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Didn't Tom's wife ask him to stop coaching as well? I remember TO saying something to that effect? Anyone remember? As far as indiscretions, I heard several ugly things at the time as well. But I blame Pedersen. I will always support the contention that had Frank been given one more year, and it was an awful one, then there would've been stronger grounds to dismiss him. Again, to me it was the WAY that Pedersen fired him. I would've rather heard that Frank had 'retired' or decided to resign instead of being 'fired'. I know that's just semantics but I think it would've set better with many fans, myself included. He just didn't deserve to be treated that way. (I'll get off my soapbox now.)

To play football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

I think this belongs under this thread title.

The worse a DB's stats are...the better he might be. (I feel like Dalton from Road House)

Well that sucks, but he's gotta do what feels right for him. He's a young guy with a lot ahead of him.

Well, California has a very large economy, so debt numbers will always seem high without context. For example, California's combined state and local debt is $426.1 billion and their Gross State Product (GSP, equivalent to gross domestic product for a country) is $2847.6 billion, which gives a debt-to-income ratio of 15.0%. In comparison, Nebraska has a combined state and local debt of only $18.9 billion and GSP of $122.9 billion, which gives a debt-to-income ratio of 15.4%. So California and Nebraska have about the same debt burden when you account for the size of their economies. And if you want to compare per capita, California has 39.8 million people for $10953.73 debt per person; while Nebraska has 1.9 million people for $9947.37 debt per person. Or about $1000 more person for California, which doesn't seem like a whole lot.

That’s a blow to the OL for sure. They were clearly better when Decker was at center last year. Had to have been a hard decision for him. Best of luck to him.

Here are the things I know. TO did promise Solich the job so he did feel obligated to retire at the end of 97 season to make way for him. TO also felt he owed it to his wife to slow down and give her more attention. He also thought his health was failing after the few scares he had with his heart. Which as we know is not true. He really wasn't that old, he was 60 when he retired. Solich is 73 right now and still coaching. I think TO did regret retiring. He is a type A personality, he got board, why do you think he ran for congress? Why do you think he readily came back and took over being AD for what 5 years? He likes to be busy. I think he would have liked to have coached another 5-6 years minimum. As far as Solich's indiscretions where there is smoke their is usually fire. There is probably some truth to things. Pederson and Solich didn't like each other when they were underlings so it was a bad mix when Pederson was hired.

Definitely did for the 300th sellout.

lol....i know it's fake....but still lol

https://amp.freep.com/amp/621590002 Interesting article here. It is about Cannabis legalization efforts in Michigan and an anti-cannabis group who is now asking the state legislator to legalize. Why you may ask? They are pushing their republican state legislator to legalize cannabis so less voters turn out at midterms to vote Dem. If a bill is not passed by midterm and it goes to a ballot initiative the group will then oppose legalization. A great example of how politically motivated groups are willing to flip flop on any issue to maintain control.

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Still the best summary of the America's gun control debate (or lack thereof): Ever since then, I watch each one of these tragedies as someone who supports moderate gun control efforts to at least stem the tide of dead children and have to just shrug. The problem is there is no amount of gun control that's acceptable to gun enthusiasts & gun rights folks, so what are the rest of us to do? The structure of the House ensures they have more representation that won't budge.

My favorite win of the Pelini era (maybe not his best, but) was the 2014 win over Georgia in the Gator Bowl. When you live in the South, you are constantly hammered with SEC talk. The 99 yard Armstrong pass to Q was just fantastic. I can’t begin to tell you how satisfying that win was!

I'd take the Pelini's passion over the Mike Riley blank stare at his feet with his hands in his pocket.

Former Notre Dame cornerback Nick Watkins is transferring and considering Nebraska. He has visited West Virginia and has visits set up to Houston, SMU and TCU. He's also considering Oklahoma State but doesn't have a visit set. Same high school as current Husker DL Damion Daniels.

