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No you go ahead and sit in denial. He got drunk, got in a fight over stoopid and went to jail. There... there's your facts. Just what the program needed right now.

Police reports generally support whatever action the cops choose to take. For example, there could have been a dozen witnesses there that saw the bouncer take aggressive action against Purify but sense the bouncer wasn't arrested the cops would never put the other witnesses in the report. Fine and probation, plus one missed game. Purify will be back for WF. The guy didn't strike Mo. He tried unsuccessfully to get Mo off of him. Mo was on top of this guy and choking him when the girl intervened and he then struck her. Thats why he wasn't arrested. He was attacked and never hit Mo according to witnesses which police put in the report. The police did take witness information. Now had Mo left after they kicked him out of the bar after the fight... we might not of heard anything about this. But nooooo he hangs aroung trying to get back in, once trying to scale the beer garden fence (there's your tresspassing charge) so the bar calls the police in. Takes 4 cops to handcuff him. Sounds like more than a 1 game suspension to me. He did more than LP did and LP missed most of the season. Lets see... legally drunk. Disburbing the peace (dunno if he was charged this but he cussed out anyone and everyone around that night), assaults not 1 but 2 ppl, refuses to leave, resists arrest. LP just pushed his ex against wall and dragged her down the stairs by her hair. He might have a couple witnesses in his corner but versus how many for the county including police? This isn't like he threw a plastic cup this time... He didn't do more than LP did. LP Broke in to an ex GF appt and beat her than sent her down a flight of steps. Lets not get crazy here. Huh? LP didn't strike her. He had her up against the wall with a choke hold and then drug her down some stairs by her hair. Even Scott Frost reported he didn't strike her. Lets see. Mo gets sloppy drunk, assaults not one but 2 ppl. Refuses to leave after they toss him from the joint, tries to get back in and fight some more when he could of left (at least LP was smart enough to leave)and then resists arrest once the police arrives. If this isn't as bad if not worse, I don't know what is... Wake up ppl... WE DIDN'T NEED THIS TO HAPPEN!!!!

Who said he was pretty intoxicated? Link? The police did. They tested him and he blew a .126 at the station. Plus he had a chance to leave once they got him out of the bar but he repeatly tried to go back in and finish what he started. Its all in the police report with plenty of witnesses reporting the whole ordeal. Look... there is no defending his actions. I can't find anthing that makes me go... oh poor Mo. He messed up and has to face the consequences just as it was me or you...

Police reports generally support whatever action the cops choose to take. For example, there could have been a dozen witnesses there that saw the bouncer take aggressive action against Purify but sense the bouncer wasn't arrested the cops would never put the other witnesses in the report. Fine and probation, plus one missed game. Purify will be back for WF. The guy didn't strike Mo. He tried unsuccessfully to get Mo off of him. Mo was on top of this guy and choking him when the girl intervened and he then struck her. Thats why he wasn't arrested. He was attacked and never hit Mo according to witnesses which police put in the report. The police did take witness information. Now had Mo left after they kicked him out of the bar after the fight... we might not of heard anything about this. But nooooo he hangs aroung trying to get back in, once trying to scale the beer garden fence (there's your tresspassing charge) so the bar calls the police in. Takes 4 cops to handcuff him. Sounds like more than a 1 game suspension to me. He did more than LP did and LP missed most of the season. Lets see... legally drunk. Disburbing the peace (dunno if he was charged this but he cussed out anyone and everyone around that night), assaults not 1 but 2 ppl, refuses to leave, resists arrest. LP just pushed his ex against wall and dragged her down the stairs by her hair. He might have a couple witnesses in his corner but versus how many for the county including police? This isn't like he threw a plastic cup this time...

Facts schmacks... Bottom line is he got in a fight at a bar. Said to be pretty intoxicated. Had to be restainted and arrested. What part of that says this isn't bad for him and the team? I don't care what facts come out. He fugged up royally.

