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Message: [QUOTE="Crusty, post: 809206, member: 2265"] Football has changed dramatically over the years and it will change again. It seems not that long ago that Bear Bryant had a national championship team on the field and the second best team in the country sitting on the bench. Nebraska suited up 150 for a home game. If the NCAA farms out compliance, which I think they will do, teams will be more likely to criticize the compliance contractor and force performance than if it were the NCAA themselves. It is also easier for the NCAA to demand better performance from a contractor than from its own staff, which would be tantamount to self-criticism. Just a small improvement in compliance would help substantially. It is the certainty of punishment not the severity of punishment that works best as a deterrent. More and more, Florida, Georgia and Texas players are traveling in order to get playing time. This trend will probably accelerate and the talent will dissipate over time. I might be dead by the time it happens, but it will happen! Once everyone has all the facilities that matter, playing time will become the most important element in many players recruiting decision. The key for us is to get our share of the FL, GA and to a lesser degree TX players to compliment our NE recruiting base. It stands to reason that we have been recruiting in an inferior talent pool and the results have been predictable. We are now recruiting effectively in GA and Coach GMac is highly respected in FL. Can you imagine where we would be without out FL and GA players? We are on the right track and I expect to see steady progress and come 2015 or 2016 we can be in a position to be a top 25 team. We are not Rutgers or UConn. We have always had more to build (rebuild) on they they did and I think we are now headed upward. I will feel the same way regardless of the outcome of our last two games. Go Orange! [/QUOTE]

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