At least not yet but maybe today, maybe tomorrow, and maybe that's a good sign considering the current strength of a verbal commitment against the letter of intent. The Friday Night Lights fan in me was really hoping to see eight or nine recruits commit right there at mid-court of the Devaney Center during halftime of the KU-NU game on Saturday. That woulda put'em in the aisles.
That didn't happen either, but that's okay. The earlier they commit the more time they have to decommit is what I now say.
Perhaps the more interesting news on the recruiting front was the curious case of Zach Domicone.
On Friday, Nebraska offered the QB/DB out of Beavercreek, Ohio a scholarship. Based on this article, Nebraska was the first Division I school in the mix and that's not something that happens too often at Beavercreek High. Said Domicone:
"I think I called or texted everyone on the call list on my cell within a minute after coach told me Nebraska was offering me a (college football) scholarship. I'm not sure who was more excited, me or coach."
The excitement didn't last very long. Before the day was even over, Domicone had committed to Oklahoma and ultimately Ohio State, but neither school seemed interested in the kid until Nebraska offered.
That's the good news because it is precisely that sort of recruiting and talent evaluation where I think Nebraska can succeed, especially in the immediate future. Give us your undersized, your overlooked, your three-starred masses longing to improve.
Pelini and his staff didn't get that guy this time but they did force the hand of a few teams higher on the current recruiting totem pole and I don't think you can be disappointed by that.
Give Carl Pelini--the former Ohio U. coach who reportedly started the dominoes falling--his first gold star.
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It's not a good thing when we offer, and people look somwhere else.....
True in the long run but not altogether surprising. At this point, coming off a 5-6 season, you're not going to find many kids who will pick Nebraska over Ohio State. (Particularly a kid from Ohio.)
I'd love to think we can go head-to-head with anyone, anywhere but that's the problem. I'd love to think it which means it's probably not reality...yet.
Sorry, 5-7 season.
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