We say "walk-on" around here as if it's some sort of defining label these guys wear. As if it means anything. It means that some recruiting service didn't find them and probably should have. If they're getting on the field here ahead of three and four star recruits, then somewhere somebody was wrong huh?
We need to drop these mathematical formulas for explaining every single thing around this program. I think some of it is ridiculous, personally. You can either play or you can't. Chris Weber had 17 tackles one week and 12 another week. Those tackles came against teams that were full of three and four star guys that were trying to stop him.
You belong out there or you don't. The discussion shouldn't be about if we have "too many walk-ons" on the field, the question should be where the hell are guys like Natter, or Newell? Weren't they big time coming out of high school?
I think where a lot of the concern is why aren't the more talented, recruited kids aren't "getting it" or "playing hard" or have the "want-to".
That's what I was getting at.
As to your other comment. Janovich, Weber, and Gangwish are all good football players too. Yeah they have want to, but all football players should have that. That's the name of the game. If Jano, Weber, and Gangwish had three or four stars beside their name, we would'nt even talk about the "want to" factor as part of their equation. I do think the part about being a Nebraska kid and understanding what we are about around here is important. There's a certain edge there, but I would think all of these guys would adapt that edge at this level.
So again, instead of questiong the walk-ons who are out there and kicking a$$ or if we have "too many", I'm more worried about the three and four star guys we have out there that don't seem to put it all on the line, or the guys that aren't even getting out there at all that had those shiny stars beside their names in high school. Those are the guys that are the issue here.
