[Husker] Walk-Ons

[STUART JONES]

In the Ohio v. Akron game on ESPN2 there was talk of NU and I think Holtz
indicated that the walk on program under the previous regime was impressive.
Don't remember the details but it was interesting that they talked about NU
as much as they did.
Stuart Jones

-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
Mike Jaixen
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 11:17 PM
To: jonlists at cbsol.com; Dick Karre
Cc: Husker List; husker-bounces at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [Husker] Walk-Ons

We'll never know the impact of the downsided walk-on
program since we don't really have a control group to
compare it to.  I do agree with Osborne that it's one
of the factors that has hurt Nebraska in recent years
though.

The article doesn't mention a former Nebraska walk-on
who transferred to Nebraska-Omaha after Callahan's
first season.  Zach Miller saw the handwriting on the
wall after Turner Gill left, and is having an
oustanding season leading an undefeated UNO team.

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=3925&u_sid=10171992


--- jonlists at cbsol.com wrote:

> Nice article. However, he is completely wrong about
> this: 
> Interestingly, Chadron's best player _ Danny
> Woodhead _ turned down an 
> offer from Solich to walk on at Nebraska. Woodhead
> this year became the 
> all-time leading rusher in all of college football.
> 
> I interviewed Woodhead last year. 
> http://www.cornnation.com/story/2006/12/13/223034/52
> 
> He specifically stated that Nebraska showed no
> interest in him. 
> 
> Thanks for the link! The gist of the story is
> correct. It doesn't bother 
> me a bit that the Division II schools are doing
> well. I don't really think 
> it's hurt Nebraska as much as people imply. 


Mike Jaixen
Blog: http://huskermike.blogspot.com

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