What's it going to take

[Fan]

I am a Bama fan but I have always liked Nebraska football. I have a cousin that graduated from there and I've read "The Assembly Line", so don't call me a flamer please. What's it going to take for Nebraska fans to see that Callahan can't coach in this league. West Coast type coaches are not defensive minded enough for real football, with Pete Carroll being the exception. Here is my take on Nebraska football the past few years. All Nebraska fans and media heard was that Nebraska couldn't pass, Nebraska can't pass. blah blah blah. (example: Saturday I saw a sign on gameday that said "Hey Herbstreit, we throw it now.) So after winning 9 -13 games a year for 32 straight years running the football ya'll decide it wasn't working anymore. After another 10 win season you fire the coach, granted not the greates recruiter, but assistants can make up for that. In walks Callahan and out walks the blackshirts. The reason the blackshirts were so good was becuse they went up against smashmouth football every day. Now they go against the run but with finess passing. Barf !! You can call it rebuilding but I call it terrible coaching. Callahan will put all of his best athletes on offense and the defense will continue to suffer. Its time for Nebraska to go back to smashmouth option type football. The option is making a comeback anyway. The West Coast offense can become stale really quick, just ask Auburn and Al Borges. Do you people want to be known as the UCLA of the Big 12 from now on? All in the name of the foward pass. These are just my opinions and I was curious about how Nebraska fans felt. Reading this forum and listening to their fans has made me think ya'll have accepted mediocrity. I am not trying to stir the pot. I just like talking football and I miss watching Nebraska pound it down people's throat. If you want to argue about the validity of the foward pass, fine, I like debates on that. Most people say you have to throw to win these days. That is not exactly true. You must be able to pass to win. There is a difference. Anyway, I feel like Bama is on the rise and I believe Nebraska should be too, but it won't be with Callahan.

[zoogs]

The Blackshirts certainly didn't walk out in 2001? They went up against smash mouth football every day, and that's how they contained Chris Brown and the rest of the Colorado rush in that ugly, ugly game? That's how we got blown out 7-40 by Penn State a year later? I think you're looking at things much too simply.

[EbylHusker]

I will say this...I hope your Alabama team does well. Good luck in the season. Beyond that, your opinions suck.

 

Go Alabama!

[I Bleed RED]

LOL!!!!

 

Nobody likes hearing the truth from people outside of the state. It is plainly obvious to non NU kool aid lovers what the truth about Clownahan and our team but you will never get them to see without their rosey RED glasses.

 

FAN try this : pleasefirecallahan.com

 

It will be updated later today also. But it will be with a Cosgrove emphasis.

[Eric the Red]

In walks Callahan and out walks the blackshirts. The reason the blackshirts were so good was becuse they went up against smashmouth football every day. Now they go against the run but with finess passing. Barf !!

 

 

Interesting thought

[DJR313]

I will say this...I hope your Alabama team does well. Good luck in the season. Beyond that, your opinions suck.

 

Go Alabama!

 

That's kinda what I thought.

[Fan]

I will say this...I hope your Alabama team does well. Good luck in the season. Beyond that, your opinions suck.

 

Go Alabama!

 

That's kinda what I thought.

 

 

What about my opinons sucked? Please elaborate. I recieved the same reaction from many, many Bama fans when I said the same type things about Mike Shula. It took everyone else four years to realize what I already knew.

 

Go Huskers !!!

[robsker]

