Chongo Kondolo Commits to NU
Nebraska got a nice recruiting boost this afternoon, when Fresno City Community College offensive lineman Chongo Kondolo made a verbal pledge to Nebraska. Kondolo becomes the 23rd member of the 2013 recruiting class for Nebraska, and the fifth offensive lineman in the group (assuming you count long snapper Gabriel Miller in that group). Kondolo is rated as a 3-star prospect by both Rivals and Scout. He has an impressive offer list that includes Florida State, Tennessee and Oklahoma. At 6'4'' and 295 pounds, Kondolo projects as an interior lineman, rather than as a tackle at NU. He will be in the mix at either center or guard next year. He has three years to play two seasons, so a redshirt campaign is not out of the question. But, typically a junior college player is brought in to a program with the idea that they can contribute pretty quickly. From a fan perspective, this young man is already contributing to the "All-Name Team". Can you imagine the joy that many folks would have from yelling "CHONGO" after this young man makes a knock-down block? That makes it a scholarship especially well spent.
2/1/2013
I’m sorry, I just can’t help it - the name Chongo makes me think of Mongo. And, well, Mongo from Blazing Saddles is awesome.
Ladies and gents, the late great Alex Karras - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28khv-BydeY
2/1/2013
Here’s some video that is more on point—Kondolo’s highlights from junior college.
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/773624/highlights/17185373
He primarily played tackle at Fresno, but he’ll move inside for NU. This kid can move people around, folks.
2/2/2013
HUGE PICK UP.. With Him and FInin our Depth on the Oline got better right away.. I still think that even if both of those guys get into the rotation , NU is still going to want at least one of these Freshman in the mix as well.. Because after next year almost all spots on the line are up for grabs and their backups..
Heres to hoping we hold on too HAnnon and add Johnson yet too.. And having Kenvel on campus is a huge plus.. !!
GO BIG RED , Welcome aboard !!
Oldham,SD
2/2/2013
I’m 100% behind stacking up with big uglies. We’ve needed depth on the Oline for like forever.
Hartford SD
2/2/2013
Sweet another pick up from a community college. We are well on are way to beating Wyoming now. Last year it was Green transfering to TCU and now Heard is leaving. What is it going to take for you people to open your eyes and see that Bo and company are destroying Husker football. Just look at Bo’s track reacord (his meltdown at Texas A@M, He trash talks Bill Snyder to the media blaming him for running up the score cause his defence sucked ass, he keeps losing quality players, and he keeps losing the big games do to a weak defence and moronic play calling on offense. Call me a negitive guy if you want, but i’m just seeing reality, and the reality is next year will be more of the same, and probably a little worse.
2/2/2013
Admiral
Go row your boat some where else….
We lost Green and Heard because they wanted more carries.. We already had backs that were taking those carries ( Its called depth, thats a good thing) .. Is losing Braylon a good thing , no , but he wanted carries last year that we couldnt give him..
Meltdown at AM ??..Watch Saban all year long , if they had a camera guy on him all day , hes the same type of coach..
And What kind of man do you have to be to be little a new guy coming in?? The Kids a heck of a talent.. Enough So THAT WE BEAT OKLAHOMA , FLORIDA STATE, N TENNESSEE FOR HIM..
NOT QUITE Wyoming JAck @SS
OH and the other two JUCOS we;ve got .. Also had offers from Oklahoma, Ohio State, Florida State, Arkansas , etc..
If you want to trash talk BO , go ahead , I Think your an idiot but go ahead.. But leave these kids out of your stupidity
Big Apple
2/2/2013
Welcome Chongo Kondolo, Go Big Red!
California
2/2/2013
You nailed it on the assessment, Darren.
This kid has GREAT feet.
California
2/2/2013
Admiral… watch the tape… then STFU.
You are dumber than a box of hair.
California
2/2/2013
Spelling mistakes are one thing, but do you really not know the difference between “are” and “our”? You must have been the admiral of a very short boat.
Hartford SD
2/2/2013
First of all this isnt a spelling b, and all of you will be eatn yours words when next season rolls around.
California
2/3/2013
Nobody said it was a spelling bee… but I am saying that you aren’t very smart.
2/3/2013
If we get Johnson , this will be a great O and D linemen year for the recruiting class. What are we currently ranked anyway? Last time I checked we were #13 on one.
Good class!
Hartford SD
2/3/2013
Im not very smart? You are the one who believes in the make believe.
California
2/3/2013
Wrong, Admiral… I don’t believe in Jesus.
