College Football - Nov 29th

[JohnT]

PLATO:

[Drake Tungsten]

Dumb move. Did he not remember that Osbourne had the tag (for over a decade) of not being able to win the big game? IIRC, Nebraska went 7 straight years without a bowl win and the guy still kept his job.

Osborne still managed to recruit quality players even when he was in his dry spells. Solich, OTOH, can't recruit, which is why he was fired. Nebraska simply doesn't have the talent right now to compete with Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas State and others and that problem needs to be addressed, right now. I think this is a good move. Just a little surprised at the timing.

[JohnT]

Hire a better recruiter. Coach can't do everything, and while a coach has to recruit somebody has to set the stage for him.

[Drake Tungsten]

Hire a better recruiter.

They did, last season. That's why the timing seems weird. Every other coaching position was cleaned out last year, but Frankie stayed on. This move seems like a completion of the house cleaning of last year. Makes me wonder why Pederson didn't just fire Solich after last season.

[asleepathewheel]

I don't know if I would be more embarrassed being an Auburn alum or a Neb. alum after their behaviors. Luckily I'm neither and can just laugh at their incompetence. 9-3!!!! What a friggin joke.

[Drake Tungsten]

9-3!!!! What a friggin joke.

I agree. This season was a joke, particularly the Texas and K-State games.

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

9-3!!!! What a friggin joke.

I agree. This season was a joke, particularly the Texas and K-State games.

Well, right, two of their losses were not entirely competitive, (the third merely a gorgeous fourth quarter implosion) I can see with the pedigree why he would get the boot, losing to the two best teams they faced all year and beating the bad-mediocre ones leaves a bit to be desired. What was their best win, Okla state?

Still its ridiculous, 75% of the teams in the country would kill to be 9-3 looking at the holiday or whatever bowl.

[Drake Tungsten]

Still its ridiculous, 75% of the teams in the country would kill to be 9-3 looking at the holiday or whatever bowl.

That 75% of teams aren't comparable to Nebraska. We're one of the top programs in the sport, not some mediocre squad happy to make a bowl now and again. Getting embarassed by good but not great teams like Texas and KSU shows that Nebraska isn't on the level it should be, so something had to change.

Goodbye, Frank. You're a good man, but I can't say I'll miss you.

[asleepathewheel]

I would feel the same way if I was a Nebraska fan, but to the much of the outside world, it looks ridiculous.

Frankly its amazing to me that they won 9 games with lord as a qb, one would think the prestige of Neb could draw in a semi competent passer

[Drake Tungsten]

Frankly its amazing to me that they won 9 games with lord as a qb

Well, we agree on this, at least. Thank god for Bo Pellini.

one would think the prestige of Neb could draw in a semi competent passer

Prestige is no substitute for competent recruiting. QB is just the most glaring example of the talent falloff that has happened at Nebraska since Solich took over.

[PLATO]

Originally posted by JohnT
PLATO:

UGA has the better team. They deserve to go to the SEC championship game. Interestingly, if they loose, UT could still be SEC # 2 for bowl purposes. Strange world. Good Luck against LSU (Saban vs. Richt should be an interesting watch).

[JohnT]

Richt vs. Fulmer is always a good watch.

[PLATO]

Originally posted by JohnT
Richt vs. Fulmer is always a good watch.

Not for long for UGA fans.

[JohnT]

Fah! Our recruiting has closed off the state borders to GA's best and not-so-brightest. Our coaching staff has learned at the hands of one of the best, if not the best, program builder of the past 25 years, and our defense is even better than our offense - even with last years SEC Offensive Player of the Year still on the team.

BRING 'EM ON!!!!

[Imran Siddiqui]

re: Nebraska, it'd be like Florida firing Ron Zook after this year. Just utterly silly. I can see Nebraska heading down the path of Alabama in the late 90s, early 00s (maybe without the probation) pretty soon. Or at least, Oklahoma from Switzer to Stoops.

re: SEC Title Game, sorry John, LSU will beat your Dawgs twice in a row.