It is where Pelini scored more than 1,000 points at Cardinal Mooney High School with a left - handed jump shot .
It is the place where Pelini 's football skills caught the recruiting attention of an Ohio State coach named Earle Bruce .
It is where Pelini scored more than 1,000 points at Cardinal Mooney High School with a left - handed jump shot , and it is the place where his football skills caught the recruiting attention of an Ohio State coach named Earle Bruce .