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While I acknowledge this is how he's for the most part made his living, I never could understand why our OL was so bad when he was here. Poor Zac Taylor was running for his life back there. We did not have any sort of dominating OL when Callahan was here.

Maybe, but isn't this the same crap we hear when we fire a coach? Solich had a toxic culture and had to beg Crouch to rejoin the team. Callahan had a toxic culture and tried to kill the walk-on program. Bo had a toxic culture and had the players against the fans/world. Mike had a toxic culture and fed players sprinkles on their ice cream. Frost had a toxic culture and missed meetings or was late because he was drunk. Did I miss anything? I don't know about anyone else, but I feel like Bill Murray in Groundhogs Day.

Or, we could just simply hire Art Briles. I mean everyone seems to be so high on Urban Meyer. Is there really that much of a difference between the two? If former Lancaster County Attorney Gary Lacey was still alive, we could ask him if either of the two are much different than a coach who once roamed the sideline.

I'm quite sure we have different opinions on better. If I was an 18-22 year old highly skilled player, I would much rather play and practice in Phoenix, AZ than Lincoln, NE. Arizona State has had four All Americans in the last decade. Nebraska has had none. I would venture to guess Deion would have better recruiting classes at Arizona State than he would have at Nebraska.

Maybe I misinterpreted what you were saying. I thought you meant there isn't a job out there better than Nebraska. Apparently, you meant there isn't a job that is open that is better than Nebraska. I really only know of two openings at the moment being Arizona State and Nebraska because we are barely into the season. Both fired coaches near the beginnings of their fifth year. Herm Edwards was 26-20 at Arizona State while Frost was 16-31. Arizona State made it to three bowl games in the past five years while Nebraska has made zero. I guess it all depends on one's definition of a better program, but to some/many Arizona State might very well look like the better program. I'm not sure I like our odds for Deion against Arizona State. Considering Sark has already been terminated once before during the season, I don't think it's impossible. I also don't think it's impossible for him to be fired at seasons end if they implode. Freeman probably doesn't get canned this year.

To the bolded: if past performance is indicative of future results, we are essentially screwed. This is basically what we've been telling ourselves for the last two decades. Pud had people convinced that there were plenty of top tier coaches that would love the job. Then, he went out and hired his eighth or so choice because everyone else told him no. I still can't believe that top tier coach Houston Nutt turned us down. I'd love to be optimistic, but we've been the program where each step forward seems to be followed by ten backwards.

To the bolded, are you kidding me? Tell me throughout each of the coaching changes Nebraska made where there was a minority coach that was passed over. If one really thinks logically about this, we'd more than likely have a minority coach had Pud not screwed everything up. I have no doubt that Turner Gill was the next head coach in waiting when Solich was here. I wouldn't have a problem with Deion being named our next head coach, but it has absolutely nothing to do with his race. He would bring immediate interest in the program. I would argue he could very well bring more player interest to the program than Urban could. He is a bit lacking in experience, but I don't think he should be overlooked because of it.

Is this really going to be Trev's decision to make? I wonder how much influence the boosters and regents will have? Callahan was all Pud's decision. I've always been a bit skeptical that Bo was all TO's decision. Riley would have been all Eichorst. Moos was hired just to lure and hire Frost. If I'm in TA's shoes given his history as AD with football programs, I would want as many especially those with any power at all involved as possible. If things don't work out, he then won't be the only one with egg all over his face.

According to the local sports writers for the program, the bolded just isn't correct. For whatever reason, Riley was having a lot of trouble getting the things he wanted/needed financial support for. A lot of them even said that Riley moving on might have been the best thing long term for the OU program because the boosters and such have finally stepped up and opened the purse strings.

Does anyone else find it a bit ironic that we're to hold Bill O'Brien's job hopping against him while people are clamoring for Lane Kiffin? I realize I haven't seen Kiffin's name come up much in the last few days, but his name popped up right after Frost was fired. I really don't want to see either one of them on the Nebraska sideline next year.

The more I've read about and thought about it, I doubt luring Riley away from OU to USC was that big of a challenge. Apparently, the OU boosters and such weren't really interested in opening up the purse strings for Riley while he was at OU. This has now changed with Venebles. I'm also quite sure Riley wanted absolutely no part of the SEC. I have a gut feeling OU will do about as well in the SEC as Nebraska has done in the B1G. Riley seems to be a younger version of Urban in that he's a very opportunistic coach. The Pac is primed for the taking in terms of top notched coaches. California has a lot of talent. Even when USC joins the B1G, they really only have to deal with one maybe two big dogs.

If you continue to say the bolded, does it eventually make it true? While it might be premature, if Sark doesn't get it turned around at Texas they might have an opening. Texas is a better job than Nebraska. Notre Dame might be looking to make a change as well, and I would say it is a better job than Nebraska. Urban has already turned Notre Dame down once before when he accepted the job at Florida. Urban is a very opportunistic coach. He chose Florida over Notre Dame because Zook left Florida with a lot of athletic talent. Plus, the SEC then wasn't the SEC now. The SEC had only won two NCs the previous decade when Urban started at Florida. Tennessee had already fallen on hard times, and LSU didn't have Saban any longer. The conference was primed for a coach to take over. The same can be said about the B1G when Urban started at Ohio State. Ohio State was loaded with talent, and there weren't any big time coaches in the conference. This is what makes Nebraska quite a bit different than his last two jobs in college football. We aren't exactly stacked with talent, and we're not in a recruiting hotbed like Florida or Ohio. While Nebraska might be a better job than most, there are still several jobs better than Nebraska. If Urban is looking for redemption, I wouldn't be shocked to see him take a job of the west coast.

