[Husker] Honk If You Want to Play DB

[todd strong]

Mark, they did buy in, true.
Who were they playing for? What tradition did they buy into?
Not the tradition that says, hey young'un. Come to NU, I have NFL 
experience, I have NFL experienced staff and I can get you where you wanna 
go.

"Would the boy I was yesterday, be proud of the man I am today?"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Landin" <marklandin at gmail.com>
To: "todd strong" <strongtodd at msn.com>
Cc: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Honk If You Want to Play DB


> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 14:43:29 -0600, todd strong <strongtodd at msn.com> 
> wrote:
>> Mark, I will try to quickly answer a couple questions you posed. I am 
>> late
>> for a basketball game.
>> Lucky has not come right out and said......Nebraska. I read where he 
>> visited
>> USC, and that staff has been recruiting him also. This smells of Emmit 
>> Smith
>> a few years ago. Shows up in red, goes to Fla.
>
> Short of actually signing an LOI, which he cannot do until February, I
> think these two articles say (to me at least), they he's said
> "Nebraska" pretty unequivocally.
>
> http://journalstar.com/articles/2004/11/08/huskerextra/doc418f0e6a68531297806916.txt
>
> http://journalstar.com/articles/2005/01/14/huskerextra/doc41e75ac7423af578410954.txt
>
> Of course, none of it counts until he signs. I think (and hope!) he 
> will...
>
>>
>> I dont know about Adams position. Hes a role player, he could be helpful
>> anywhere. Can he punt?  :)
>
> He rotated between DT and DE. I doubt he could punt. :)
>
>
>> I am sure Elmaisson said:"been apart of". Meaning coached. Not just seen. 
>> My
>> source is my own opinion. Yeah, one of those things. His two 
>> all-conference
>> players leaving tell me something too. The fact he blasted them tells me
>> something. The fact he said nobody under six foot could play tells me
>> something. And, my last statement, the juco's only have a year or two to
>> play? They are hired guns and completely buy into the notion that they 
>> are
>> headed to the next level. No emotions toward dear 'ol NU at all, they 
>> wont
>> have to put up with Elmaisson in the future anyways.
>
> That's pretty cynical, but I understand what you are saying. As far as
> JUCO's not committing to the program as much as, say, HS recruits, I
> don't know if that holds water or not. I think about Jarvis Redwine
> and Mike Rozier and Demorrio Williams. Did they buy in? I don't know.
> They certainly played like it. :)
>