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Tressel is the name that jumps off the list for me for pretty obvious reasons. Track record. Knows the conference. Recruiting potential. Maximizing resources. I'd be the last person to feel qualified enough to make the hire, but the scandal business as I've heard it explained does not register for me as a real problem––small potatoes in the scheme of things. I also have no idea if he's a realistic possibility. Edit: I guess the most important part of this for me is not so much who the person is. It's that the process is respected. If we're prepared to spend the kind of dough we're contemplating spending . . . be choosy about it.

You sure you wanna know?

Not if they help us get a new coach.

He should, but I see no reason why an Iowa win should matter. At all. Right now we are just arranging the chairs to find out if we should sit third or fourth in our division. That's the B1G West, if anyone's paying attention. Bo should be fired this season for his whole body of work, not just this season or today's game. He had a vision for the program and he has failed to make it a reality. He's gone on to admit publicly that he does not know the reason, or how to fix the systemic issues he and he alone is responsible for fostering in this program. In addition to his demeanor in-game, every aspect of his management of the program is open to scrutiny. There is no reason, not one, to believe Pelini will improve on his gains or is even capable of making system-wide changes. He is the problem. We have to clean house; it's our last and best option if we want to have a shot at a trophy any time in the next five years.

Short week and probably a loss against Iowa. The administration should be moving their asses if they aren't already. Enough's enough.

As soon as you bring in new coaches with new schemes.

No new information was gleaned from this embarrassment so I'll dispense with that. I don't want to be perceived as an "I told you so" kind of guy, because I feel no animosity towards people who support Bo Pelini. I wish him and his family well. But right about the time Kenny Bell was pontificating to the press after being crushed by a far superior coaching staff, I felt this result was very predictable. I think we've seen all that we need to see. Thanks to the seniors that gave their all. Hopefully the threshold you set will be exceeded by a more competent group of coaches. If the Administration has any clue what's going on in this program, act quickly and decisively, and forget about "national perception" while you go about doing the right thing for the future. In year seven of Pelini's tenure, we are a middle of the pack B1G West school. That's unacceptable.

I don't want to be the "I told you so" kind of dude, because I feel no animosity towards people who support Bo Pelini. But right about the time Kenny Bell was pontificating to the press––after being crushed by a far superior coaching staff––this result was the only thing I could think of. I think we've seen all that we need to see. Thanks to the seniors that gave their all. Hopefully the threshold you set will be exceeded by a more competent group of coaches. If the Administration has any clue what's going on in this program, act quickly and decisively, and forget about "national perception" while you go about doing the right thing for the future. We are a middle of the pack B1G West school. Unacceptable.

I feel terrible for these players, but what can you say anymore?

And for good measure . . .

Look at the dividends commitment to the run pays. Draining the clock on the road. By the 4th quarter Gregory won't even know where he is anymore.

Jesus H. Christ. Look at our offense. Just look at it. How could we compete physically when this is what we run? Looking like a long day at the office, man. My GF loves that video.

Nice punt.

Jesus H. Christ. Look at our offense. Just look at it. How could we compete physically when this is what we run? Looking like a long day at the office, man.

Air it out, baby. Air it out.

So Minny runs something along the lines of my dream offense.

Oh dear.

Man up D. This is what it'll look like all day.

Good opening drive, and good on Tommy for avoiding the sack for the long bomb.

Cold, wet, and windy, Sam McKewon tweets. Perfect day for four-wide and a lot of downfield passes. Take what the defense gives you, Beck. Take what the defense gives you.

This, this, and more this. The guy who makes ~3/4 of a million dollars every single year to field this garbage cannot for whatever reason understand the beautiful simplicity of this idea. The offense knows where they're going before the ball is snapped. It's the element of surprise, and it's a huge advantage. What we do––apparently––is forfeit this so we can run a no-huddle clock-draining offense that can barely get set before the ball is snapped. If we execute the snap without dropping it twice in a game, or without drawing a procedure penalty, that is our new benchmark for success. Meanwhile on defense, how many games do we have to watch guys looking around and flapping their hands literally as the ball is being snapped? I'm not a football expert, but if David Santos is looking sideways at Trevor Roach, or backward at Corey Cooper, I can imagine how this might lead to him getting out of position.

This is in a way one of the strongest arguments for coaching change. Who in their right mind would attend the spring game? Who's going to read Sam or Steve or Dirk's spring articles? Who's going to tune into Sharp and Benning or USC? I'm serious. What would be the point? To hear nine months of "erg herm––well" rationalizations about why we should expect anything at all out of next season? Count me out. I got a stack of books a hundred deep I've been meaning to get to. I'll always be a fan, but I can't cry on cue, and I can't make myself not know what I know about our prospects. Barring some miraculous end to the season, what does Bo––or anyone who makes coin hawking the program in some way––have left to sell?

My cousin said this after the game Saturday and I couldn't have said it any better: Whether or not I can or cannot do the job better than Bo does not apply here at all. It isn't my job, however it is his job. As with all jobs, they come with expectations that are to be met or the pay and work stops. The question is - are expectations being met? It's like watching an architect build a building that constantly falls down. Do I need to build it myself to prove that it shouldn't look like a pile of rubble?