[Husker] Pelini Article

[Bob Beach]

jon johnston wrote:
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> Nebraska doesn't produce the number of athletes we need to be 
> successful. A good walk-on program can help, and after studying it for 
> a while, i've concluded that Osborne is right - we need a successful 
> walk-on program to be good. When you're us, you have to find an 
> advantage, and the walk-on program is it.
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      I am sure we can beat around this bush all day and never really 
come to a conclusion.  The fact the state of Nebraska doesn't produce 
the number of athletes needed is why recruiting is crucial.  I guess I 
honestly don't know for sure but do schools like USC, Ohio State, and 
LSU, just to pick three, have walk on programs?  I understand they are 
in more populous areas but if you operate without a walk on program it 
doesn't matter where you are located because then you are only dealing 
with scholarship players.  NU can have as many scholarship players as 
anyone else and they don't have to come from within the state.  I am not 
against the walk on program.  I think it is nice and makes an attachment 
to the people of Nebraska.  Also there are those times a player will 
emerge that no one ever thought about and contribute.  I am just not 
convinced it is crucial to the success of the program.


Bob Beach