Solid News...Finally

Hopefully you're looking at the new quarterback of the future at Nebraska. This young gentleman's name is Kody Spano, and after his official visit to Nebraska this weekend and weeks after his de-commit from Oklahoma State, Spano is moving up to Lincoln next weekend.

My first post for my "Recruiting Roundup" section went down in historic flames with the firing of Bill Callahan. Blaine Gabbert, a highly touted pro style passer (third in the entire country as a matter of fact) who originally committed to the Huskers, defected to Missouri when wind of Callahan's firing was in the works after athletic director Tom Osborne replaced the fired Steve Pederson halfway through the season. This is the most famous of recruits following Callahan and companies advice to "keep their options open." More on some disturbing Callahan news in the coming week.

Losing Gabbert was huge, especially with him jumping state lines to the rival and annual North division opponent Tigers. If Gabbert flourishes in Gary Pinkel's system it could spell trouble for the rest of the North and possibly the entire Big 12. We'll have to wait and see how a 6'5" hurler can do in a system that was put on the map by overachieving 6'0" Chase Daniel this past season.

The Huskers will counter the coup with Spano who is more Joey Ganz than Sam Keller. In an option read and spread style offense, the one new Husker coach Bo Pelini and retained offensive coordinator Shaun Watson will institute, he should be able to develop and succeed if given the proper tools to do so.

Spano was most amazed by the facilities, the sight of Memorial Stadium, the trophies and awards that lined the halls, and the "one of a kind weight room." This will no doubt ruffle the feathers of Boone Pickens, a major player in the money being pumped in to Oklahoma State to entice players like Spano to come to Stillwater and stay away from South rivals Oklahoma and Texas.

Now for some of Spano's vitals. In his final two years at Stephenville, Texas he accounted for nearly 6,000 total yards, threw for 54 touchdowns and ran for 898 yards with an additional 21 trips to the endzone. Spano stands 6'2" and is 202 pounds and runs a 4.7 forty yard dash. Spano passed up offers from not only Oklahoma State but also from TCU, Tulsa and Ole Miss. The young Texan also attracted attention from Oklahoma, Arkansas and Georgia Tech. According to Rivals.com he is ranked seventh in the country for duel threat quarterbacks.

While this isn't a home run (yet) it's definitely some welcome news after members from what was to be a historic recruiting class defected to other teams in the Big 12 and all over the rest of the country. He'll have a year to watch from the sidelines and study under Ganz while he runs the show his senior season. Hopefully in the next two to three years you'll be singing Kody Spano praises while he scores touchdown after touchdown on Saturday.