In a recent appearance on the "Hawk Central" podcast, Iowa football offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz took a couple of shots at Nebraska's NFL Draft history, recruiting and more. While he never mentioned Nebraska by name, he did refer to a team "a little bit west of Omaha".
Here's some of what he had to say:
"A lot of new staffs are selling kids on hope," Ferentz said. "They hope to win. They hope to graduate guys. They hope to have former players go on and play in the National Football League. They hope to develop guys, because they've never done it. You watch the draft and it always amazes me all the guys that (say) 'Congratulations to so and so,' and they never even coached the guy. They didn't develop them, but they're quick to take credit for it."
"We recruit against a couple schools that talk about their pipeline," Ferentz said. "I'm thinking of one a little bit west of Omaha that talks about their pipeline. I think they've had like two guys drafted in two years, so I'm not sure how much of the pipeline the coaches have contributed to. But perception is reality in recruiting, so you work against that a little bit."
