Guy Chamberlin Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Anyone of a certain age knows that Frank Solich liked the drink and the ladies. For years you could get away with it because it wasn't really a thing. It was a perk. Frank was hardly the only sports coach to indulge. But by the year 2000, it was getting pretty dangerous. Frank got a DUI in Ohio shortly after he took the MAC job. That's a fact. There was a poster on here who believe Steve Pederson had someone spike Frank's drink to help justify the firing. Frank's own excuses were a little embarrassing. He was a helluva fullback and a good coach. He just liked the drink and the ladies. Also back in that simpler time......Bob Devaney drove drunk almost nightly. Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 2 hours ago, Fru said: FWIW, I heard a slightly different version of Bo and the Cornhusker Hotel story. A booster’s son was spouting off about how his dad was “going to get Bo fired.” The team stayed at the Cornhusker the night before the UT game, and as they were leaving, Bo spotted this booster’s son. Bo and Carl (somehow) had a sheriff or LPD officer stand look out as they coerced the booster’s son to the basement/parking garage and as the officer stood watch, Bo and Carl unloaded profanities on him, threatening him etc. That's how I heard it as well. And I know with probably 90% confidence that the team always stayed at the Cornhusker the night before home games, which would dispel the biggest issue teach has with the story being that Bo wouldn't be able to get in and out without being seen. Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Why would Bo Pelini need to go to the basement of a hotel to verbally berate someone when he was happy to do it routinely on national television? 4 5 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 31 minutes ago, Landlord said: That's how I heard it as well. And I know with probably 90% confidence that the team always stayed at the Cornhusker the night before home games, which would dispel the biggest issue teach has with the story being that Bo wouldn't be able to get in and out without being seen. The rumor has always been day of the game, I have never once heard night before. I say that just because the rumor started with that booster "coming back to the tailgate after the showdown in the basement..." But who knows! Quote Link to comment
Fru Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 5 minutes ago, teachercd said: The rumor has always been day of the game, I have never once heard night before. I say that just because the rumor started with that booster "coming back to the tailgate after the showdown in the basement..." But who knows! I always assumed Bo passed by the booster (or his son) in the Cornhusker and they just exchanged “F you’s” and then the story grew into something it wasn’t. 2 Quote Link to comment
Fru Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 2 hours ago, runningblind said: I think you're confsuing Solich with Bill McCartney, and the coed with his daughter being impregnated by a player. Colorado digs continuing through September 13th! Nah it was definitely Frank that I heard it about. IIRC, there was also some connection between the girl and David City. Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 9 minutes ago, Fru said: I always assumed Bo passed by the booster (or his son) in the Cornhusker and they just exchanged “F you’s” and then the story grew into something it wasn’t. That would make way more sense than what the story has become. Quote Link to comment
Vince R. Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Weren't there tons of smoke about Marvin Sanders having relations with a student as well? Man, I feel like Bo never recovered from his departure. 1 Quote Link to comment
Vince R. Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 This is not really a crazy story. I just found it weird when I saw that Lauren Cook jumped from Taylor Martinez to Ben Cotton within the same year. I guess it aint no fun if the homies can't get none. 1 Quote Link to comment
lo country Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Vince R. said: Wasn't there tons of smoke about Marvin Sanders having relations with a student as well? Man, I feel like Bo never recovered from his departure. Thought is was something to do with him on a recruiting trip to Vegas maybe. 1 Quote Link to comment
Red Five Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 3 hours ago, teachercd said: Here is why the basement one is soooooo hard to believe. 1. Game was early The Texas game in 2010 was a 2:30 kick. Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Guy Chamberlin said: Anyone of a certain age knows that Frank Solich liked the drink and the ladies. For years you could get away with it because it wasn't really a thing. It was a perk. Frank was hardly the only sports coach to indulge. But by the year 2000, it was getting pretty dangerous. Frank got a DUI in Ohio shortly after he took the MAC job. That's a fact. There was a poster on here who believe Steve Pederson had someone spike Frank's drink to help justify the firing. Frank's own excuses were a little embarrassing. He was a helluva fullback and a good coach. He just liked the drink and the ladies. Also back in that simpler time......Bob Devaney drove drunk almost nightly. Yeah Bob liked to drink as did Joe Cipriano, often times together I've heard. I do know for a fact that Cipriano was absolutely wasted in the middle of a day when I went to his basketball camp back in 78ish. He came in to an afternoon session looking like Joe Lounge Lizard, shirt unbuttoned to his navel and long gold chains. He came in yelled at all the campers for awhile, slurring his words and stumbling about then he left. Absolutely true story. 2 Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 2 hours ago, Xmas32 said: I do remember hearing about that Solich rumor as well for whatever worthless grain of salt lol. Wasn't there also smoke around Carl Pelini's departure being due to him fooling around with a prominent booster's wife? Carl fooling around with a booster’s wife was true. She divorced her husband and she went with Carl to Florida when he took the FAU head coaching job. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 My brother told me that when Devaney was AD he would drive his Cadillac thru campus to get to his office at the football stadium. He literally drove his car on the large sidewalks which students use to walk thru campus. He was also a big drinker and he would go out with Barry Switzer the Friday night before the OU game every year. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Carl married that booster's daughter. She is a former Miss Nebraska (2008). Andrea Stine, from Elkhorn. They applied for their marriage license in Saunders Co in 2014. Here's the two of them together. 2 2 Quote Link to comment
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