re: Davis Twins

Still no word from Nubs HC Mike Riley on who his DL coach will be. He was quoted at the Holiday Bowl as saying many of his remaining hires are still playing. When asked if college or pro, he said "yes". Expects to fill in next 7-10 days.

He just hired his OC from the Giants.
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And his recruiting coordinator from Nevada
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No word on Kaczenski. He seems to be sitting tight.

I have a problem with all this. Mizzou and coach Kul is not some consolation prize, especially to the Nubs. Kul does his best work with guys who want to be here and quietly go about their business of being a part of the best DL in the country. Do these 2 even fit that mode? Seems like a lot of hype for undersized, 3 star DT's.

I hear what you're saying venom, and the same thought has gone through my head. I've pretty much taken a position of will take them if they come and won't lose any sleep if they don't. I get their family ties to Nebraska and all of that so I cut them a bit of slack on being a consolation prize, but like I said, not going to lose any sleep if we end up with Beckner and Jacobs.

I would put our odds at 10%.

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"It was Lee who watched the Holiday Bowl game with the Davis twins -- Khalil and Carlos -- in the Kansas City area. Lee and his parents had been visiting family in Saint Louis for Christmas. So they decided to meet up with the Husker defensive tackle commits and their parents and watch Nebraska play.

Missouri has remained hot after the Davis brothers, but Lee left the evening feeling confident the duo will join him as teammates in Lincoln. “I think they’re pretty much on board,” he said."

Lee is four-star defensive back Eric Lee from Colorado.

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I have a problem with all this. Mizzou and coach Kul is not some consolation prize,

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I don't disagree w/ your sentiment, but let's face it, we are who we are, this staff will never be a great recruiting staff, if you can't close on at least half of the in state talent after winning an SEC div 2 years in a row, you aren't going to, not with the same personnel you have in place. We'll hear the same excuses "facilities don't compare", "too many area pro sports teams", etc, etc, but we are who we are.

We do a couple of things well, and what Kul(and staff) do with his position is one of them, but we don't know how to sell squat, and it's a dam shame. Any 3 star DL recruit that gets an offer from MU should be an immediate "I'm in", the fact that we can't sell even them shows us how bad we are at the recruiting game.

OV cancelled, they are now off the map

"in" "out" "in" "out"

what does this seem like to you?

exactly, it's like a surrealistic movie. and I think the point is pretty clear, it doesn't matter if these two kids ever amount to anything as college players.