tulsahusker

If you're talking about my sig, she's on the Nebraska cheer team. I got the pic from http://www.huskers.com/PhotoAlbum.dbml?SPS...&PALBID=265 for a fellow Oklahoma husker fan that was unable to put a picture of a good looking cheerleader in his sig. I think she's pretty good looking as well.

It's more of a "good nature" kind of thing. There is no hard rule that says you have to in college AFAIK. Modified my sig for a fellow Oklahoman -- fortunately for me, my wife doesn't read this, nor would she care if she did.

If you are looking for facts, steer away from wikipedia in the future, it isn't 100% accurate, FYI. No, but it was judged a couple of years ago to be roughly as accurate as the Encyclopedia Britannica... (http://www.news.com/2100-1038_3-5997332.html)

What are the chances he pulls his brother Carl over from Solich's staff at Ohio University (http://ohiobobcats.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/pelini_carl00.html) to coach the Defensive Line?

Anyone who is in a position to hire people knows that when possible you hire knowns over unknowns. Other coaches may have done well at their universities, but that doesn't mean that they can or will do well here. Spurrier had Florida set up as a perennial contender, South Carolina, not so much -- not terrible, but not NC material either. Same with Lou Holtz and Notre Dame, Mike Price (now at UTEP), Steve Kragthorpe did wonders at Tulsa and hasn't impressed anyone at Louisville (though if the kids haven't lost faith in him I think that one will turn around next year), etc. Knowing that, everything becomes and educated guess. We could always look at coaches that have done well at multiple schools, but we don't want to be a step on the coaching carousel, so that won't work. What's left? Hire a known entity that understands the toughness required of Nebraska football teams, and has demonstrated the ability to teach that toughness to others while at Nebraska, and has proven that he can turn a (granted, small time) football program around by instilling that toughness. I don't envy Solich's position when he took over. It's always tough to come out of the ranks into an upper management position, because the members of the ranks look at you as "just one of the guys", and the appropriate respect for the authority of your position doesn't exist and is difficult to obtain without alienating the people that you need to work for you. I don't believe that either Pelini or Gill would have done well if they were put in Solich's shoes. Callahan's tenure at NU will ensure that the next coach, Nebraska ties or not, won't be put in that same situation. I have no problems with Gill, I'm not really excited about Pelini, but I would take a "wait and see" attitude rather than taking up arms against him.

The problem is that he hired the coordinator, then didn't let him run his offense. Gus Malzhan went from Arkansas to The University of Tulsa this year, and I believe I heard that TU now has the #1 rated offense in the nation (http://sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=nytimes&page=cfoot/stat/ncaa-team-totaloff.htm). Much like NU, they don't have a defense, and that's the only thing holding them back. TU did beat BYU in a score fest earlier this year... I'm not supporting Houston Nutt for NU coach, I'm simply disagreeing with you reasons he shouldn't be coach. I'd argue that he shouldn't be coach because he hired a really good OC and then tied the OC's hands behind his back. I honestly believe that if Nutt had let Malzhan run his offense at Arkansas, they'd have had a much better year, especially given the talent of McFadden and Jones.

There are other such videos as well -- I like the one you posted best, and this is another favorite of mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT7E8j5ZV9Q

Hahaha! Good one. Question for the plane watchers.... Did they take Pelini to Atlanta, or did they just interview him in the ATL? I haven't seen any Louisiana reporter ask Bo what happened Sunday at the interview? I don't think anyone actually knows -- I've read (I don't recall where, it may well have been on this board, so take it for what it's worth) that Bo and his agent were on the plane to Atlanta and I've seen newspaper articles that say he was interviewed while the plane stopped in Louisiana. Given the two hour or so layover in Louisiana, I'd tend to guess he was interviewed there. I looked earlier today for any flights from Atlanta to BR, and I didn't see any obvious ones that might have contained Bo and his agent, but that doesn't meant they don't exist. All speculation and guessing

Please note that all I did was post links to the plane schedules, I did not speculate at all about who was on them, or what their purpose was.

Good to know, sorry for perpetuating the myth. I wondered what the second plane could possibly be for.

i don't think we had much to choose from, honestly. those planes aren't headed all the way back to Lincoln for nothing. The second plane is destined for Omaha, no scheduled trip to Lincoln before or after the Omaha stop.

It's running late: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N7NE In addition, the second husker plane that went to Atlanta is still parked for now: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N350HA I hate to reply to my own post -- it's bad form, but I just noticed that the second plane is scheduled to leave Atlanta for Omaha at 9:00pm eastern.

It's running late: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N7NE In addition, the second husker plane that went to Atlanta is still parked for now: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N350HA

If we bring in someone with a similar offensive system and and DC that makes sure fundamentals are emphasized, I think it will be: San Jose St W N Mexico St W V Tech L West Mich W Mizzou L Tex Tech L ISU W Baylor W at OU L Kansas L at KSU L Colorado W or 6-6. If the defense has really good athletes that have simply been put in terrible positions, and we can return to the blackshirts of old, I'll add TT, Kansas, and KSU to the W column. If the defense can't get turned around, and/or if we bring in a completely new and different offense, I think a realistic expectation would be: San Jose St W N Mexico St W V Tech L West Mich W Mizzou L Tex Tech L ISU L Baylor W at OU L Kansas L at KSU L Colorado L or 4-8 I'd take a hard fought 4-8 for the first year coach, no matter who it is, and I'd be a heck of a lot happier than I was with our 5-7 record this year.

Mike Stoops left OU before their NC game when he went to Arizona... TO isn't going to hire anyone that isn't willing to start immediately, it's too damaging to recruiting.