What's that supposed to mean? Sounds like a back handed compliment.Dials was a walk-on at OSU, but he knew he was getting a scholarship BEFORE he walked on. Technically, yes, he was a walk-on, butin reality, he knew he would have the scholarship before he stepped foot on OSU's campus (or else he wouldn't have gone). I'm guessing that the scholarship wasn't available when he had to commit to O'brien, but O'brien knew it would be before the season started (thus, he couldn't promise it to dials before the other player was out of the picture).