Classic knucklehead move... Police report says he resisted arrest. Not going to win that one. As for hitting a girl... did she hit him first? If so... let her have it I say. (Never have bought the you don't hit women thing. If she attacks you... she is game, self defense. Where I grew up... a woman will kill you just as quick as a man. You can bet Purify was around the same growing up too.) Why get so upset over something as petty as going into a bar? Especially if you have so much at stake based on your actions while attending the U? The players need to stay out of those places period. Just make em off limits. Or at least have a list of places blacklisted for players. This stuff happens too often in Lincoln and new measures need to be taken to help alleviate problems of this nature in the future. I know when I served, every base I went to they had a blacklist of places off limits. Works great.

Well who ever said it needed to put a sock in it (Grix said it too). I don't care if it was to defend the secondary's rep. Its not NU like and a nanny/nanny boo-boo like reponse that makes me wonder if you are NU material or not IMO. I can think of 1000 responses better than well it was good enough to win 9 games.

Duh! His goal is to win the national championship. Winning the north, etc are steps that need to be taken to reach that goal. You have to reach the little goals first before you can reach the big one. Obviously the team last year wasn't capable of reaching the BIG ONE. I don't mind those qoutes as much as I mind Cos and defensive players saying we waz good enough to win 9 games. Like 9 games was this lofty goal. Might of been peachy keen at Wisc. but this is dear old Nebraska U. Lets don't forget our last coach won 9 before many were saying get a rope and he was let go. The expectations here are big and it is what separates us from the other Big XII north teams. In Colorado they are more concerned about the Broncos. All those other schools ... 9 wins and they party like its 1999. 9 wins around here is just okay but you will have to do better in the future.

Maybe you have some points with the misques and execution part. Still the staff shares responsibility for inadequate execution. When you lose momentum, usually the other team and their actions play a large part. I also still think teams made better 2nd half adjustments many of times last season. KU game comes to mind. We were winning going away until that 3rd qtr. They did some things, found out some things and we were slow to adjust. Cornish running that counter time after time comes to mind. Then they would pass off it. I also looked at those 3rd qtr stats and every yr the point total has been lower than other qtrs. Thats more than execution if you ask me. As for the special teams, I don't think the return guys are the gist of the problems but schemes and techniques in all areas. Only really nice part was our punter having a habit of pinning em deep.

Maybe you have some points with the misques and execution part. Still the staff shares responsibility for inadequate execution. When you lose momentum, usually the other team and their actions play a large part. I also still think teams made better 2nd half adjustments many of times last season. KU game comes to mind. We were winning going away until that 3rd qtr. They did some things found out some things and we were slow to adjust. Cornish running that counter time after time comes to mind. Then they would pass off it. I also looked at those 3rd qtr stats and every yr the point total has been much lower than other qtrs. That more than execution if you ask me. As for the special teams, I don't think the return guys are the gist of the problems but schemes and techniques in all areas. Only really nice part was our punter having a habit of pinning em deep.

I thought it was a great article. Shatel asked pretty strong questions. I found the 5 second then up to the coach ofc "Tunnel walk" very interesting. Shatel did sneak a dig there with his "Yes, there is progress going on at the Osborne complex these days" line. It also provided us with a look inside of BC's world by describing his office. I didn't have much of a problem with what was asked by T.S. or answers by B.C. I did shake my head at the USC game plan part. I still don't see the lets pound it on em and lose going away plan was the right thing to do. I'm going back and thinking the last few times USC was beat it wasn't because teams pounded the rock for 4 qtrs on them. Rather have heard Bill say well it didn't work quite the way we planned it. Take some of the responsibility of the loss and then add had we executed as planned it might of been a different story. Anytime you lose by 18 going away (USC was knocking on the door at end of game), I'm sorry ... its not a great plan. Anytime you lose... you can always say well we didn't execute. I will say this though... okay you seen it didn't work last yr... don't make the same mistake and be hardheaded this next time around. He will need to be more flexible this time and do a better job of keeping the Trojans offbalanced with better play calling. He did take full responsibility of the fake punt that didn't work vs Auburn. When he pulled out the binder and quoted qtr by qtr stats it didn't provide me with any answers. It still didn't address the question of why we have low output after the first half. Once again he pointed to lack of desired execution but nothing about failure of making better adjustments after halftime. Something in my mind that needs to be better in the future on both sides of the ball. I did wish Tom had addressed the special team play situation and asked what measures will made to make them more "special" in fall camp. Overall it was a good Q & A session. Now can we get TS and SP together for a down to earth, no punches held, hard hitting session in the near future? Now there would be some great reading...