Hartford SD
2/3/2013
All im sayin is that the program is going in the wrong direction, and twato if you dont know what happened at the A@M game, how close do you follow husker football. It was played over and over on espn. Bill K this site has nothin to do with religion dumb ass.
California
2/3/2013
swing and a miss.
Hartford SD
2/3/2013
Im sorry but that makes no sence
California
2/3/2013
Wow. I’m so surprised that it didn’t make “sense” to you.
Hartford SD
2/3/2013
That also makes no sence. What does make sence is that NU use to be the program every hs football player wanted to be in and now its the program good athletes want to leave
California
2/3/2013
The literate version of your post:
“That also doesn’t make any sense. What does make sense is that NU used to be the program every high school football player wanted to join. Now it’s the program that good athletes want to leave.”
See? Not that difficult.
Hartford SD
2/3/2013
Also Bill there are a lot of guys out there that can look really good on tape at a juco football game.
California
2/3/2013
Yeah… Lavonte David’s tape was pretty deceiving, too.
That guy was soooo overrated!
Hartford SD
2/3/2013
You must be on medical marijuana there in Cali
California
2/3/2013
Zing.
2/3/2013
Good pick up! Hopefully they can land a few more without losing anymore.
Bill and Admiral- maybe you guys could swap numbers or something.
California
2/3/2013
Now THAT’S an insult post, Jay.
You are the winner!
2/3/2013
No pun intended.
Hartford SD
2/3/2013
The Huskers are already a joke in the BIG. Look forward to geting beat to teams like the Gophers and Hawkeyes in the next few years cause its gona happen.
Tampa Fl
2/3/2013
Admiral, that was two years ago, while he was only in his 3rd year as head coach, are you really going to hold that over him forever? We have recruits telling the media the reason that they picked NU is because of Bo, and his style of coaching. Someday, all the neigh-sayers are going to have to get over the past.
What exactly tells you that this coming season is going to be so horrible? NU has a great chance of reaching Indy again. Plus, we still have no idea who all will step up this spring. In the bowl game, there was a young kid that was going in and playing DE, he looked pretty sharp then, I wonder how he will be after this spring.
Losing players in today’s world is common. We had a really stacked backfield, and I am surprised that we have kept them all this long. I don’t like losing Heard, but if he can get more playing time then good luck to him. We still have a lot of good running backs.
Stop being negative, and look at the positive side. There are few colleges that have as many wins as we have had over the last 5 years. I would love to see us bring home a championship; so much that I traveled to Indy to watch us get destroyed. But I still had positive inside me to go to the bowl game and watched that team play their @$$ off against a great team in Georgia.
GBR!
California
2/3/2013
We need more fans like ruggerhusker and fewer like Admiral.
2/3/2013
Admiral
The Husker are a joke in the Big Twelve why??? One horrible game vs Wisconsin?? We had to win enough games to get into that Championship game..
In case you haven’t noticed in the last two years we have beat everyteam in the Big Ten that we have played in at least one of our meetings.. ( havent beat Indiana, Purdue, or illinois yet because we havent played them yet) ..
Are we where we want to be yet, no , but we are getting there..
GO BIG RED !! AND IDIOTS LIKE ADMIRAL PLEASE LEAVE NOW, BECAUSE WHEN WE WIN OUR CHAMPIONSHIP I WOULD RATHER YOU NOT BE HANGING ON OUR COAT TAILS
2/3/2013
Dimarya Mixon commited to the Skers ! WElcome to the family.. A little birdy told me he wont be the last .. Congrats on the Decision Mixon and get ready to put on the pads!!
California
2/3/2013
This class just keeps getting better… and anytime we can steal a recruit from Misery it is pretty satisfying.
GO BIG RED!
(Cue Admiral saying he isn’t any good, even though he has a big offer list of good schools).
Hartford SD
2/3/2013
twato the huskers arent in the big 12. They havnt been for two years now, and one bad game. Did you not watch the same season and team i did. The huskers were very lucky not to have a 6 loss season. When a program loses guys like Green and Heard there are major internal problems. Bo didnt evan know Heard was leaving, and i dont blame Heard for leaving. He should have been used more along with Cross.
Hartford SD
2/3/2013
The Huskers should not have evan been in big ten title game, and i think they more then proved that in a big way.
California
2/3/2013
Yeah… nevermind that Green and Heard were both essentially in the same recruiting class as Abdullah and had, for all intents and purposes, realized that they would never be the “featured” back in their stays in Lincoln.
