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If we have a guy (Bo) who can win 9 games in a season where, at times, he and the team go all Keystone Kops on us....I think Meyer will be just fine. He'll just have to play 'Old Man SEC type football' LOL

I kinda see their point in keeping guys fresh, but the common logic around here is that more 1-vs-1 in practice is a good thing, and I've always kind of agreed with that. We'll see how this works out this year. It makes sense, but yeah the first game where there is poor tackling there's going to be a lot of "THEY NEED TO HIT, MAKE PRACTICE WORSE THANTHE GAME LIKE I HEARD JASON PETER SAY," Football can be broken down into 3 things: Tackling. Blocking. Execution. Those who do the first two well will have the third fall right into place. If you aren't tackling some in practice, you will always field a team that doesn't tackle well during games.

Here's a novel idea... How about letting the actual players who have to get themselves up for the game pick the pregame music?

I did some of this last week for the first time. Had to put the results on my Youtube channel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYt_xni8XdU

Just read through it. Hilarious. I wish him the best but I think a lot of people, fair or not, are going to criticize him for the heat he took at Nebraska and they'll say he was only successful at Louisville because of Bridgewater. Horrible hire for TexPN. That being said, I'm definitely going to be tuning in when they play their first big game this year.

Already a @#$@#$ Shawn Watson thread on ShaggyBevo.

ShaggyBevo was on meltdown over there when they saw that one.

LOL...but we all know what he'll REALLY be doing. The epic fail of TexPN has begun, LOL.

Anybody getting the feeling of deja vu when they look at this coaching search and how fubarred it is? I, for one, am enjoying the circus that is Tejas football right now, LOLZ

Also, in the current landscape of college football, you can't be in the NC hunt if you're not in the hunt for your conference's championship.

LOLZ I am sick of these darned zone read BS offenses. Look at teams like LSU, Bammer, Stanford. How do they win football games? Line up and smack a mofo in the mouth until they can stop you. Get 5-6 yards on 1st down. Stay on schedule. Get 3 on 2nd down. Get into 3rd and short at the longest, open up the playbook for play action, screens and draws. Defensively, make the scheme easier for kids to understand and enjoy playing in. Don't put so much pressure on your D tackles. Make football for defensive players what it should be....go get the ball. Plain and simple. you mean use our depth and talent at RB to move the ball in the ground game, instead of the QB? That's crazy talk right thar'. This should be what defense is about (LOL):

Meaning what exactly? Meaning NU fans can be a fickle bunch and expect the team to win a MNC every damn year. If there's one thing I've learned over the years, Huskers fans can be a bunch of whiny-ass babies if things don't go the way they want them to go. I don't think the true Husker fan thinks they can win a national championship each year. I'm sick of hearing that line of poo. Only Bammer fans think that way. :-) BUT I think ALLLLLLL Husker fans want them to be in the running for a conference championship each SEASON...and that's a goal that Bo HIMSELF stated was their first and foremost goal in the conference each year. So, let's do the math: Played in 3 conference championship games. 0-3 (0-2 in the Big XII, 0-1 in the B1G). Ask CFB HOF head coach John Cooper what happens when expectations aren't met....

How about running an offense that isn't built solely around your QB's physical and decision making skills? Then, when the guy gets hurt, you don't have a huge drop off in production from your offense? Or, even better, how about running an offense that requires an actual QUARTERBACK? One that is a QB first, elusive second, and mobile third? Makes sense to me, at least.

A true Husker fan knows that football exists outside of the 77,355 square miles that is the state of Nebraska. This makes them a football fan first. :-)

If you think we're a bad or difficult fan base to deal with... Take a look at this article. Keep in mind: Saban has gone 74-14 in seven seasons at Alabama. Saban has won three Crystal Waterford Footballs at Alabama. Saban has lost eight games in SIX YEARS at Alabama.

Here's the way I see this. And many may or may not agree with me, but here goes. Fans that go to the game and pony up money for single game tickets. Fans that are season ticket holders that donate money PLUS get the season tickets. Fans that pay subscription fees to BTN and ESPN watch games online. No matter what we say or think....college football isn't what it used to be. We need to get out of the box that we're all in. College football is no longer just a game. It IS a business. It's a business where, in Lincoln, on Saturdays during the season, 90,000+ people are share holders in said business. And those shareholders want to see a good ROI in that business. If you want to know when the business is suffering - all you need to do is look at the stands. 4th quarter of the game on Friday. Look at the additional seats that were empty. That's $$$ not coming into the school through vendors and sales. Listen, I'm a trustee at my church here in Omaha. We have people that say, "Well, the church is a church, it's not a business." That's not how the world sees churches any longer. We pay taxes, we are also 501©3 as well. There's things we need to show the state on the business side. Why are teams like Baylor and Oregon doing better? Because they embraced the business side and are SELLING their program to kids and parents as such. The head coach is only part of the solution. We have other problems down in Lincoln right now that need to be solved.

