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I think it needs to be emphasized that even though Bo said those things in the heat of the moment after an emotional game, that environment did not create those notions in his head. He clearly had resentments toward the fan base and media, and was contemplating leaving for another job, thus the 'We'll see how they do when I'm gone" comment. Being angry does not excuse the content of his rant.

I think what bothers me the most is his attitude that he's our savior and we're lucky to have him. "We'll see what they can do when I'm gone." Be a mediocre team like we are now? I'm sure there are tons of coaches who can maintain that, Bo.

Nexus this will have nothing to do with taking away scholarships? I figured when they put you on probation it means we are watching you a little more closely to make sure there will not be any more infractions.

 

You are correct. It's considered a minor infraction. No scholarships harmed.

The article states the NCAA deemed them "major" infractions, but Nebraska's efforts to investigate, self-report, and self-impose a fine lessened the penalty.

In regard to 1620's comments on the OP, they also pointed out that reporters also called around to boosters to gauge their feelings after the A&M blowup last year. Nothing really came of that. I'm guessing this is something similar. Even if the questions asked of the boosters are loaded, they aren't required to give loaded answers. Let's not start burning down your local newspapers just yet.

I'm going to guess the AP writer you mention is Eric Olson. The strange thing is he seemed to have a pretty good relationship with Bo in the past and I had the impression he was considered one of the more unbiased guys. Pelini would often talk pretty freely to Olson at the exclusion of some of the other beat writers. I'm not sure what changed this season, given that Bo has been a bit less testy with the press overall.

Just curious, how many people bashing Jason Peter now were cheering him on when he was taking Callahan to task for his coaching performance?

For some outside perspective.............(since the inhabitants of this board are all pretty frustrated right now with the lingering images of the bowl game still fresh)...............

 

I heard today on the Zone (haven't checked it out, but THEY were saying...........) that Vegas has us at 30-1 to win the Mythical National Championship.............which is second only to Michigan in the B!G.......!!

 

Now I'm not running out to bet the mortgage on it, but obviously outsiders (who may have more of an objective view than we do)............think we will be pretty decent.....

It should be noted we were 18-1 odds coming into this season. The odds are worse by their measure for next year, it seems. Not that Vegas should really factor into a reasoned assesment.

We need new football shoes. The old ones obviously don't protect the team enough.

 

I'm thinking something with multiple layer Kevlar tops. This would keep the team from shooting themselves in the foot so much.

Well, there's your problem right there. Those are soccer (futbol) shoes. Get us some real 'Murrican football shoes and we're in the Rose Bowl, baby!

I actually just gained a lot of respect for coach Raymond after reading that. It's amazing how honesty and acceptance of shortcomings can buy patience and understanding. If Bo practiced that, there would be less consternation about the future of the program. People would understand that he sees the problems and has clear intentions of fixing them. Instead, he snaps at reporters who ask about said problems or just gives recycled answers.

And yes, Raymond is right about the talent gap - and it's not just in the secondary.

That was humuliating on several levels. Not just losing, but the way the players melted-down - Dennard's ejection, the late cheap-shot by Stafford. It looks bad for the entire program.

Net gain for us

Really? How much quality depth do we have at CB versus their depth at WR?

Here come the penalties now.

every time the announcers start talking us up, we fail

Some day this team will learn to live with prosperity. Maybe.

I've been enjoying the official Capital One Bowl Twitter feed for the last few weeks. Funny stuff, but they've turned into a South Carolina/SEC cheerleader today. I probably shouldn't be surprised since I suspect the person hired to run the account may be from EDSBS or one of the other humourous CFB blogs. They're mostly SEC people.

Sort of reminds me of the Big-8 days when we would go down to Florida and everyone there, including the Orange Bowl people, were cheering for whatever Florida team we were playing.

I think I just understood why the freshman running back's don't get much action.

No live audio from Huskers.com? What kind of filthy crap is that? No big red reaction after the game? Way to take care of the fans Tom and Harvey.

It isn't their decision. ESPN is withholding streaming rights for this game, so Huskers.com is not allowed to stream the radio feed via the internet.

Now we know where Tim & Eric got their inspiration.

Ladyhawke, that eggnogg was supposed to be for everyone!

Click this.

Lincoln, NE (AP) -- On Thursday, December 22 a site was created to host humorous doctored photos of Nebraska football head coach Bo Pelini juxtaposed with cats. At 6:44 AM Friday morning, Pelini became aware of kittypelini.com. There were no survivors.

If Nebraska were to drop adidas, I'd prefer a switch to Under Armour. Nike stuff is just cheap and poorly made.

I don't think the new Adidas jerseys are all that great, either. I know the players commented that they like how lightweight and stretchy it is, but I think the material is fragile. I've noticed way more guys with rips and holes around the shoulder pads as the games progress. And the screen-printed sleeve stripes and player names on the back look shabby once the jersey is stretched over the pads. I think Adidas needs to rethink the Techfit line.

