As the Nebraska football team sees some real struggles in its plans for the 2026 recruiting class, one has to wonder if its approach to in-state targets needs a rethink. Considering that one recruiting analyst believes there are some hard feelings among coaches and players in Nebraska high schools, it feels like Matt Rhule and his staff have made some serious missteps this past year in how they've gone about approaching the limitations on the program and the roster limits.
While Iowa State is coming into Nebraska and grabbing one commit after another, most of those commits have been shrugged off by Husker faithful because they didn't even have offers from Rhule and his gang.