I wish I could take the credit but this was provided by ColumbusHusker @ BIGHUSKERFAN.com. and compiled by a unknown poster at another site.

here is the whole article, please ignore the typos and misspellings as it has already been a long day. Callahan’s method: We grind LINCOLN —Five seconds. You arrive at the guard desk at the Tom and Nancy Osborne Complex, give your name, state your business and before you know it, the door is buzzed and you are free to take the elevator up to the second floor, where coach Bill Callahan awaits. Yes, there is progress going on at the Osborne complex these days. Walk through the doors of the Husker football offices and you are hit with a wow factor. The players’ lounge, to the right, is immaculate, complete with pool table, Xbox games and a TV screen bigger than Matt Slauson. Down the hall, in the lobby area, stand five national championship trophies in a glass case — including two made of wood, from 1970 and 1971, which were apparently found in storage. Callahan greets you. On a Friday in late April, he is wearing a long-sleeve T-shirt and is lost in recruiting and breaking down spring football tapes. He takes you on a 45-minute tour of the offices, and all the bells and whistles. There is video equipment that can break down film of a game by the end of the game. There is a recruiting office Callahan modeled after a National Football League pro personnel office. He talks like a proud papa about the football offices he designed. His own office is not overwhelming. It’s got a bathroom and shower, which is his locker. He was offered more space. But he turned it down in favor of an offensive meeting room that adjoins his office. That’s where he spends most of his time. Speaking of time, he says he has plenty for a post-spring Q and A: Q. Talk about the talent level. Are you closing the gap to Texas and Oklahoma? A. We’re getting there. You see the gap closing. That’s why I’m excited. I can see progress. You don’t see that in watching one game. But over the long haul, you see a lot more consistency. We left a lot of yards on the field last year. We had 965 plays, the most plays in college football last year. See Shatel: Page 2 Shatel: Callahan says NU’s door is open to Osborne Continued from Page 1 With that being said, I felt we were pretty efficient. But we’re still leaving yards on the field. We need more depth. We have more competition, across the board. I respected what Frank (Solich) did, what Tom (Osborne) did. I have great admiration for what they achieved. But when you have a different system, everybody has a profile for what they want in their system. I’m not critical of that. I’m just trying to go out and find the players who can fit what we do. If we don’t, we try to work around it. That’s coaching. Q. It’s like the old saying, you wouldn’t be here if things were great. A. That’s exactly right. And not only that, the players wouldn’t need you if they were that good. I remember sitting in a draft room, and we were saying this guy can’t do this, he can’t do that. Al Davis turned around and said, “Well why do we need you then? Why did we hire you?” Q. Kirk Herbstreit has already picked Missouri to win the Big 12 North next year. Is that a sign that people don’t respect what you’ve done so far? A. I don’t worry about that. In the last two years, we are 8-2 against the North. We want to take care of the North. We are closing the gap on the South. Q. Do you feel pressure to win big here? A. I know when you’re at a pro gram like Nebraska, it’s important to deliver immediately. There’s no five-year window. You come in on the ground floor and you have plenty of time. We feel an urgency as a staff to succeed, soon. You’re going through an overhaul of a staff, a system, you are recruiting a different caliber of players. That being said, you have to turn it quickly. Our staff has embraced that. We are working hard to bring the program back up to those standards. We are not going to worry about that (pressure). We are doing the best we can. We grind. We grind. Q. There was a great celebration in winning the North title last year, but some people mocked it. They say winning the North is nice but not what this is all about. Do you understand that mentality? A. What I would