I just wonder about what a blackshirt really is anymore as well. Blackshirts used to mean something, now they mean "i can try and grab this guys arm, but miss the tackle". We are usually known for our defense and our beloved, blackshirts. Where are they now? Maybe i'm biased, I think since God, aka Tommy O retired, we haven't had the same team. The year I was born he was there, the year I last recall a great team, he was there. It's truely heartbreaking sometimes watching these teams, knowing they have so much talent, and then thinking, "too bad we have this idiot for a coach". I will admit, the day they made the press conference that they hired Callahan, I sat down and thought, we're dead. I like the West Coast Offense, but come on, thats never been us, and unfortunately, we're known for the option plays. We have a great WCO for next year, but how long are all of us life long fans going to handle this? It drives me nuts, i'm surrounded by idiots here in vegas, they think UNLV has a decent team(trust me, it's not hard to get into UNLV, thats why i graduated from Creighton, just finishing up my masters here), they think NU was known because of their passing game. I do have a certain UNLV Qb that knows what i'm talking about as a friend, lets call him Rocky

he knows what i'm talking about, and he agree's NU hasn't been anything near the same since Osborne left.
All in all, I think Callahan is an idiot, he didn't use his team to their fullest, he played it safe when we could have beatin this team. Whats this 3rd and 5 and giving a 10-15 yard cushion? Where was our defense that we all remember? I will never stop supporting the big red nation, just that coach. :rant