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Saturday or Monday?
Randy York, NU associate athletic director for communications said Tuesday that Tom Osborne will evaluate the staff at the end of the regular season. It was a clarification of a statement he made when he was brought on. At the initial press conference Tom said that the staff would be evaluated at the end of the season. But with Nebraska hanging 70 on KSU and sitting at 5-6 they are one win away from becoming bowl eligible, the end of the “season” could be after the potential bowl game or after the Colorado game. But with this clarification statement its clear that Bill’s days in Lincoln are quickly coming to an end. The question is not if Tom is going to let Bill go, but what day? Will it be the Saturday after the Colorado game or will he let the turkey settle the whole weekend and cut the thread on Monday?
Things just aren’t as Rosie now
With Rose out for the foreseeable future, Sharpe I’m guessing will fill in for the rest of the year.
Now’s the time to talk replacements. Well, it might not be the time. But this is cyberspace and blogging and dag nabbit, topics get old fast. And its a duty of ours for rampant speculation and wild accusations.
Ok, so who’s it gonna be? Sharpe? Kugler?
Rose on Radio with Reason
Rose will announce why he was missing during the Kansas game and his future in the radio booth during his morning show on KFAB Tuesday. Being in western Nebraska, I won’t be able to listen. 5:30-9am. Its pretty early but someone can do it. Can someone please listen and report?
Tuesday Morning update:
Rose will be stepping down. According to the kfab.com website he has lost touch with the important things in life.
Sounds like to me, personal issues at home.
NFL Ramblings
Couple of thoughts on this week in the NFL:
-They dubbed it Super Bowl 41.5. Colts (7-0) vs. Patriots (8-0). The latest into the season two unbeaten teams have played. Rematch of the 2006 AFC Championship game (won by the colts) Patriots who have killed everybody this year. Colts who seem to be the team getting no respect even though they won the title last year. Patriots win the game 24-20. They were down by 10 with 8 mins. left and pretty boy Tom Brady leads them back. They won’t go undefeated. We get this every year. The Pats do look like the team to beat this year.
-Brett Favre. I was once asked which athlete you absolutely hate, but have to respect. For me, Brett Favre wins by a mile. As a vikings fan, I’ve seen this guy make way to many plays against Minnesota. Now you ask why I’m including him. He and the Packers beat KC today 33-22. Marking the first time Favre has beaten KC and now he has beaten every NFL team. For some reason that shocked me. I would have thought Brett would have done that already but I guess not.
-Antonio Cromartie. Who? Antonio Cromartie. He had the longest play in NFL history today as he took a missed FG 109 yards for a touchdown at the end of the first half. Ryan Longwell (who wasn’t long enough) just missed the FG and Cromartie caught it with his toe just inside the endzone and took it all the way. It beats 3 different plays in the 3 years that have went 108 yards. But...Cromartie was out done by…
-Adrian Peterson. I’m gonna try not to gush about this guy because I’m a Vikes fan. But this guy is unbelievable. Peterson set the single game rushing record today with 296 yards on 30 carries. He bested Jamal Lewis’ 2003 performance by 1 yard. On the season he has 1036 yards. Oh yeah, this was his 8th game ever in the NFL. He is 772 yards away from Eric Dickerson’s rookie rushing record and is on pace to go over 2000 yards and would be within shouting distance of Dickerson’s all time season rushing record of 2,105. He’s the first rookie to run for 2 200+ yard games in a season. His first came against the Bears earlier this year. To be honest, I thought his performance against the Bears was the better of the two performances but a record breaker is a record breaker. Boy did I hate watching him run against the huskers but do I love him in the purple and gold.
Lawrence Laugher
The massacre is finally over. Final tally 76-39.
Most points given up in Nebraska football history.
48 first half points, most given up in Nebraska football history.
Kansas scored a TD on 10 straight drives.
I turned it off after 28-14 cause I knew it was over.
Another interesting side note: Jim Rose did not call the game due to personal reasons. Greg Sharpe, who does Nebraska’s TV basketball play by play, filled in. Sharpe also called Nebraska’s spring game on TV that was broadcast on the NFL network. Rose did not feel well last week during the Texas broadcast as his voice was struggling all game. I have a hard time believing that this week is because of a sore voice. If it was sickness, then David Witty, vice president and general manager of the Husker Sports Network, probably would have told the LJS that it was the case. This is either 1) family matter or 2) work problem with a client or another co-worker. I didn’t listen to the pregame but apparently the broadcast was pretty mum on the subject.
It will be interesting to see if Jim-bo is back next week.
Black-tober
Whor.....errr....I mean Tex-ass 28 - Nebraska 25
A game effort from the boys today but it wasn't meant to be.
Nebraska's Defense in the month of October:
| Total | Rushing | Passing | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MU | 606 | 195 | 411 | 41 |
| OSU | 551 | 317 | 234 | 45 |
| TAM | 459 | 359 | 100 | 36 |
| UT | 544 | 363 | 181 | 28 |
| Total | 2160 | 1234 | 926 | 150 |
| Average | 540 | 308.5 | 231.5 | 37.5 |
Texas did what?
Not only did Texas beat Nebraska tonight for Nebraska’s first loss on the year, but they swept them. 3 sets. Yeah. No kidding.
No, I’m serious.
Consider this, before tonights match up with the whornes, Nebraska had won 19 matches. And had lost all of 1 set during the season (UCLA). That’s right, Nebraska 57, opponents 1.
A definite head scratcher tonight down in Austin.
The Godfather returns
Don Tom Osborne is back. Today he was named as the interim AD at UNL.
