What to make of Nebraska's red storm?
Published: 4/6/2008 11:15 AM
Last Modified: 4/6/2008 11:15 AM
Oklahoma fans may be psyched for September (tailgating on Lake Washington outside Husky Stadium) and October (tailgating atop the giant Ferris wheel outside the Cotton Bowl).
I kinda like November, if for no other reason than to see what kind of Nebraska team Bo Pelini brings to Owen Field.
I can't shake the sheer stupidity of now-deposed athletic director Steve Pederson, who said upon firing Frank Solich and before hiring barely-competent Bill Callahan: "We won't surrender the Big 12 to Oklahoma and Texas."
Well, here we are four years later, and in the perfectly-put words of the AP's Ralph Russo, "Mediocrity would be an improvement for the Cornhuskers these days. Forget about surrendering to Oklahoma and Texas. Nebraska is now waving the white flag to Missouri."
Callahan and Pederson, the Huskers' tagteam from hell, are both gone, replaced by old Nebraska coordinator Pelini and old NU legend Tom Osborne.
I'm fascinated to see where this goes next fall. By Nov. 1, the day the Huskers come to Norman, we should all have a pretty good idea.
-- Guerin Emig
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Guerin Emig
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