Getting someone to commit to a football program (even Nebraska's) without a scholarship is not an easy thing to do these days. Coach Tom Osborne did it, but coach Osborne was also one of the greatest college football coaches to ever coach. Who wouldn't give up a scholarship to win a National Championship with Osborne?
So can new Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini revive the walk on program that sat dormant during the Callahan era with no experience as a head coach?
The answer is yes! Sort of.
Recently, division two schools have acted like a sponge sucking up a lot of the talent pool that could have been walk ons at Nebraska. But coach Bo Pelini has made it his goal to increase the in-state involvement in the Husker football program. In fact, according to the Omaha World Herald, four seniors just committed to Pelini and the coaching staff to walk on in 2008. All four are in-state recruits are from Omaha.
I think the walk on program is great. Not only does it bring in more talent to the field, but it creates competition within the team to compete for the starting job. And who knows who will be the next great Nebraska football player. The past has told us that it is not the five-star recruits who are the best on the field in four years.
Joe Ganz and Sam Keller ended up to be roughly just as good as each other this past season, but Keller got all of the attention. Do I even need to mention who got more recruiting stars?
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