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obviously things have changed drastically since 2009 and 2010, but in Pelini's last 2 seasons in the Big 12 ......

2009 defensive ranks
rushing #9
pass efficiency #9
total defense #7
scoring defense #1



2010 defensive ranks
rushing #63
pass efficiency #3
total defense #11
scoring defense #9

True.  I wonder who was the best athlete among our group here.  At one time, I think we had some guys who played Div II or something.

I might have been able to play bball at that level back in the day had I not hurt my ankle as a senior, but back then, Div 2 bball was like glorified HS.  I figure it was a good think I did blow out the ankle because it meant I didn't make college decisions based on athletics.  Instead, I went where the most pretty girls were.

I was pretty good in HS at both bballs.  I was supposed to be the ace in my junior year in baseball, but the first game I tried to gun everything and I wasn't ready and the shoulder fell apart.  It's in bad shape today, I'm thinking about surgery but am trying PT.  I can feel stuff grinding inside the joint with certain movements. 

One of those movements is throwing a baseball though I discovered an arm angle at camp that doesn't hurt, it's above sidearm and well below 3/4ers.  It's a strange arm angle I never used which is probably why it's there.  I was coMVP in basketball despite missing almost half the season.  The other MVP started all four years in college Div 1.  He was really good.

I was never an amazing athlete, and I think some of it was a lack of applying myself. I did make 2nd degree black belt during my high school years, and I enjoyed playing volleyball. I had enough of a vertical that I could just barely dunk a volleyball, since my hand was big enough to palm it one-handed, but couldn't do a basketball because I couldn't jump high enough "two-handed". 

But I've always said if I'd actually applied myself in football, I have the right frame to play line. Leaving high school I was 6'5" and 225#, without doing ANY weight training, and that was all lean muscle because of the amount of time I was spending doing martial arts. Even now I'm running about 265# without looking "fat", although my body fat percentage is well above where I'd actually like it. 

If I had been applying myself in the weight room, I easily could have carried 300# of muscle, and that in itself might have gotten me a look or two at small schools.