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Three-Star Recruit
Nebraska coach Bo Pelini has always been strong in his football convictions -- even when he was a player.
Pelini shared an interesting story at a recent banquet that spoke of his assuredness during his own playing career at Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio, back in the mid- 1980s.
One of Pelini's favorite high school memories came in a tight football game when his team was trying to qualify for the playoffs. Pelini, who played quarterback, was convinced that his team could convert a fourth-and-1 play from its own 29 with about five minutes left in the game.
Pelini told attendees at the recent St. Pius X/St. Leo Sports Night banquet in Omaha that he knew he could make the first down. The only problem was that he needed to convince his veteran coach, Don Bucci, who wanted to punt. And Bucci made the final decision.
Pelini wouldn't hear of it, the Omaha World-Herald's Jon Nyatawa reports.
"I looked him in the eye and said, 'Oh no we're not,'" Pelini said. "He looked at me and I said, 'Coach, you can go ahead and call a punt, but you're going to have a problem because we aren't coming off the field."
Pelini's team went for it, made the first down and scored a go-ahead field goal. And it made Pelini one of Bucci's most memorable pupils.
"I was a pain way back when," Pelini said, "so just so you know, I haven't changed much."
That confidence has always marked Pelini. And it's a reason why he's developed into such a successful coach so quickly in his career.
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/ncfnation/0-8-5...n-that-way.html
Pelini shared an interesting story at a recent banquet that spoke of his assuredness during his own playing career at Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio, back in the mid- 1980s.
One of Pelini's favorite high school memories came in a tight football game when his team was trying to qualify for the playoffs. Pelini, who played quarterback, was convinced that his team could convert a fourth-and-1 play from its own 29 with about five minutes left in the game.
Pelini told attendees at the recent St. Pius X/St. Leo Sports Night banquet in Omaha that he knew he could make the first down. The only problem was that he needed to convince his veteran coach, Don Bucci, who wanted to punt. And Bucci made the final decision.
Pelini wouldn't hear of it, the Omaha World-Herald's Jon Nyatawa reports.
"I looked him in the eye and said, 'Oh no we're not,'" Pelini said. "He looked at me and I said, 'Coach, you can go ahead and call a punt, but you're going to have a problem because we aren't coming off the field."
Pelini's team went for it, made the first down and scored a go-ahead field goal. And it made Pelini one of Bucci's most memorable pupils.
"I was a pain way back when," Pelini said, "so just so you know, I haven't changed much."
That confidence has always marked Pelini. And it's a reason why he's developed into such a successful coach so quickly in his career.
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/ncfnation/0-8-5...n-that-way.html
