Qualifying

[macroboy]

I keep hearing talk that some of our recruits won't qualify. I'm new to following recruiting. I'm guessing that happenes every year but it seems like a lot of our class is struggling in that area. Is this more that normal?

We already lost 1 Texas DL. Others that I hear this about are Byrd, Norman, Washington. I thought somone even said Robinson?

Also, prospect Ankrah? Does this seem high?

Are we allowed to give the same # of scholly's every year? Or just what is free'd up by the graduating class?

 

[Husker_Power]

NU to sign plenty for secondary
Nebraska's recent surge of commitments from defensive backs reflects a lack of secondary depth, first-year coach Bo Pelini said Monday.

NU has collected pledges in the past week from three cornerbacks — Lazarri Middleton of Long Beach, Calif., Dejon Gomes of San Francisco City College and Andrew Green of San Antonio.

"When I got in here, the numbers were staggeringly down," Pelini said. "When you play in this conference, with all the spread (offense), you've got to have some depth there. We felt like we had to have some numbers there."

The Huskers' recruiting class of 2009 includes six projected defensive backs among its 21 known members. One of the defensive backs, Pelini said, probably won't make it to Nebraska.

"When I first looked at that board when I got here, we had like three corners," he said. "That was concerning to me, so we've been trying to fix that problem."

Pelini said he expected the Huskers to take "a couple more" commitments before signing day on Feb. 4.

"We're going to oversign a little bit," he said. "We're trying to figure that all out, with injuries. There are a number of things going on there."

OWH

Norman is out according to scout...dunno about any other prospects.

 

[BigT2454]

I just can't understand how kids can't pass high school. It is mind boggling to me.

 

[Ohio Pete]

I just can't understand how kids can't pass high school. It is mind boggling to me.

It really seems like they can't pass the testing. Of course if I knew my future career depended on it, I think I'd be taking the test every time they offered it, but I guess finances don't allow that.

 

[DeathCultArmaggedon]

You would be amazed at just how bad some public school systems are outside of Nebraska.

I know kids who are 15 years old and read at a first grade level - many American cities have this problem.

 

[Ohio Pete]

You would be amazed at just how bad some public school systems are outside of Nebraska.

I know kids who are 15 years old and read at a first grade level - many American cities have this problem.

Didn't Herschel Walker leave college functionally illiterate? I know there was a basketball player who sued Creighton because he was unable to read after using up his eligibility. The NCAA added the standardized testing to combat that sort of thing. At any rate, Nebraska has some very good academic programs to help educate the guys who need a little extra help catching up due to crummy (or disinterested) schooling.