| |  | Author: David Kolowski
Creator: Eric Crouch
Publisher: Big Red Press LLC
Category: EBooks
Buy New: $8.99
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 73416
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B00107PH2I
Publication Date: June 15, 2007
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 Walkon Player, But a "Scholarship" of a Book March 8, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Diary of a Husker is the tale of a walk on player for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team. Dave Kolowski is a Nebraska boy who lives his dream of playing for the home state Nebraska Cornhuskers. However, at times, he feels the dream has turned into a nightmare of constant practices, conditioning sessions, a life of football to the seeming exclusion of everything else, and playing through some of the most turbulent times in Cornhusker history. Diary of a Husker is an easy read and the 450+ pages fly by as one gets pulled into the inner world of Husker football. While some might see this as indictment of the system, former coaches and players, and the frustration of wondering if Dave will ever play, it is the thoughts and feelings of a young man who has to balance the incredible pressures of playing for one of the most scrutinized college teams in the Nation where the very mood of the state of Nebraska seems to hinge on how the fotball team does while balancing school requirements and the fact that college players are still teenagers and young men. You "see" the warts of the team as well as the greatness and commitment from players and coaches alike. I highly recommend this book especially if you want an insider's perspective of the Huskers as lived by one of the many young men who aren't in the spotlight, but nonetheless are key to the success of the team. Finally, for those of you who have aways wondered what happens to football players after they stop working out, lifting weights, and eating so much, check out the pictures of Dave as he progresses from high school football player to college player to former football player and college graduate.
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