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No, he will thankfully not be fired and he will not resign. We should not follow the path of Alabama and we do not have the money to hire a Nick Saban. Callahan, who can recruit out of state players due to the WCO, is the best coach we can have currently.

Bullsh#t.

 

Anyone who thinks that Frank Solich or Turner Gill would be better than Callahan is insane. We'd be 2-4 now, or worse, with either of them as HC.

More bullsh#t.

 

This must just be making you grin from ear to ear. 'IF' you are a fan of any kind, you are a fan of a dream, not a team. Think about it.

f#*k off, dick face. Think about that.

Are you guys crazy? OU sucked because of probation. At one time, many believed OU was going to be the second team to get the "death" penalty. This all came about because of Switzer. I guess I don't see any similarities at all. I just don't understand why everyone wants to compare us to Alabama, OU, etc. because these teams all were put on probation for recruiting violations. We have been assessed no such penalty. We suck because we suck, period. We can't use probation as our excuse.

I believe they had worked their way through that by the end of Gibb's tenure. He was there for six seasons.

I’ve said it for 4 years – Steve Pederson must go. His big fat ego has brought nothing but doom and gloom – Nebraska is a joke to the national scene – they all laugh at the current state of things because after 30+ years of consistency, Nebraska is now just like everyone else. After 30+ years of Nebraska always being there – at the top – they are very nearly bottom feeders – we’re becoming Baylor, or Iowa State of the 1980s. Steve Pederson kicked the family out of Nebraska, turned his back on the traditions, brought in an outsider with a businessman’s emotionless NFL coaching philosophy and game plan, and has since done everything possible to say this is a success while the results DO NOT back up a single word that has come out of his mouth.

 

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have NO fire, NO determination, NO attitude all because they have NO coaching. I am sick to death of the “gentlemen Cornhuskers”. The men that strap on the pads play with the same emotion that they are taught by their coaches. Give me one fired up Bo Pelini type coach, one Blackshirt that bangs chairs over his head before games to get himself in the mood to stand over crumpled opponents while showing the skull and bones salute to dominance on the field, and one quarterback, or running back, or wideout, that will lower his shoulder into a linebacker to take a first down because he wants it, and by God a linebacker isn’t going to stop him. With those three men, the Cornhuskers will be right back where they were before Steve Pederson, and in spite of Steve Pederson.

 

I am also sick to death of hearing that Solich couldn’t recruit, that Solich was bringing the program down, that Solich had to go to keep the program from giving up the Big XII to Kansas and Missouri and Kansas State and Colorado and Texas and Oklahoma – oh, wait, Steve just said Oklahoma and Texas. And yet we can’t even beat Missouri, and manage to squeak out a 1 point win with Ball State. And when Steve Pederson sends his daughter off to school, where does he send her? No, no, no, not the University of Nebraska – that’s not good enough for Stevie’s little girl. He packs her up and sends her right off to Austin, Texas.

 

Steve Pederson must go – facilities may be better, but that’s due to the commitment of boosters and fans, NOT a credit to Pederson. Bill Callahan must go – he cannot figure out how to win games, and when he knows he outclassed in coaching, he goes into a game with a mindset of not losing big. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. End result – another loss for the Cornhuskers, and sometimes its more humiliation for the Cornhuskers. Most definitely Kevin Cosgrove must go – in his 4th year the defense should trust his system, they should trust each other, they should play like madmen on fire, and they should stop the opposing offense. Nope – ain’t happening – his best was in year 3, but they allowed more than 330 ypg – Solich had 3 years with under 300, and 2 more years that were still better than Cosgrove’s best.

