Here's more info about McKeon's news conference (journalstar.com). I am hugely disgusted in McKeon...
Corey McKeon speaks
Husker linebacker Corey McKeon, after a couple weeks of silence, spoke to the media at Tuesday's press conference.
McKeon said something interesting with about every answer he gave. Here's some of it:
"I talked to Coach Coz at 12:30 last night," McKeon said. "To know that my reps are getting hurt, because we got to get other guys in, kind of hurts. But you can't deny Phillip Dillard. He's a great player. You got to get him some reps. He's the future of this organization, he's going to be a stud coming back."
McKeon talked about how the fun has been taken out of football so far this year.
"It's important for this state to win, but when you get to a point when you're 3-1, you lose, your one loss -- granted, we played like garbage -- was to the No. 1 team in the country?" he said. "Then to come back the next week and pull out a win at the last second, but it's still a win, and you're being scrutinized for being 3-1? People aren't looking at it like it's just fun college football. They're looking at it like, 'They're not getting the job done and we need to find people who are.' That's business, man. That's NFL... This is college football. This isn't supposed to be a giant organization that if things aren't going you take someone out and find someone new right away. This is team. This is school spirit."
McKeon said he's tired of everyone acting like this year is going down the toilet when the team's 3-1.
"Everyone is looking at the stats and not at the team. It kind of bothers me. We're 3-1 and people are looking it like we haven't won. They're looking at us like Notre Dame, like we're 0 and 4 and just having a rebuilding year. That's not the case."
He said he wishes people would take a closer look at how hard this team is working.
"I know that this defense is coming together... We came into Ball State. We were beat up from USC. You guys, you don't see it. You don't see Tierre Green, struggling to put his pads on to go practice. YOu don't see, like his teammates, helping him pulls his jersey, his Blackshirt on, so he could put his pads on. You don't see that. And he goes out and works his butt off as hard as he can so he could prepare for Ball State... That's the stuff people don't see. People only see the game. I really, really feel sorry for people, because I wish they could see what people are going through."
McKeon said he totally supports defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove.
"Coach Coz, he put a huge smile on your face. You think you're going to go in there and get (chewed out), because you gave up 500-something yards. Defense made a lot of mistakes. People are moving the ball. It's not the normal Blackshirts. We're getting booed by our own fans. And he comes in there and goes, 'We're going to have some fun this week. We're going to work hard. We're going to have some fun in practice'. And it lifted my spirits. It lifted this weight off my shoulders, because it's exactly what I was thinking: We're not having fun, especially when you're getting your a$$ kicked, you're not having fun on the field."
On the topic of all the heat Cosgrove is taking, McKeon said: "If we're not doing the right thing, it makes it very difficult on the coaches. That's why it really bothers me when people point the finger at Coach Coz. All this garbage on Facebook, and on the Internet, and all the blogs, it's garbage. There's no one else I'd rather have leading the defense, hands down. I couldn't play for anyone else, to be honest with you. The way he coaches, we're going to get back on track. I'm not worried. Not worried."
Later, Husker coach Bill Callahan said of Cosgrove: "He's got my full support."
