Shaun Prater on Nebraska
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knapplc
International Man of Mystery
Wow. I would be unsettled if I were a Hawkeye fan listening to his comments about Callahan. Sounds to me like Prater is basically saying he wanted to come here but Callahan didn't give him the time of day, so he went to Iowa. Sounds like Nebraska would have been his first choice.
:steam Callahan. :steam :rickjames
:steam Callahan. :steam :rickjames
Treand3
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carlfense
Heisman Trophy Winner
Yeah. I don't think the interviewers realized that Nebraska didn't recruit him. Sounded like a level headed guy. Best wishes to him . . . if not to his team.
BIGREDIOWAN
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Hey look an Iowa reporter, trying to make US sound like we are annoying. Iowa fans are the most annoying fans I've ever been around............I hate 'em.
PaulCrewe
Heisman Trophy Winner
Tis the recruiting business. Shaun committed in June before his senior season. Wild Bill never got to see Signing Day as we know and whether Bo would have had a chance after Shaun had been committed to the Hawks for so long.
NU signed three corners(primary position) in that class. One is a pretty damn good one about to finish his career(Dennard). The other two many of us thought could turn out to be pretty good themselves but fell off the face of the earth(David Whitmore and Justin Rogers). Not sure what the corner depth was going into that cycle but Shaun also probably failed the Clownahan and Elmo eye test with his size coming out of Omaha Central.
You win some, and lose some. Remember NU also once decided to give a scholly to Johnny Rogers Jr over Barry Sanders. I'll take the Prater miss over that one most days.
NU signed three corners(primary position) in that class. One is a pretty damn good one about to finish his career(Dennard). The other two many of us thought could turn out to be pretty good themselves but fell off the face of the earth(David Whitmore and Justin Rogers). Not sure what the corner depth was going into that cycle but Shaun also probably failed the Clownahan and Elmo eye test with his size coming out of Omaha Central.
You win some, and lose some. Remember NU also once decided to give a scholly to Johnny Rogers Jr over Barry Sanders. I'll take the Prater miss over that one most days.
Knapp, really? He was offered at Nebraska. First he said he wanted to play B10 ball. Then cally never offered. But Bo did.
"Iowa paid attention. The Hawkeyes offered Shaun first after a summer camp, and later offered Shane, who committed, too. Bo Pelini — attempting to rebuild a recruiting class riddled with defections from Callahan's downfall — offered the twins after he took over."
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"This summer — like every summer — he's been working out with Paul, a fifth-round pick of the Washington Redskins, at Omaha Central. One-on-one in the sun. At 6-1, 220, Paul's big. He has straight-line speed. And, for three years, he worked against Pelini-style corners.
“He's pretty strong,” Shaun said, smiling. “But I usually do a pretty good job.”
Shaun's fast, Paul said. As fast as any Husker corner. Equal to Prince Amukamara, the recent first-round NFL draft pick who became friends with Shaun through Paul."
druski_2k5
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I apologize for my ignorance towards this topic, so maybe Big Ten fans or Iowa fans can help me out: How good is this guy?
From reading through the comments, he sounds like a legit shut-down corner that we let get away sadly. But considering the time-frame and everything else, and the fact you don't always get the ones you want and they always don't turn out the way you want, it's understandable.
I think we may have had a shot at him, but he was Pelini probably got into the game too late [not his fault] and this guy was probably leaning Iowa the whole way, as we had our staff shake-up, and he already had his mind made up. Nothing wrong there.
From reading through the comments, he sounds like a legit shut-down corner that we let get away sadly. But considering the time-frame and everything else, and the fact you don't always get the ones you want and they always don't turn out the way you want, it's understandable.
I think we may have had a shot at him, but he was Pelini probably got into the game too late [not his fault] and this guy was probably leaning Iowa the whole way, as we had our staff shake-up, and he already had his mind made up. Nothing wrong there.
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knapplc
International Man of Mystery
Offered when? During Callahan's final year? I wouldn't have wished that on a dog, so I can see why he left. And if he didn't respond to Pelini, you can't blame the guy. Pelini was an unknown as a Head Coach, and going to a known commodity like KF would have been the safe move. Again, can't blame the guy.
But that doesn't mean he didn't want to play at Nebraska - just that the coaching situation here was FUBAR. I'm sure had Pelini been here the year before, things would have been different.