Polarhusker

Agree, he's put a lot of time and sweat into this program.

love how positive you are all the time

Are you kidding me? Dude, a little reality check here! Pelini hires? John Papuchis as defensive coordinator? Hell he could not even coach the special teams. Just look at the bowl game, (essentially, those were his guys), a missed extra point (resulting in a two point swing for the opponent), a long kick off return, and a missed field goal. Also, what about our receivers coach, Rich Fisher? What the hell is it that NU cannot catch and hold on to a pass? Marlow's dropped ball ring a bell? Something has been critically missing in the receiving corps the last couple of years under Pelini's hires. Moving your receivers coach to a position, (running backs coach), who has never coached that position before? What the hell is up with that? All these things are meaningful, substantiated, and related to winning the damned game. Pelini's hires? And, this does not even address the ineptness of Barney Cotton as the Offensive Line coach. They are weak at best. You can say that all you want but give me any sort of evidence that Bo surrounds himself with yes men. Until then I will believe and defend the idea that Bo and Tom Osborne are taking this program in the direction they want to take it. You can't say, well he hired this guy instead of this other "more qualified" guy because he just wants to control every part of the team without any questioning. Those two things completely unrelated. More so, in your quest to prove to me that Bo Pelini hires only yes men, you took results on the field and used that as evidence. I'm sorry, but whenever you try to use stuff that happens on the field and try to accredit to the "Bo Pelini yes men" idea, you're not doing a good job proving your point. My point is simple. Pelini hired below average coaches. We have poor assistant position coaches and poor talent. Why do you think he hired these folks? They are his "yes men". Stuff that happens on the field is evidence of poor coaching. Penalties, missed blocks, lack of concentration, dropped balls, fumbles, all of this is lack of detail by coaching and execution of inferior athletes. Oh please explain this to me. pass your knowledge on to us. so we can see the light.

funny how the cottons contribute to the program but you don't. nice job

what???? :confucius

I will agree with you, he could be a great motivator for what he's gone through. He could easily talk about what it was like playing for NU but that would mean he would need to curve his personal opinion about the state of the program now. I don't think he's capable of doing that. He runs his mouth because radio allows him too.

No. It's been 15+ years. times have changed. the only people that care are the one's that remember the title run.

I would. The only people that care are the one's that watched him when he played. My guess is the young men now, days don't care. hell they where only 2 - 5 at the time.

Good thing we only played 13 this year. Banana Man, take it away! now that made me laugh.

After the game, does it really matter what Taylor did. The season over. Myself I would rather spend time with my family/friends or GF also. I live up in Oregon and they had coverage of the Ducks coming home from the Rose bowl. their was only a handful of coaches/player that got of the bus. All the rest left with friend/family or whatever. So I don't see it as a big deal. But I'm sure several on here will make it a big deal.

isn't he the player that got banned from pro-try outs his senior year because of something stupid he did and then tried to make nice with the coaches several years back????????

I do believe they are saying 3-9 next year because we have Bo as the HC and our players suck.

Meh, Devaney should explain what he was thinking with that Osborne guy in the first place. God must answer for this. Why isnt he being questioned? He's out of the office working with Tebow. And he is going to be out of the office for a long, long time. So stop your praying now, he can't hear yours over Tebow's. alright you lost me on this one. My quote was way well over your head.

I would like to say this. even thought I don't care for what he has to say about NU football, I will congratulate him on getting cleaned up and staying clean.

That's some mighty twisted logic my friend. J. Peter fully 100% "earned" his right to critique the Big Red Machine anyway he sees fit by being an actual starting player who excelled greatly at NU. I won't continue with this because I know that you know this is true. That he screwed up later in life (just like zillions of other people do in this hopelessly crazy world) doesn't mean he wasn't a first-hand contributer to our program in a big way. Far, far more than internet posters who have never played a single snap of cfb at NU (including myself). You could say it's a matter of respect. He did his time on the front line, had great success and never backed down. To me, that's worth a lot. I think it is to you too. I’ve been on both sides of this argument. I used to think that former players earned the right to say anything they want and their comments carry more weight because they were a part of the program. Then for a while I was of the opinion that former players are just that: former players. They’re just fans now like the rest of us. And shouldn’t have any more pull than you, me, or the posters in this thread. But now I’ve reached the conclusion that neither of my previous views is entirely correct. Former players, like Jason Peter, aren’t ordinary fans. They were our heroes. Some still are. They have a public forum and people listen to them. And they know a LOT more about football than your average Joe fan like me. The problem is, former players often want things to be done as they were back in the day—back during their own glory days. This would be fine and nice, except the rest of college football has moved on. What worked in 1995 won’t necessarily work well today. On defense or offense. Players are stronger and faster now. Schemes are more sophisticated. So I guess what I’m saying is this: When a guy like Jason Peter speaks, I listen. But I take it with a grain of salt. Good Post. I can't take what JP says seriously about anything. Time has passed him by. well, at least he damn sure knows what it takes to be a winner at NU.........been there, done that. hay, if want to hang onto every word he has to say, knock yourself out. regardless if he played for NU 15+ years ago or not. I don't care for what he has to say.

