I just found this interesting being this kid goes to my former High School and also graduates with Shirve. I think it was a pretty low thing to do to the kid especially when he gave his verbal last spring.

 

http://www.scrantontimes.com/articles/2009/01/31/sports/sc_times_trib.20090131.b.pg1.tt31bodtmann_s1.2272832_spo3.txt

Edited January 31, 200916 yr by GunSlinger

It does seem like a dirty thing to do to the youth.

I hope we give him a scholie here at Maine . This is wrong on the corn huskers part. They will pay for this in the future commits ???.

Wow! Dirty deeds is right!

 

Good luck recruiting next year Nebraska. Not many kids parents will want to trust you with their childrens future after this.

Wow! Dirty deeds is right!

 

Good luck recruiting next year Nebraska. Not many kids parents will want to trust you with their childrens future after this.

 

dirty deeds.............done dirt cheap...................

Wow - that is really sad. I was reading this article looking for a good reason beyond "getting caught in a numbers game". I think the HS coach nailed it on the head that this flies in the face of what they preach and teach to kids about keeping true to your word, which is an extremely valuable lesson for young kids. Then to get hosed like that.

what a bunch of scum bags. they make me sick.

Just read this today as well, I'm in Wilkes Barre, nice to hear of another fan locally. I went to Bishop Hoban(now Holy Redeemer). Talk about a scum bag thing to do to a kid. I remember back a number of years ago when we had a center recruit(Peters(?)) who broke his neck before playing a down his freshman year about 10-15 years ago. The university honored the scholarship anyway.

What a frickin joke..... Fu Nebraska!!

 

 

It was a numbers thing?? He lost a couple Lbs.??? what a joke

This is week. I'm pumped though. Division 1-AA schools almost never get 3 star guys. If he comes to UMaine...he can be my freshman friend next year haha.

As a university, you decide what type of program you want to be. They made their decision, and we have made ours. Human garbage. I hope this kid becomes an all american, and plays in the NFL for years just to teach those clowns a little thing called karma.

What a frickin joke..... Fu Nebraska!!

 

 

It was a numbers thing?? He lost a couple Lbs.??? what a joke

 

Eckler also indicated that Bodtmann had been caught in a numbers crunch and that there were some walk-ons who impressed the staff enough to warrant scholarship offers after the season.

 

 

A ton of kids do the same thing to schools dragging them along and switching at the last moment... a shame that this happened to a kid who committed and shut down his recruiting to other schools.

 

I commend Nebraska for awarding schollies to the walk ons who earned it... but it sounds like they pulled the rug out from under the wrong kid

football is a cut throat business from whom no one is immune...........

football is a cut throat business from whom no one is immune...........

 

agreed and 2 months after the season the kid shouldnt be 10 lbs less than what he was 7 months prior. there has to be more to it then just a numbers crunch. did he lie on his measurements? alot of coaches do. if they expect the kid to be 205 then they think he'll be 225 by the time he hits campus. Big difference in 10-20 lbs for a LB. I do think it's dirty though being so late in the process but at least they're trying to help him get in somewhere's else and even offered a grey shirt.

agreed and 2 months after the season the kid shouldnt be 10 lbs less than what he was 7 months prior. there has to be more to it then just a numbers crunch. did he lie on his measurements? alot of coaches do. if they expect the kid to be 205 then they think he'll be 225 by the time he hits campus. Big difference in 10-20 lbs for a LB. I do think it's dirty though being so late in the process but at least they're trying to help him get in somewhere's else and even offered a grey shirt.

 

The article said he battled injuries all year, so he may not have been able to lift weights and keep his weight up.

 

Maybe he got sick or something, who knows. Remember when Carlson dropped like 20 lbs before the combine b/c he got food poisoning?

yea i saw that, but still had 2 months since the season was over to gain weight.