[NU Sports] Parsing the latest Commit

[Scott Zeller]

The young man who decommitted and went to Iowa State, Shontrelle Johnson,
wasn't exactly a "stud" commit -- he was another little guy RB, sort of an
Arby Fields, ranked as a 3-star. He did have a great senior year that raised
his stock, but there were many folks who weren't that impressed with him
when he was an NU commit.

Of course, once he jilted us, he became an outstanding RB who would be the
savior of the program, who no doubt would have scored untouched from the 5
in the Outback Bowl. Sort of like the ex-girlfriend who seemed plain and
whiny when you dated, but now seems like a beauty queen because she is
dating some cool guy.

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Beamsley, Jeff
<Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com>wrote:

> That can only be good news.
>
> I wasn't very optimistic about Kafka before the start of the season, but
> he proved that he could throw even better than he ran.
>
> If Persa goes through a similar transformation, the future is bright.
> If not, we may struggle next year with a freshman (did Watkins
> redshirt?).
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> I'm also concerned about the running game.  We didn't really have anyone
> step up this year and become "the man" and our stud RB recruit
> decommitted.
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> Jeff
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> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf Of Roy S. Lamberton
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 7:59 AM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] Parsing the latest Commit
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> Interesting quote from Kain Colter - NU's latest QB commit:
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> Looking at how they're going to lose (senior Mike) Kafka, and then there
> are only two guys (freshman Evan Watkins and sophomore Dan Persa) coming
> back, that was a big deal," Colter said. "Its' just going to be me and
> this other kid from the class (Siemian) competing. I just want to be
> able to play early and I think I can compete for a spot.
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> You have to figure Persa as the #1 guy on the depth chart, just because
> he's got experience, but you get a feeling that NU is telling kids they
> can break thru and compete - the same message Randy always had.
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> Anyway, it's in a story from Scout.com
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> http://northwestern.scout.com/2/937876.html
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