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How many coaches did Oklahoma go through between Switzer and Stoops? Two or three? We've gone through two, and could go through two more. It won't be the end of the world if the next HC fails, too. It'll just mean it will take more time for us to return to glory. We'll get there. I firmly believe that.

I still say the Walk-on Program is the key to our success. They were instrumental to getting the most output from scholarship athletes and also made direct contributions on the field as well...(Resulting in some kickass team unity and I read somewhere we had the highest number of former Huskers being NFL team captains). Right, but you realize that BC has pared our Walk-On program down to next to nothing, right? The program we all grew up with doesn't exist anymore, not in any way shape or form. What we have now is no different than what any other program currently has. It's nothing special. Easily unpared.. Might take a little time, but probably the fastest way to turn this thing around. But why in the world would the guy who single-handedly tore the Walk-On program down suddenly "see the light" and rebuild it? Just because TO tells him to? If there's one thing we know about Bill Callahan, it's that it's his way or no way. Even if he was kept and even if TO told him to rebuild the walk-on program to what it once was, BC still would not give it the chance it needs to succeed. There are countless examples of this behavior from him already. I agree with you that the program needs to be rebuilt to something somewhere close to its former state, but I have no confidence whatsoever that this will happen under Bill Callahan.

I still say the Walk-on Program is the key to our success. They were instrumental to getting the most output from scholarship athletes and also made direct contributions on the field as well...(Resulting in some kickass team unity and I read somewhere we had the highest number of former Huskers being NFL team captains). Right, but you realize that BC has pared our Walk-On program down to next to nothing, right? The program we all grew up with doesn't exist anymore, not in any way shape or form. What we have now is no different than what any other program currently has. It's nothing special.

Or, you know... Martin Rucker. Oops. =)

Who? Harvey Perlman, I think.

Yes, he had that kind of personality, that kind of drive and commitment. The kind that leaders have. I think in all the coach discussions that have been going on, people would have dropping his name for an Asst position. I think he'd still be playing. He could very easily have turned into Tom Brady.

Like Darius Rucker, for example?

I completely agree with Coach Prince here. The whole concept of "running up the score" should be abolished in football. If you put on pads and cleats you should expect to stop the guy in front of you. If you can't, they score. That's how the game is played. I have no sympathy for anyone crying about their opponent scoring on them, whether it be NU against KSU or KU against NU. Honestly? Even if we invite a bad 1-AA team here to pick up a check and give us an easy W, it would be OK to score 120? I agree in this case, because K-State is a D1 team that takes football seriously. I think when a team goes out and doesn't put forth any effort, the coach wants his team to see what can happen if they just go through the motions. Prince was probably happy we gave his players a lesson. I thought he halfback pass was a little much though. Actually, when MU went for the fake field goal I felt a little sorry for Pinkel that he needed that to feel good about himself. Perhaps he's compensating. Can't he just buy a Ferrari instead. OK, OK - you could probably come up with half a dozen caveats to my statement. You get the gist of what I'm saying though, and that's the main thing. Any BCS school, if that makes the statement more palatable.

Aren't there Makovicka grandsons getting close to college? Did I read that here or somewhere else? Or am I all messed up there? I was under the impression that the Makovicka family had a contractual obligation to provide Husker Nation with a Fullback every 5-6 years. No?

Are you saying that based on skill or on Berringer's untimely death? If it's his death then that goes without saying, but if you're basing it on the skills of both, I think there's a pretty good argument to be made in favor of Berringer.

Just for that Prince is going to block a punt come game-time. You watch. That kid is fast, and he's been close several times in just the last couple of games. He gonna get you!

This is the CU look-a-like thread, BB!!

That girl's name is Katie Hnida, and if you google her you'll find she went through quite a lot on that team. Knocking her for having more guts than everyone on this board combined probably wasn't what you were trying to do, was it?

That is all true about the starters. Imagine the howling that would be going on if Lucky had been hurt, or even Ganz?

I'm not feeling the Gary Coleman one, cmb.

I would assume he would do better than this year. But wins and losses alone are not the reason he'll be leaving soon.

