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callahan was the best coach this universtiy ever had, he just didn't have enough time to prove himself

You must be living on planet dipsh*t. Get back on your spaceship and fly home. Merry Christmas.

I haven't heard his name mentioned. Seems strange since there was such a high level of coaching going on here, not to mention the fact that he did his job excellent in every way. You'd think someone would give Clown some love.

 

COULD IT BE THAT HE REALLY IS A CLOWN?

He's so excellent that he's probably overqualified for every program in the country. That's just 'system'

is the way he chews his gum. I was watching the SEC championship game and every time they showed him I wanted to just b*tch slap it out of his mouth

 

Seriously though, the one problem I have is his temper. He's gonna get at least two personal fouls this year for mouthing off to officials.

Well maybe he'll spit his gum out on the official. How would that treat ya? Pretty trivial concerns. We just had a season where we give up a thousand miles of yards and this board is worried about gum chewing. Grow up ladies.

skersfan said Dillard hates Pelini and to look for him to transfer. That would be shocking, and disappointing, to me.

 

I don't know, however, undoubtedly there will be a few.

If he's that immature let him transfer and go play for the purple cats.

The thing I don't understand is that if Pelini didn't "wow" The Crusty One then why is he one of two finalists? I just don't see a scenario where Osborne calls Turner Gill up on the phone and says, "Sorry, I know you're a great coach and have turned Buffalo around...and I was best man in your wedding and speak to you once a week, but I am offering the HC job to Bo Pelini." No way that happens.

With all I am hearing about the personal and professional connections between Osborne and Gill, I think the writing is on the wall. The only thing that would cause me any doubt that Gill would be named is the fact that he hasn't been named YET. Let's get on with this thing so we can get assistants in here and get on the recruiting trail.

It's sad that Callahan and Co actually made Solich look GOOD. That's the only reason we're even mentioning his name-because Bill ran us into the shitter.

Okay, this is going to be long...sorry.

 

Back in the day, when ESPN showed up, I thought cool, an all sports network. Wow, you talk about setting your expectations too high. ESPN is nothing but a self-promoting, money hungry, puppet of the Disney Corporation. There used to be one person on ESPN with a clue, but I think Trev Albert got sick of the corporate games and crap that is ESPN. Also, I think he got sick of having to break out the crayons and coloring books to attempt to explain football to that tard Mark May.

 

This is a little story (I’ve told here before) about when I realized that ESPN was nothing but a cross promoting whore for the little rat at Disney.

 

The year was 1997. The Nebraska Cornhuskers were number one in the nation. Peyton Manning was, by far, the best player in college football (at least in a high profile position). Of course there were a few problems. If Nebraska won out and played in a bowl game, it was going to be the Orange Bowl. That was a problem for the little money whore that is ESPN. You see, they were not going to carry the Orange Bowl. They had the Rose Bowl that year. In fact, If Tennessee kept wining; they too would go to the Orange Bowl because of the Bowl Alliance (that the Rose Bowl refused to join). So there we have it, for that pimp Disney to make any real money, they had to somehow make the Rose Bowl relevant. And since it’s little whore ESPN was more than willing to help out, they went to work to set up a situation whereby they would make more money for their pimp-daddy, good old Mickey Rat.

 

