Posted on 08/06/2006 6:13:05 PM PDT by MikefromOhio
LINCOLN, Neb. -- The mother of Nebraska backup quarterback Harrison Beck said her son, who skipped practice Saturday, is disgruntled with the amount of work he has received the first few days of preseason camp.
Evelyn Beck-Bothwell told the Lincoln Journal Star on Saturday night that Beck sent her a text message that read: "I'm safe."
Coach Bill Callahan said after practice that he didn't know Beck's whereabouts and that he was concerned about him.
"We contacted his parents," Callahan said. "He didn't arrive for afternoon meetings, so we are concerned. We are trying to contact him at the moment."
Callahan said Beck was at meetings in the morning, but didn't return after lunch.
"I talked to the players about it, and it really came as a surprise to all of us," Callahan said.
The Associated Press couldn't reach Beck or Beck-Bothwell for comment. A phone message left for Beck's high school coach, John Davis of Countryside High in Clearwater, Fla., was not immediately returned.
Beck-Bothwell told the Journal Star that her son was upset because Joe Ganz was receiving more practice repetitions behind starter Zac Taylor.
"Maybe if he would have stayed in the SEC, he would've been playing," Beck-Bothwell said. "Maybe he made the wrong decision. He knows that playbook. It's just an issue of not getting respect from the older players."
Running back Cody Glenn told reporters last week that older players on the team chided Beck last spring for not taking football seriously enough.
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Geez hes only a sophomore...Chances are ,unless its a weak program, he would still be a backup QB....darn blue chippers.
yeah exactly....
the only school in the SEC were he'd probably be starting is Vanderbilt and MAYBE South Carolina (you can never tell with Spurrier)....
I agree that his career at Nebraska is finished. Wait til mom finds something to publicly complain about at his new school, though. I say those are both safe bets.
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