I am a Bama fan but I have always liked Nebraska football. I have a cousin that graduated from there and I've read "The Assembly Line", so don't call me a flamer please. What's it going to take for Nebraska fans to see that Callahan can't coach in this league. West Coast type coaches are not defensive minded enough for real football, with Pete Carroll being the exception. Here is my take on Nebraska football the past few years. All Nebraska fans and media heard was that Nebraska couldn't pass, Nebraska can't pass. blah blah blah. (example: Saturday I saw a sign on gameday that said "Hey Herbstreit, we throw it now.) So after winning 9 -13 games a year for 32 straight years running the football ya'll decide it wasn't working anymore. After another 10 win season you fire the coach, granted not the greates recruiter, but assistants can make up for that. In walks Callahan and out walks the blackshirts. The reason the blackshirts were so good was becuse they went up against smashmouth football every day. Now they go against the run but with finess passing. Barf !! You can call it rebuilding but I call it terrible coaching. Callahan will put all of his best athletes on offense and the defense will continue to suffer. Its time for Nebraska to go back to smashmouth option type football. The option is making a comeback anyway. The West Coast offense can become stale really quick, just ask Auburn and Al Borges. Do you people want to be known as the UCLA of the Big 12 from now on? All in the name of the foward pass. These are just my opinions and I was curious about how Nebraska fans felt. Reading this forum and listening to their fans has made me think ya'll have accepted mediocrity. I am not trying to stir the pot. I just like talking football and I miss watching Nebraska pound it down people's throat. If you want to argue about the validity of the foward pass, fine, I like debates on that. Most people say you have to throw to win these days. That is not exactly true. You must be able to pass to win. There is a difference. Anyway, I feel like Bama is on the rise and I believe Nebraska should be too, but it won't be with Callahan.

 

 

Bama is on the rise and it has to do with having a superstar coach. Bama will return faster to the realm of national significance than will we at Nebraska --- even though we have a 4 year head start. The difference is what our Bama friend has said --- but we do not want to hear. Bill Callahan is, at best --- and this is giving him undue credit --- an average D1 coach. He recruits well --- sort of --- but expect that that will drop off as well as the time gap between his NFL days and now increases. In terms of game preparation he is weak. In terms of play calling he is weak. Overall, he is, at best average. There is no chance for NU to meaningfully ascend the ladder from a fringe top 25 team to anything more meaningful while Calahan is at the helm. The rest of the nation, at least those who assess such things, know this. If indeed Callahan retires from here as he hopes, then NU football will be an afterthought (nationally NU is an afterthought already -- but I mean even in Nebraska the football program will become less a feature in the culture. It will take only two or three more years of serious mediocrity before many will no longer invest in Nu football).

[huskerNtexas]

Nebraska has the athletes to win big - just look at the last few years' worth of recruiting classes. Nebraska's coaching is substandard. That will keep in them on the outer fringes of the top 25.

 

NU reminds me a lot of OU during the John Blake years. Talent galore, but the coaches didn't know how to maximize the talent or motivate the talent.

 

Callahan will be good for 8-9 wins a year from now on. Those wins will come mostly at home, and a dog bone or two on the road.

 

If you expect a Callahan coached team to go toe-to-toe with the big boys, you're going to be disappointed.

 

Finally, NU has a couple more beat-downs in the cards for this year. Get ready for it.

[HUSKERWANK07]

I am a Bama fan but I have always liked Nebraska football. I have a cousin that graduated from there and I've read "The Assembly Line", so don't call me a flamer please. What's it going to take for Nebraska fans to see that Callahan can't coach in this league. West Coast type coaches are not defensive minded enough for real football, with Pete Carroll being the exception. Here is my take on Nebraska football the past few years. All Nebraska fans and media heard was that Nebraska couldn't pass, Nebraska can't pass. blah blah blah. (example: Saturday I saw a sign on gameday that said "Hey Herbstreit, we throw it now.) So after winning 9 -13 games a year for 32 straight years running the football ya'll decide it wasn't working anymore. After another 10 win season you fire the coach, granted not the greates recruiter, but assistants can make up for that. In walks Callahan and out walks the blackshirts. The reason the blackshirts were so good was becuse they went up against smashmouth football every day. Now they go against the run but with finess passing. Barf !! You can call it rebuilding but I call it terrible coaching. Callahan will put all of his best athletes on offense and the defense will continue to suffer. Its time for Nebraska to go back to smashmouth option type football. The option is making a comeback anyway. The West Coast offense can become stale really quick, just ask Auburn and Al Borges. Do you people want to be known as the UCLA of the Big 12 from now on? All in the name of the foward pass. These are just my opinions and I was curious about how Nebraska fans felt. Reading this forum and listening to their fans has made me think ya'll have accepted mediocrity. I am not trying to stir the pot. I just like talking football and I miss watching Nebraska pound it down people's throat. If you want to argue about the validity of the foward pass, fine, I like debates on that. Most people say you have to throw to win these days. That is not exactly true. You must be able to pass to win. There is a difference. Anyway, I feel like Bama is on the rise and I believe Nebraska should be too, but it won't be with Callahan.

