Born N Bled Red

I'd say the records below indicate that Nebraska is, and continues to be a place where success can and should be reached and expected. I believe what changes is what is perceived as success. Looking at the records of any of the coaches below not named Osborn or Devaney, would you call any of them historical failures? The truth of that matter is, winning 70% of your games is a hell of an accomplishment for a head coach. A coach that can consistently do that will have some up years and some down years, but those up years, what a ride! Bo Pelini- 1st time head coach - record 56 - 23 Frank Solich - 1st time head coach - 58-19 Tom Osborn- 1st time head coach - 255-49-3 Walter Booth - 1st time head coach - 53-8-2 Eddie Robinson - 1st time head coach - 11-4-1 Bob Devaney - 101-20 - 2 Dana Bible 50-15-7 Earnest Bearg - 23-7-3 Fred Dawson - 23-7-2 EJ Stewart - 11-4 Ewald Steihm - 35-2-3 W.C. Cole - 25-8-3 Frank Crawford - 10-4-1 Fielding Yost - 8-3

I keep hearing from those who believe that staff changes need to be made, that Nebraska is a destination job, not a proving ground. Out of curiosity I looked into the head coaching history of Nebraska- for the last 40 years, Nebraska has been coached by a 1st time collegiate head coach. The only one in that time frame with head coaching experience prior to being HC at Nebraska was Bill Callahan- 2 years w/ the Raiders. Bob Devaney is the only non-1st time collegiate head coach since Bill Glassford in 1955. Historically- Nebraska has had 16 1st time head coaches their combined record 504-209- 8--- 69.9% winning percentage- of course much of that credit goes to Dr. Tom with more than half of those wins. Nebraska has had 15 non- first time collegiate head coaches with Bob Devaney being the last. Their combined record, 367-145- 21 for a 68.8% winning percentage. Bob Devaney has nearly 1/3 of those wins. What I think this shows, 1 Nebraska is not a "destination" where Big time head coaches come to finish out their career. Hiring Devaney from Wyoming is the biggest name hire we've made. We have not hired a coach from another "BCS" school in 70ish years. 2. Hiring a coach with or without headcoaching experience is a wash. It's about hiring the right coach. Just because someone has done it before does not guarantee them success. Bo Pelini- 1st time head coach - record 56 - 23 Bill Callahan - 1st time college head coach - 27-22 Frank Solich - 1st time head coach - 58-19 Tom Osborn- 1st time head coach - 255-49-3 Bill Jennings - 1st time head coach - 15-34-1 Pete Elliot - 1st time head coach - 4-6 Bernie Masterson - 1st time head coach - 5-13 Adolph Lewanski - 1st time head coach - 4-12 Glen Presnell - 1st time head coach - 3-7 Walter Booth - 1st time head coach - 53-8-2 Alonzo Branch - 1st time head coach - 2-7-1 Eddie Robinson - 1st time head coach - 11-4-1 Charles Thomas - 1st time head coach - 6-3 JS Williams - 1st time head coach - 1-0 TU Lyman- 1st time head coach - 2-2 Langdon Frothingham- 1st time head coach - 2-0 Bob Devaney - 101-20 - 2 Bill Glassford - 31- 35- 3 George Clark - 6-13 Biff Jones - 28-14-4 Dana Bible 50-15-7 Earnest Bearg - 23-7-3 Fred Dawson - 23-7-2 Henry Schulte- 8-6-3 William Kline - 2-3-1 EJ Stewart - 11-4 Ewald Steihm - 35-2-3 W.C. Cole - 25-8-3 Amos Foster -6-4 Frank Crawford - 10-4-1 Fielding Yost - 8-3

Recovered, only caused 2.

Here comes the "fire the coaches DERP." They didn't fumble, throw the pick, or muff a punt, or injure half the starting offense. Suck it up, it was a hard fought loss.

They still haven't beat us. Our offense beat our defense. Probably woulda won with Kellogg at qb for the 4th quarter. Que Sera...

If that's the case, do we use them?

I thought these were illegal, can someone enlighten me? On the big Mich St. Pass play in the early 4th, the ref watched Baptist get picked off his coverage. Is this just not enforced or am I mistaken?

It's not only the muffing did you even read the post? "the week before and all season it has cost us yardage. It's a joke! And a terrible use of a potential game changing play, it puts us on the defensive and gives the game changing opportunity away to the other team." The lost potential yardage, and the forfeiture of a game changing play to the other team is a BAD STRATEGY period.

They scored a td off it, I'd say it hurt pretty bad dude, especially in a tight game... what kind of argument is that? And last week they scored a field goal off the same thing, and the week before and all season it has cost us yardage. It's a joke! And a terrible use of a potential game changing play, it puts us on the defensive and gives the game changing opportunity away to the other team.

If this was the only game it has hurt us, I'd agree...

I swear to god I hate the safe punt return, which seems to be our only punt return. It is the ugliest, most dysfunctional chicken crap way to field a punt ever. Also Westercamp needs to learn to fair catch!

We're also an average, unranked football team, so I don't know that any of that really matters or proves anything. You probably also thought this last year too, when we took on Georgia, who was "5 yards from playing for the national championship," and gave them a full four quarter game. Did we lose, yes, but we more than held our own. If not for that hail mary to end the first half, we had momentum. The SEC is just another conference. UGA was pumped as a true contender and we gave them all they could take, and we were playing up a bowl spot or two due to the BIG's ineligible teams. The idea of the SEC being all that and a big of chips is BS.

Got your attention. But hear me out. We expect this weeks game against MSU to be a defensive battle. We have a young quarterback. They are going to stack the box and dare us to pass. I suggest we not take the bait. Start Imani, ground and pound it the whole first half. Dive A gap, B gap, C, gap, D gap, and repeat. The whole first half, mix in maybe 10 play action. Hit em hard get up and do it again. It may not result in many points. Go into the locker room with at 10-7 game, or even down 14-3. But here's the kicker, 2nd half cut a fresh Ameer loose on the beat up D. Watch him carve them up. I think it's a strategy that could work, but we'd have to commit heavily. PS. Yeah, I know it'd mean benching our nation leading running back for a half, but to bring him in fresh in the 2nd half, i think it'd pay off in dividends. Thoughts?

Imagine if you could go back and create a D in the Pelini era that uses any players he's had. Imagine, Fonzie, Amukamara, Suh, Gregory, David, Hagg, Evans, Rudd, all on the same D... Invincible!