The Huskers took the L today. Why did that happen & how can they pick themselves up?

The Nebraska Cornhuskers 2017 class took the L today. There’s no question about that.

The Huskers recruiting cycle isn’t doing terrible, first and foremost remember that. That is something I’ll remind you later in this piece, but for now, it’s not terrible.

Is it great? Well, it’s taken a beating today, so there could be better for sure. What happened? There’s a litany of things, let’s go down the line, shall we?

Jamire Calvin: A lot of folks are gonna mea culpa on this one, me included. There was not a single call for Oregon State til today, and they all came from folks that were at the game. I’m really more concerned that this is the SECOND time Oregon State has come in at the 11th hour and swooped a recruit from Keith Williams this cycle (Isaiah Hodgins says hello).

Why did we all say Calvin was a lock? Think about this… Jamire visited Lincoln 2 times on his own dime, came here on a official visit, and spent his own money going to a satellite camp that Nebraska ran. After all that, he had a change of heart and didn’t come to Lincoln. We all want to know… why?

Something changed with Calvin the last part of this week. What that was, I simply don’t know, but I’m not buying that Calvin mentions that OSU has a history of lot with small WR’s cause… that would be Mike Riley he’s speaking of.

All the Nebraska folks whiffed on this one, no one was pulling your chain. Me, Mike Schaefer, Sam McKewon, Nate Clouse, Sean Callahan… no one. We all were proven wrong.

Foster Sarell: By all accounts, it sounds like Foster had the courtesy to at least let Mike Cavanaugh and the staff know that he was Stanford bound. Yes, Sarell would have started right away, but who’s to say that won’t happen with David Shaw as well? I can stand losing that one, as much as it sucks to say. More so than Jamire, because there are spots available to start immediately at WR. It’s not like Nebraska can sell big time playing time on the OL due to how many kids are going to be filling in, but Foster could have changed that for himself.

Chuck Filiaga: I think Chuck really wanted the experience, and he needed a team to make Michigan work for it. Yes, Nebraska was his last official visit, but who’s to say that Filiaga starts when he arrives? Folks were at least ready for this one.

Darnay Holmes: Good lord, where to unpack from this one? I picked Nebraska the other day because, through all the massive load of words I’d read about the kid (and it was a LOT), I thought that the Huskers were the “safe” choice for him and his family. I think, in this case, one of the parents won this and got Darnay to stay in Lincoln. Nate Clouse called his shot this week, and he’s proven to be as tight with the Calibraska group as anyone out there, so don’t think he was full of shit here.

But, let’s be honest, not many folks knew where he was going before he put that UCLA hat on. The USC video, the Ohio State calls for him to pick…. I don’t think they knew where he was going til before the game. And I think that UCLA is a compromise to someone, but I have no idea who.

SO… WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?