I don't think Nebraska should do anything dramatic or flashy with their uniforms, but I would like to see some refinement. I'm no fashion expert, but this year's getup just doesn't look that good to me.

Anyone watch Dexter? Dexter was in Nebraska a few weeks ago.

I thought that was pretty hilarious. It was obvious the writers randomly picked a location in the midwest that would be good for a witness protection hideout. The "Kearney, NE" they actually showed in the episode bore no resemblance whatsoever to the real place. At least they pronounced it right in the dialogue.

Or the episode of South Park when the showed A Husker game on the tv and it was tied something like 10-10 and the cut away from the tv and then showed it a minute later and it was 84-10 Huskers.

Lots of Nebraska references over the years on South Park. The guys behind that show are from Colorado, so no big surprise. One of the characters in their movie "Team America: World Police" was a former Nebraska QB.

There was also a King of the Hill episode where Hank takes Bobby to a Texas football game - and they were playing Nebraska.

My source buried deep in the bowels of the program says it's NO JOKE. As the video production guy, Nobler is in a position to have visual dirt on the entire coaching staff. I've been told Nobler is blackmailing Bo with footage of him that includes "weeping", "Youtube", and "cute cat videos."

With flat denials from both Pelini and TO, I think it's safe to say this Rapp guy was "spicing-up" his account of Urban's hire with the Bo side-note. You would see non-denial denials if Bo and Osborne were simply trying to downplay it, similar to the Miami stories last year. Unless Bo is totally lying to the press and Osborne, which I highly doubt, you wouldn't see such a strong dismissal of the story. As pointed-out earlier, Rapp bailing on the USC show is also telling. Sounds like he didn't expect to get this much scrutiny of his story when he wrote it last week.

The Miami talks were more of an AD picking Bo's brain about who he thought would be good fit. What type of coach they needed there, the facilities, who he thought would be interested, the type of vision the person needed to have etc. and from all of that it turned into an offer from a friend. Kind of like when someone calls looking for a new employee for a managers position and by the time you're done giving names and talking about qualities it turns into an offer from you because you seemed to know what the hell you were talking about when it came to running a department.

That was the word that came from Nebraska and Bo's camp, but the reporters covering it in Miami still insisted Pelini was discussing being the coach at that school. Bo also secured another raise shortly after this event occurred. I do believe the two are connected, and that would suggest it was more than "picking Bo's brain."

If Bo doesn't like the media spot light in Nebraska it won't be different at any of the other major players like OSU, MU, Bama, ATM, etc. Except perhaps that they'll also give him props for doing well and not make it seem like a 9-3 season was a failure and act as though the program is KU. I find it funny the writers here think Turner got the shaft with only 5 wins in 2 years and at least a dozen blow outs but we go 9-3 and we're not really very good because according to one writer off record "we played poor in a few of those wins so really we're 6-6 but we got lucky".

 

I did talk to one of the players parents when I was at the MU game. The did remark that the didn't think the media would be as ruthless about the athletes and coaches when they sent their kids here to play. They knew the state was crazy about football but they thought the state supported the program along with the media. They feel the media is really out to get the players and the university. One parent said they were sure if they would have sent their son here if they knew it would be this bad.

I assure you OSU, Michigan, and Bama fans consider a three-loss season with no chance at a conference title disappointing. Michigan fired Lloyd Carr in a very similar scenario to Solich's dismissal. They're happy this year because of the disaster of Rodriguez stint. Bama fans are nuts. I don't know how you would conclude things are less intense there. If Saban had 9-3 or 10-4 season several years in a row and failed to win the SEC, they would be all over his butt.

There's an article here from Novemeber 23 that lays-out more detail of the supposed discussions. This information was not repeated anywhere else, and the "verbal sparring" between Oz and OSU admins sounds like embellishment.

 

In fact, according to a trusted source, Smith was still exploring the option of hiring Nebraska coach and former Buckeye safety Bo Pelini and as recently as late last week was putting out feelers to other conference administrators asking if they would approve of Ohio State going after a current conference head coach. The source said that information got back to Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne and when Pelini admitted he was contacted by OSU and expressing interest in the job, the two went at it verbally.

 

Still, the Pelini experiment was short-lived and not well-received by the OSU board of trustees, who continued to placate Meyer and his agent, Trace Armstrong, a former NFL defensive lineman.

Not all accurate. Pelini has to ask TO for permission to interview for other head coaching jobs.

Bo didn't talk to Oz about the Miami job discussions last year. TO was caught completely by surprise and stated that he had no knowledge of it. Later, they were characterized as informal talks between Bo and an old associate (who happened to be the Miami AD.) But multiple news outlets insisted they were told by Miami admins off-the-record that Bo interviewed for the job down there.