Steven M. Sipple: Recruiting guru says NU's expectations should be akin to Boston College's

Nebraska head coach Scott Frost watches a replay on a video screen Nov. 15 at Memorial Stadium.

It often can be illuminating to hear what prominent people in the college football media machine think about Nebraska's program in its current state.

Mike Farrell, the national recruiting director for Rivals.com, qualifies as someone whose opinion I value greatly.

The 50-year-old follows the sport largely from a recruiting perspective. Heaven knows the Husker fan base follows recruiting with fervor, ramping up its intensity during the early 2000s as the program began to slide backward.