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PeliniTheCrutch_rivals294365

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thadscastle said:
Funny that you say that. My brother was a walk on for the NU track team. Ran a 10.3 100 meter. He told me in order to be academically ineligible it was almost impossible. Of course the next semester he was academically ineligible. He's a world class dumb@ss so I wasn't surprised. That said, it's hard to do.
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If you're gonna lie folks, go HUGE.

Good work!!!!
 
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Tuco Salamanca said:
There is no mid semester grade check for eligibility. He would have had to have been ineligible at semester. That would have been known over Christmas and he wouldn’t have been a part of the team since then.

hell kids that are one a done in basketball basically skip 2nd semester and can play the whole season.
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I still remember hearing that Shaun Marcum who took missouri state to the college world series in june, was then a high draft pick, and had a decent MLB career hadn't been to a class since December that year. Don't know if it was true or not.
 
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cubsker said:
I still remember hearing that Shaun Marcum who took missouri state to the college world series in june, was then a high draft pick, and had a decent MLB career hadn't been to a class since December that year. Don't know if it was true or not.
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Don’t need to go that far honestly. That was the Nathan Gerry plan.
 
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wr position seemed too deep anyway, we need ol and dl.....
all I ever heard about betts was talent with mental problems...
what that means, I'm not sure, never been spelled out.
liberals call anything mental problems these days.
whatever mickey decides is the right decision for me.
 
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Benning’s take is that the kid has an active life outside the football program. Joseph has upped expectations for the WRs and let’s face it, Betts’ practice habits weren’t winning any awards with Lubick. So he’s determining whether he wants to do football.
 
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inWV said:
Benning’s take is that the kid has an active life outside the football program. Joseph has upped expectations for the WRs and let’s face it, Betts’ practice habits weren’t winning any awards with Lubick. So he’s determining whether he wants to do football.
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He would throw away his best talent? I don't get it. Please don't tell me he's trying to be a tiktok influencer.
 
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inWV said:
Benning’s take is that the kid has an active life outside the football program. Joseph has upped expectations for the WRs and let’s face it, Betts’ practice habits weren’t winning any awards with Lubick. So he’s determining whether he wants to do football.
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Can’t wait until all the Riley recruits who don’t make football a priority are gone!
 
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donahues17

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inWV said:
Betts has to decide if he wants to play football or not. Simple as that.
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100%. Kid is getting burned out. There is a reason D-I football isn't for everybody. Best of luck to the young man in whatever he chooses to do
 
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inWV said:
Benning’s take is that the kid has an active life outside the football program. Joseph has upped expectations for the WRs and let’s face it, Betts’ practice habits weren’t winning any awards with Lubick. So he’s determining whether he wants to do football.
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This is why Nebraska has so many scholarship WRs on the roster. Turnover was coming when we hired joseph. And I wouldn’t be shocked if Betts comes back on the team
 
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Rcnut223

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Give the kid some slack, think of the stress he’s gone through over his short career at NU. Add in school and workouts…
 
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inWV said:
Benning’s take is that the kid has an active life outside the football program. Joseph has upped expectations for the WRs and let’s face it, Betts’ practice habits weren’t winning any awards with Lubick. So he’s determining whether he wants to do football.
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So it's racially motivated---signed Sammy in Iowa
 
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samhadley said:
you've got a lot of players struggling with mixed messages

it has been a clown show the 4 years prior, now you have some assistants who actually know what it takes to run a power 5 program and are running things accordingly

however, it is not lost on the players that these assistants immediate upline remains the head clown that has been the ring leader of the entire circus for the last 4 years - lots of confusion
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StoneTempleHusker said:
Holy ****, 10.3 is elite world class speed. A walk on at Nebraska?

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Yeah, he ran a 10.9 in my hometown in HS. Just got better in college. Was about to be put on scholarship at UNL and f'd it up. I'll never forget him getting asked by Ralph Brown for a ride home in his 10 year old Cougar. Coolest thing is I was not a sprinter like he was and ran long distance. He showed up at the Doane track meet when I was a Junior and gave me golden spiked Nike sprinter shoes for the meet. I didn't care they weren't long distance shoes and I sure as heck wore them. Wish I had a picture of them.
 
