Bugeater

First off let me say I think Osborne was a great coach and a class guy but let's step back for a moment and think about this.

 

Osborne inherits a National Championship caliber team and takes 20 years to win the National Champoinship, yes I know 83.  He regular was whipped by Oklahoma, Colorado improved and started winning, and seemed to always be "outcoached" in a bowl game.  I'd say go look at some of the bowl performances over the year.  Until he started winning the titles I think most of Husker Nation could have been on the sideline to call the plays as we all knew what was coming.  Our Blackshirts really only applied to our front 7 as our defensive backfield was routinely thrashed by the passing game.  I know I remember a few calls for Osborne to get the boot throughout his tenure also.

 

In 04' Callahan took over a team that was going to the level of Missouri in my opinion.  He's had calls for his head, criticized he's passing to much, criticizes he's running to much, criticized for being predictable, not being able to gameplan, not being able to adjust during the game.  These are all honestly things I've heard about Osborne during his years!  There is no question we are a better than than we were in any year from 1998-2003  (yes I know 2001 was a National Title shot but take away Crouch and we were crap).  Things are going the right direction and I actually have faith in Callahan.

 

I will say the loss last night was dissappointing but I must be in the minority in thinking we had the right game plan but did not execute.  We make mistakes!  I don't care what the gameplan was our boys needed to be flawless, and they weren't and I still love them.  For those of you saying Callahan played not to lose I think that's horsesh**.  He put togethor a gameplan to try and keep their offense off the field and give our VERY thin defense a chance to rest and not be in a track race that we were going to lose. 

 

Step back and think of the mistakes we made and then the mistakes they did not make!  They had "0" turnovers which we needed!

 

Okay I'm stepping down   and Go Big Red!

Good post, although I strongly disagree with the highlighted portion. In 1999 we finished the season ranked #2 & #3 in the nation. If not for a case of fumble-itis in Texas, we probably would've won a Nat'l title.

We're nowhere near that level now.