The Lincoln Journal Star is running an article, published today, on recruiting.

Bo Pelini has been Nebraska’s coach for just 22 days now, but he’s already found his first challenge. Last week, over a two-day period, the Huskers were hit with five decommitments. By week’s end, NU was down to 15 oral commitments.

Seeing that Nebraska is in transition, other schools have been quick to raid NU’s cabinet, with Colorado leading the chase. The Buffs could potentially end up with four players who were once committed to the Huskers, which in part explains the recent dose of hysteria gripping some Nebraska fans.

Hysteria? I don’t get it. If players aren’t totally obsessed about playing football for Nebraska, then why would we want them here?

Who knows what kind of weak pitches Loserhan made these kids who stepped off. The kind of kid who wants to play for Pelini is a tough kid. I’m sure some toughs would have come in under Loserhan (it’s the nature of football, after all), but I’m also confident some prima donnas would have come in, and there’s no room for that in Lincoln. In fact, if there are any attitude problems on the roster now, I don’t give them long before they’re found out by the new staff.