say to that is, my goals are the same as the fans, to win a national championship. But that is a process and winning the North is a part of that pro­cess. You have to go through the North to put yourself in position to win bigger things. That’s how the conference is aligned now. It’s not what it used to be, in terms of an eight-team conference. The competitive landscape is much different than it was 10, 15 years ago. We made the championship game last year. You have to beat those teams here. I fully under stand that. Q. What’s the status of your contract extension? Is this a big year for you? A. I don’t ever worry about my contract. I always approach every year the same, do the best I can. Chuck Knox once told me, if you are worried about that, you are in the wrong business. Look ing for another job, another con tract, is not what I’m focusing on. I’m not sitting here, worried that they are going to ship me to the Sand Hills for life. If we don’t do it, I’ll be disappointed. But I’m excited, I’m upbeat, about what we can get done next year. Q. How comfortable are you as a college coach at Nebraska? A. On a scale of 1 to 10? Ten. I enjoy it. I have a passion for this. I take that as a great responsibility every day I wake up. Right next to my mirror in the bath room, I have (a photo) that Big 12 championship trophy looking at me right in the eye. Q. What does your wife think about that? A. She’s fine with it. I don’t know if she looks at it or not. But I look at it. Q. Some people assume you have a burning desire to get back to the NFL. True? A. I’m trying to stay here. I think that’s a general perception. Just because you come from that league, people automatically assume that you want to go back. I get a chuckle out of it as I watch Pete Carroll go through this. I can’t tell you how many times people have him going to the NFL, and there he is, he’s still sit ting there, in Southern California. It’s natural, if you win big. I’m happy. I hope this is it. I want to be here. I said that from day one, I’d like to finish my career at Nebraska. I hope we have the good fortune to do that. But in order to do that, you have to pro duce. It’s a production business, let’s face it. Q. Speaking of perceptions, the hot one is that you can design a mean game plan but can’t adjust, especially after halftime. Your thoughts? A. (As Callahan gets a four inch thick binder out of his book case): If you look at — and I’ll just pull this little stat out here — at what we did the first few years compared to now. Just listen to this. In 2004 and 2005, we scored 41 and 49 points in the first quarter. Last year, we went 117. That was our best first quarter. Second quarter, in 2004, we went 107; in 2005 we went 98. Last year, we went 135. Third quarter, in ’04, 63. In ’05, 67. It was 49 last year. Part of the 49, we turned the ball over five times. Last year, at the start of the third quarter, we were ahead seven times, behind three times, tied once. Our oppo­nents deferred six times. Field position: Two times we started inside the minus 5, eight times in the minus 20 yard line. We were only in plus territory one time. We did not have a score on our first possession of the third quar ter. That’sa challenge for our team. Four turnovers on the first possession of the third quarter, and a fifth on the second drive against KU. That right there kills you. Four turnovers on the first possession of the third quarter, it kills you. Then the tide changes. It happens against Kansas, fum bled deep in our territory, bang, they score. At Iowa State, bang, they score. Fumbled at USC. Bang, they capitalized. It’s not just the perception that you can’t get it done, but it’s the change of momentum. We turned it over on downs one time, against Missouri. Fourth and one? Remember the pass? Bootleg pass? Want me to put it on there for you? We dropped the pass. We missed a field goal attempt against Oklahoma State, gave (Jordan) Congdon a 29-yard at tempt, missed. We punted five times on the first possession of the third quarter. We had two sacks in the first possession of the third quarter. What I say to you: better fundamental execution. You say, coach, how are you going to resolve that? I say, Tom, with better fundamental execution. Q. How do you