so i think their offense will be better next year.
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I'm honestly not sure how much stock to put into the two first years at Temple and Baylor. At Baylor he had 40 scholarship players on campus and 1 HS recruit commit when he accepted the job. At Temple, well, it's Temple and the talent was not what he wanted it to be for the system he wants to run.

Rhule has been very measured in his expectations but he has also said that Nebraska is in better shape from a talent and work ethic standpoint than any other team he's ever taken over. I get the skepticism, because I have it too, but I think 5 to 6 wins is a fair barometer for his first year. It's definitely not going to be a 2-10 season, and I doubt it will even be 4-8. I actually give us a better than 50% chance to beat Minnesota out the gates, Colorado is a mess, even with Deion at the helm. I could see a 4-1 or 3-2 start to the season. I'm really not sure what to expect but I do think we're going to have more talent than most the teams on our schedule and, for the first time in a long time, a competent coaching staff at the helm.
 
tometom said:
i'm on the 4-5 win train right now, just because of what Rhule has done every where he has gone. Has to flip the roster and do it the way he wants. I think we'll see departures after spring practice when the players experience that. Although changes MJ implemented in the Fall might help with that transition as good kids are going to realize if they make to the NFL they will be switching coaching/coaching techniques in the pros.

Casey staying did up my optimism. You could probably talk me into 6-7 wins.
Minn is a coin flip.
Colorado is a coin flip.
Northern Illinois and LA Tech should be wins.
Michigan, Illinois probably losses.
Northwestern great test for where we at with how bad they were this year and us being only win. I'd certainly hope we could win it.
Purdue - coin flip.
Mich St - coin flip.
Maryland - coin flip.
Wiscy - coin flip.
Iowa - coin flip.

Minn is losing a ton of 6th year players, i think. so who knows on that one. Honestly if CT gets off to a hot start, i could see 4-0 out of the gate.
Colorado, Purdue, Wiscy all in the same boat as us with new coach, we have better talent than Colorado, so i'm hopeful that's a win. Purdue hired a defensive coach and their 6th year QB is gone i think, so I'd think they will be down - hopefully a win. Wiscy is a big question mark - since they retained Leonhard, it will depend were our offense is at there at the end of the year.
I don't personally see Mich St as that great of a team and it showed this year.
Maryland always plays even with the middle teams, lost to Purdue, almost lost to Northwestern and Indiana.
We beat Iowa this past year, but they are getting an upgrade a QB finally and one with some mobility, so i think their offense will be better next year.
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Jim Leonhard announced he's leaving Wisconsin after their bowl game.
 


Merry Early Christmas - Nebraska gets an OL transfer
 
footballnut said:


Merry Early Christmas - Nebraska gets an OL transfer
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So maybe you can explain to me how these transfer rankings are calculated?
They show Nebraska as #34 nationally with 7 commits and only one 4*.
There are no 5*s or 3*s shown.

247sports.com

2023 Transfer Football Team Rankings

In order to create the most comprehensive Team Recruiting Ranking without any notion of bias, 247Sports Team Recruiting Ranking is solely based on the 247Sports Composite Rating.
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However, when looking at the 7 transfer commits they have....

Corey Collier (CB) 4*
Chief Borders (LB) 4*
Elijah Jeudy (DL) 4*
Jeff Sims (QB) 4*
Josh Fleeks (WR) 4*
Ben Scott (OT) 3*
Marco Ortiz (LS) Unranked

Have they not signed the official papers yet?

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2023 College Football Transfer Portal

2023 College Football Transfer Portal
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Red_Alert said:
So maybe you can explain to me how these transfer rankings are calculated?
They show Nebraska as #34 nationally with 7 commits and only one 4*.
There are no 5*s or 3*s shown.

247sports.com

2023 Transfer Football Team Rankings

In order to create the most comprehensive Team Recruiting Ranking without any notion of bias, 247Sports Team Recruiting Ranking is solely based on the 247Sports Composite Rating.
247sports.com 247sports.com

However, when looking at the 7 transfer commits they have....

Corey Collier (CB) 4*
Chief Borders (LB) 4*
Elijah Jeudy (DL) 4*
Jeff Sims (QB) 4*
Josh Fleeks (WR) 4*
Ben Scott (OT) 3*
Marco Ortiz (LS) Unranked

Have they not signed the official papers yet?

247sports.com

2023 College Football Transfer Portal

2023 College Football Transfer Portal
247sports.com 247sports.com
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The only rank portal players that are re-ranked according to their system. So player slike Collier, Borders and Jeudy are all not ranked because they were 4-star HS players but do not have a portal ranking.

Transfers don't have to sign papers, they sign financial aid agreements but those are not binding.

Hope that helps! Honestly - I'm not sure how "accurate" transfer ratings are, they've only been around for a few years. I'm sure they'll get better as the years go by but I pretty much ignore them right now. For instance - Trey Palmer was not ranked very high as a portal player last year - seemed to work out fine for us.
 
footballnut said:
The only rank portal players that are re-ranked according to their system. So player slike Collier, Borders and Jeudy are all not ranked because they were 4-star HS players but do not have a portal ranking.

Transfers don't have to sign papers, they sign financial aid agreements but those are not binding.

Hope that helps! Honestly - I'm not sure how "accurate" transfer ratings are, they've only been around for a few years. I'm sure they'll get better as the years go by but I pretty much ignore them right now. For instance - Trey Palmer was not ranked very high as a portal player last year - seemed to work out fine for us.
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Yeah Palmer was a great get.
 
Red_Alert said:
Or a different perspective..

5. Ohio St
13. Penn St
17. Michigan
25. Michigan St
28. Nebraska
34. Maryland
38. Iowa
40. Northwestern
41. Minnesota
46. Illinois
55. Rutgers
57. Wisconsin
66. Purdue
70. Indiana

Call it coaching. Call it on the players spending too much time on Xbox, Little Caesars Hot & Ready's, and Suzy Rottencrotch.
Whatever it is men's sports in Lincoln needs an enema.
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I miss the good old days when Nebraska football players were tough and played tough.

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The 2023 class is far from over... Next week Nebraska could receive commitments from 4-star EDGE Cam Lenhardt and high 3-star DB Ethan Nation.

Not to mention transfer portal players at WR, OL and DL that we'll definitely be looking at.
 
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