re: Is Oklahoma the new Nebraska?

Arkansas lost recruiting in Texas when they left the SWC and didn't schedule Texas/A&M during the 90s.

Arkansas had to make adjustments in recruiting and that meant recruiting states that haven't been recruited historically such as Alabama and Georgia.

Nebraska and Arkansas declined for different reasons.

Nebraska had advantages that they no longer have now.

They use to have top of the line strength and conditioning, partial qualifiers, being the only thing in a sparsely populated state, being able to have their games broadcasted to a national audience before it was a regular thing.

They also relied heavily on redshirts that included walk-ons that were older, more experienced than the average college football team.

I heard that many of these walk-ons from Nebraska that got financial support for scholarships, came from the locals of towns within the state.