 

 

Bama is on the rise and it has to do with having a superstar coach. Bama will return faster to the realm of national significance than will we at Nebraska --- even though we have a 4 year head start. The difference is what our Bama friend has said --- but we do not want to hear. Bill Callahan is, at best --- and this is giving him undue credit --- an average D1 coach. He recruits well --- sort of --- but expect that that will drop off as well as the time gap between his NFL days and now increases. In terms of game preparation he is weak. In terms of play calling he is weak. Overall, he is, at best average. There is no chance for NU to meaningfully ascend the ladder from a fringe top 25 team to anything more meaningful while Calahan is at the helm. The rest of the nation, at least those who assess such things, know this. If indeed Callahan retires from here as he hopes, then NU football will be an afterthought (nationally NU is an afterthought already -- but I mean even in Nebraska the football program will become less a feature in the culture. It will take only two or three more years of serious mediocrity before many will no longer invest in Nu football).

 

 

HUSKER FOOTBALL WILL NEVER DIE!!!!!

[robsker]

I am a Bama fan but I have always liked Nebraska football. I have a cousin that graduated from there and I've read "The Assembly Line", so don't call me a flamer please. What's it going to take for Nebraska fans to see that Callahan can't coach in this league. West Coast type coaches are not defensive minded enough for real football, with Pete Carroll being the exception. Here is my take on Nebraska football the past few years. All Nebraska fans and media heard was that Nebraska couldn't pass, Nebraska can't pass. blah blah blah. (example: Saturday I saw a sign on gameday that said "Hey Herbstreit, we throw it now.) So after winning 9 -13 games a year for 32 straight years running the football ya'll decide it wasn't working anymore. After another 10 win season you fire the coach, granted not the greates recruiter, but assistants can make up for that. In walks Callahan and out walks the blackshirts. The reason the blackshirts were so good was becuse they went up against smashmouth football every day. Now they go against the run but with finess passing. Barf !! You can call it rebuilding but I call it terrible coaching. Callahan will put all of his best athletes on offense and the defense will continue to suffer. Its time for Nebraska to go back to smashmouth option type football. The option is making a comeback anyway. The West Coast offense can become stale really quick, just ask Auburn and Al Borges. Do you people want to be known as the UCLA of the Big 12 from now on? All in the name of the foward pass. These are just my opinions and I was curious about how Nebraska fans felt. Reading this forum and listening to their fans has made me think ya'll have accepted mediocrity. I am not trying to stir the pot. I just like talking football and I miss watching Nebraska pound it down people's throat. If you want to argue about the validity of the foward pass, fine, I like debates on that. Most people say you have to throw to win these days. That is not exactly true. You must be able to pass to win. There is a difference. Anyway, I feel like Bama is on the rise and I believe Nebraska should be too, but it won't be with Callahan.

 

 

Bama is on the rise and it has to do with having a superstar coach. Bama will return faster to the realm of national significance than will we at Nebraska --- even though we have a 4 year head start. The difference is what our Bama friend has said --- but we do not want to hear. Bill Callahan is, at best --- and this is giving him undue credit --- an average D1 coach. He recruits well --- sort of --- but expect that that will drop off as well as the time gap between his NFL days and now increases. In terms of game preparation he is weak. In terms of play calling he is weak. Overall, he is, at best average. There is no chance for NU to meaningfully ascend the ladder from a fringe top 25 team to anything more meaningful while Calahan is at the helm. The rest of the nation, at least those who assess such things, know this. If indeed Callahan retires from here as he hopes, then NU football will be an afterthought (nationally NU is an afterthought already -- but I mean even in Nebraska the football program will become less a feature in the culture. It will take only two or three more years of serious mediocrity before many will no longer invest in Nu football).

 

 

HUSKER FOOTBALL WILL NEVER DIE!!!!!

