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Discussion in 'On The Field' started by Chop, Dec 1, 2019.

  1. Chop

    Chop 10,000+ Posts

    Good point.

    I bet Campbell could recruit better at Nebraska than at ISU. And he made ISU a TOP 25 team most years.
     
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  2. Sangre Naranjada

    Sangre Naranjada 10,000+ Posts

    Tom Herman syndrome, at least in this respect.
     
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  3. bystander

    bystander 10,000+ Posts

    And Charlie.
     
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  4. Chop

    Chop 10,000+ Posts

    And Stoops took less time to build UK into a semi-power than Campbell did at ISU.
     
  5. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    Not sure he is serious
     
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  6. Chop

    Chop 10,000+ Posts

    More candidates to replace Frost:

    Who should replace Scott Frost at Nebraska? 13 coaching candidates to watch

    Nebraska football: 3 realistic candidates to replace Scott Frost

    Feldman's candidates to replace Scott Frost at Nebraska

    Lance Leipold - KU
    Good coach, with a really good record at lower levels. Hasn't done enough yet at a high level though. But..... Saturday Blitz has Leipold as the #1 candidate*

    Kleiman - KSU
    Pretty good, but not thaaaaaat good

    Jake Dickert - WSU
    who?

    Jamey Chadwell - Coastal Carolina
    now here is a young rising star
    But like Leipold, he hasn't done it big at a big platform yet...


    *and as we all know, some amateur keyboard jockeys at the 'Saturday Blitz' website are the definitive experts on all things college football...
     
  7. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    My Jayhawker kin are SO hoping it is not him
     
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  8. Chop

    Chop 10,000+ Posts

    Nebraska Football: Coaching Candidates to Replace Scott Frost

    Athlon weighs in with more candidates to replace Scott Frost:

    Troy Calhoun -- Air Force
    well, he'd resurrect Nebraska's option attack I suppose...

    Alex Grinch -- USC DC
    his name was batted around a lot when HC positions opened up last year and the year before.

    Sean Lewis -- Kent State
    who?

    Jeff Monken -- Army
    see Calhoun of Air Force above

    Matt Rhule - NFL
    he'd be great, but good luck getting him

    *** Dave Clawson - Wake Forest ***
    Now this would be a very good pick. A very, very good pick.

    Dave Doeren -- NC State

    *** Luke Fickell -- Cincinnati ***
    Another excellent pick, if they can get him. Has Nebraska's luster gone away so much that a mid-major coach wouldn't want to bolt for NU? Is Fickell holding out for the Buckeyes? Or is he satisfied at Cincy and wants to try his luck in the Big 12 with Cincy? Or does he view Nebraska as a sub-par platform nowadays...?

    Bronco Mendenhall
    bad choice

    Dave Mullen
    Nope

    Deion Sanders
    I doubt it. Massive culture shock as well.
     
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  9. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    Deion :lmao:
     
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  10. HornHuskerDad

    HornHuskerDad 5,000+ Posts

    Troy is not likely to leave USAFA.
     
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  11. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    PLease, please, please let them hire Bill O'Brine. Mr Personality. O/U on first clash with Trev 12 minutes after introductory press conference. The guy gave Tom Herman lessons in how to deal with other people.
     
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  12. Chop

    Chop 10,000+ Posts

    Speaking of good people persons…
    Maybe they’ll hire Mackovic.
    He’s got an Ohio background—which apparently is the gold standard in the Big 10.
     
  13. I_Dont_Exist

    I_Dont_Exist 1,000+ Posts

    If I'm Nebraska my first call is Mark Stoops. If I'm Stoops my answer is no.
     
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  14. Chop

    Chop 10,000+ Posts

    I think Clawson or Campbell might be their best bets.
     
  15. Chop

    Chop 10,000+ Posts

    Or Fickell. But I doubt he’d seriously consider them.
     
  16. I_Dont_Exist

    I_Dont_Exist 1,000+ Posts

    Clawson would be a good choice. Wonder if they.think they're too good for Kendall Briles. Probably so.
     
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  17. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Matt Campbell is the logical choice, because after Texas/OU bolt for the SEC, new TV money for the "Big VIII plus neverwas wannabes" will be puny. He has proven he can recruit to his needs and develop talent, two things necessary to get and stay above .500, which is Nebraska's first step.
     
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  18. Chop

    Chop 10,000+ Posts

    You make some good points.

    The lingering elephant in the cornfield (corn as high as an elephant's eye...) is whether the really good coaching candidates would even want to go to Nebraska any more. Nebraska used to be one of the great storied programs in the college game. But they've fallen so far, and for so long, would a top coaching prospect go to Nebraska or hold out for something better...?

    Could be looking more and more like one of the top regional Great Plains coaches like Leipold of Campbell...?

    They should at least send feelers towards Clawson and Fickell. But would they even be interested?

    :huskers:
     
  19. Chop

    Chop 10,000+ Posts

    Nebraska does have this going for it:

    The Big 10 West isn't all that...

    If you build a good program at Nebraska, you could be playing aOSU or Michigan 2 out of 3 years for the Big 10 conference championship.
     
  20. Chop

    Chop 10,000+ Posts

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  21. Chop

    Chop 10,000+ Posts

    And just like that:

    Linebacker U becomes missed-tackle U
     
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  22. Pickle_Nuts

    Pickle_Nuts Will travel with tickets.

    Are there any high school players who actually remember when Nebraska was to be feared in football?
     
  23. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Chop,

    I do not see Nebraska ever returning to being a powerhouse. Consider the things that made Nebraska great:

    1) admission requirements (can you say your name)

    2) 200+ players on scholarship

    3) Steroids for breakfast, lunch & dinner, plus IVs at night (poster boy Dean Steinkhuler)

    4) No moral screening or requirements

    5) Degree programs that would make a middle school blush

    As Deloss once said to me, "They bring nothing to the table. There are more TVs in West Harris County than the entire state of Nebraska, and all those up there are at the games."

    That said, unless Iowa State gets an invite to the BigTen, they will become an afterthought of today's equivalent of the SunBelt.
     
  24. nashhorn

    nashhorn 5,000+ Posts

    Yeah but I sure would like to see them beat OU.
     
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  25. Chop

    Chop 10,000+ Posts

    Their main Big 10 West competitions are Iowa, Wisconsin, NW, and U of I. That’s a division a good program could ultimately dominate.
     
  26. LonghornCatholic

    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

  27. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    Urban Meyer?
    Why ?
     
  28. LonghornCatholic

    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

    Not sure if Stoops’ name has come up but he’s probably the only one who could recruit in Texas for them.
     
  29. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    LC
    I have seen Stoops name on some national "guru"board
    Campbell and Stoops are the 2 I have seem most often.
    Where is Stoops?
     
  30. Driver 8

    Driver 8 Amor Fati

    Nebraska needs something to sell recruits on and I don't know what that would be right now
    Their glory days are too far back to matter
     

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