[Husker] Still looking for a QB

[Mike Nolan]

> Regardless of who they might go after, that kid will know that there
> is some stiff competition from other QB's in front of him.  Next year
> there will be sophomores Spano (RS), Martinez and Green, seniors Lee
> and Washington, and two others (sophomores Broekemeier and Kellogg)
> listed on the team roster.  With three of the sophomores (Martinez,
> Spano and Green) touted as the next big thing, I'd think they'll have
> some difficulty convincing a highly rated high school senior QB to
> take that kind of chance.  At this point in the season, if there are
> any Payton Manning's out there, they are likely to have been wrapped
> up by other programs by now.

In many cases, the QB on a HS team is also the best athlete on the team.  How
many QBs wind up playing other positions in college, because they're no longer the
best athletes on the team?  

I think it was Osborne who once said that aside from filling a few specific positions 
each year (notably I-back), his primary recruiting goal was to get the best athletes 
possible (in a variety of sizes, I assume) and then turn them into college-level players.  
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Mike Nolan