RESTORE THE ORDER

[hack]

CU is a rival to NU, it might as well be treated like one and be embraced.

CU is NU's rivals like the Boston Red Sox are the New York Yankee's rivals. yah, there's competition, but more often than not *they're* the ones who end up holding the bag and looking like chumps.

 

more appropriate would be the Wiley Coyote and the Road Runner relationship. the Buffs are the ones investing in rocket skates and painting tunnels into mountains and usually end-up getting mashed by some big-assed anvil from outta the blue with 'ACME' written on the side of it. husker football just keeps running along.

[ohiohusker]

Awesome picture (now my background)! Awesome T-shirt! I had to work yesterday and got to watch the last 6 minutes of the game on an old fuzzy black & white TV with no sound in the back room. The camera showed one of the guys lifting up his jersey, but I couldn't read the shirt. Maybe they should have thought of a new phrase earlier in the year! Something kicked in yesterday! I'm so proud of those boys! Can't wait to find a tape of the game somewhere! Go Big Red!

[bigredhusker427]

Now if we can take it to whomever in the bowl game I'll be thrilled and right now I believe we can take on anyone.

The team we saw against Colorado performed like Big XII contenders. If we see them play like that next year, you can bet they will be in the Big XII championship and probably a BCS bowl. Hopefully they will keep playing like that, win the bowl game, and have momentum for next year; the year we prove we are back and we are for real.

[KansasHusker]

thats sweet man

[gamecocks]

I like it.

[StuckinChicago]

that one is gonnna remain my background for awhile.

[Huskrz65]

[Eric the Red]

Restoring the order

 

OMAHA (AP) - After Nebraska finished its 30-3 victory at Colorado, players lifted their jerseys to reveal T-shirts that read “Restore The Order.”

 

Well, did the most lopsided win over the Buffaloes since 1992 do that? Did it alleviate concerns former players might have had about the direction of the program under Bill Callahan? Does it bode well for the future?

 

For at least a day, the Cornhuskers looked like the Cornhuskers of old, dominating an opponent and winning by a big score.

 

Just how important Friday's win will be in the evolution of Nebraska football under Callahan might not be known for years, former players and a retired assistant coach say.

 

“If they played that way in every single game this year, I honestly think we would be looking at a 9-2 or 10-1 team and they would be thinking Big 12 title game in a week,” Rob Zatechka said Saturday.

 

Zatechka, a member of the “Pipeline” offensive line that cleared the way for the 1994 national championship team, said the win over the North Division-leading Buffaloes indicated progress.

 

 

 

“You have to give a new coach a minimum of three to five years to turn things around, and we're in year two right now and they've gone from 5-6 to 7-4. It looks like it's going in a decent direction,” Zatechka said.

 

Zatechka said the win should help enhance NU's bowl destination. Bowl bids are officially extended Dec. 4.

 

“Seven-and-four looks a heck of a lot more impressive than 6-5 does,” he said. “That football team should be proud to go to a bowl game like the Holiday Bowl, the Champs Bowl or the Houston Bowl. Just going to a bowl game is cause for celebration.”

 

Clinton Childs, a running back on the 1994 and '95 national championship teams, said progress can't be charted by the win-loss record alone.

 

“Frank Solich was fired as a head coach with a better record than that,” Childs said. “But a seven-win season is a credit to Callahan.”

 

The win over Colorado should help Callahan establish his own identity and give credence to the West Coast offense, Childs said.

 

“Everyone has been guilty of having thoughts of the times and coaches that were there when we played,” Childs said. “It takes time to get acclimated to the things that have changed. Just seeing how the guys pulled together and were able to spoil things for Colorado was really nice to see.”

 

Retired assistant Milt Tenopir, who coached offensive lines under Tom Osborne and Solich, said he hopes the win reduces some of the heat that had been put on Callahan.

 

“I was happy as hell for him,” Tenopir said. “It's a matter of execution, and I was really proud watching that game yesterday.”

 

Tenopir said Callahan and the assistant coaches have coached hard, and well, all season.

 

“They didn't do anything different,” said Tenopir, who attends practice twice a week. “They coached their butts off. They just happened to have things fall in place for them yesterday.

 

“People shouldn't be critical of people doing their job and doing a heck of a job at it. Most of those people don't know much about the game and haven't watched them coach because they're doing a great job of coaching. I've been there and saw it first-hand.”

 

Zatechka said the win over Colorado makes him feel worse about the 41-24 loss at Missouri and the 40-15 loss at Kansas.

 

“The only cloud within the silver lining is, 'Why didn't we see a performance like this against Kansas or Missouri?,”' he said. “You know you're better than Missouri. You know you're better than Kansas. And they flat got outplayed in those games. That's what is disappointing.”

 

But Zatechka said the Huskers can build on their performance at Colorado.

 

“I'd hate to see them rest on their laurels,” he said. “You want to see that kind of performance out of the offense, defense and coaching staff weekly. You don't want to see a letdown.”

[Hunter94]

my bet is you will see that t-shirt at every outlet that sells big red apparel soon!

and if we win our bowl game, you won't be able to buy them, they will be gone as soon as they are printed!!

 

 

hunter

[BIGREDIOWAN]

I would have to agree and wouldn't it be awesome to see every Husker fan in the bowl game we go to get that shirt and wear it!!!

[Huskrz65]

Reminds me of the "Unfinished Business" of the mid-90's!

 

And we all know what effect that had.

[husker rob]

i think that the losses to KU and MU can be the result of 1 play each game.

 

MU----reception by Hardy, or was it Nunn, driving for a touchdown and fumble MU recovers.

 

KU----kick off return for a touchdown called back for an illegal block then NU goes 3 and out.

 

ol'mo switches sides and the air is kicked right out of NU

 

had those unfortunate events never happened then NU is on the way to 2 more road wins, but they didnt and we lost.

 

next year after NU gets 9 wins again the t-shirt should read "ORDER RESTORED"

 

GBR continue to Restore the Order

[DaveH]

MU----reception by Hardy, or was it Nunn, driving for a touchdown and fumble MU recovers.

That was Nunn. He also dropped a couple passes yesterday including a frozen rope from Taylor that hit him right in the chest. It was an oustanding pass, shame it wasn't caught.

[husker rob]

thanks Dave

 

living in an area that doesnt get televised games all of the time i have to rely on the radio and sometimes it is hard to find a station or if i am able to have high speed access i can listen on the net but it is harder to remember the actual player but i can remember the plays.

 

yes it is a shame that nunn didnt catch that pass.

[StuckinChicago]

That better be on the student t shirt next year.