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I have played for and started on two Millard North teams headed by Coach Petito, and I must say that this is a load of crap. I am tired of people on this board ragging on Coach Petito. Coach would never ask us to take steroids, or any other supplement for that matter. I have never seen steroids at Millard North, and I played there for 4 years. What people can't seem to understand is that the Millard North program is built upon a tremendous strength and conditioning program unmatched by any high school in the state. To say that he is a "jerk" when you have no personal experience dealing with him is not only unfair, but ridiculous as well. Be a man and judge someone's character from your own personal experience with them Furthermore, Coach Petito is a tremendous mentor and places incredible emphasis on developing high school kids into solid human beings. I agree that the offensive schemes he runs maintain a high focus on option-based run plays, but the level of success he has had is far greater than any other Nebraska high school coach in the last decade. I also seem to remember several Nebraska squads that focused on this style of offense as well, and we all know how the 90s worked out for us using that offense. Grow up, and stop making rash judgments about people. I personally do not know nor have I met Petito so I don't know how true these claims are. Chances are, he's just like most high school coaches in that he strongly advocates against taking performance enhancing drugs but does little or nothing to activley discourage it. When I was playing, performance enhancing substance use wasn't at all uncommon among high school teams. I played with and against kids from Omaha, Millard and Papillion/LaVista that were either high(crack/cocaine), juiced or amped up. I don't imagine much has changed accept the kinds of drugs used.

"Whatever we're doing the last couple of weeks hasn't worked very well," Spurrier said. "I'm responsible for the defense. I am the head coach. My style of coaching has really always been run the offense, hire somebody and let him do the defense. You can't run both sides of the ball. But I'm going to try to take more of an active role in watching defensive practice." Say what you want about the man, but unlike Callahan at least he admits that: 1) That their D is bad over the past few games. 2) That it's HIS fault for it not working well.

hahah.. i'll take that as a personal shot at me.. since i pointed out its possible.. note i didn't say i think it will happen.. but you cannot rule it out until we are mathematically out of contention.. last time i looked.. 6-6 is bowl eligible..and that IS a possibility.. not that it will happen.. its just possible.. You pretty much can rule it out if we go 6-6 because there is a new rule in the NCAA this year that NO 6-6 teams may be taken over a 7-5. I heard this on 1620 a couple days ago, they said if we finish 6-6 we still won't go to a bowl because of this. They said you'll start seeing less and less 6-6 teams in the bowls. If true, this is a good thing IMO. If you can't win more games than you lose, you don't deserve to play in the post-season.

the barbarian in this snickers commercial pretty much sums-up my memories of christian peter... hEYEFfAbB5g Yeah, that pretty much sums up my memory of him as well

A few are missing, but of the ones included: 1. Greg Schiano 2. Jim Groebe 3. Jim Leavitt 4. Turner Gill 5. Bo Pelini 6. Brian Kelly 7. Gary Patterson 8. Joe Glenn 9. Paul Johnson 10. Kevin Steele 11. Bobby Petrino I honestly don't see Schiano, Groebe or Leavitt leaving the programs they built into winners for a program in shambles. The same could be said of Gill, but he has ties to the school, that may sway his decision. Pelini is an unproven, but I like the fire he brings, maybe it translates to the HC position. I haven't been able to see Kelly, Patterson or Glenn in action. Johnson, beat ND for the first time in 43 years...they are horrible this year and it took him 3 OTs to do it to the bottom 3 with you. Kevin Steele, I remember his time a NU but his Baylor years are still in my head...ugh. Petrino is too much of a merc for me, the chance of him bolting as soon has he rebuilds the program is probably greater than anyone we could hire. Muschamp, Edsal, Holtz and Mullen would also be good hires as well.

QUOTE(Foppa @ Nov 3 2007, 10:17 PM) Everyone else is jumping ship...Mr. "He's to the 24, 25, 28, 30 and finally dragged down behind the line of scrimmage at the 14 for a loss" might as well go too... Mr. Rose's job is to accuratly paint a picture of what is going on during the game. It's like he's painting by number and most of the time he can't get those correct either.

BILL CALLAHAN WAS SHOCKED SUNDAY MORNING That's because after Callahan's Cornhuskers lost 79-36 to Kansas, the front seat of his car didn't have a brick and broken glass in it (as far as we know). Huskers fans really are the classiest in America. I'm sure Callahan had no idea there was any place on earth that people were so nice. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/amjump

Maybe they could do away with D1 scheduling lower tier schools (D1-AA, DII)during the regular season. There would still be the cupcakes, just not as many.