see yourself as a play caller? A. I think pretty good. The big thing here in Nebraska is run the ball. Run the ball, coach. OK, well, we ran the ball. We finished fifth in the country in time of pos­session and had the most plays. I thought we managed games well. In order to do that, you have to be able to call plays. I feel very good about it. Now, what you hear is that Au burn deal. OK, it (fake punt) was a risk. But it was early. We did re cover from that and did score. I remember the coach from Au burn saying, if you had that blocked, it’s gone. We were one block away. That’s the risk and chance you take. I will say this: We had seven specials this year, gadgets, gimmicks. We con verted six of the seven. Q. Since you brought it up, what was your thinking on the fake punt in the Cotton Bowl? A. It was a risk, but we felt it was a huge gain and could have broken their back. Had we executed it, we’d all be sitting here happy today. But that goes on me. I take responsibility for that. The thought process was to get some thing big early. If you are going to attempt a special, you do it early in the game. You don’t wait until late in the game. If it did fail, you can recover. It was discussed before the game. That’s why when it did happen, nobody was going off, half-cocked, at each other. We all understood the risk. It was talked about in our preparation. The players had co-know ledge of what the repercussions were. As long as it’s communicated, and people are on the same page, you can come back from it. But if it’s not communicated, and it’s pulled out of thin air, you can have the perception, what are we doing here? Q. Go back to the USC game. It looked like you were trying to get out of there with minimal dam age. A. No, that’s not true. We competed to win. I wouldn’t have called a fake punt pass, from negative field position, if we weren’t playing to win. We didn’t go in a shell. We had a plan. That was part of the plan. Everybody knew what we had to do. We didn’t exe cute it. We felt good that we could run on them, pound it for four quarters. Look at SC, the history of their games recently, if you are going to have a chance to beat them, it’s a four-quarter game. Just like I was watching the Rose Bowl the other day. The UCLA game. Oregon State. Those are battles, tough games. Q. How is Marlon Lucky doing? Why was he admitted to the hospital? A. I would respect his wishes and his family’s wishes, 100 per cent. Marlon is doing great. Fantastic. Q. Have you seen an impact in recruiting from the facilities yet? A. Absolutely. This is what we had to have. But as I told our play ers, this is not a country club. Just because you have a nice locker doesn’t mean we are going to cut reps. If anything, we will work harder. I want them to appreciate this. I have tremendous respect for what Tom did here, with the facilities he had. He didn’t have this. And he still won national championships. I have tremendous respect for that. There’s something to be said for that. But now we’re in a different age. For our recruiting, to be done on a national basis and scope, we have to broaden our horizons. We had to take the next step. This is the next step for Nebraska. Q. How often do you talk to Coach Osborne? He’s at Creigh ton now. Would you like to have him here? A. I wrote him shortly after recruiting and corresponded that he is always welcome to come here, to a practice, to come up stairs and visit. We want the door open to him and the former players. I’ve done a lot to open the avenues to our former players. You know, it’s amazing to me, a guy is on the radio one day (blasting Callahan), and the next day he’s touring our facility. Q. The players rallied for Doak Ostergard. Were you surprised by that? Did you have anything to do with his dismissal? A. I’m not going to comment on a former employee. It’s not fair. As far as the former players, we’ve done everything possible to make them feel welcome here. They’re welcome to come see me, come to practice. We rolled out the red carpet in so many in stances. I think a lot of former players see that. I have their sons on our team. Ask those guys. They know what we’re doing here. We’re upholding every tradition in Nebraska history. And the most important one is winning.