 

the asterisk indicates year in progress…

 

Solich’s best offense is better than BC’s best, and Solich has 2 years that are still better than any BC year; Solich’s worst years are better than BC’s worst:

 

Solich, in order: 384.9, 392.2, 459.9, 451.2, 373.1, 345.0

BC in order: 363.2, 320.3, 414.6, 439.3*

 

Solich’s defense (yards per game allowed) was better than BC’s in 5 of 6 years Solich was at NU – the one bad year was still a bowl game, and the next year with Pelini was better – in fact, Solich’s worst year is almost as good as 3 of 4 BC years – note the rebound after the worst year:

 

Solich, in order: 313.7, 252.2, 321.8, 287.2, 361.9, 297.2

BC in order: 371.6, 332.2, 331.3, 441.5*

 

Solich scored more points, and had 2 years that are still ahead of BC’s best year – Solich’s worst isn’t as bad as BC’s worst:

 

Solich, in order: 383, 411, 456, 449, 383, 322

BC, in order: 275, 296, 428, 185*

 

Solich kept the bad guys from scoring more, except the one bad year – big rebound the next year – BC has yet to stop scoring:

 

Solich, in order: 183, 150, 213, 189, 335, 188

BC in order: 298, 252, 256, 174*

 

Its true that Solich’s numbers are not as good as the good doctor, but they were going back up from the bad stretch he had – what would have happened with one more year of Solich? Our losses BC’s first year – Southern Miss by 4, Texas Tech - humiliation, K State – another humiliation, Iowa State by 7, Oklahoma by 27, Colorado by 6. Nebraska never lost a game to Texas Tech until BC showed up. The 4 points at Southern Miss? I think we could have picked them up, and the 7 at ISU, and the 6 at Colorado. Six losses now become 2 losses. And the bowl game streak stays intact. And the non-losing season streak. Oh yeah – pride sticks around, too. And the family – that would have stuck around.

 

What has BC done?

 

2004 Texas Tech 70-10

2004 KSU 45-21

2005 Missouri 41-24

2005 Kansas 40-15

2006 USC 28-10 – he didn’t go to win

2006 OSU 41-29

2007 USC 49-31

2007 Ball State 41-40

2007 Missouri 41-6

 

Its ridiculous. The whole thing is ridiculous. When a coach goes 6-6 and the AD says “fix it” and the coach goes then goes 10-3. AD says: Nope, not fixed – we need a new coach. New coach comes in. Numbers are worse. Records gone. Stats suck. Team morale is MIA. Fans NOT happy, though every now and then they swallow the kool-aid, only to be kicked in the guts again, and again, and again.

 

As long as Steve Pederson is the AD, I will NOT wear another Husker shirt or hat. I will not carry a Husker lunch bag. I will not watch another Huskers game. My biggest regret in life is in not taking the opportunity to spit in that $%#&@*! face when I had the chance at the NU-ATM game in the fall of 2006. The guy was 10 feet away – all I had to do was walk over there and spit, but I didn’t do it. And I will regret that my whole life. The man has humiliated ALL Husker fans, and my only chance to give a little back and I didn’t do it.

 

You can post what you want about anything I said. I'll NEVER see it. I won't come in here to look at it. I won't respond to it. Anyone that thinks I'm wrong can do so at your leisure. It doesn't bother me. As a Husker fan, Stevie P has humiliated us enough that anything anyone in here says won't bother me in the least.

 

I've drank the kool-aid one too many times and I'm done with it until He is GONE.

Hole. Lee. Crap. I couldn't have said it any better myself. Everyone needs to read this post. I'd put it in my signature if it wasn't so long.

I voted KU simply because they seem to have the least annoying fans.

It's actually not going to be that easy to break it as I'd imagine most of the tickets are already sold for this season. Now if there aren't any changes made to the staff at the conclusion of this season, I'd say all bets are off for next year. I won't shed a tear about it because IMO Husker football as we know it has already been destroyed.

Yep, they were right. We've been sold a bill of goods. Heck I even bought into it until the end of last season.

No, he will thankfully not be fired and he will not resign. We should not follow the path of Alabama and we do not have the money to hire a Nick Saban. Callahan, who can recruit out of state players due to the WCO, is the best coach we can have currently.

Bullsh#t.

Anyone who thinks that Frank Solich or Turner Gill would be better than Callahan is insane. We'd be 2-4 now, or worse, with either of them as HC.