Coach Tressel is under a show-cause, so that isn't gonna happen anytime soon. Your comment about him not being able to recruit - he recruited the majority of the guys that urban Meyer has gone undefeated with the last two years. Petrino could do it. Everybody would just need to watch their co-eds. Kiffin and Turner. No way. Nuh uh. Frost? Borderline, cause I've seen what has happened the last 3 - 4 weeks with his offenses up in Eugene. If we get an offensive minded coach here, we need to have a guy who will re-establish some darned toughness on the offensive side of the ball. Some smack-you-in-the-mouth-and-you-know-it's-coming-but-you-can't-stop-it type football. Brent Venables, not seeing, Mark Richt - no way. He's the Bo Pelini of the south, just nicer. Did you see what happened to Georgia this year? They had it worse than we did with injuries (hell, they lost Aaron Murray to a torn ACL in the last GAME of his Georgia career).

For all the folks that are talking about Bo winning 9 games in 5 years (possible to win a ninth this year), and how it's just unthinkable to fire a guy after winning that many games in his coaching career....there is a precedent set on this that has nothing to do with Frank Solich, nor the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Look at one John Cooper. Hall of fame head coach. Coach Cooper went 111-43-4 as the Buckeyes head man, winning over 70% of his games. He had two non bowl years in 1988 (4-6-1) and 1999 (6-6). In 1990, they went 7-4-1 and lost in the Liberty Bowl. All other years he was the head man at The Ohio State University? No less than 8 wins in a season. In his final year, he went 8-4 and got FIRED. Why? He went 2-10-1 against Michigan. Don't tell me that you can't fire a guy after he wins so many games. John Cooper is in the CFB Hall of Fame. And he never played for a national championship. He did win the B1G 3 times in his 13 seasons, so he's past Bo on that one. Each school and fan base has different expectations. I DO know, and would think, however, that for the team that is fourth all time in CFB wins in the HISTORY of the sport that we do take winning seriously. The irony of this entire thread? John Cooper coached one Mark "Bo" Pelini in his Senior year (the team that went 4-6-1).

NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. There's a reason Craig Bohl is a good FCS coach. Some guy named James Tressel would beg to differ with your opinion, sir. You do know that Jim Tressel actually had success on a FBS level, right? You're confusing me. Jim Tressel was the head coach at Youngstown State (FCS). He won four championships at that level. He replaced John Cooper at Ohio State. Won a national championship, played in two others (total of 8 BCS games). What am I missing from your argument? Ironically, John Cooper went 4-6-1 in his first season, 7-4-1 in 1990, and 6-6 in his 2nd to last season. All other seasons? won more than 8 games in a season. He coached some guy named Mark Pelini, I believe...

NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. There's a reason Craig Bohl is a good FCS coach. Some guy named James Tressel would beg to differ with your opinion, sir.

#1 - The nine wins argument meant something when teams were only playing 10-11 games a season. Most teams play 13-14 games a season now, including championship games. #2 - Kirby Smart of Alabama is a pretty smart guy. Doug Nussmeier of Bama is too. There is Scott Frost (longshot IMHO), Chad Morris of Clemson. At the NFL level (all longshots), you've got Bill Cowher (don't laugh, the guy is a hard nosed FB coach), Jon Gruden. The obvious grab would be Craig Bohl from ND State up north. The guy is from Lincoln, played at Lincoln, used to coach at Lincoln, understands the mindset of fans in Nebraska. Doesn't hurt that the guy is a pretty damn good head coach where he is right now, with hard nosed football on both sides of the ball. Did I mention that the guy has won 2 nattys at the FCS level, is 11-0 right now, has a 39-2 record since 2011, and has won over 75% of his games in 11 years as the HC?

I thought someone was gonna throw out the pimp's prayer...

why not? and if you are going to let him coach here, you should let him run his team the way he sees fit. Looking at the 7 millie buyout plus all the assistants that would probably be replaced as well. That and the new salaries for a new HC and staff. It's more than 3 mill a year, just sayin.

if eichorst does not have a list of potential replacement coaches at all times, he is not doing his job. and if bo stays, i am thinking he has not been doing his job. You can't fire the guy now. You CAN force him to make staff changes. The staff needs to make some kind of change here, otherwise, in another years' time, we'll be revisiting the same crap.