Isle of View
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Why have 40 MORE guys that just sit around and watch when you already have about 80 sitting around doing nothing?
Walk on program is failing?
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knapplc
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That's true, but that's not why we have fewer walk-ons. It's because it hasn't been a huge focus from any of our past three coaches (counting Riley) and because as @StPaulHusker pointed out, with the skyrocketing costs of tuition kids are taking scholarships from lesser schools. Kids are simply less likely to pay to go to one school if they can attend another for free.
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Nebfanatic
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Isle of View
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Is it ok to link to other husker discussion boards? If not, mods can delete.
https://www.huskermax.com/rosters/
Nebfanatic
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Pretty sure that's not allowed though there may be an exception for this sort of thing
StPaulHusker
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The average year cost with fees at UNL in 1995-96 for a resident of Nebraska was $2,575. For Non-resident it was $6,332
2017-18 it's $8,887 and $24,187 for resident/non respectively
So it's is no surprise that a kid would take a full ride to South Dakota St over walking on at UNL.
https://irads.unl.edu/dmdocuments/050_tuition_history.pdf
2017-18 it's $8,887 and $24,187 for resident/non respectively
So it's is no surprise that a kid would take a full ride to South Dakota St over walking on at UNL.
https://irads.unl.edu/dmdocuments/050_tuition_history.pdf
Isle of View
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StPaulHusker
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with a coach capping walk ons at around 40-50. Stop acting like the next national championship is going to come if we have 200 players on the roster
Isle of View
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I'm cornfused. Before I could stop acting like that, I would first have to start acting like that.
There's definitely nothing wrong with Riley capping walkons. He's got more players on the roster than he can handle the way it is.
knapplc
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No we don't. In fact, we still have open tryouts for the student body every year. If a kid wanted to walk on, and didn't make the team, it's because he wasn't good enough.
Who has tried to walk on to the football team and been turned away? I'd love to read that interview.
StPaulHusker
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Your sole purpose on this board is to s#!t on anything involving Mike Riley and mouth hug anything by Tom Osborne. It's tiring
Isle of View
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You answered your own question. Every Husker coach in history has turned away walkons based on various definitions of "good enough".
knapplc
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Then it should be easy for you to tell us the names of one or two players that have been turned away. Please do so, or admit you're (again) making something up.
StPaulHusker
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Knapp-Just don't. This is one of the people who have been banned. I can't remember who exactly but they take what is said to the literal definition.
A walk on tried out but didn't make the team because they weren't good enough means the coach turned them away, in this person's eye