He came to Nebraska because of a football scholarship and the desire for a college education, having turned down – six months shy of turning 16 – a tempting baseball offer with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Yet throughout the four years that Dennis Korinek played halfback for coach Bill Glassford, and alongside the great Bobby Reynolds, he always loved baseball the most.
A story from the spring of Korinek’s sophomore baseball season helps illustrate his preference.
Korinek had participated in spring football practices the previous year and missed too many baseball games for his liking. So this time, he aimed to stick with baseball and bow out of spring football.