AFhusker

It is true, Wats wasn't very involved with the game plan for the Bowl Game. And whoever said that these are the only plays that TMart can run is also correct. They have been trying to get Wats a job since TO doesn't like to fire anyone. Although I think he will be ok, we've paid him enough money to survive if he's unemployed for a season or two. But you also have to factor in crappy OL play and whoever was calling plays is very limited on what you can do. I think this was a audition for Beck more than anything for them to see if he's a liable candidate to replace Wats, or if they need to go out and get someone like a Mangino to be the new OC.

Actually, this might have some legs. Pedey liked Callahan, Callahan liked Watson, therefore Pedey should like Watson! Ladies and Gentlemen of Husker Nation, I propose that we hereby pardon Steve Pedersen of all his transgressions against Nebraska if he saves us now by hiring Watson and his cronies. Can I get an "aye"? Only if Watson agrees to take Cotton and Gilmore with him. Getting rid of Watson and keeping the other two is just putting a band aid on a sucking chest wound. Nothing in these two's history has shown competence as a assistant coach. Let's see if Bo has the balls to do what Callahan couldn't do and fire a friend (Cozgrove) for the betterment of the program and his job security. Too bad Peterson screwed up with Cally and Bo. I think if we could have Callahan's offense and Bo's defense we would have a couple of NC's by now. I would love to see that 2007 offense matched with Bo's defenses of the past two years. Instead we get each of them separately and neither have shown (to this point) that they can handle the other side of the ball. Obviously the defense with Callahan and Offense in Bo's case. A team with Callahan's defense with Bo's offense may go 0-12. Did I miss something or didn't Callahan team struggle against good defenses just like this offense does now. I'm guessing a offense that scores 0 points in the first half in Lincoln on homecoming against Oklahoma State would not take Nebraska to any NC's. What people are seeing is that even with a good defense the glaring weakness of Callahan/Watson OC schemes are more apparent. Callahn was just lucky that Cosgrove defense covered up his lack of offense production in any big game. Go back to Auburn, Oklahoma, Missou games and look up the scores. Well this offense can't put more than 17 on a crappy KU team, 7 on a horrible Washington team, 17 against SDS....I think you see my point. This offense is the equal to the 2007 defense. How good did Bo's defense do in 2008? OU had 62 points through 3 qtrs and would have had over 80 easily if Stoops doesn't take it easy on us. The same goes for Mizzou, they had 52 points on us through 3. But logical people know that he needed time to fix it. And Bo's best year of offense was in 2008 when Watson was allowed to run BC's offense and he didn't mess with Wats at all. That's not defending Wats, it's just stating facts. And if Bo wants to change the offense to the Oregon style that he wants, then do it and get coaches here that know that system. But right now he's asking a WCO OC to run the spread, IMO that is on Bo more than Wats. Why do you think that they are trying to find Watson a job so they don't have to fire him. That's becasue as we all know, TO doesn't like to fire anybody. We have three offensive coaches that need to be let go and Bo is really good friends with one of them (Cotton) and he needs to do what's right for the program and let them go. That was BC's fatal flaw because he didn't want to fire Cozgrove and it cost him his job, I hope the same doesn't happed to Bo too.

Pedy should have waited one more year before firing Frank and then we wouldn't have had the split in the fan base becasue of the mirage of 2003 (nobody would have won with the talent on that team in 2004 and he should have let Frank take the losing season since he built that team) and there would have been full support for whoever took over in 2005. The a smart AD (obviously not Pedy) would have told the fan base that we need to give the new coach a few years to get the program back to respectability, not immediately putting the pressure on BC to win the conference and not "allowing OU and UT to dominate the conference" or something stupid like that. Well we see how that has turned out, we haven't beaten either one of them when it mattered with BC or Bo.

If this doesn't happen, Bo is going to have a lot of trouble over the next two years. He's been lucky by having three very easy schedules to this point and he needs competent offensive coaching to survive those first two Big 10 schedules.

That boils down to a play call, my man. I think it's also the result of having a very crappy OL. We don't have time to run anything else. IMO Barney should be public enemy #1. As an OC, with a line coached by Cotton, it doesn't matter how many athletes you have at the skill position or what you call, it isn't going to work because you won't have the line play to do it.

I get the point, but that is a horrible example. Frank was/is a very poor OC. But there is a difference here, with Tom we were at least winning conference titles and playing in major bowl games. NU hasn't played in a major bowl game since 2001. That's why Bo has a lot to learn when he says something stupid like "Nebraska's back and we ain't going anywhere" after a win in the Holiday Bowl. We are back when we win conference championships and are at least in the running for the MNC. As for your last statement about violence, it is sad that we as parents have done such a poor job. IMO it's a result of politically correct (time out vs spanking) way of raising kids and is seems like the majority of parents were raised themselves by single parents and they didn't have the time to put quality time in with thier children and this is what you get.

Actually, this might have some legs. Pedey liked Callahan, Callahan liked Watson, therefore Pedey should like Watson! Ladies and Gentlemen of Husker Nation, I propose that we hereby pardon Steve Pedersen of all his transgressions against Nebraska if he saves us now by hiring Watson and his cronies. Can I get an "aye"? Only if Watson agrees to take Cotton and Gilmore with him. Getting rid of Watson and keeping the other two is just putting a band aid on a sucking chest wound. Nothing in these two's history has shown competence as a assistant coach. Let's see if Bo has the balls to do what Callahan couldn't do and fire a friend (Cozgrove) for the betterment of the program and his job security. Too bad Peterson screwed up with Cally and Bo. I think if we could have Callahan's offense and Bo's defense we would have a couple of NC's by now. I would love to see that 2007 offense matched with Bo's defenses of the past two years. Instead we get each of them separately and neither have shown (to this point) that they can handle the other side of the ball. Obviously the defense with Callahan and Offense in Bo's case. A team with Callahan's defense with Bo's offense may go 0-12.