re: Feb. 14, 2011 article ranks Bo Pelini’s defenses

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His later defenses at Nebraska I don’t think were great. Not sure if that’s all on him—Nebraska hasn’t had great defenses often the past 20 years.

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This probably had a bit to do with Nebraska leaving the BigXII, they "lost" access to their traditional recruiting grounds in BigXII country (Texas in particular).

Moved to the B1G in 2011.

Quickly done numbers: from 2005-2010 averaged over 5 players from Texas every year.

From 2011 to 2020, averaging just over 2 players from Texas every year.

2011 had 6 Texas players to Nebraska, but the numbers really aren't affected by including that year on either side of the divide.

Perhaps none of that matters either way, but the defense started to decline after the conference switch.