np_husker Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=3918...;u_sid=10396039 Not that I’m trying to suggest anything about what might happen in the future, but it’s interesting to note the comparisons between the first seven games of Bo Pelini’s debut season at Nebraska and Bob Stoops’ first season at Oklahoma. Stoops, like Pelini, was 4-3 at this point after winning his first three games with the Sooners in 1999. Stoops’ first loss that year came against Notre Dame. The score? 34-30. Pelini lost his first game at Nebraska three weeks ago to Virginia Tech, 35-30. The similarities between Stoops and Pelini are striking. Both took over after five-win seasons at powerful programs that had fallen hard. Stoops coached his first game at Oklahoma two days after he turned 40. Pelini was hired at Nebraska 11 days before that same milestone birthday. Both immediately hired their brothers to fill the role of defensive coordinator, and, of course, Stoops and Pelini grew up not five miles from each other in Youngstown, Ohio, starring at the same high school. They both started in coaching as graduate assistants under Hayden Fry at Iowa. Where will the parallels end? We all know what happened at Oklahoma after those first seven games: Stoops is 99-20 since. OU has won 11 games or more in seven of the past eight years with five Big 12 titles. By the way, the 1999 season ended for the Sooners with three wins over their final five games for a 7-5 finish. You’re sure to hear plenty more of the Stoops-Pelini talk next week as Nebraska visits Oklahoma in a game likely to carry more intrigue because of the men on the sidelines than anything else. Quote Link to comment
BigRedPowerWagon Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 With 2 coaches this intertwined together. With going to highschool together and working under hayden together, i wonder if there will be some sort of xtra talking between them before and after the game. Kinda like osborne did. Honestly i guess its fitting 2 coaches like this being in rivalrys between eachother. Quote Link to comment
HuskerT Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=3918...;u_sid=10396039 Not that I’m trying to suggest anything about what might happen in the future, but it’s interesting to note the comparisons between the first seven games of Bo Pelini’s debut season at Nebraska and Bob Stoops’ first season at Oklahoma. Stoops, like Pelini, was 4-3 at this point after winning his first three games with the Sooners in 1999. Stoops’ first loss that year came against Notre Dame. The score? 34-30. Pelini lost his first game at Nebraska three weeks ago to Virginia Tech, 35-30. The similarities between Stoops and Pelini are striking. Both took over after five-win seasons at powerful programs that had fallen hard. Stoops coached his first game at Oklahoma two days after he turned 40. Pelini was hired at Nebraska 11 days before that same milestone birthday. Both immediately hired their brothers to fill the role of defensive coordinator, and, of course, Stoops and Pelini grew up not five miles from each other in Youngstown, Ohio, starring at the same high school. They both started in coaching as graduate assistants under Hayden Fry at Iowa. Where will the parallels end? We all know what happened at Oklahoma after those first seven games: Stoops is 99-20 since. OU has won 11 games or more in seven of the past eight years with five Big 12 titles. By the way, the 1999 season ended for the Sooners with three wins over their final five games for a 7-5 finish. You’re sure to hear plenty more of the Stoops-Pelini talk next week as Nebraska visits Oklahoma in a game likely to carry more intrigue because of the men on the sidelines than anything else. Stoops is starting to gain the rep of not being able to win the big game. I hope that's not another similarity Bo and Stoops will have in the future. Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 "not being able to win the big game" is the lamest knock you can have on a player or coach. IMO. Quote Link to comment
caveman99 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 "not being able to win the big game" is the lamest knock you can have on a player or coach. IMO. I completely agree. Some people only have to remember being a fan in the 80's to understand. I watched too many defeats in the Orange Bowl. Quote Link to comment
np_husker Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 "not being able to win the big game" is the lamest knock you can have on a player or coach. IMO. especially in the world of college football today. Quote Link to comment
HuskerTrucker Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I miss the yearly rivalry with OU...wish they would figure some way out to get that one back...but that is pretty hard with the current set up...and I don't know any way that it could ever be a yearly thing again. The Big 12 ruined a good rivalry. I enjoyed the games we played against OU, and the respect that there was for each other. It won't be long, and nobody but old timers will remember the rivalry....it is Hell getting old... Quote Link to comment
Sker4Ever Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Somehow the Big Ten figures out a way to have Michigan and Ohio St. play every year. I think a rivalry game each year between a North and a South team would do the Big XII some good. Quote Link to comment
walksalone Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I concur with the aforementioned posts... You always get the Army-Navy game, the border war, etc... Why can't we have the greatest rivalry in college football every year... Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 If Pelini turns out to be a Bob Stoops type of coach I would be extremely happy. I just hope Bo is beating Stoops more in the long run. Quote Link to comment
Blackshirt316 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Somehow the Big Ten figures out a way to have Michigan and Ohio St. play every year. I think a rivalry game each year between a North and a South team would do the Big XII some good. The Big 10 only has 10 teams that compete in football and play fewer nonconference games. That's a bad comparison. A good comparison is the SEC which like the B12 also has 12 teams competing in football and has one permanent cross division opponent for each team. Quote Link to comment
Captain K Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 "not being able to win the big game" is the lamest knock you can have on a player or coach. IMO. Zoogies, are you Tom Osborne? Quote Link to comment
hack Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 The Big 10 only has 10 teams [...] they have eleven. it's not for nothing they're referred to as "the conference that can't count." and if you look close at their logo, they as much as admit that they really aren't the Big 10. Quote Link to comment
trouble Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 The Big 10 only has 10 teams [...] they have eleven. it's not for nothing they're referred to as "the conference that can't count." and if you look close at their logo, they as much as admit that they really aren't the Big 10. I never noticed that before... lol Quote Link to comment
Overland Park Husker Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 The Big 10 only has 10 teams [...] they have eleven. it's not for nothing they're referred to as "the conference that can't count." and if you look close at their logo, they as much as admit that they really aren't the Big 10. I never noticed that before... lol They can't call themselves the Big 11 because the Big XII has the rights to the name. Quote Link to comment
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