Yup, Nebraska feasted on partial/nonqualifier recruits. Big 8 was the only conference that allowed giving scholarships to these players. That ended in 94, Osborn conveniently retired a couple of years later.
The Vikings Dallas NFL championship Hail Mary game at the Met is the last game I have attended outside after October 31. Promissed myself never again and have stuck with it, 46 years and counting.
You almost have to do something that goes against the grain and be good at it to succeed with the limited resources Minnesota has, whatever that ends being. Tough job for most coaches I would imagine.
I have no idea but I am guessing the top rated players from the transfer market and top rated high school guys are similar. After that if I was handing out NIL I would prefer a proven guy from the transfer market rather than a high school recruit.
How about Grove, didn't show much offensively but the kid has potential. Good size, runs the floor, moves well, I can see him getting some floor time come February. Work in progrèss but there is a lot to work with, definitely not a stiff.
Edmonds impressed me. He has good size and athleticism. I don't think Mitchell is athletic enough, neither have great offensive skills. Rigsby and Asuma were the others that are going to contribute.
So it comes to mid January and Garcia leading the team in points and productive on the boards decides he isn't enjoying it and it quits and that is OK. Not in my book.
What about loyalty and commitment, no sense of responsibility anymore. If its not health related kind of bad timing if you ask me. Hard to understand how someone walks away at the start of the season, March yea more power to him, not October.
That really changes recruiting making high school kids more important. You can't go out and get 8-10 prospects in the portal every year. Every now and then fine but not every year. Ability to take a chance grows a bit also.
Check this out, not even a collective anymore, Tennessee is making it a direct part of Athletic Department.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tennessee-adding-10-fee-football-171641493.html
They need two more football schools it sounds like, might as well fold in the rest of the Mountain West it seems or are they going to pursue some Big 12 schools..