Another Roard heads for Lincoln

There's good news this morning for the Husker football team. According to the Omaha World Herald Chad Roark, the younger brother of current Husker player Craig Roark, will be leaving the University of Oklahoma at the end of this semester and transferring to Nebraska. Chad Roark was an early enrollee at Oklahoma joining the team this Spring and playing the center position. Apparently things didn't work out too well at Oklahoma so the younger Roark decided to join his brother in Lincoln. Chad Roark will move to Lincoln in the Fall but will have to sit out the year and lose one year of eligibility. He will be a sophomore for 2007.

Head Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops granted Chad Roark a release from his scholarship with the stipulation that Roark cannot publically reveal the reason why he decided to leave Oklahoma. Some Internet message board rumors suggested that Roark did not get along with his position coach at Oklahoma. Whatever the reason for his departure, Nebraska can use another center prospect on the offensive line. Brother Craig Roark originally came to Nebraska as a center but switched over to the defensive line this Spring. It now raises the interesting possibility that the Roark brothers could be facing off against each other in future team practice sessions.

Click Here to read the Omaha World Herald article on Chad Roark (free registration required to read the article).

P.S. Other sources indicate that Chad Roark's transfer to Nebraska may not be a "done" deal yet so we will have to wait and see what happens after the end of the school year.

Go Big Red,

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