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Article: Juco Haines brings West Coast experience to NU tackle
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- March 29, 2006
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Joe Bonge
University Wire
03-29-2006
(Daily Nebraskan) (CSTV U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- Victory Haines always had been a Los Angeles Raiders fan.
So when former Raiders Coach Bill Callahan and his staff at Nebraska offered the 6-foot-7-inch, 285-pound offensive tackle from Ephraim, Utah, a scholarship, the decision he was faced with was easy.
"This is where football is big," Haines said. "Plus, it's closer to home than some of the others, and it's a winning program. I was a huge Raiders fan growing up, too."
Coming out of Snow (Utah) Junior College, Haines turned down offers from Duke, Hawaii, New Mexico and Illinois to play for NU.
Haines built a foundation playing in a West Coast offense in ...