But their hands were tied right? They just report sports, right? Well, not really. With an important game coming up between Michigan and Notre Dame (I think) the question around ESPN was who should be number one? Should Michigan be number one if they beat Notre Dame? And the like. That question led every Sports Center, it was the number one topic on every college football report, and in fact they pounded it into the ground. What, you dare ask, what about Nebraska? Aren’t they number one? If they win this weekend shouldn’t they stay number one? Hasn’t that been the tradition? (For more on that tradition, see below). Well, they all seemed to forget about Nebraska. Could it be because Nebraska was landlocked in the middle of “fly over” territory? Maybe. But more than likely it had more to do with the fact that Nebraska was not going to be on one of Mickey Rat’s networks on New Years Day. Oh, and by the way, remember that Peyton Manning guy, the other team that would not end up on ESPN/ABC on New Years Day? Well, he played his ass off all year. But when ESPN/ABC showed highlights of him, he was getting sacked, throwing an interception, or some other unflattering event. Then, they began to show highlights of another player. Charles Woodson from Michigan. They showed him intercepting passes, catching passes, running punts back for touchdowns, basically doing everything right. You could tell from the highlight reel he was amazing. And poor Peyton Manning, he came back for his senior year and was just doing awful (at least it seemed that way from the ESPN highlights. I myself was in awe of how many touchdowns a defensive player like Charles Woodson was scoring. I thought, “Wow, that guy is good. I wonder how many T.D.’s he has this year?” The funny thing is, if you check out the numbers, Charles Woodson only ran back one kick for a touchdown. ESPN just showed that clip every time they talked about him (I just didn’t realize it was the same clip all the time). And what about poor Peyton Manning and his “disappointing” senior season? Well, a look at his stats shows that he had a Heisman-like year statistically. But wait…why didn’t we know that? Wasn’t ESPN, the “sports authority” responsible for telling us that? Well, yes, until you realize that they were going to have the Rose Bowl on ABC that year and wanted to hype the Heisman winner on their network. Never mind that their endless campaign for Charles Woodson most likely cost the clear-cut winner (Peyton Manning) his Heisman Trophy. After all, when your out pimpin’ your ho’s all that matters is money, right? Who cares if your ho’s have integrity. Ho’s are not supposed to have integrity. They are just supposed to make money, and it is all about the ratings. Oh, and I said earlier that when you are number one and you win, you are not supposed to have your ranking taken from you. Do you know how I know that? Well, it’s because after Nebraska soundly beat a legitimately good Tennessee team in the Orange Bowl and Michigan barely beat a mediocre Michigan team in the Rose Bowl, the ESPN contingent were livid that you never take away the number one ranking from a team that wins. In fact, before the polls even came out, as the clock ticked to double zero in the Rose Bowl (with the Nebraska/Tennessee still to be played), Bob Greece announced that Michigan had won the National Championship. (I mean, why wait for the polls to come out. ESPN had already orchestrated the theft of the National title from Nebraska way back in week 5 or 6 hadn’t they? Well, they didn’t count on the fact that the coaches had a conscience and decided to do what was right and give Nebraska the National Title they deserved. Those ESPN guys made nasty comments about Nebraska and how they should have never won the title when Michigan was number one and had won their bowl game. Funny though, they didn’t see any problem with Michigan jumping Nebraska in the polls (they actually went from #4 to #1) earlier in the season even though Nebraska won it’s game.

 

So you see, we are dealing with ratings minded media whores that have absolutely no integrity and should never, ever be taken seriously. They should be considered just what they are, cross promoting ratings prostitutes.

 

 

Preach on brother! Next time you're at Disneyland go punch Mickey Rat and pee on the Pirates of the Carribean ride haha

While I agree with you, I'm afraid you wasted precious time with the obvious.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/sto...mp;sportCat=ncf

 

Myths:

Nebraska is an elite coaching job

It used to be. But now-former athletic director Steve Pederson made a critical mistake and imposed his will on a program that needed a facial, not reconstructive cosmetic surgery.

 

Pederson hired Bill Callahan, who fit like Tabasco sauce on chocolate pudding. Callahan might be a good coach, but he wasn't the right coach for Nebraska.

 

Now Pederson and Callahan are gone, and so is Nebraska's one longtime advantage: an identity.

 

Lincoln was once I-Back U. It was Walk-On Heaven. It was a national recruiting pipeline, stretching as far as Jersey, Florida and California.

 

Now it's a seven-tractor pileup.

 

Tradition is nice, but elite high school recruits from outside of Nebraska's state lines (and there aren't many of them on an annual basis) don't remember much, if anything, about Mike Rozier. They want to win. They want to be on TV. They want to play for someone who can get them a job in the NFL.

 

If interim AD Tom Osborne is going to seal the gaping holes in this program, he had better find someone who understands and appreciates Nebraska's past, but more important, someone who understands the realities of its future. Nebraska needs its football identity back.

 

There are other overrated coaching jobs, beginning with UCLA (everything done on the relative cheap), Arkansas (limited in-state recruiting base, psycho fan expectations), Michigan State (program sounds good on paper, until you realize Michigan and Ohio State are in your conference).

 

But Nebraska was never in the same paragraph with those type of programs ... until now.

 

Nebraska football can be fixed. Probably. Not too much is at stake. Only the difference between relevancy and has-been status.

The truth hurts. Solich was leading the program away from its traditions. Callahan and Pederson buried it completely. Osborne has an unearthing job to do if we are to keep from becoming an artifact of football history.

I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who hates that guy. He's a self righteous dip-sh#t who I'd really love to punch in the mouth.

Reading the article confirms what most say, he is not cut out to be the HC at Nebraska.

You don't have to embrace the fame, but to hide from it and not open up to the people and the tradition of Neb will do nothing but drive a wedge.

 

So long and good luck selling your house.

Geez. He warrants some compassion, don't you think?

that took me 10 minutes to read

Yeah, why are Iowans always so slow?

What I think they meant to say is that he would pull the team off the field because of their great fear of the blackskirt Defense.

WHO CARES?!

in the fall of the Husker program has been the fan response.

 

The fan base, as represented here and elsewhere has embarrassed the state of Nebraska far worse than has the football team. The response to the fall of the football team has been far, far worse than has the fall itself. The fan base needs to get a life. Losing in a football game happens 1/2 the time, by definition. Fans should expect that over time your team will eventually struggle. Our teams struggles have been few and very, very far between. That the program is down is, in and of itself, not a big issue --- nothing to get worked up over. We'll be back, in due course. We have no right to expect excellence all the time. Why are we so special?