Was Solich the reason Osborne retired early? I believe from what I have read a while back, Solich wanted to pursue a head coach position, but Osborne saw him as his successor so he told Solich he would retire in 5 years and make way for Solich to take over the program (this was around 1991, I believe). Osborne has stated before that he could have kept on coaching and did indeed miss coaching in the years following his retirement. So if Solich had been content to stay as running backs coach, then would Osborne have still retired in 1997 or would he have continued on for at least a few more years (and perhaps more championships)? Does anyone know how exactly this went down? In a sense, is Solich the reason TO retired (way too early, in my opinion) from coaching? Also, I have read many suggest transgressions on Solich's part when he got fired. I was not up on the day to day going-ons with NU at that time. What all did he do off-the-field that was problematic? I have no ill-feeling towards Solich as I can definitely appreciate all that he did for NU as a player and assistant and head coach. But I am genuinely curious about the above two things.

You seem Fair-ly certain.

yes

Not really. We now have no freshmen - unless Jurgens moves to ILB. We have Pernell Jefferson and Avery Roberts as sophomores that I know of. Which is to say that's what they played last year. It's possible there could be some shuffling. But we'll need a couple ILBs in this next class now.

Are stacked in the younger classes? Honest question. I think we are pretty good with our top 3, but they are also JR's/SR. Edit: Do we even have any scholly ILB underclassmen besides Hampton/Roberts?

So.......Farmer to center then?

I guess he never heard of Husker’s ladies bowling. Probably the most dominant college athletics program of all time. But Disco was better.

We will be much better with Cavanaugh gone regardless.

Standings have been updated @Young Grand Island Husker has the early lead with 41

a day that will forever live in my own personal infamy. We got a freak snowstorm, and we were without power for a week after. Our power went out during that game and I had to go out to my car and finish the game via radio. We've since installed a whole home generator because, it's just so uncool not to be able to see the Huskers play on tv. Oh, and having running water is nice, too.

He was a good coach but not a good recruiter. The 7 loss season along with Pederson is what did him in. The next season the Huskers appeared to be moving in the right direction again (10 - 3 that year) after replacing a bunch of the staff from the 7 - 7 season and he should never have been fired at that point. The three losses were lopsided and certainly didn't help matters but I still believe the team was making progress. As for the improprieties, I don't know, heard some rumors and there may have been a drinking issue (DUI at Ohio). Pederson was the bigger problem in my opinion, he wanted to turn Nebraska football into something it was not and it turned into a disaster. He's had some good, not great seasons at Ohio but then again, it is Ohio and not Ohio State.

thanks. that's it. i remember the crowd giving a nice cheer when Frank was on the screen.

On top of that, none of those three have proven anything.

Yeah, we could actually probably use 2 Grad Transfer CB’s probably. Lamar Jackson Eric Lee DeCaprio Bootle thats about where the depth chart ends Itd be really good if we could land a class at CB like we had “committed” last year. Probably need 4 CB’s in this class.

FIFY

Let's not leave out perhaps the most significant contributor......a retired chancellor.

Good visit. Got the tour from Frost, Chinander and Ruud. Likes the coaches. He said he sees himself more as a 4-3 MIKE but liked how they showed him he'd be used in our defense. Planning to return for an OV for the Colorado game.

I think that many people thought it was time for a change but the way Frank was kicked to the curb was just cold, especially since he did what the administration had asked him to do. That’s no way to treat someone who had given so much to the program. Frank was one of us. He deserved to at least go with some dignity. Do you think he got a fair shake? Maybe he wasn’t going to be a great coach but I would have liked to have seen him given a fair chance.