I had USC and Texas as tough games (of course). I also had Wake, because even though they did lose a lot we were playing at the home of the defending ACC champs, and I figured they'd put up more of a struggle. I also had A&M and Okie State as "harder" games, along with Missouri. I felt like we would walk all over everyone else, but those were six games out of twelve that we could potentially lose, plus Oklahoma, who I figured we'd play in the Big XII Championship.

I'd say that Scott Frost was more of an NFL type QB than Berringer, and the NFL didn't even consider giving Frost a shot at QB. Berringer's numbers were nothing spectacular. Sure compared to Mickey Joseph and Joe Dailey, Berringer looks like a great NFL style QB, but that isn't saying a whole lot. Frosty was never going to be an NFL QB. He was never cut out for it. If Bill Walsh couldn't make him into a passer, there's no way anyone else could, either. Frost's future in the NFL would always have been at DB, or maybe WR, or even on special teams as a KR or PR. I have two words for why you probably weren't all that impressed with Berringer: Tommie. Frazier. Had Brook not played "against" one of the greatest college football players to lace up cleats he would have knocked our socks off for four years here in Lincoln. Frazier should legitimately be mentioned along with greats like Herschel Walker and Archie Griffin. That's some pretty amazing company to be in, and we can't have expected too much from a guy competing with that for playing time. No, Berringer had far, far more potential in the NFL than Scott did.

Not to be rude, but what does Ivan Maisel know about Nebraska? I'd take the word of two or three dozen guys here at HuskerBoard over his any day, and twice on Saturdays.

And on the flip side of that, this year's schedule was murderous. Walking into this season, optimism at HIGH, I still felt like we were going to be in for a tough year based on strength of schedule alone. We've played some pretty good teams, and some other teams that just plain old came to play against us. I'm not making excuses for BC and Co., don't get me wrong. But this was always going to be a tough year, even if we had played up to the potential we thought we'd play to.

I get what you're saying. The main reason I can see that Callahan isn't being given more time is that he's just not a Husker. He is still a foreigner in these parts, and he's never attempted to acclimate himself here. There are a lot of things he could have done to reach out to the Husker community that he never attempted. In the end I feel like Steve Pederson needed a Head Coach and Bill Callahan needed a job, and that's all there ever was or will be to the Bill Callahan Era here at Nebraska.

If you think calling someone "clueless" is a personal attack worthy of a warning, you should see what's been posted about me - by Freemason, among others - in my brief time here. I didn't see anyone coming to my defense then. I shall not call anyone clueless again, however. Point taken. I agree with you FreeMason was out of line as well. Course he did have more tackles than you. Hey life should be fun. Be Happy all. Some Husker fans didn't wake up today. Hope all of you will for sometime. Yes, we both need to tone it down. I agree with that. I'm not looking for AR to give me a free pass, I'm just thinking the playing field should be level. But I did make my little "pledge," and I plan on sticking to it. No more Mr. Mean Guy from me. Like you said, NM - this should be fun. We are all Husker Fans, so no more bickering for me.

If you're a Husker Fan, you would be included in that "WE." We're all in this together. WE may not all have liked all of those decisions, but WE all have to live with them, especially if WE are going to continue to wear that big red N on our shirts/hats/coats/etc. Yes including me. But I understand how dumb the question was. Do you? Callahan isn't leaving one way or the other without some pocket money. If any of you think different then you probably couldn't count the socks or do a soil sample. If WE want him gone WEwill have to fire him. Callahan may be dumb as some have said but his agent isn't. Absolutely. I'm not making excuses for the reporter - that was a first-year-out-of-college question from a veteran reporter. He got the answer he should have gotten from that question. It just seemed by your answer that you were saying you didn't agree with any of those decisions and it was "all the other fans" who were wrong. It struck me as odd since the WE things you were saying were on opposite sides of the fence in the general discussion here. I could be wrong, though.

That is the gazillion dollar question. The best answer I've heard (and the one that seems to fit the pattern) is that they don't do it that way in the Pro's, and that's how BC has been trying to run this program.

Thanks for taking the time to do this research. I've been saying this since day one - our cupboard is not bare. Say what you will about Callahan and Co. but they can recruit. We have a ton of talent on offense, and with a good scheme we have the potential for a decent-to-good defense. It's not going to be the end of the world next year.