Harrahs Sports Sound off.....

As for the show this thread is referring to, Travis Justice is trying too hard to stir the pot (as a previous poster said). For some reason, in today's society all news and talk programs have become "in your face" and "you're completely wrong because" types of shows. It's the Fox News/Bill O'Reilly model. Of course, he pulls it off much better than Justice. And Zatechka isn't exactly poignant. A step above Tommie Frazier maybe. I caught about 5 minutes of the show once, and that was enough for me. I'm glad that everyone has an opinion, but sometimes people want the facts instead.
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Facts in the media? Surely you jest!

:rollin

 
Just curiously former, what plays was JD good at???? I dont think that you base your offense around the capabilities, or lack there of, of your quarterback other than in basic play selection. Obviously if JD was incapable of hitting the deep out, or the post, or whatever, you dont call that play very often, but what do you do when your quarterback cant PASS. If you run every play, than you are hardly implementing a new offense or allowing your team to learn and get better. Part of the reason that we had such a great recruiting year is that Callahan has shown that he has the resolve neccessary to bring Nebraska into the 21st century offensively. I think that it is safe to say that if Callahan ran the ball 85% of the time, and let Dailey hand the ball off, which was his best play, that players like Harrison Beck, Chris Brooks, and Marlon Lucky arent Huskers.

 
Just curiously former, what plays was JD good at????
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He MAY have been good at the option to the short side of the field, or the QB draw, but Fearless and Barney called it every other play, so we'll never know!

 
FormerFan, I don't know how long you've been a fan but I can remember after the 1987 game against Oklahoma that quite a number of Husker fans were calling for Osborne to be fired or for him to step down. He "couldn't win the big one", etc. Remember those days? From 1973-1997 he never won fewer than 9 games and yet fans wanted him out of there because he couldn't beat Oklahoma. The 1987 loss was the fourth year in a row he lost to them.
I think Osborne understood that getting the right players would keep the program at a high level and one day (hopefully "sooner" rather than later) lead to a national title. He kept the program at a high level upon taking over for Devaney, which is something that Frank didn't do. Frank's first couple of years were good because he had the benefit of TO's recruits. Solich's first recruiting class were seniors in the 2002 season, which was the memorable 7-7 campaign.

Callahan is getting the program back on track by implementing a modern offense which makes it easier to get the country's top talent. College football is becoming more and more like college basketball, which is to say that it is basically a springboard to the next level. High school studs will want to play for Callahan because of his pro experience and WCO. Have faith people. It will all come together.
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I remember those times with TO, too. However, that is more closely related to FS than it is to cally. FS had some success, not what was expected, but he had some success, made the changes to upgrade his program yet never was given the chance to see what they could do.

Don’t ever, EVER compare cally to TO. TO never went 5-6. TO also never embarrassed the entire state of Nebraska, and never defecated on the traditions of the NU program.

 
By the way, not to ruffle any feathers, but why is it that when Touchdown Tommie makes a positive statement about the coaching staff, he is the smartest man in the world, but when Rob Z. makes a negative statement, he is just flat out wrong? Is Tommie smarter? What does he know that RZ doesn't? I have never listened to the show, so I don't know if you guys are referring to the commentator, or RZ, or both. I just think that if RZ makes a negative comment, that doesn't make him wrong.

RZ is probably the smartest person in the history of the NU program, so I listen when he has something to say.

BTW, this team wont win 8 games. They should be able to beat everyone on the schedule, but wont.

 
TO also never embarrassed the entire state of Nebraska.

Larry Phillips might fit in this catagory. I know TO didn't want to give up on the dude, but come on. He drug the girl down three freakin levels of stairs by the hair.

 
Just curiously former, what plays was JD good at???? I dont think that you base your offense around the capabilities, or lack there of, of your quarterback other than in basic play selection.
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I guess if I had a spring practice, a fall practice, and 11 games, I could find a few plays that he could run effectively. Any half-way decent coach could, but thats why NU went 5-6.

New school offense, whatever??? They said the same thing about TO in the early 90's, and look what happened.

 
TO also never embarrassed the entire state of Nebraska.
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Larry Phillips might fit in this catagory. I know TO didn't want to give up on the dude, but come on. He drug the girl down three freakin levels of stairs by the hair.

Agreed, but I respect him more now than I did at the time. TO actually took the hard road. The easy thing to do would have been to kick LP to the curb, collect his trophy, and laugh at the world. He took the full force of all the scrutiny, didnt break to the pressure of the popular opinion, and stood strong.

Sure he should have booted LP, but IMO, he showed more guts standing by his convictions.

 
TO also never embarrassed the entire state of Nebraska.
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Larry Phillips might fit in this catagory. I know TO didn't want to give up on the dude, but come on. He drug the girl down three freakin levels of stairs by the hair.
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Agreed, but I respect him more now than I did at the time. TO actually took the hard road. The easy thing to do would have been to kick LP to the curb, collect his trophy, and laugh at the world. He took the full force of all the scrutiny, didnt break to the pressure of the popular opinion, and stood strong.

