when was the last confrence championship we won? wasnt it like '99?
2011.
Wait - do you mean football?
ya, i am pretty sure we lost our conf in 2001, but still went on to play in the NC. I think it was 1999. I wasnt meaning anything by it, just hard to fathom we havent won sh#t since 1999.... that hurts to think about. I think this is one of the main reasons people dont want to give pelini any more time.... people have waited almost 13 years now for one, we dont have much patience left for anyone.
I said this same thing about a week ago. Bo can't be responsible for what happened the 8 years before he was hired as head coach at Nebraska. I understand the frustration, but it doesn't make any sense to take it out on a guy who has done a pretty good freakin' job since he's been here. Seems to be a lot of misplaced animosity floating around these days.
It's Bo's fault for us snapping our bowl streak too.
Seriously though. It's not Bo's fault that we haven't won a conference championship game since 1999 [?]. However, I'll throw out this stat [and before I get crucified for it, I'm not attempting to use Callahan as a base [i'll even put it in shiny bold colors for those who are hard of comprehension:
I'm not attempting to use Callahan as a base, I'm just pointing out facts. Hell, I'll even throw Frank Solich in this analysis too!]
In their respective coaching tenures here at Nebraska:
Frank Solich made one conference championship game in his 6 years at Nebraska
Bill Callahan made one conference championship game in his 4 years at Nebraska
Bo Pelini has made
two conference championship games in his 4 years at Nebraska
Take that for what it's worth. And before anyone says anything about the weak Big 12 North, those coaches coached in the Big 12 North as well.