There’s nothing disingenuous. Clemsons classes, at worst, averaged in the top 18 before the made a playoff. Top 15 by the time they won a title. Nebraska is averaging well outside the top 20 and has been for over a decade.
in the rarest example that exists. It no where comes near to anything Nebraska has proven they’re able to accomplish in recruiting.
Clemson won at an elite level with average 15th ranked classes. I'd said 16, but 15.4 supports my point.
Nebraska hasn't had a coach that can develop players and get them lined up right.
Nebraska can't even kick an extra point, kick-off, or cover kicks. They can't hold onto the ball, block, or keep from having step on their dicks false start penalties.
I don't remember which game it was last season, but Nebraska started the game with 4 false start penalties IN A ROW. First 4 plays, 4 false starts. That was after another of Frost's ad nauseam "We had a great week of practice" pre-game pressers.
I answered Nebraska as "most dead" in this poll because in my mind they're the furthest away than any of those teams from getting back to relevance. i.e. Division and/or Conference Championships.
Not from a recruiting standpoint (until this year anyway), but from a coaching standpoint.
Win with the players they've had and the recruiting will improve with it. The earlier years of Dabo/Clemson is a prime example of that.
BTW... Nebraska's 5 year average recruiting classes......
2017: 23rd
2018: 23rd
2019: 17th
2020: 20th
2021: 20th
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Average: 20.6
That is barely out of the Top 20,
not "
well outside the top 20 for over a decade". Once again you're being disingenuous.
Either way that 20.6 average was higher than any other Big 10 West division team, but resulted in 4-8's and 3-9's.
That's not recruiting. That's a lack of player development and getting them lined up right.