Don't blame someone else for your decision to use skew the data. Just own it.
That's a ridiculously long reach if you think using 2002 instead of 2000 makes the difference to "recruits of today". To a 17 and 18 year old kid, whether you start with 2000 or 2002, it makes no difference. So, that's a lie and you know it. You're calling me the doorknob, but you're the one being disingenuous and thinking everyone else on the board is too dumb to realize what you're doing.
You set the line at 2002 because it supported your case. In fact, you realized that if you set it at 1998, 1999 or 2000, which would make more sense than arbitrarily choosing 2002, then you don't actually have a point. If you want to pick a point in time that actually matters to kids both programs are recruiting, pick something like the start of the B1G for Nebraska or the start or change of a coaching staff. Let's stop the spin.
Since 1999 (Start of Ferentz coaching era to current - I excluded Solich's first year in 1998):
Nebraska - 162-84; 1 national championship appearance, 1 top 5 finish, 3 top 10s, 10 top 25s; 4 losing seasons
Iowa - 143-97; 0 national championship appearances, 0 top 5 finishes, 5 top 10 appearances, 6 top 25 appearances; 4 losing seasons
Since 2004 (Callahan era to current):
Nebraska - 112-69; 0,0,0,6,4
Iowa - 111-68; 0,0,3,4,2
Since 2008 (Pelini era to current):
Nebraska - 85-47; 0,0,0,5,2
Iowa - 82-48; 0,0,2,3,1
Since 2011 (new B1G era to current):
Nebraska - 56-35; 0,0,0,3,2
Iowa - 54-37; 0,0,1,1,1
Since 2015 (Riley era to current):
Nebraska - 19-19; 0,0,0,0,2
Iowa - 28-12; 0,0,1,1,0
That's a fair look, not cherry-picked. The start dates aren't arbitrary. It doesn't exclude any good or bad seasons since Kirk started. So, what's the point you were trying to make again? Nebraska has been through 4 coaching changes since Kirk started, and has had better results prior to Riley taking over. With Riley included, Nebraska still has a slightly better record dating back to any date of significant change. Since Riley took over, Iowa has achieve a top 10 (#9/#10) finish and Nebraska has had two losing seasons. Nebraska is off the high of the program Osborne put in place and has averaged 8 wins a year since Solich was fired. Iowa has an almost exact match on win average over that same time. We both have won the division once since the new B1G started, Nebraska has an average finish in the division of 2.7, Iowa's is 4.0. Iowa has been more consistent as of late, although finished 4th in the B1G West last year.