[Husker] Husker: Other side of the coin

[jon johnston]

Jason Peter talks about his brother in his Hero of the Underground  
book, with many many expletives directed at Lou Holtz.

Off the top of my head - Damien Peter was injured diving in a pool, to  
the point he was severely disabled. He still attended Notre Dame,  
athough Holtz never acknowledged him nor attempted to make him a part  
of the football team. Damien was hurt before he attended Notre Dame,  
but after he'd already gotten a scholarship.

Jason Peter also makes clear in his book that when Damien transferred  
to Nebraska, Osborne established a relationship with him although he  
technically had no reason to do so.

BTW, I do not watch Holtz on TV, nor do I mention him by name on my  
web site. He is known as "the crap-mouthed guy who sits next to Mark  
May." My distaste towards him is not because of Peter's book (although  
it solidifies my opinion), but because it irks me that the guy left  
every program he was part of with NCAA violations, gets paid to do  
motivational speaking (bullshit artist), and is now employed by the  
world leader in sports despite being God-awful.

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com
On Feb 4, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Andy Knipp wrote:

>
> Any interesting parellel would be Damien Peter (Jason & Christian's  
> brother) he committed (and signed I think) to play at ND but broke a  
> bone in his neck. I do not hink he ever played football again & also  
> remember he tried to transfer to NU, but do not remember the whole  
> story. Does anybody remember the details ? Did he get hurt before or  
> after signing day ?
>
> Andy