Massey headed North – The Weatherford Democrat, out of Weatherford, Texas, has a really nice writeup on Taylor Massey. For those of you not in the know, Massey recently decided to come pitch for the Cornhuskers after a successful high school career.

Big 12 quarterbacks rule college football – The Kansas City Star has a look at the insane quarterback depth in the Big 12 this year. Joe Ganz gets a mention and Bo is quoted later in the article.

While a lot of the times all you hear about in regards to college recruiting is the cream of the crop in high school athletes there are still a lot of young kids out there looking for scholarships.

These student athletes might not be the best at their sports or positions but they’re still viable options for a number of colleges across the country. Anyone who has seen High school sports live knows the number of talented students out there who could play in college.

A recently growing trend amongst these high school athletes is to put together a College recruiting video to send to schools they’re interested in attending. These videos are basically new age marketing materials used to help land high school athletes scholarships.

Long gone are the days of players only getting a look from college coaches and staff if those school officials were willing to make road trips to see high school games. Thanks to the Internet and new technology, now high school athletes can take the recruiting trip right to the coaches with the use of video.

“Coach Watson and Coach Ek, there’s not enough words I can say about those two guys, especially Coach Watson,” the four-star gunslinger said. “He helped me out a lot. I’ll be 17 when I get (to Nebraska) and I need a parent figure more than a coach going into college. I’m really, really comfortable with Coach Watson up there.”

Green chose Nebraska over a handful of other schools: Baylor, Texas Tech, Texas A&M and several east coast schools including Miami and Boston College.

Rivals had Green ranked as the #10 “dual threat” quarterback in the nation. Last season he threw for 1,429 yards with 19 touchdowns and had 95 carries for 689 yards and four touchdowns.

New Nebraska JV Football Team Kids Club Announced – The Nebraska Athletic Department just launched a Kids Club for any children in the 8th grade or below. Members of the Kids Club get free t-shrits, tickets to the spring game and more.

Husker Recruit Close to a Decision, is it Nebraska? – Big Red Analysis has news that the highly touted high school quarterback, Cody Green, has whittled his choices of schools down to just two: Nebraska and Texas A&M. Supposedly Green has decided on his final destination but isn’t ready to let the media know.

As Haubert goes on to explain, recruiting top flight collegiate football players to Nebraska isn’t the slam dunk it probably once was. The last few years haven’t exactly been fans’ dreams come true on the field and recruits know this going in to their visits with the school. The other big problem is that the pool of local talent just isn’t as deep as other big ticket schools like Ohio State, USC or any of the major Florida colleges.

It’ll be interesting to see as the summer progresses how Nebraska finishes in the national recruitment lists.

Huskers pick up D-line commit – Thaddeus Randle from Galena Park, TX is the third known commitment for the 2009 class.

Huskers pick up linebacker recruit – Looks like Shawn Bodtmann, a linebacker from Pennsylvania, has commited to Nebraska.

Fresh air from a legend – Are people really suprised that he hasn’t had any complaints. The man is a true living legend.

Funds yet to follow Osborne to NU – I am sure the major donors will come through soon enough.

Ruud excited about chance to play for Patriots – Three Huskers were drafter this weekend. Zack Bowman by the Bears, Carl Nicks by the Saints and Bo Ruud by the Patriots.

Grixby, Panthers agree to pact – While three Huskers were drafted, two have signed free agent deals. Courtney Grixby has signed with the Panthers and Steve Octavien with the Chiefs. Sam Keller and Maurice Purify have not been signed as of yet.

Five teams moving ahead and five in reverse – Matt Hayes from The Sporting News says that the Huskers are one of five teams moving ahead.

All roads lead to Lincoln under Pelini Plan – I really like Bo Pelini’s team approach to recruiting. It is also nice to see them focusing on New Jersey again. We have signed some really good kids from there in the past.

Feeling lucky? – Big 12 Championship game tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.

Walk-ons will help forge a new culture – Another article about the walk-on program from the York New-Times.

Group recruiting helps Husker cause – Group recruiting seems to be pretty effective. It would be pretty cool for some college coaches to take time to watch football at your house. I know that would weigh heavily on my decision.

Pelini puts in face time – I agree with Steve Sipple, time will tell if Doc Sadler and Bo Pelini are successful but it is nice to see them out among the public.

Legend tossed first pitch – Article on Tom Osborne’s recruitment of Micah Kreikemeier.

One good show for Bo – Coach Pelini was the honorary wrestling coach for the NU/OU match. Pelini is so awesome his presence resulted in a 21-9 win for the Huskers. My only question, what is Coach Manning doing in that picture?

Bo on the go – This quote from Tom Osborne says a lot about our coaches, both football and basketball: “It isn’t anything I’ve asked them to do. They operate as they see fit.”