 

So, really the worst thing that has come from the fall of the program is that many Nebraska fans have been shown to be terrible losers, expressing an arrogant sense of entitlement and a childish sense of being poor sports. Of course this indictment does not include everyone or perhaps even most fans --- but enough fans have been unsportsmanlike and ridiculous in their behavior that the fan base at Nebraska is rightly viewed now as no different than any other collective fan base. We are great if we win and not when we lose.

 

The team will likely get better and recover. Will the fans?

Well, you can't expect 100% maturity from everyone. Husker fans are still the classiest around.

The sCUm must be beaten every year. I don't care if we are fielding a bunch of girls who don't tackle on defense. We will be victorious.

That reminds me of the time they played in all red. For a trivia question: Who can tell me which game that was?

They should find the guy who did this and chain his ass to the fifty yard line and let the defense earn their Blackshirts back.

Look, Callahan had his chance and has not endeared himself to Nebraska or its fans. Unfortunately for him, Pederson didn't help much. You can blame it on the cupboard for being bare. You can blame it on all kinds of things, but the bottom line is that he's not a motivator of student athletes. I have never seen a lack of player interest by the Huskers since I've been alive.

Personally, I think Callahan is a vindictive SOB and very calculated. What he lacks in leadership, he sure gains in political savvy. But he isn't even nice about it really. He obviously thinks he's far too superior to identify with Nebraska. But basically he's a desperate lad that clearly benefited from Pederson's ego back when he was sh#t out of luck with the coaching search.

So....his dip sh#t comments today don't surprise me.

And, by the way, I'd like to meet his politely refined and classy agent. He's a piece of work isn't he!

It doesn't take an expert to see that Ganz knows and executes Callahan's offense FAR better than Keller.

Keller apparently is more talented, so Callahan went with him.

But when the team was imploding and even the offense couldn't do squat (6 against Mizzou, 14 against Okie State and A&M), Callahan stuck with Keller every single down.

 

Just look at the points the last two weeks. Callahan didn't even know how to get the most out of his own offense.

Yeah but Callahan has done an excellent job in every area.

"Then fire him," Gary O'Hagan said, "Listen to how stupid you people are. You people need to start studying soil content or something. Why don't you find out how many pair of socks get washed every day in the locker room? Tha program, and the media is contributing, is self-devouring. You know how when flesh starts eating flesh? That's what's happening down there."

Makes you wonder if the agent gets some of the buyout money.

if BC gave you a Nebraska hat with his signature on the bill, would you keep it or try to erase the autograph. It is a real nice hat.

 

What the hell? Are you bored? What the hell kind of kindergarten question is that?

One that your kindergarten ass replied to

 

 

I'm pretty certain I have more of an education than you...guaranteed

It looks like you are putting it to good use. Now go away and bother someone that gives a rats ass about your education.

By the way, thanks for your service in Iraq. Wish I could put my education to use to get you the hell out of there! And if you don't want the hat I know several kids who'd love to have it.

if BC gave you a Nebraska hat with his signature on the bill, would you keep it or try to erase the autograph. It is a real nice hat.

 

What the hell? Are you bored? What the hell kind of kindergarten question is that?

One that your kindergarten ass replied to

I'm pretty certain I have more of an education than you...guaranteed

No... I fhe were so into God, he wouldn't have called TO a crusty old f***. He would've listened to what Osborne had to say from Day 1.

 

 

...and if Moses was so into God he wouldn't have struck that rock in the desert, and if Peter was so into God he wouldn't have sunk walking on water or denied Christ three times, and if Abraham was so into God he wouldn't have laughed when God told him he would have a child in his old age, and if King David was so into God he wouldn't have committed murder and adultery, and if Jonah was so into God he wouldn't have spent so much time in the belly of the fish...

Clearly these guys weren't really into God, they were just wearing their religion on their sleeves.

...and Osborne is God's surrogate on earth. Listen to him

I have no doubt Cally is a Christian guy. But he's without the character of TO or Tony Dungy... I think that's pretty obvious.

that's really not for you to judge

I've said it before, and I'll repeat it . . . the players are the only--the ONLY--folks that are on that football field. It may give you simple souls big jollies to personally lash out at a designated coach, but watch the next game CAREFULLY. You will see no coaches on the football field.

 

Those that have played the game at a high level will know exactly what I'm saying. It would be tragic if Osborne's decision was swayed in any manner by the likes of you idiots.

 

 

And I thought Callahan was a moron,,,,,

:asshat alert!

Oh get over yourself superdork. Obviously players aren't on the field. Leadership, schemes, accountability all begin with the coaches. It isn't working! In case you forgot, the coaches are the ones being paid with a budget in the millions, not the players. Don't lecture us on 'high level.'

if BC gave you a Nebraska hat with his signature on the bill, would you keep it or try to erase the autograph. It is a real nice hat.

What the hell? Are you bored? What the hell kind of kindergarten question is that?