Dang Eric... Mayun you are good... Ya know the same thought came across my mind some weeks ago. If Taylor was going to be drafted, that his best chances would be someone like Gruden who had Raider or Callahan ties. Good for ZT. All you want is a chance to put your foot in the door.

Its kind of like you have say your dad on the sidelines. You know you want to do it in front of dad. I know I once hit a home run in a game with the bases loaded and it happened my dad was at the game. He didn't get to see me play often. I can still hear his shouts of joy over everyone else. I was trying my best to shine that day. I also played in a football game where Phil Wise and Marlin Briscoe (UNO stars back in the day) were on our sidelines giving support. I can't tell you the lift that gave us. Neighborhood heros helping us. Don't underestimate the power of Red... Old or new...

Hmmmm... I seen Vince Young on the sidelines during the NU/Texas game last yr (freezing his butt off) and he was being a leader once again just as a cheerleader and essentially another coach on the sidelines. You'd be surprised how a former star player can influence your team during the heat of the battle. Its a bigger asset than many of you think.

Also concerned about KU on the road. We have had problems down in Lawrence... We also have to be better vs those south division teams. If we win only 1 of 3 there (which is the best we have done in the BC era). Lose to either WF or USC. Then lose one of the division games (KU or a Mizzou). Then there is the CC game and a bowl game. Lose one of those and we are right back where we were last season with a 5 loss season. I wonder what the reaction will be in the Big Red nation? I think it will be important that NU wins a couple of big games where we might be a underdog for the current staff. We are at the crossroads in the Callahan reign and its imparative that we show improvement or a bigger division in the Husker nation ensues. 4 and 5 loss seasons are just alright around here at best. Alright doesn't fly long among Big Red faithful.

Roger Craig? Tom Rathman? Anybody remember those two? Lets don't get carried away... BJax has a long ways to go to be mentioned with them as a NFL back.

Excuse me but this is the Big XII North. Anything and everything can happen.

This is the mentality I'm speaking of. There are way more stuck up fans with thier noses to the sky than former players around here.

I heard of schools letting ast. coaches draft thier teams for the spring game. Sandy Buda had split the squad up early in camp once and went red/white without a depth chart. Players back in the day used to always call the majority of the plays. So thats nothing new. Callahan has been calling plays for how long? He doesn't need practice doing that. Not at this point. Let the assistants and the players call their own game. Then maybe critique their performance afterwards. Its a good experience for coaches (im sure each one of them are pointing to the day they have that duty) and the players can learn a great deal in doing so. Its a spring game people! The practices leading up to it are hard work. Reward the squad and make the game fun for staff and players! If gimmicks do this ... do it! If it can garner interest and put butts in the seats... go for it! Its just one game that doesn't count, one practice. The 14 leading up to the game are more important in terms in getting things taught and learning about your team.

All I know is this... We keep losing 4 and 5 games a season.... It will all change again. Okay doesn't fly long around here. (ask Frankie). At OU, they have changed coaches and systems numberous times since the Wilkerson days. They have always welcomed former players back. You see em on the sidelines and they attend practices to lend a hand from time to time. Switzer was run out of town in Norman. Yet to this day he is still treated with respect and is used for guidance from time to time by the current program in a advisory role. The fans also got over it and welcolmed him back. That would never happen at NU. Solich was trashed and continues to be trashed by fans and press. Almost to the point that he would never be welcomed back for any NU event. That is totally wrong. Now I'm seeing ppl do the same to Tom Osborne who has never said or done anything to put the university in a bad light. People are acting like these men stole their girlfriend. Both only wanted what was best for dear ole Nebraska U. Same at Texas. Anytime those two schools play someone big... you see a ton of players on the sidelines or at the game being treated like royalty. At the spring game only the guys that have played for BC were allowed on the sidelines. That had to tear at a guy like the Sandman's heart. I find it disappointing to hear so many former players say they feel alienated by the current Athletic dept. Must be something to it or there wouldn't be so many former players having a problem with it. It wouldn't hurt NU to attempt to correct this. It could only help. It is time for the current admn to open their eyes, mend the fences and remember how they got there in the first place. They didn't build the program nor can they claim they fixed it. Besides it wasn't broken anyway. Bob Devaney must be gagging somewhere in heaven. This is not his dream we are seeing right now (A huge division among the Red Nation).

It was the first really nice Saturday in some while. There were a ton of things that ppl wanted to do and had a chance to do...(like play golf). Another reason is many youth baseball and softball leagues started that day. Finally... check around. We had more ppl than any other school show up for their's.

With Bill we could see another hot shot QB or 2 or 3 brought in the fold in near future and some of these guys become passe. One thing I've come to know by now is this. Billy Cee luvs him some QBees. Was like that at Oakland too. So nothing is ever written in stone when it comes to that position as long as he is the coach. He will always go with the best guy with the best arm and head. And if he can get em to come here no matter who is already in the fold... the job is always subject to change.

Ummmm... What about the punt return? Now the punt return for big yardage and TDs.... thats vintage Nebraska. Rogers, Fryar, Groce ect...ect. Lets see that too.