This was a hot topic on 1620 the Zone both during Sharp & Benning as well as Nick Bahe's (sp?) show. If you look at Frank's record in the 6 seasons he was here-Wow. Pretty darn good: He won the division three times, went to a national championship, won a conference championship, and coached a Heisman Trophy winner. His poorest season was 7-7 AND HE WAS FIRED? I remember hearing that Pederson (Pedersen) contacted Urban Meyer to offer him the Nebraska job and Meyer said, 'No way! You fired a coach who averaged at least 9 wins a season and you fired him?' That whole deal set a precedent in college football and was the undoing of Nebraska. I hope Frank can come back and can be recognized for the good things he did for Nebraska. He played here, he was an assistant coach for 19 years and coached here for 6 years. He deserves a little love in my opinion. (Yeah, I know there were other things going on that went towards Frank's demise but come on! He did everything Pedersen asked and was still kicked to the curb! Poor form!)

The energy bus/vampire thing that SE preached is something I have witnessed. My second job as a teacher, my Principle/Superintendent was an energy vampire. He was an ass and his method of keeping things in his control was to keep everyone on pins and needles all the time. He would literally scream at people about insignificant things. Everyone walked around looking over their shoulder. Luckily he took a new job after my first year there. Ironically he played football at Nebraska under TO. SE big problem IMO was that he was out of his depth. He was a freaking pencil pushing lawyer. I am sure Barry Alverez loved him as an Assistant AD because he was good at all the stupid administrative stuff that needs to get done that he didn't like doing. It doesn't make you a leader though, it makes you a good accountant. To be a good AD you have to be a people person first and foremost. You have to be able schmooze people. Deveney , Bill B, and Moos all have that. TO doesn't that is why I don't think he was as good, but TO had the other element of a good AD. He knew athletics and knew what was necessary to have winning programs. BD, BB and Moos all know/knew sports and understood that. SE is an accountant. Back to the OP, it is so hard to say what the worst loss is, so many have so much merit for the title. I am going with Minnesota last year, for the simple reason I shut the game off about halfway through the 3rd q. The team quit and and got stomped by a team that was terrible.

2009 Oklahoma was one of the best and loudest games I've been to. Honorable mention to 2013 win at the big house. One of the few times in Pelini's latter years where Nebraska overcame adversity, and didn't melt down.

That would make a good phone background

Thats fair. But its also fair to not micro manage every step they take along the way. They have proven they can turn a program around in short order- UCF is the proof. But we cant expect the first year of recruiting to be on par with Alabama and Ohio State type programs. I know where Nebraska should be, I think all Husker fans do. Its right next to those programs- we are a blue blood and should be at the top with the rest of those teams. But the sad reality for the last 15 years we have been irrelevant and unfortunately the laughing stock of the Big 10. All those years of Husker Nation looking down their noses at the big ten, mocking them with the rest of the country. It was a perfect storm for us to join the big ten while we were down and heading further down, because it gave them bragging rights to smack us around the last however many years. I hate it. Being irrelevant that long on the national stage makes it hard to pull in top notch kids when this staff has not even coached 1 game yet. I think interest is peaked, and people are taking notice. Putting us in top 10 lists etc. But I dont see them picking Nebraska until they see results. Look at Riley- he was getting alot of interest and had people believing he was building something special. But after awhile the kids said show me- we couldnt. I think Frost will show them and then they will come. I will now quote "field of dreams" "build it and they will come"

Watched a few docs. this weekend: Newton- Aftermath of the Sandyhook shooting. It didnt really focus on the events that happened but more on how the town was coping. They didnt mention the shooters name once. It was more about how do families cope with a tragedy of this level. Longshot- A quick 40 minute doc that I wont ruin by sharing too much but it is pretty interesting and terrifying look in to how quickly you can have your life turned upside down. Evil Genius: The true story of Americas most diabolical bank heist- I couldn't stop watching this (i think) 5 part series. Pretty sad and truly dont get a ton of answers. Lots of speculation and some people claiming this or that, but just a sad series with a lot of very un-likable characters. I also watched both Ali Wong(comedian) stand up specials. Very raunchy but as a somewhat newish parent, I could relate.

Best win: getting Frost. /end thread.

True, maybe there is hope for it yet.