Of any game we have left this year, I would be willing to bet that we pull this one off. 1. We play in Lawrence...so unexpected fan negativity won't be there. 2. It's Kansas homecoming and they are undefeated and might be a little overconfident. 3. They just pulled out a squeaker against the MIGHTY aTm.

"I'll take option C." "There is no option C." "Really? There's always an option C." -The Rundown with The Rock and Seann William Scott I dont doubt you RaisedHusker. It's cool. Just having a little fun is all. No probs AM. All we can do is sit back and watch our "loved" team be kicked around like a Baylor team. But IF it happens, then, was there something the University knew ahead of time or wanted to do if our football team fell? Remember, I want Bo Pelini. It seems to me that there were definately smoke signals come from the AD's office, but as for coach's security, I dont think there were too many serious concerns. I thought it was sink or swim at the start of the year, so it's possible others did to. Sucks how it's unfolding, b/c I just want us to win and be competitive. The future is in good hands (TO). We all will wait and see. If There was a grassy knoll, I mean Plan B, then Why did PerlMan allow Extensions. That will be the 6 million dollar question if this plays out. Because Steve Pederson misrepresented the facts to Perlman just as he did to all of us. He thinks he is a football genius and Perlman has plenty more to worry about other than football. It really irks me to think about that guy. I couldn't stand the guy when they hired him and had a feeling things were going to go sour on him. Hoped against hope that he was right but it just all seemed too sleazy. The big named coaches were all steering clear and too many good Nebraska guys were shown the door. Bohl, Bo, Gill, and to a lesser extent Frank. It was like if George Stienbrenner showed up on the Yankee front porch in 1927 and told them how screwed up they were and he was there to fix things. And then proceeded to trade Ruth and friends. I can forgive but not until Nebraska is back in the top five where they should be. Perlmans job was and is to run the university. Pederson recommended the coaching staff extensions how was Harvey supposed to know that it was all BS.

Makes me wonder how well Zac would have done in an Oklahoma style offense.

That's a good analogy. I was the same way, how can you ever root for your team to lose...I argued with my bro-in-law for hours before the season ever started on this subject. He's as bigga Husker fan as I've ever met. We both wanted Cally gone that was a given BUT his point was we need to lose a few (unfortunately) to quicken the process and make it inevitable. He didn't want a 8-4 7-5 season and hear again how were still building. This has to be fixed w/o a doubt and it's painful for everyone involved but we'll get there! I think for some people they need this to happen (Cally fired) literally before they can feel optimistic again---almost a trust thing. I find these thoughts going through the minds of more people each day. Where I work, I'm able to talk to alot of differnent people from all over Nebraska. They want so badly for Bill to be gone, that they are willing to see the Huskers lose than the chance that a win will help keep him around for one more year. It's sickening to see that is what has been brought about by Pederson and his wonderful "movement from mediocrity" Pederson = :asshat

Wouldn't that be considered a breach of contract?

Agree. Okafor looks every bit as good as Gray. Added to the rest of the young RBs Coach C got us, we should be just fine. Would still rather see Gray line up with an N on his hat.

Yeah, that's Simi Kuli.

The Yahoo list is before bowl games, and sorted by POINTS PER GAME. THE NCAA list is after bowl game, and sorted by YARDS PER GAME. I would typically use points per game, but can understand the arguement for either. ALSO.... Those were not Bo's recruits. Using the NCCA Statistics....... YEAR.......OFFENSE RANK.......DEFENSE RANK.......RECORD 2002................61st......................55th..................7 - 7 2003................83rd.....................11th.................10 - 3.......Pelini's year.... 2004................69th.....................56th..................5 - 6 Also, in the Mizzou game in 2003 we had 4 fumbles & 1 INT.... The KSU Game we had 2 fumbles & 2 INT's When you have 4 or 5 turnovers, it isn't out of the ordinary to give up 30 points. That is why people have been saying that Pelini was a great coach. With a defense ranked 55th in 2003 we could have had a MUCH worse record than 10 - 3. How many of his recruits got any meaningful playing time while he was DC?

