Anti program???? On the contrary, I love NU football and everything that it USED to stand for. I am just anti-pud/anti-callahan, because they dont give a rats @$$ about the program, they are just concerned with making themselves look good. You cant be for the program and for cally at the same time, he has sh!t on the majority of the traditions that once made NU great, and I dont like it, and I dont have to stand for it. If you want to be a victim all of your life, so be it, but Im not going to be one. Once you find a set, you will see what Im talking about :thumbsThe pride in being a loyal fan. Mark my words formerfan you will be eating those words and will slither back into the fold under a new alias. Run your mouth now as it will change and then you will have no where to spout your anti program crap.
Skersfan, the majority see the program headed in the right direction. Andy Birkel and all the other used-to-be-fans will never come around, even when we start winning titles. Some people are just going to be miserable no matter what happens and will always find something negative to harp on.Please list those traditions you feel have been thrown to the wayside.
He admitted not having all warm up was and error and corrected.
Did away with a running based offense that went out in the 90's. The main reason Tom Osborne left. Could no longer recruit with the big boys, check recruiting results for 1998, Osborne was still responsible.
Left an inadequate coach to run the program. I am a big Frank fan but there were too many problems with this organization for him to ever succeed. Recruiting was the main fall down that put this program in the dump. Yes 9-3 is the dump if you only play 3 teams of quality. OSU would have kicked our butts up and down the field if played later in the year. MSU, what do you need to say about a lower level Big 11 school.
Did you ever attend any of those losses. Did you see how totally outmatched we were. I saw the Colorado game and the Miami game. We looked like the school for the blind playing those game.
Traditions were shattered long before Coach Callahan or Pederson(whom I have personally met and dislike) got here. But we were headed down and no, Barney ball was not going to stop it. Pelini made the coment that we did not have enough talent to be on the same field with his 3rd team. Barney made coments about talent levels also.
I have no idea if Coach Callahan can save this program or not. But it is a measure to try to. Failure was in full swing the other way.
Traditions destroyed by cally:Please list those traditions you feel have been thrown to the wayside.
He admitted not having all warm up was and error and corrected.
Did away with a running based offense that went out in the 90's. The main reason Tom Osborne left. Could no longer recruit with the big boys, check recruiting results for 1998, Osborne was still responsible.
Left an inadequate coach to run the program. I am a big Frank fan but there were too many problems with this organization for him to ever succeed. Recruiting was the main fall down that put this program in the dump. Yes 9-3 is the dump if you only play 3 teams of quality. OSU would have kicked our butts up and down the field if played later in the year. MSU, what do you need to say about a lower level Big 11 school.
Did you ever attend any of those losses. Did you see how totally outmatched we were. I saw the Colorado game and the Miami game. We looked like the school for the blind playing those game.
Traditions were shattered long before Coach Callahan or Pederson(whom I have personally met and dislike) got here. But we were headed down and no, Barney ball was not going to stop it. Pelini made the coment that we did not have enough talent to be on the same field with his 3rd team. Barney made coments about talent levels also.
I have no idea if Coach Callahan can save this program or not. But it is a measure to try to. Failure was in full swing the other way.
Did you also see the sentence where it said most of the players thought it was a good idea to get rid of the Friday Night movie?Also, did you catch the Ruud article in the OWH sunday where he talked about the coaches getting rid of the tradition of watching a team movie. He said that it took away from the comraderie of the team, which was obvious.
Whaddyaknow?!?! It's Amtrak the thread de-railer.Traditions destroyed by cally:
Walk-on program still alive and well, just less kids.1) walk-on program
It's takes a big man to admit when he is wrong, maybe you could learn from him. :thumbs2) the warm-ups, as you pointed out
What good in-state players were shunned this year?3) shunning good in-state players
That was pretty much done 2 years ago when Tenopir and Darlington were given their walking papers.4) cutting almost all ties to the past
That offense won 3 titles in 4 years, and hadn't won anything since '97. Various reasons for that. As far as an offense not conducive to the college game, well USC runs the WCO and they have done pretty well with it. We can argue about the differences between NU's and USC's version, but with correct personnel and execution, it works.5) trashing an offense that had won 3 NCs in the past 10 years for one that is not conducive to college football.
Well, Joe D. was one of the few that had the stones to take accountability for his actions and put his all into the team. A sad statement for the seniors rather than for Callahan.6) allowing non-seniors to be captains
I would tend to agree with this not having any merit.7) not pitting 1s vs 1s in practice, the spring game in particular.
When was this? If you are referring to Oakland, wouldn't you get frustrated if your players couldn't know to not give up a glut of yards every game because of stupid penalties? We are talking about men that play for a living, not for an education and the love of the game.8) blaming players for HIS failures
The streak only made it past 2002 because Byrne scheduled 2 extra games against cup cakes.9)non-losing season streak
Can't argue with that, but how many bowl games did Solich play in December and how many did Osborne have in December? I count 4 for Solich in 6 years. Not exactly top-level games.10) consecutive bowl streak