Lechner supposedly had a Husker and a Badger offer. Both mysterioulsly vanised after his Husker summer camp. Some say it was his camp performance, some say it was his grades and some say he may never of had the offers–only the Husker and the Badger coaches could tell us for sure.

Cummings only went to one camp–Nebraska, USD found out about him the same way they find out about anyone–they were not the only D-1AA school to offer him and Nebraska wanted him to walk-on. He really liked Carl Pelini but he decided USD was the best way to go for him.

Also curious, when did your son receive his offer from USD? Did he camp there? Basically just curious how they found out about him.

There wer six players that had a total of 11 offers between them by this time last year. I named them all in the recent article “Is It Time To Panic? Nebraska HS 2010 footbal Recruiting Numbers Well Off Last Year’s Dismal Pace “

You are right about the time clock in basketball. There are a lot of things that the coaches and the NSAA need to address so that Nebraska kids can keep in step with the nation’s best.

Just curious, who were the 11 offers at this time last year?

You started this whole thing off by implying that Pelini was responsible for recruiting and offering all six class of ’08 Nebraska HS prospects—I pointed out the error. Then you come back with Pelini was responsible for the Kreikemeier offer—I pointed out that Dr. Tom offered Kreikemeier. Yet, you still try to make it seem like Pelini recruited him. Read this SI..som article titled Nebraska Lost, Nebraska Found it explains the whole thing: Callahan’s staff recruited him first—Dr. Tom as interim AD/head coach became aware of Kreikemeier in November of ’07. Pelini was not hired until December ’07. That’s why Dr. Tom–not Pelini–offered Kreikemeier, because he recruited him. Athletic Directors do not make scholarship offers unless there is more to the story—read that great SI.com article, it breaks down the significance of the Kreikemeier offer. Hint: the article’s title explains a lot.

Are you related to Pelini or what? Man, I’m not slamming on the guy. I understand what he is doing. I just don’t agree with it. But it is his team and his job. Besides I dont see him as a long term guy.

Pelini is head coach of a storied football program in difficult times that is geographically inhospitable to drawing large numbers of top- recruits. Many of the nations top coaches would not even consider coaching at Nebraska just because of the recruiting nightmare. Pelini is young and is he is not from Nebraska. He is an ex-Buckeye and has coached at LSU and OU. And if he has some success at NU his name will surface every time a big-time program has an opening. What do you think he would do if the LSU or OSU job came open? Of course if he fails to live up to expectations here he won’t be around long either. Yep, I could be wrong but I do not see Pelini being at Nebraska long-term at least not in the sense of Osborne.

You use the ’09 class’ “weakness” to explain why Pelini did not offer more. Well, as I pointed out that “weak” ’09 class had 11 offers as of the same time last year versus only 1 from the ’10 class. But you claim this ’10 class is better? You say you are “surprised” there have not been more players from this class offered.

Pelini needs talent to beat the Texas, Florida, Oklahoma and USC type programs and yet at the same time that he he needs more talent, the level of high school play in his home state is not keeping up with the nation’s best—it’s falling backwards! Therefore, “Nebraska lost, Nebraska Found” becomes—if you want to walk-on.

I have lived in Nebraska since ’94 and I’ve never seen anything even close to only 1 D-1 offer by this time in the recruiting cycle.

No! There is something more going on here that I’ve been trying to illustrate: Nebraska HS players are losing ground—BIG TIME to the South. All the numbers keep pointing to the same conclusion—the kind of players you need to win BCS titles are in the South and that is exactly where major programs are flocking to fill thier rosters.

This is a trend not bad classes!

Good HS football players are no longer in vogue—fast, quick athletic players that can play football are! This concept seems to be very slow to catch on in Nebraska.

The spread offense and the continued proliferation of the passing game have dramatically changed the college game—you can’t be successful at the next level if you can’t move—fast.

Yet, we still have some of the top HS football programs in Nebraska running veer and option football, and many programs emphasizing size and strength over speed and quickness.

Until more Nebraska HS football programs incorporate how the game is being played at the next level into their styles, techniques, training and conditioning programs, the trend of low D-1 offers will continue into the foreseeable future.

This is a wake up call