[Husker] Mania Brown was different

[Sean McGrath]

I could have sworn that Mania went to Utah and not BYU. Am I incorrect
here?

Sean

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From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
Of Alan Siporin
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 4:07 PM
To: Mike Nolan; husker at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: [Husker] Mania Brown was different


 As has already been mentioned, Callahan has recruited committed
recruits
several times this year. Imagine what was written on the Missouri boards
after Brooks, their highest rated recruit, switched to Nebraska.

But the Mania Brown example is quite different. He was a player who had
already been on the squad for more than a year. Solich had a commitment
from
his cousin, Ngata, and a big part of Ngata's decision was the cousins
desire
to play with each other. BYU was alleged to have illegally contacted
Mania
Brown about transferring. Ngata decomitted, but BYU eventually lost him
to
Oregon. Brown did transfer to BYU, though. Lots of bad blood between
Nebraska and BYU staffs after that, but nothing came of it,
sanction-wise.

Meanwhile, one can only speculate how that one move altered the course
of
Husker history. A front two of Ngata and Brown could make up for a lot
of
deficiencies elsewhere, player-wise or coach-wise. Of course, there is
never
any way of knowing. We can only wonder.

As far as the decomitt phenomenon, the only way to stem that is to have
an
early signing period, like basketball. But why would the NCAA do
something
sensible with football like they do with basketball? Like a real
playoff.

Alan Siporin

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