[Husker] Personal Data; greatest hits?
jonlists at cbsol.com
jonlists at cbsol.com
Thu Jan 11 16:46:58 CST 2007
I can't recall that I've ever been completely wrong about a player.... on
the other hand, I have this nagging feeling that I'm wrong about
everything.
Maybe it's list history, or is it the affects of 17 years of marriage?
Something to ponder......
Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com
husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 01/11/2007 12:57:00 PM:
> I have a favorite miscalculation, and it frames my
> opinion of the folly of folks who try to evaluate high
> school talent. It wasn't on this list, but I had an
> argument with a guy who I thought was knowledgable at
> the time back in 1996 when Odell James committed to
> Baylor. He was very concerned that Nebraska had lost
> a quarterback prospect like James to a school like
> Baylor. He said that for Nebraska to continue to
> succeed, we couldn't have quarterbacks from the state
> of Nebraska, but rather Florida and Texas because the
> level of high school football there is light years
> above and ahead of Nebraska's.
>
> Odell James went on to start four games at quarterback
> for Baylor in his career before switching to safety.
> Nebraska had to settle for native Nebraskans Scott
> Frost and Eric Crouch.
>
> My personal worst miscalculation was complaining about
> the Kickoff Classic matchup with TCU in 2001. I
> didn't see the point in playing this game except for
> money...until the strength of schedule impact of that
> game ended up sending the Huskers to the BCS title
> game...
>
> --- Scott R Lawson <SLawson at uamail.albany.edu> wrote:
>
> > It would be neat to read the miscalculations from
> > listers, I am certain I have made a few myself!
>
>
> Mike Jaixen
> Blog: http://huskermike.blogspot.com
>
>
>
>
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