Academic All Conference

[Eric the Red]

Nebraska has 24 football players on the All big 12 Academic team. The Huskers had a conference leading 18 first teamers.

[Eric the Red]

First Team

 

 

Dan Burrow, Nebraska

Sr.

Business Administration

Ames, Iowa

 

Sandro DeAngelis, Nebraska

Sr.

Natural Sciences

Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada

 

Kellen Huston, Nebraska

Sr.

Exercise Science

Ankeny, Iowa

 

Adam Ickes, Nebraska

Jr.

Agribusiness

Page, Neb.

 

Joel Jackson, Nebraska

Sr.

Mechanical Engineering

Papillion, Neb.

 

Steve Kriewald, Nebraska

Sr.

Construction Management

Scotia, Neb.

 

*Kurt Mann, Nebraska

So.

Mechanized Systems Management

Grand Island,Neb.

 

Jeff McBride, Nebraska

Sr.

Agronomy

Brule, Neb.

 

Jay Moore, Nebraska

So.

Undecided

Elkhorn, Neb.

 

Jack O’Holleran, Nebraska

Sr.

Business Administration

North Platte, Neb.

 

J.B. Phillips, Nebraska

Fr.-RS

Undecided

Colleyville, Texas

 

Gary Pike, Nebraska

Jr.

Physics & Mathematics

Pueblo, Colo.

 

Brandon Rigoni, Nebraska

So.

Psychology

Lincoln, Neb.

 

Barrett Ruud, Nebraska

Sr.

Business Administration

Lincoln, Neb.

 

Andrew Shanle, Nebraska

So.

Family Consumer Science Education

St. Edward, Neb.

 

Shane Siegel, Nebraska

Jr.

Business Administration

Grand Island, Neb.

 

*Chad Sievers, Nebraska

Sr.

Business Administration

Valley , Neb.

 

*Dane Todd, Nebraska

So.

Biological Sciences

Lincoln, Neb.

 

*-4.0 grade-point averages

Second Team

Jake Andersen, Nebraska

Sr.

Communication Studies

Littleton, Colo.

 

Greg Austin, Nebraska

So.

Undecided

Cypress, Texas

 

Joe Dailey, Nebraska

So.

Undecided

Freehold, N.J.

 

Lane Kelly, Nebraska

So.

Undecided

Omaha, Neb.

 

Brandon Koch, Nebraska

Sr.

Social Science

Cozad, Neb.

 

Bo Ruud, Nebraska

Fr.-RS Undecided

Lincoln, Neb.

[DaveH]

Keeping a 4.0 with some of those majors AND playing football has to be pretty hectic.

 

to those guys.

[Benard]

I notice about 90% of those guys are from nebraska. Enjoy the academic success while you can guys because not to be Rude but Callahan doesn't go after the brighest chips in the bag.

[DaveH]

I notice about 90% of those guys are from nebraska. Enjoy the academic success while you can guys because not to be Rude but Callahan doesn't go after the brighest chips in the bag.

Imagine that. A football coach recruiting guys for their football abilities, not for their GPA. That's crazy stuff right there.

 

Guys who know what's up do well in college. Most don't. The fact that they are from Nebraska is immaterial.

[Pedro Guerrero]

I notice about 90% of those guys are from nebraska. Enjoy the academic success while you can guys because not to be Rude but Callahan doesn't go after the brighest chips in the bag.

Notice most of the kids from Nebraska won't play when they not very bright kids come in. Larry Phillips was a genuis. Have you ever heard Tommie Frazier or Jammal Lord speak? Wait you probably didn't like Frazier since he wasn't from Nebraska.

[Benard]

I notice about 90% of those guys are from nebraska.  Enjoy the academic success while you can guys because not to be Rude but Callahan doesn't go after the brighest chips in the bag.

Notice most of the kids from Nebraska won't play when they not very bright kids come in. Larry Phillips was a genuis. Have you ever heard Tommie Frazier or Jammal Lord speak? Wait you probably didn't like Frazier since he wasn't from Nebraska.

Wasn't frazier a communications major wise one? He just talked really fast, he was smart. All's I'm saying is we aren't getting the nebraska kids and that is where alot of our academic all american's come from and it just seems to me that alot of callahans recruits are dumber than a box of rocks. Just my opinion. I could be wrong and his recruits could all be smarter than heck.

[Pedro Guerrero]

Wasn't frazier a communications major wise one?

I believe Lord was also, and he was such a good speaker. Have you heard Tommie do his radio show? That's good stuff.

[DJR313]

I could be wrong and his recruits could all be smarter than heck.

glad to see you leave open the alternative that you are talking out of your @ss

[Eric the Red]

I heard and listen to quite a few interviews whether they were on Big Red Wrap up or Rivals and this class and from players that are committed and it is nothing new and you can compare it to just about any other class in the nation. There are some good ones and others not so good. T.O. took a lot of chances on some guys. Many of them didn't make it. Callahan will do the same with some of his scholarships. There's always a risk factor with any teenager..

[junior4949]

Actually, T.O. took more than a chance on a lot of players on the 94 & 95 NC teams. This was before the Big 12 when we were still in the Big 8. Back then, the Big 8 allowed teams to bring in Prop. 48 players. Lawrence Phillips and others got into Nebraska this way. There were only 2 teams in the Big 8 that allowed Prop. 48's. When the Big 12 was formed, it was passed in the by-laws that Prop. 48 sudents wouldn't be allowed.

 

If we would have been in the Big 12 in 94 & 95, it's very likely we wouldn't have gotten 4 or 5 of the excellent athletes even into the program. These are the few from those teams that you get to watch play on Sunday's. This is why KState and some others recruit heavily from the JuCo's. This is the only way to get a Prop. 48 student in, and that is only if they complete the necessary classes and have grades good enough to get into a 4 year.