[Husker] Pelini Article

[jon johnston]

I looked at this pretty hard when I wrote the article about walk-ons  
for "A Sea of Red". And honestly, I didn't want to write that article  
myself, but some stuff fell through on the book, so you guys know the  
truth. ha!

While it's true there can be only 85 players total on scholarship,  
many teams get past that limit by having special teams players walk  
on. Punter Dan Titchner was a walk-on, as was Jake Wesch, Alex Henery  
from this year's team. There are a bunch of guys from the past, Kyle  
Larson, Bill LaFleur and Jesse Kosch to name a few.

I suppose, rather than "get past the limit", they hedge their bets and  
make the guys earn a scholarship. Out of the 25 that can be given out  
every year, some simply aren't going to make it, so the walk-on  
program fills that gap by allowing other players to earn it.

The walk-on program will always have it's detractors, especially when  
you look at it only from a single perspective.

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com
On Aug 24, 2008, at 8:46 PM, j j wrote:

> They would surely have to have some sort of walk on program wouldn't  
> they? Cant there only be 85 scholarship players on a team? If that  
> is true surely those schools have more then that out for football.  
> That would mean the remainder are walk-ons right? It may not be the  
> same type of program we have but it is still a walk-on program.
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> --- On Sun, 8/24/08, Bob Beach <baseballguy at neb.rr.com> wrote:
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> From: Bob Beach <baseballguy at neb.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Pelini Article
> To: "husker at tssi.com" <husker at tssi.com>
> Date: Sunday, August 24, 2008, 10:30 AM
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> 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.
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> Bob Beach
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