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thadscastle said:
Yeah, he ran a 10.9 in my hometown in HS. Just got better in college. Was about to be put on scholarship at UNL and f'd it up. I'll never forget him getting asked by Ralph Brown for a ride home in his 10 year old Cougar. Coolest thing is I was not a sprinter like he was and ran long distance. He showed up at the Doane track meet when I was a Junior and gave me golden spiked sprinter shoes for the meet. I didn't care they weren't long distance shoes and I sure as heck wore them. Wish I had a picture of them.
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He also couldn't catch for **** as a WR, but was told by TO (pulled aside) we'll keep an eye on you at football camp. Speed matters. Catching does too lol. If you've seen Unnecessary Roughness, he was the guy that everyone said, "Don't throw to stone hands".
 
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thadscastle said:
Yeah, he ran a 10.9 in my hometown in HS. Just got better in college. Was about to be put on scholarship at UNL and f'd it up. I'll never forget him getting asked by Ralph Brown for a ride home in his 10 year old Cougar. Coolest thing is I was not a sprinter like he was and ran long distance. He showed up at the Doane track meet when I was a Junior and gave me golden spiked sprinter shoes for the meet. I didn't care they weren't long distance shoes and I sure as heck wore them. Wish I had a picture of them.
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He beat the hell out of the state champ on scholly at UNL. Had a bad groin injury Junior Year. Think DeAngelo Evens.
 
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MadeYouLook69 said:
Betts doesn't like having a male role model steer him toward the light. The kid lives off campus, had classroom trouble since high school, has been reported to skip meetings and workouts. He is just not a good young man. He can run fast though. When you have a room full of wide eyed kids busting *** and buying in, you don't have time for a non receptive **** head that still hasn't locked in after a few years playing college ball.
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Suspect we will be reading about him in the papers one day in the future and sadly it will not be in the sports page. Way too many young males out there like this these days. Sad to waste all that athletic talent but he was given a chance.
 
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inWV said:
Benning’s take is that the kid has an active life outside the football program. Joseph has upped expectations for the WRs and let’s face it, Betts’ practice habits weren’t winning any awards with Lubick. So he’s determining whether he wants to do football.
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What type of side business could he possibly be engaged in on the side?
 
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Hoyt Shepherd Sr. said:
What type of side business could he possibly be engaged in on the side?
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Could this whole situation have anything to do with his NIL gig or perhaps lack there of ? So one thing occurred to me he has former teammates from B-West that are now at Iowa, Auburn and Oklahoma. Is it possible he’s stressing that his portion of the ‘pie’ perhaps in comparison with his peers, doesn’t meet his expectations? Is there a 3rd party that is calling the shots on this? Weird times indeed.
 
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donahues17 said:
100%. Kid is getting burned out. There is a reason D-I football isn't for everybody. Best of luck to the young man in whatever he chooses to do
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I agree...I had a friend that was a walkon in the mid-late 90's and when he was done he said he ******* hated it. Said he hated lifting and would never lift again, said he hated the conditioning and the practices, said he hated how he was treated by the staff once they realize you are never going to play. Not like they were mean but just like they didn't really care.

Said he only reason he even finished he last season was just to help with jobs connections later on.
 
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my take after hearing Bennings podcast: Maybe Betts just doesnt really WANT to play. His heart isnt in it. Sounds like he has a personality and a life off the field that he cares about more. There are kids who live and breath sports, and kids who are really good at sports but just kind of go through the motions. I feel like he is one of the latter. My wife was a very good DII volleyball setter with a full ride and all that, all the attention she wanted, set records at her school, etc, but ultimately quit after sophomore year because the reasons for playing were because she thought she had to in order to afford college. Her coach rode her *** and didnt make it fun anymore. She ultimately decided it wasn't worth it and quit. This kind of stuff happens all the time. If this is the case I applaud Betts because it takes guts to walk away from something like this in order to make yourself happy. Is it the right call? I dont know, probably not when he has so much potential money on the table with a possible NFL career, even a short one. Or at least NIL money, but he gotta do whats right for him.
 
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Doubt there's anything to it, but would be a helluva replacement if Betts quits.

I'm sure Mickey can find his number.

 
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