[quote]Bauer97 wrote:
Chris Arp wrote:
Nebraska has a very structured and excellent strength program but have had limited success in recent years. I respect that program as much as I did when they won. Please don’t tell me that Nebraska does not recruit great players.
If you’re talking about 20 years ago, Nebraska got all the recruits they wanted, and were mainly competing with Oklahoma.
Since then, no, Nebraska doesn’t recruit “great” players, considering they now contend with several Texas teams, Oklahoma, Colorado (before the past couple years), Iowa, even Mizzou, etc.
As I stated before, I think Nebraska does a better job than any school at taking decent recruits and making them into great players, in large part due to their incredible strength and nutritional programs they have their players on.
On the contrary, I think several schools that get excellent recruiting, PSU, Michigan, MSU, take amazing recruits and either hold them steady at the physical ability they were when they came in, or even let them slide a little bit.
While I agree that it’s the underlying genetic athleticism of an individual player(s) that will make or break a team, don’t underestimate player development.
A hell of a lot can, and should, change between the ages of 18 and 22.
[/quote]
With the exception of 2-3 players in the last 2-5 years Penn State has not had good recruiting classes. Nebreska had the number 5 overal recruiting class in 2005. When we are talking about recruits we are splitting hairs. The top 25 all do a very good job of getting the players they want. In 1997 when Michigan won the national championship they had a walk-on at QB and a blue collar team not a blue chip team.
Some of you guys realy need to step back and read what you are saying. Do you realy think that Nebraska does not do thier best to recruit the best players. Getting the best High school players does not mean they will be good college players and it does not matter who the strength coach is. If all these variables were so predictable 4 years after the top high school recruiting class comes to a school they will at least be in the top 5. Oh, thats only if they have a certain strength coach!