 

 

I love your attitude! For me it will not die even if we descend into the ranks of the Iowa States of the world (which, I do not think will happen). Still, a bank of years in a row where the fan expectation outstrips by a wide margin the teams ability to produce will erode the luster of Nebraska football --- even in Nebraska. Already, nationally speaking, NU is not mentioned as a top tier program (like USC, LSU, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida) or a tier 2 program (Michigan, Ohio State, Louisville, Tennessee, Cal, Oregon, WVU, Virginia Tech) or even a tier 3 program. We are in the once glorious but now only modestly competitive range (like Bama, Notre Dame, Tenessee seems headed in that direction too, Miami, Florida State). Each of these programs are either in an incline through the ranks, a decline, or holding steady. the Huskers are in a holding pattern --- one that will not change unless leadership changes.

 

And a holding pattern of marginal competitiveness and sometimes ranked, other times not --- well too long of that and even here interest in NU football will decline. Accept for the fanatics like us, who will suffer along with the team no matter what.

[newenglandhusker]

Fan has a few good points. What is the driving force for superior WCO athletes to come to Lincoln? Are they going to come here over Southern California or Florida? No. What I would absolutely love to see is us go back to the Option, recruit the best Option players (because where else are they going to go to play D1 ball?) and dominate again.

 

Sadly, I don't think that will ever happen.

[HUSKERWANK07]

Fan has a few good points. What is the driving force for superior WCO athletes to come to Lincoln? Are they going to come here over Southern California or Florida? No. What I would absolutely love to see is us go back to the Option, recruit the best Option players (because where else are they going to go to play D1 ball?) and dominate again.

 

Sadly, I don't think that will ever happen.

 

 

^^^ Navy???

[newenglandhusker]

Fan has a few good points. What is the driving force for superior WCO athletes to come to Lincoln? Are they going to come here over Southern California or Florida? No. What I would absolutely love to see is us go back to the Option, recruit the best Option players (because where else are they going to go to play D1 ball?) and dominate again.

 

Sadly, I don't think that will ever happen.

^^^ Navy???

They surely wouldn't go to Navy. And I don't think Navy has the best of anything...except maybe herpes.

[REDSTEEL]

I am a Bama fan but I have always liked Nebraska football. I have a cousin that graduated from there and I've read "The Assembly Line", so don't call me a flamer please. What's it going to take for Nebraska fans to see that Callahan can't coach in this league. West Coast type coaches are not defensive minded enough for real football, with Pete Carroll being the exception. Here is my take on Nebraska football the past few years. All Nebraska fans and media heard was that Nebraska couldn't pass, Nebraska can't pass. blah blah blah. (example: Saturday I saw a sign on gameday that said "Hey Herbstreit, we throw it now.) So after winning 9 -13 games a year for 32 straight years running the football ya'll decide it wasn't working anymore. After another 10 win season you fire the coach, granted not the greates recruiter, but assistants can make up for that. In walks Callahan and out walks the blackshirts. The reason the blackshirts were so good was becuse they went up against smashmouth football every day. Now they go against the run but with finess passing. Barf !! You can call it rebuilding but I call it terrible coaching. Callahan will put all of his best athletes on offense and the defense will continue to suffer. Its time for Nebraska to go back to smashmouth option type football. The option is making a comeback anyway. The West Coast offense can become stale really quick, just ask Auburn and Al Borges. Do you people want to be known as the UCLA of the Big 12 from now on? All in the name of the foward pass. These are just my opinions and I was curious about how Nebraska fans felt. Reading this forum and listening to their fans has made me think ya'll have accepted mediocrity. I am not trying to stir the pot. I just like talking football and I miss watching Nebraska pound it down people's throat. If you want to argue about the validity of the foward pass, fine, I like debates on that. Most people say you have to throw to win these days. That is not exactly true. You must be able to pass to win. There is a difference. Anyway, I feel like Bama is on the rise and I believe Nebraska should be too, but it won't be with Callahan.

 

 

I would say your spot on. The problem was Solich was'nt the answer he made the power running game a one man team (Crouch) and got rid of the RB and FB.

 

Husker fans took the Colorado loss like it somehow was the offense fault. The same mentality that Husker fans used to hear from the news media and other fans how the option was outdated no can win with it this was even durring our NC runs. Somehow the Huskers fans became convinced that this was true and now Nebraska has lost any identity.

 

Teams that pass for 300 to 400 usually have a worse record then teams that can run for 300 yards.