No Way he would come to NU..at least i dont think so but who am i to say Not only Meyer --- but no way any established coach at any school that has sniffed the top 25 the past few years would even remotely consider NU. NU is, I am afraid to say, not a major program anymore and is a fishbowl that most any coach would avoid. It is not a top 25 coaching job. So, do not expect a major coach to come here. the only hope to attract anyone that is proven is to have a disproportionate amount of $ thrown their way. Sort of like Alabama did. Yeah, Nebraska isn't a top 25 school anymore...kinda like Miami, Notre Dame and Florida State aren't top 25 programs anymore....Or back in the 90's when USC and Oklahoma (before Carroll and Stoops) weren't top 25 programs. Please, Nebraska is clearly a top 25 program and will be again assuming that TO brings in the right HC (and definitely not be Turner Gill). Why not Turner Gill? What has he done to be automatically disqualified by so many on these boards? The man should definitely be interviewed. Not because he happened to play here but for the reasons below. First, look at what he has done at Buffalo. He inherited facilities and talent on what has been argued by ,many to be the worst program in D1 and immediately had those guys overachieving. He has those guys believing in themselves, the program and definitely in the coaching staff. Compare that to Callahan who takes five star recruits and gets them to underachieve. So on this first test, Turner is much more like Osborne and Devaney than Callahan and I suspect better than what a lot of other coaches could do at Buffalo. As such he has more head coaching experience than Bo. And yes, I think Bo should be interviewed too. My point is that saying Gill doesn't have enough experience is not valid. If it is, then Bo should not be interviewed either. Next Gill does have a lot of years in coaching. The man is 45 years old. Some have said maybe in a few years after he has more years of experience. Well how much more does he need and if you wait too long he'll only have a few years before retirement to give. He was a good position coach while he was here and coaching Crouch, Frost, and Tommie too (I think) certainly can't damage his credibility can it? He has Texas connections for recruiting. That must count for something. He was given administrative duties while here as well I believe as assistant head coach with Frank. Or some title like that anyway. Finally, if he does pass the muster in all the other areas that Tom Osborne would require, then his experience as a former coach and player at one of college footballs most prestigious instituations SHOULD be considered. He is charismatic to his players and given his Nebraska player bloodlines, the state could rally around him like few others if he passes the interview requirements. It would be foolish to write this talent off just because he played at NU. Yes we don't want to pull another John Blake like Oklahoma did. But Turner Gill is 45 with a lot more experience and more of a track record than Blake had at age 34 when he was hired. All I am saying is give Gill a chance too. I have followed him closely since he started at Buffalo. Given what he has had to work with there, he has been very impressive in every aspect of the Head Coaching job. He has inspired the players, his coaching staff and the Buffalo community by demonstrating charisma and also character that reminds me of the man I bet he learned some of it from: Tom Osborne. Some of you are very adamant about not wanting Gill. If it is fear of commiting another Blake. That is valid but it doesn't automatically disqualify Gill from consideration. Further, just because Blake didn't work out at Oklahoma doesn't mean that a former coach/player here will never work. If that is the case Bob Devaney should have never hired Tom Osborne. And Tom should have been a complete failure as Blake was at Oklahoma. If Gill wants an interview, he definitely deserve a real and serious interview. And I would not be surprised that under a full and comprehensive review, Gill may be the best man for the job. In my opinion it is between Gill and Pelini. If it is a tie, Gill gets my tiebreaker vote (if I had one) due to character, experience and yes, a history and understanding of Nebraska football tradition. It shouldn't matter who the person is as long as they are the BEST person for the position.

I have heard Petrino would leave also if given a great college team.....Like Michigan, or LSU if Miles leaves. he will demand $4MIL/year. Out of our league. If the boosters come up with $40 mil to run Pederson and Callahan out of town then they won't have any trouble coming up with 3.5-4 million to get the right guy. Personally, I'm on the Pellini bandwagon. Should have been the coach in the first place! SUPERBUNNY I'm not sure about Petrino as HC. His loyalties seem to be along the same vein as Saban lately. Brohm comes back for his senior season and he leaves him hanging. Nice job coach.

Speculation, but I think the reason they wanted to come here is because Callahan was selling them a program that would get them a "better shot at the NFL"

Ahhh...college keggers...I really miss those.... BTW...posting this here does NO ONE any good!!! Wow that's hilarious!! What year was this taken???

Only takes one rotten egg. Probably more than one IMO.

Stating the obvious, but a few more blowouts like the last two week may force his hand. IMO

Or maybe it's their way of throwing in the towel.

I honestly don't think that BC will be able to suck up his pride and ask help from a man whom he can't even name during a PC.