Damn...lost out on both Lewis & Johnson
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Hope in the near future, we play USC. Give us a couple years developing DL's offense with a proven pro style QB and time for Diaco to get our boys back to a nasty/physical blackshirt D, would love to see if we can compete with their star studded classes.
Those kids saw USC win an unforgettable Rose Bowl and Nebraska get buttspanked by Ohio State and Tennessee.
I'm sure it had everything to do with that and nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that both those "kids" are from L.A.
Of course it was because they were from L.A. Lewis and Johnson were a bike ride's distance away for Clay Helton whereas The Williams Bros. had to take a jet there. All I'm saying here is:
USC end to the season > Nebraska end to the season
Those "kids" also pay attention to the programs they are being recruited to in terms of who wins and who doesn't.
Dammit, if we had just beat Tennessee, Lewis would have been a bit more interested and picked NU.
Dammit, if we had just beat Tennessee, Lewis would have been a bit more interested and picked NU.
You're probably right, beating Tennessee likely would not have made a difference at all. But it's hard not to look at how Nebraska and USC's seasons were inverses of each other. They started 1-3 and won 8 straight. We won 7 straight then went 2-4.
Nebraska: 2-4 in final 6 games (3 blowout losses)
USC: 6-0 in final 6 games
On the other, Lewis was also quoted today as having said about Riley and staff, "It was hard to tell Nebraska no" so it's hard for me to completely accept that he was a shoe-in for USC. He visited Lincoln 3 or 4 times.
The fact that they had him extremely interested should be applauded. NU had so many things working against it and yet they managed to be in serious contention for a while. The bad losses couldn't have helped but they were at best minor in the scope of the two recruits you spoke of. Johnson at one point was a verbal to Arizona of all programs and bailed because we stole his recruiter lol. Obviously losing ugly didn't factor into his decision if he was at one time ready to go to Arizona.