Your boss f'd your Raiders for more than one year and he continued to do it after BC left.

By that logic I could say his opinion means squat because he was a junkie. That's some mighty twisted logic my friend. J. Peter fully 100% "earned" his right to critique the Big Red Machine anyway he sees fit by being an actual starting player who excelled greatly at NU. I won't continue with this because I know that you know this is true. That he screwed up later in life (just like zillions of other people do in this hopelessly crazy world) doesn't mean he wasn't a first-hand contributer to our program in a big way. Far, far more than internet posters who have never played a single snap of cfb at NU (including myself). You could say it's a matter of respect. He did his time on the front line, had great success and never backed down. To me, that's worth a lot. I think it is to you too. I’ve been on both sides of this argument. I used to think that former players earned the right to say anything they want and their comments carry more weight because they were a part of the program. Then for a while I was of the opinion that former players are just that: former players. They’re just fans now like the rest of us. And shouldn’t have any more pull than you, me, or the posters in this thread. But now I’ve reached the conclusion that neither of my previous views is entirely correct. Former players, like Jason Peter, aren’t ordinary fans. They were our heroes. Some still are. They have a public forum and people listen to them. And they know a LOT more about football than your average Joe fan like me. The problem is, former players often want things to be done as they were back in the day—back during their own glory days. This would be fine and nice, except the rest of college football has moved on. What worked in 1995 won’t necessarily work well today. On defense or offense. Players are stronger and faster now. Schemes are more sophisticated. So I guess what I’m saying is this: When a guy like Jason Peter speaks, I listen. But I take it with a grain of salt. Good Post. I can't take what JP says seriously about anything. Time has passed him by.

This is funny. an ultimatum from a fan. I'm sure he's concerned now.

These are all players that Bo and his staff (minus Raymond and Fisher) recruited. Basically by coming out and saying the talent isn’t there is saying, that until Raymond got here, the staff wasn’t doing its jobs as recruiter and/or talent developers but now that he is here it is all going to change. So pretty much he called out his boss and fellow coaches as well as the players. This is an issue that Bo will definitely have to address this offseason, and very soon. No matter how good a coach or recruiter Corey Raymond is, Bo CANNOT allow one of his own coaches to be insubordinate. You are exactly right, Raymond basically called out his boss and fellow coaches as well as the players that were recruited by those coaches. It showed a lack of class by Coach Raymond to throw his current players under the bus at the end of the season after he had worked with them all year. I expect in the next week or so we will see an apology statement by Coach Raymond about his remarks. If we don't, as a Husker fan I will be very disappointed. i agree, Raymond just sh#t in his mess kit and by now he regrets it i am sure. Don't agree with you. what a surprise! After thinking about it. we should just hug them and pat them on the ass and say everything if alright. Nawwww. as young adults let them be accountable for their play. Tuff love.

Tell me what you would do, since you seam to know so much about the game. I have no clue what to do. just looking for an expert opinion.

You're calling other fans pretentious while you completely discount his opinion because he's a former drug addict? Hmm. I don't discount his opinion. Just pointing out the blatant irony in Jason Peter telling people they should behave themselves. agree.

I saw that show on BTN. During the episode, the reporter asked Bo a question about his Father and something about what he remembered about him or something, I don't remember the exact question. Bo went on to answer the question by saying that his Father fought in WWII and Bo thought, I repeat THOUGHT he had fought in the Battle of the Bulge. The Battle of the Bulge was the largest and probably worst battle in all of WWII. You either KNOW your Father fought in it or you don't. Bo was simply making up random BS that sounded good. I thought Bo Pelini was an idiot after watching that show. Not to derail the thread, but what??? My grandfather fought in World War II, and he never talks about the war. I remember asking my dad - "Dad, do you know what battles grandpa fought in the war?" to which my dad replied he never really asked and grandpa never really talked about it. Harping on Pelini for not knowing his father's World War II history is a complete BS thing to criticize Pelini for. Some people just didn't and still don't talk about it. My dad knows very little about my grandpa's war history - that doesn't make him a bad person. A lot of vets don't want to think about it. Some things are best left unsaid. God bless them all.

Great Post. from one Vet to another Thank You.

BS. He failed after collage and became nothing more than an addict. I will give him a pat on the back for getting cleaned up, but as far as his commits on NU football he's nothing more than a narrow minded idiot. He's not capable of getting out of the 90's.

That's a little harsh.