Sure he should have booted LP, but IMO, he showed more guts standing by his convictions.

Interesting....

 
Just curiously former, what plays was JD good at???? I dont think that you base your offense around the capabilities, or lack there of, of your quarterback other than in basic play selection.
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I guess if I had a spring practice, a fall practice, and 11 games, I could find a few plays that he could run effectively. Any half-way decent coach could, but thats why NU went 5-6.

New school offense, whatever??? They said the same thing about TO in the early 90's, and look what happened.
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You just did what you told everyone not to do. Quote"Don’t ever, EVER compare cally to TO. Dude you just did.

 
Yo FF,

People werent just dissin' TO in the 90's they had been talking smack in the 70's-90's. And that was with the huge string of 9-3 seasons.

My play on this is BC is starting a dynasty just like TO did and maybe FS didnt have a chance to. A lot of people shut up about canning TO after TO was talking to CU about maybe a coaching change. Another proud moment in all the bitchy little pseudofans lives to make TO think about leaving NU. DUH

POSITIVE THINKING

I try to see the positive in all the Code Blues where people are not going to make it and hope that they do maybe so most likely not.

This program has a lot more promise than most of the codes I've been on even though some people think its a lost cause. FS had 5+ years of circling the drain to know how the cards were being played. If he didnt he was clueless.

This year will be an improvement without a doubt Mark my words. If the next few years dont improve at least many fans can say they never gave up hope.

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GBR

I have left my soapbox.

 
TO was an outstanding coach. There's a reason he's one of the most respected and admired coaches of all time, not just in college football, but in any sport. His ability to bring young men to play at such a high level, while maintaining such a high level of character and respectability for 25+ years is what made Nebraska the tradition rich program it is today. But lets be fair...

Whichever coach came in here, even if it was Bill Belichek or Pete Carrol, would be bound to struggle in his first year (see Carrol in his first year at USC, or Belichik with the Browns). Dissing on a coach b/c he didn't live up to the standard TO set in his very first year is ridiculous b/c no one could live up to that standard. Hence, many of us are not so quick to judge by records and first downs, but by trying to assess the overall direction of the program.

Just like we gave FS a few years of patience, respect, and trust to see what he could do, we at least owe that to Callahan as well.

 
FF, is your real name Charles Woodson or Tim Brown?

Anyway, here's a comparison for you....the Dallas Cowboys when Jerry Jones took over. Remember how unpopular he was for firing Landry and hiring Jimmy Johnson? During Johnson's first year, the Boys were 1-15. The next year they were 7-9. In 1991, they went 11-5 and got into the playoffs with a wild card. In 1992 AND 1993, they made it to the SUPER BOWL and WON.

The Cowboys improved quickly through the draft. Nebraska is going to do it through recruiting. These parallels shouldn't be ignored. Mark my words, we will have the same trajectory as the Cowboys did.

 
FF, is your real name Charles Woodson or Tim Brown?
Anyway, here's a comparison for you....the Dallas Cowboys when Jerry Jones took over. Remember how unpopular he was for firing Landry and hiring Jimmy Johnson? During Johnson's first year, the Boys were 1-15. The next year they were 7-9. In 1991, they went 11-5 and got into the playoffs with a wild card. In 1992 AND 1993, they made it to the SUPER BOWL and WON.

The Cowboys improved quickly through the draft. Nebraska is going to do it through recruiting. These parallels shouldn't be ignored. Mark my words, we will have the same trajectory as the Cowboys did.
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Huge difference. Johnson has a record of big successes, while billy c. has a record of big failures.

 
FF, is your real name Charles Woodson or Tim Brown?
Anyway, here's a comparison for you....the Dallas Cowboys when Jerry Jones took over.  Remember how unpopular he was for firing Landry and hiring Jimmy Johnson?  During Johnson's first year, the Boys were 1-15.  The next year they were 7-9.  In 1991, they went 11-5 and got into the playoffs with a wild card.  In 1992 AND 1993, they made it to the SUPER BOWL and WON. 

The Cowboys improved quickly through the draft.  Nebraska is going to do it through recruiting.  These parallels shouldn't be ignored.  Mark my words, we will have the same trajectory as the Cowboys did.
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Huge difference. Johnson has a record of big successes, while billy c. has a record of big failures.
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He only has failures in your eyes because you refuse to see the success.
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A bunch of 6-5 records as an OL coach with Illinois isnt exactly what I would refer to as great success. And if you are referring to him taking another man's team to the SB, only to have his terrible gameplan and playcalling lead to their destruction, and then take 2 different good teams to their worst seasons in recent memory, respectively, then I wouldnt consider that a great success, either.

 
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