Fickell's 2011 season as HC is somewhat similar to Mickey Joseph's 2022 season with the exception that Fickell was handed the keys to a ferrari and Joseph was handed the keys to a Ford Pinto. Cincinnati was doing relatively well with the exception of the last year before Fickell was named HC. Sounds similar to UCF don't you think?

Is the bolded actually correct? I looked at his record from his record from his fourth year on because the majority of the players should have been his players. In 2019, he went 7-6. All but two of the teams he lost to were ranked in the top 15 at seasons end but two. Those were KState who finished 8-5 and Okie State who finished 8-5. I wouldn't call either of those two teams cellar-dweller. All games lost in 19' were close games with the exception of Notre Dame in the bowl game. In 2020, he went 9-3. The three teams he lost to all finished in the top 20 at seasons end. In 2021, he finished 7-6. All but two of the teams he lost to were ranked in the top 25 at seasons end but two. Those were West Virginia who finished 6-7 and Texas Tech who finished 7-6. At Iowa State with his players, he has yet to lose to a team that wasn't bowl eligible. He has only lost once to a team that finished the season with a losing record. He has one top 10 finish. Iowa State won just four conference games in the three seasons before Campbell became their coach. Since he's been at Iowa State, they've pretty much fallen into the 50th-60th ranked recruiting class per 247. In terms of coaching, he's doing a really good job with the talent he has. Now, here's where the arguments could be had. Can he recruit better to Nebraska than he has at Iowa State? Only time will tell, but it appears he's a much younger version of Bill Snyder. I think it is also a positive that he played defensive lineman, and he has coached offensive linemen. These are the two areas where we are the most lacking. I wouldn't be disappointed if he's named the next coach.

I agree. I would venture to guess that a guy that is a great recruiter of 18 year olds is also a pretty good recruiter of 30-65 year olds. I would guess he would bring in some great coordinators and position coaches.

Is this the correct cost per credit hour? If so, was someone's daughter taking 130 credits per year? The math isn't coming out right.

When I attended UNL, I lived in a frat. the first semester and in the dorms the second semester as the frat. life just wasn't for me. Unless things have changed, it was more expensive to live in the dorms than in a frat. Unless things have changed, freshmen were required to live in one or the other unless they lived at home or with a guardian.

Is the bolded actually true? Someone earlier in this thread stated it would roughly cost $33,000.00 to attend and graduate from UNL. I started UNL roughly three decades ago. One of my college roommate's dad bought him a brand new Chevy 1/2 ton extended cab fully loaded pickup in 94'. It cost roughly $6,000.00 more than what it cost me to attend and graduate UNL. Dinsdale Chevrolet in Grand Island has a comparable pickup listed for sale at roughly $50,000.00. It doesn't really seem to me that college costs are vastly greater than they've been for previous generations.

It has been stated that college shouldn't be a gamble. I realize there are kids who graduate high school and really don't know what they want to do. This is fine, and there's no shame in that. However, there are other options than just borrowing a buttload of money for a degree that may or may not be useful in the future. I read a month or so ago how the military is paying as much as $50,000.00 or more in signing bonuses as recruitment has really fallen off a cliff since covid. I would assume there is still the GI Bill where schooling is paid for once the military term is up. This student loan forgiveness program is a swift kick to the groin to anyone that found other means to pay for college instead of loans and to those who worked really hard after graduation to get those loans paid off.

Crete Carriers and Walmart both have ads. on the radio offering $2,000.00+ a week driving a truck. I'm probably just out of the loop, but I highly doubt those working in retail are making this amount. At some point in time, we have to admit that we've been fed a line of crap with regards to the importance of a college degree. Many economists have already predicted that this recession will primarily affect white collar workers because there is and will continue to be a shortage of blue collar workers. Locally, a plumber; electrician; welder; etc. can pretty much name their price. After I graduated UNL, I was in the finance industry for a couple of years. It didn't take long to figure out I could make a lot more money with a blue collar job in the transportation industry. If I had a dollar for every time in the last two years I heard someone say people just don't want to work anymore, I could probably retire. My comment each and every time has been, who do you know that doesn't have a job? Here, it is not difficult at all to get a job. It has gotten so difficult to hire medical workers that local hospitals will pay all student loans of new workers if they sign a five year contract.

To the bolded: is this how things are going to go? Can a team like Alabama that has their scholarship limits filled start poaching "walk-on" players through the portal where they ink high dollar NIL?

Just for clarification, how did the rushing attempts compare? Rushing yardage isn't really an apples to apples comparison when one league is known for porous defenses.

I agree with Cdog. This facebook post is trash. We've been sending 18-22 year olds off to war for decades. With the deals some 18-22 year olds are signing, they aren't amateur athletes anymore. This is big boy football now. It's also a bit shocking to read something like this coming from a college instructor. They're job is also tied to how well 18-22 year olds do. I'm sure there have been plenty of college instructors fired for nonperformance.

How much of our recruiting ranking is based off of skill players rather than OL and DL? This isn't 6 man football. Winning occurs in the trenches. It seems to me that so much of our recruiting ranking comes from the QB, RB, and WR positions.

The biggest reason I could see for a mid-season firing would be if we're targeting a coach who isn't currently employed. If the recruiting class sees we landed a big fish like Bob Stoops or Urban Meyer, we have a better chance of retaining them. I highly doubt it plays out this way.