More bullsh#t.

look at the results of this it is obvious what needs to happen the only question is when and how

Yea, because making decisions based on an Internet poll is always a good idea.

 

If they had a poll like this a few times back in the day and they actually executed the majorities vote, TO would have never won anything.

 

I'm not saying concerns aren't legit, but some here talk like they are master planning some giant comeback for Husker football from the comfort of their computer chair.

 

Gimme a friggin break.

Yep, you're right. We should just sit back and eat up this garbage they're serving.

Hahahaha....the ONE thing that the fans can do, and some of you aren't willing to do it. ANYONE who goes to a game at this point is supporting mediocrity. Just make sure you're ready to lie in the bed you are making for yourself.

Spoken like a true generation x'er. We can still show recruits around the country that the fans here at NU will support THEM and our once proud program. Have some class and fortitude and stand behing your team. Lets not abandon the kids and our once proud tradition. Heads should roll,but you may be loping your own head off by not supporting our program and hiding behind a keyboard and spouting. I will be there in support of our team and the kids on the field

I don't like the it any more than you, but we're severely limited on what we can do. Unless you're going to come up with something better don't shoot this idea down.

Tough choice, Pedersen is the one who created this mess, but Perlman was his enabler and complicated matters further by handing SP an extension so I voted for him.

Hitting the advertisers is a great idea, perhaps a boycott of them will help shake things up. I have only been to a couple games the last couple years so I'm not sure who currently advertises in the stadium. I know Val's used to but I think Runza replaced them. Perhaps those of you who have been there lately can list some of them for us.

As far as replacement coaches, unless the person who bungled the last coaching search is removed I don't see how we can expect anyone better. Most of the "family" is getting up there in years, Gill would probably be the best candidate in that respect. I'm not against going outside the family as long as it's someone who will embrace the program instead of having a "one game, one season" attitude. Bob Stoops wasn't part of the OU family, he in fact is a Hayden Fry disciple, but he succesfully revived the OU tradition.

it's also gonna make him look stupid if he keeps him...so it's a double edged sword

Exactly. Somebody somewhere is going to have to swallow their pride before anything is going to get better. The problem is everyone we're dealing with here have massive egos and I don't know that any of them are capable of it.

Yes, we're on the exact same path, and this is precisely what I was worried about when our idiot AD fired a coach who went 9-3.

 

Yes, yes, but now what are we going to DO about it?

Well, we could round up some torches and pitchforks ...

For the most part, it's beyond our control. There are only a few things we as fans can do and they've been discussed in some other threads. The sellout streak is the first thing that comes to my mind. It belongs to the fans, but I'm not sure as a fanbase we're willing to sacrifice it.

Empty seats in Memorial Stadium (or wear a bag over your head if you do go) and not buying the PPV telecast next week would be a good start.

I can't believe they renewed that morons contract.

You can thank Steve Pedersen for that. Here's his email address:

steve@huskers.com

I laughed at the time I couldn't beleive someone would show a trick play just to score meaningless TD.

Did you happen to watch us play Colorado last year?

Honestly, we need to be thinking about the future. This isn't going to solve anything.

Hoo boy, and to think just a few weeks ago I was being crucified for saying the same things as 95% of the people in this thread. What a difference a dose of reality makes.

This shouldn't even be a topic on this board. We have no room to talk.

Well that's what is going to happen when you have an egomaniac in charge and everything has to be his vision. Pedey wanted the entire program to be "his" guys. Well you got it Pedey, and your guys are failures.

I'd sell it now. We're not going to get any better.

Hahahaha....the ONE thing that the fans can do, and some of you aren't willing to do it. ANYONE who goes to a game at this point is supporting mediocrity. Just make sure you're ready to lie in the bed you are making for yourself.

Yes, we're on the exact same path, and this is precisely what I was worried about when our idiot AD fired a coach who went 9-3.

Are you all enjoying this garbage? Personally, it makes me want to puke. But you all love Callahan so I'm sure you're happy.

Thats it, you hit it right on the head ...douche

Hey look, name calling! I'm sure this will be overlooked though.