huskermaniac
Three-Star Recruit
I have seen a lot of people saying "We love Bo.." but very few people are talking about WHY we should love Bo and be thankful to have him. This was an emotionally scared team from Callahan's last year. Bo reinvigorated this team with fight and a new winning attitude. He recovered the team's spirit after humiliating losses to Missouri and Oklahoma. He knows how to MOTIVATE!
He (and this staff) also know how to gameplan and readjust. Look at all of the second half comebacks this year. Against V-Tech and Texas Tech, we were down at halftime to come back to nearly win. We were losing to Baylor at halftime, losing to Kansas in the third, and San Jose State had us on the ropes in the third. We bounced back to win those convincingly. More importantly, we beat every team we were supposed to beat. You could argue that we should have beat Virginia Tech, but they did finish the season strong.
The Big 12 is set up perfectly for our return. We have the talent to win the North next year. I don't like our chances to beat OU or Texas in the Championship game, but establishing control on the North is more important right now. Once we get back to controlling the North year by year, we will begin to stockpile the talent to contend with and eventually beat OU and Texas.
His first recruiting class looks solid and appears to contain some real difference makers. Although not as highly rated as the Callahan years, I expect them to develop into great players. I also want to mention how happy I am that he has jump-started the walk-on program and embraced TO's advice. It has already paid dividends this year after some stellar game performances by walk-ons.
If Bo can continue to win the games he should win and knock off a couple of teams he isn't expected to, our return will be soon. I have full confidence in Bo Pelini, and hope that he will be our head coach for a long time.
Go Big Red!
He (and this staff) also know how to gameplan and readjust. Look at all of the second half comebacks this year. Against V-Tech and Texas Tech, we were down at halftime to come back to nearly win. We were losing to Baylor at halftime, losing to Kansas in the third, and San Jose State had us on the ropes in the third. We bounced back to win those convincingly. More importantly, we beat every team we were supposed to beat. You could argue that we should have beat Virginia Tech, but they did finish the season strong.
The Big 12 is set up perfectly for our return. We have the talent to win the North next year. I don't like our chances to beat OU or Texas in the Championship game, but establishing control on the North is more important right now. Once we get back to controlling the North year by year, we will begin to stockpile the talent to contend with and eventually beat OU and Texas.
His first recruiting class looks solid and appears to contain some real difference makers. Although not as highly rated as the Callahan years, I expect them to develop into great players. I also want to mention how happy I am that he has jump-started the walk-on program and embraced TO's advice. It has already paid dividends this year after some stellar game performances by walk-ons.
If Bo can continue to win the games he should win and knock off a couple of teams he isn't expected to, our return will be soon. I have full confidence in Bo Pelini, and hope that he will be our head coach for a long time.
Go Big Red!
