Yeah, I suppose Osborne took his share of heat, too. But in 1978, he had a top 10 product that wasn't overcoming the neighborhood rivals, who were even better. In 1990, Osborne suffered his second finish outside of the Top 10 in a row (and ever), and had just finished ranked #17/24.
Kinda my point. It was a great first few years. But now here we are, Nebraska has languished, the reasons for that are obviously highly debatable, and now those years seem like the salad days. Are better times ahead? Maybe, but a lot of weird hiccups in those two years are now systemic issues that appear to be a trademark of Bo's tenure. It's worth talking about at least as much as how good they could be, because ultimately championship teams don't do what Bo's teams seem to do in the way of ball control and mental discipline.
No. Your point was that Bo had boatloads of talent to work with, that that '07 team just quit (which there was a hell of a lot more to it then that) and to me, that insinuated that Bo didnt have to do much. But you take that train wreck-especially mentally-and immediately turn out a 9 and 10 win season, be seconds away from beating an NC contender in a CCG, shows that Bo really does have the ability. Regardless how stale and stagnant the progress has become over the past 3-4 seasons.
According to several of the players, quitting was the main thing. I remember lots of quotes saying that after the USC game,the coaches seemed to pack it in so they did too.
That'd be 0
That's be zero as well.
It's a problem that Bo hasn't solved yet. As of right now, and next season (since he will be the coach next year, as everyone loves to point out lately), it's squarely his problem.