For a short period of time I think this is a good choice. Make everybody feel good about NU athletics again. Start the healing process of Husker Nation.
Will Callahan be his first mob hit?
Will he make Bo Pelini an offer he can’t refuse?
Who will be his Consigliere? And eventually take over the Husker family?
Pederson done
The most divisive figure in University of Nebraska athletics is gone. Steve Pederson was fired as athletic director today by Chancellor Harvey Pearlman.
Pearlman said his decision was made last Thursday, and he consulted the president of the University, JB Milliken, on Saturday.
I highly believe that Paul Meyers leaving was the last straw for Pederson. When the lead fund raiser for the Athletic Dept. leaves without good reason, there is obviously a problem.
Pearlman also says that no personnel changes will be made at this time.
Now the question is, who will be the interim AD? One was not named at the press conference. Who will be the permanent AD? Will Callahan and Co. keep their jobs for the rest of the week? rest of the month? rest of the season?
Even despite this news today, we still have an awful football team. Our defense is bad. Our offense is bad. The coaching staff still has seemed to have lost control of the team. Nothing has changed on the field. And nothing about todays announcement should change your opinion about how the football team has been performing.
Rumor Central
Again this is purely rumor.
Steve Pederson is out as AD and Tom Osborne will be the interim AD.
There was also rumor of a press conference tomorrow, nothing has been announced as of yet. I’ve seen rumors of coaching staff changes, nothing specific. But we can also guess who might be on the chopping block…
Monday Morning Update
No news is good news for Steve Pederson. Nothing has come out from a major news source that indicates anything is going to happen. The LJS has a story today that big time boosters are upset...but that’s understatement of the century.
I see the next 12 hours as being key for the life of this rumor. The journalistic types will do their digging today and if they can come up with a source, they’ll go with it. But if they can’t find anything, this might turn out to be a rumor started by some 16 y/o kid on his myspace page.
Again, this is all internet rumor. It looks like the source or the start of the rumor came from HuskersIllustrated. A pay website of the rivals network. On their pay message board, the Red Sea Scrolls, they had record number of users log on last night, and that would seem to be where the rumor originated, or at least started to spread.
Again, keep an eye on organizations like ESPN, OWH, and the LJS. This is where, if any, credible rumors will surface first.
Another Monday Morning update
“Jim Rose just said on KFAB that he spoke with Callahan last night at 10:15, and BC says he will not resign. No assistant coaches are resigning, either.
Rose also says Pederson will be on his radio show tonight, but will NOT be taking calls. Rose says SP WILL be answering ‘the tough questions’ from Lane Grindle, though.”
1) Jim Rose is the chief NU blow hard. Jim Rose is a PR man for the athletic dept. Jim Rose scratches their back, they scratch back. Don’t take anything he says without a grain of salt. Jim Rose won’t tell us any “breaking news” if its “bad news”
2) Pederson rarely takes phone calls on his show on the HSN anyway. If things are going good he’ll take them. But we all know that things haven’t been good lately.
3) Lane might ask some tough questions, but they aren’t the questions that we want to hear.
4) I have no doubt that Rose talked to Callahan. I have no doubt that BC said that. But I you aren’t going to hear him come out and say “I won’t resign, but I expect to be fired”
More to come.
Welcome to Pediocrity
No words can describe this. Mass chaos soon to come.
“I refuse to let this program gravitate to a level of mediocrity.”
-Steve Pederson 11/30/2003
I’m amazed
Seriously, I really didn’t think it would get this bad. I honestly didn’t. I mean Texas Tech 70-10, yeah...I could understand that. Kansas 40-15...I get it.
But, why am I amazed by this response by Husker Nation?
NU Miz-ery
41-6? Are you kidding me? Last time without a Touchdown since 2004? That was supposed to be one of the worst Defense’s in Division 1A. Chase Daniel not only throws for 400+ yards but runs like an old Mizzou QB, Brad Smith.
I’m done with Coach Coz. Has our D gotten progressively worse this year? It looks like it. Coach, if rushing 3 and dropping 8 back results in no pressure on the QB and their WR/TE’s are still wide open, here’s an idea...CHANGE THE GAME PLAN! Did we ever bring more than 3 guys on a pass rush throughout the game? If Coach Coz isn’t let go at the end of the season then coach Callahan needs to be held accountable. Here’s the problem, Billy C isn’t going anywhere. Save a 0’fer for the rest of the season, Coach Cally won’t be let go.
Something needs to change. Even the rosiest of rose colored glasses wearing fans has to admit that. So what is it?
Mike Gundy gone mad
After one of the most thrilling games in Oklahoma State history, head OSU coach Mike Gundy decided not to talk about the 49-45 final score of the game but to react to an article written in the Daily Oklahoman by Jenni Carlson. The article questions former starting quarterback Bobby Ried’s poor attitude.
I think it might be important to read both the article and watch the video. In the article, Carlson pretty much calls Reid lazy. Coach Gundy didn’t take to kindly to it.
Coach Gundy has a point in this tirade, college athletes should not be put under the same scrutiny that pro athletes do. If an athlete is not performing on the field, that’s one thing, but if to call him lazy, that seems like a real low blow to me. But, on the same token, Barry Tramel of the Daily Oklahoman has an excellent point in an article a day later…
You can’t on one hand treat football players like princes, with everything from opulent training tables to enrollment favors, then claim they’re just regular students.
I’m having mixed emotions about all of this. Gundy has a great point. But at the same time, college athletics (football especially) is creeping closer and closer to deserving pro attention. But with the pro attention, you get pro scrutiny.
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