As an Alabama fan and alumnus, I have to say I know what you guys are going through. You've lost more games the last few years than Osborne lost in his whole career probably. It hurts, but it will get better because you still have a great program. So be encouraged if your down.
Nebraska IS an elite job no matter what some pin head east coast elitist sportswriter says. Those guys hate people in "fly over country". Especially those of us in the "southern end of that" aka Alabama. They think nobody matters outside of the east and west coast. But Nebraska is one of the top 5 coaching jobs now and in the past. Y'all have one of the best traditions, a great fan base, a classy, clean cut former coach, (Osborne), and much more. I was reading on ESPN about the coach search up there. Wow, this time last year we were tracking planes, chatting, etc trying to figure out who our next coach would be. Whoever it was, they were inheriting a mess from Mike Shula. A good guy, but stubborn and not too smart. However, he took over a probation laden program embarrassed by a guy who can't behave himself...Mike Price...and who took over for someone who doesn't practice what he preached ....Franchione... who took over for another Mike..Dubose who got us on probabtion in the first place. The Tide and Cornhuskers have a lot in common. Our traditions have trained us to expect excellence and we won't settle for 2nd, nor should we. Therefore the expectations are high and there are big shoes to fill. But that's just how it is. We know we'll never have anything like Bear Bryant again. The media likes to say all that about us, but it's not true. We love to recall the days of old but we embrace the future. Nobody can pull off a run like Bear, Devaney, and other coaches of old did nowadays. But we can demand to compete for conference championships every year and a shot at the BCS once in a while.
I hope you guys get a great coach. And get a proven head coach too, don't settle for and take a chance on an assistant. Nebraska is an awesome job, you can win a NC there easily. I have confidence in Coach Osborne, he's a smart guy, he'll get the right guy. We'd kill to have him as our coach even now. But Nebraska can get anyone they want in my opinion. So tell the arrogant, elitist sportswriters to kiss your RED Cornhusker A_S and get the Children of the Corn back on top. ...Just save a little room for your friends down in Bama when you get there. We hope to see you in the BCS one day with our little grumpy coach.
Best of luck Husker Nation.
Roll Tide