I’d love to know where you think all of these magical carries are supposed to come from. It wasn’t like they were running Abdullah 30 times per game, and with him and a healthy Rex in the mix… did you expect the 3rd and 4th string guys to be getting 10 carriers per game?
Seriously, dude. Either say something remotely intelligent or f f f fade away.
Hartford SD
2/3/2013
You want something intelligent (70 POINTS)
2/3/2013
YEs Admiral I mis typed from accident , too bad your mistakes are ignorance and not accident..
Check out a Roster from schools such as Ohio State, Alabama, Michigan , LSU and tell me that they to dont have kids leaving the program that are promising.. They leave because they realize that playing time will not come as easy to them and they go.. It happens when you have good depth at positions..
How is it that a school such as Alabama can sign 27-30 recruits a year and still maintain them all on scholarhship.. They cant.. Grow up and do your homework..
As for almost losing 6 games, they didnt .. Do they not get any credit for that ??
Also funny how you state we are no longer in the Big Twelve, but in your arguements for how the program are going down you stated that AM game and Kansas State as examples.. If you cant see growth in the program since then you are crazy..
No one here is saying that we are back to the Osborne days but you cant burn a city to the ground (Callahan years) and rebuild it too its greatest days in a short time.. It took the Great Osborne 20 years to get his title, and he was always thrown under the bus from idiots like you for not winning the big game then.. The landscape of college football has changed drastically since then..
But not only do you mock the coach of the school you act to care about ( I really think hes a Misery fan or something) you mock kids that have done nothing to this program but sign on to make it better.. ??
These kids have busted their butts to get offers to schools all over the country and then decide to join us and you mock them.. Does it make you feel like a better man ?? A true man dosnt be little others to make himself feel stronger.. He builds others up..
Kids getting offers from the likes of coachig staffs at Florida State,, Oklahoma, OSU, Nebraska , etc etc shouldnt have to be judged by someone such as yourself..
California
2/3/2013
Well said, Twauto22.
The worst part of guys like Admiral is that they aren’t smart enough to realize that those kids read these sites… especially when articles are written ABOUT THEM.
You have a lot to learn about being a REAL Husker fan, Admiral.
2/3/2013
AS for Heard , I agree it would have been nice to see him and Cross get more carries.. But it would have been nice to see Rex or Abdullah or any of our recievers get more touches as well… We have talent, and a great problem in trying to find ways to get them all as many touches as we can to win games..
NOt enough touches for your talent is a good thing.. Were they not suppose to give REx as many touches at the end of the year?? Or Abdullah.. Did they not earn them as well??
Stop being a couch coach unless you are good enough to be a real coach and get paid by one of these Universities.. Am I saying dont leave your opinion , no .. Thats what these sites are for.. Again if you dont think BO is doing a good job , fine make fun of him .. Be little him if you must he gets paid for it..
But dont trash our players because you werent good enough to play ..
Hartford SD
2/3/2013
It was not my intent to mock any players. Im sorry if it came out like that. I never claimed to be a college football player. I did how ever wrestle in college. I nerver claimed to be a football coach. I am however an mma coach at a gym, and i dont really think i want to be a Husker fan anymore. I would like to be but i find it hard to support a program that supports a coach that would trash talk one of the nations best to the media. Snyder is in the ranks of coaches with TO, and i dont think i want to support a program that accepts the behavior of a head coach who rants and raves at his players when they do something wrong instead of doing his job and (COACH) them so that his guys dont make mistakes, and im tired of buying into the same bs year after year, and its probably not gona matter who the program pics up cause they dont have a coach that will get them to the next level.
California
2/3/2013
There you go!
Leave!
Hartford SD
2/3/2013
No i think ill stick around just for you
2/3/2013
Admiral
That is where my beef with you lies.. If you do not like Pelini fine, but please dont use these players as a means for your dislikes.. Im done with this.
Hartford SD
2/3/2013
Love you too
Big Apple
2/7/2013
Come on , shake your body baby, do the CHONGO
I know you can’t control yourself any longer
Feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger
Don’t you fight it ‘til you tried it, do that CHONGO beat!
Big Apple
2/7/2013
Haha, this Admiral/Bill K thing is funny as hell! Better than a sit com.
2/9/2013
Nu is average its s fact..theyv lost it..just watch them put drake martniez at qb just watch..that family has something on nu cause taylor is not a qb.still has a awful throwing motion..
California
2/9/2013
Drake Martinez didn’t play QB in high school, bud… but don’t let facts stop your uninformed speculation.
Big Apple
2/10/2013
Drake could be a hella RB @ NU, IMHO. Just look at his film.