Justin Costello is N

[Huskerpapa]

2 hours ago, jimmykc said:

Bonus question of the day: We all know Johnny Trueblood was also from Elkhorn. Who can name a third walk on from Elkhorn who played for the Huskers?

I will guess...Larry Bornschlegl

[Art Vandalay]

I agree with Jacob that Costello is a really good high school player that I do not think will ever get minutes. He does have one specific skill that Trueblood did not and that is a knock down 3 point shot. Those guys always have a chance to contribute if they work their back side off to become good defenders, etc.

 

I am glad he is giving it a shot but there is a reason there were not a lot of even low level D1 or D2 offers. Hope like hell he proves me wrong though.

[jimmykc]

Nice try, cwg. I think Larry was from Hastings. I am thinking of Derek Lodwig who played on the great Danny Nee team of 90-91 and even attended the reunion in 2006. He might have even scored a point or two while he was here. Played for Elkhorn against one of my kids in 1988.

[Norm Peterson]

6 hours ago, basketballjones said:

Stronger, better athlete, and can fit into a specific position. Not a tweener like Trueblood. 

 

Yeah?  Well, Trueblood has a cooler last name.  And it's not even close.  So, put that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr. Specific Position Fitter-inner.

[Jacob Padilla]

8 hours ago, jimmykc said:

Bonus question of the day: We all know Johnny Trueblood was also from Elkhorn. Who can name a third walk on from Elkhorn who played for the Huskers?

 

Technically, Mohamed Elradi went to Elkhorn Mt. Michael.

[colhusker]

8 hours ago, Jacob Padilla said:

 

Technically, Mohamed Elradi went to Elkhorn Mt. Michael.

Totally different town!

 

[kleitus]

44 minutes ago, colhusker said:

Totally different town!

 

 

... technically since mt Michael is a boarding school he was probably not from Elkhorn.

 

Although they do take day students at this point so who knows.

Edited June 1, 2017 by kleitus

[jimmykc]

Ah yes, now there was a gym with a bit of a home court advantage!

[basketballjones]

13 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

Yeah?  Well, Trueblood has a cooler last name.  And it's not even close.  So, put that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr. Specific Position Fitter-inner.

Hmmm... Cooler than Costello? That's a pretty cool last name... I'd take it. 

[49r]

17 minutes ago, basketballjones said:

Hmmm... Cooler than Costello? That's a pretty cool last name... I'd take it. 

 

It does have a certain "je ne sais quois" 

 

 

[Norm Peterson]

51 minutes ago, basketballjones said:

Hmmm... Cooler than Costello? That's a pretty cool last name... I'd take it. 

 

Costello's not bad.  But it won't land you on any all-name teams.  Trueblood though?  That's gold right there.  Maybe only a step or two behind Chief Kickingstallionsims.

[Norm Peterson]

Johnny Trueblood falls somewhere between Fennis Dembo and Justus Thigpen.

[bkamler]

18 hours ago, huskercwg said:

I will guess...Larry Bornschlegl

Larry was from Geneva and played basketball for NU but was a much better baseball catcher for NU. I think he was all Big Eight once or twice. He probably had a full ride in baseball, (We all got full rides in those days.) so he may have been a walk on in basketball technically. I had the pleasure of pitching to Larry in semi-pro baseball as 17 and 18 year old.

[Dean Smith]

1 hour ago, Norm Peterson said:

Johnny Trueblood falls somewhere between Fennis Dembo and Justus Thigpen.

I had one  roommate from Wyoming and one from Iowa and that year they were always arguing who had the "best" name, Fennis Dembo or Lafester Rhodes. 

 

I also learned that year that Fennis was a twin. He and his sister were the 11th and 12th children, They let the oldest daughter name the twins and she didn't want any more siblings. She took her inspiration from the word finis as in French for finished.  That's how you end up with a Fenise and a Fennis.

[kleitus]

4 hours ago, jimmykc said:

Ah yes, now there was a gym with a bit of a home court advantage!

 

Nah we never got rowdy at all in that old barn lol

 

We behaved completely.  Yep.  That's it.  

Edited June 1, 2017 by kleitus

[Jacob Padilla]

7 hours ago, kleitus said:

 

... technically since mt Michael is a boarding school he was probably not from Elkhorn.

 

Although they do take day students at this point so who knows.

 

But since it is a boarding school, he lived there during the week throughout high school, so I think one could argue he's from Elkhorn, in a sense.