Utterly amazing. In the time between the game ending on Saturday, and 8:30 am this morning. This site has received ten times our usual traffic – the majority finding their way here via a search engine searching for the term “Fire Bill Callahan.”
Personally, I’d prefer to see Steve Pederson get the axe, and let an incoming AD give the program a thorough examination and then make some decisions.
So, what do you think? Please leave your comments as to whether or not they should.
Get rid of them all. Start over we cant be any worse off.
I agree!!! Fire them all. I posted on another blog “does anybody think Bo would come back for 2 million a year”? Hell I would rather have a raffle, take all the names of season ticket holders, put them in a big hat and just draw names for people to replace our current staff! At least they would be Huskers at heart and I know they couldn’t do any worse at play calling.
I think Scott has a good question. What can we do?
Maybe picketing outside of perlman’s office is a good idea. Is there anyway to organize 50,000 or so Husker fans?
Get rid of them all, immediately, including Steve Pederson. Yah, we can motivate our loyal huskers. Get the word out on every website there is, tell the students, and have everyone that reads it phone everyone they know. Get it in the Daily Nebraskan, the Omaha World Herald and Lincoln Journal Star. Word spreads fast these days. Just tell us where and when. We can keep it positive, still showing loyalty to our team, showing we are good fans; the whole idea is to get rid of the coaches and AD for the betterment of our team. Let ‘em know we’re just trying to keep the old tradition going. These coaches don’t care about the team, and the team can tell. We need the passion back, from the coaching staff and from the players. The players need better support from the coaches. You’d think that by now it’d be realized how these coaches and AD are going to cost the University big, big money. Why isn’t anyone doing anything about it, before it’s too late.
Bill Callahan is correct in the fact that we do have talented players, but if your talented players don’t work together because of the horrible play callin, what good is it? Our defense has no BLACKSHIRT FIRE!! I am all for the Huskers, but Frodo (Callahan) and Sam Wisegamji (Pederson) must go!! I live in Oklahoma and was soooooo looking forward to coming to homecoming this weekend, but after that loss to Missouri Saturday, why do I want to drive all way to Lincoln not to mention spend all that money to see another Ball State performance. Yes we lost to USC #1 and then to Mizzou #17, but where is the Husker Power that Pede keeps talking about? People say to give Callahan time, but do they realize on Saturday that we could put points on the board against the #93rd defense in the country. Way to go Bill. West Crap offense is all that got him that job in the first place. I am a HUSKER FAN to the bone, but something’s got to change, bring OZZIE back if we have to.
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So all you people saying let Callahan get his players. WHAT??? 3 Years ago he had the 1 class in the country. What does he have?? Here is what he has: No tradition, No desire to win, inabilty to inspire his players. He must go. Solich was 8-3 when he got fired and never lost to OSU at home!!! While your at it get rid of Pederson.
Pederson is the one who needs to go. Granted Callahan should have never been hired, but that brings me back to Pederson. Nebraska fans don’t need all of these “outsiders” coming in and telling them how their football program needs to be run. We want Nebraskans running our football program. We want every Nebraska high school football player to dream of playing for the Huskers some day and having an avenue through a great walk-on program. That’s what made our program great in the past and that’s what will make it great in the future.
It’s too bad Nebraska gave Bill Callahan a contract extension because now they are going to have to eat what’s left of his contract when they fire his sorry ass. Not only is he not bringing Nebraska back to the top, he’s taking them lower and lower. He’s not getting the talent or making the most out of the talent he has. I don’t buy that kids don’t want to come to Lincoln and play. That’s BS! Why wouldn’t a blue chip athlete want to come play at a school that leaves and breathes Neb Football. That has a packed house every game. That has the tradition unparalled by most. Fire Bill Callahan!!!
I love Nebraska football, the tunnel walk music gives me goosebumps even when Bill Callahan is the one leading us out. Seriously though, Steve Pedersen talks progress but we have done nothing but digress the last four years. Callahan was a loser in Oakland and he is a loser hear. Nice pay raise! For what? Lets get somebody in hear who plays smashmouth football! Heard Bo Pelini might be interested in taking a HC job. Dont wanna be a fairweather/rush to judgement fan, but it’s time to get back to Husker football!
I agree with Cowboy fan! Hire Bo Pelini as our head coach!!! We need a great defensive mind. Then hire a good offensive coach and put him up in the press box like he needs to be. Ever since Bo was let go the defense has looked horrible. Go Bo!!!
Being the only NU fan in my part of Texas is hard enough but when the NU machine goes out and plays like they have in the last there weeks giving them support is very hard. In saying that I will always support the young men who play for NU, but I can not support the head coach nor the defensive coordiantor. Cosgrove and his defense couldn’t stop a strong Jr High team at his former stops as a DC and the trend continues. Coach C has demonstrated on countless occasions that he can not handle the pressure of playing calling in the college game. The talk of talent being equal is irrelevent. Poor coaching will always over come good players. Coach C has got to leave along with his DC and the AD. Coach C has had more that enough time to put his players and system in place and what do we have? As poor as the team played today there is a real possibility that NU will NOT win another game. NU fans must realize that the time has come to stop beleiving that there is a bright spot in this system, you must cut out the cancer and start fresh. As has been said before the is another coach out there that can and will need NU back to glory but it sure as hell isn’t Coach C.
The program is supposed to subsidize the education of young individuals. It allows academic all-stars that cannot afford a college education the opportunity. The university cannot afford to just let these guys go because a few whiney fans don’t get their way. It is only a football game. However, the university cannot subsidize education without ticket sales. Although, these coaches are also educators themselves, or supposed to be. They are supposed to prepare these guys for a career in the pro’s if they want it. NCAA should be the one to act. They should not allow schools to contract for more than a year with any coach or educator. Why, because the university should reserve the right to terminate non performing personnel. The NCAA needs to take action first and protect the educational system of all the schools and level the playing field. The coaches themselves are leaches on the system. They can perform well enough to get an extension on their contract, then get fired and have their contract bought out so they can move on and get another coaching job and actually make double salary that way. These coaches like cosgrove and callahan are raping the university. Off they will go this next year with acontract buyout and in a new job they will do the same. Didn’t they do that at wisconsin? What about Oakland? I think we have a case for fraud. and I think the NCAA and the NFL should investigate these individuals. There seems to be a pattern here.
But, the rational side of me says:
Let’s just get some tiki torches and a lynch mob together and find em!!!
@fairweathermyass!!
If/when the university would fire the coaches, what typically happens in top tier programs is that the booster organizations raise the funds for the buyouts.
And in the case of Nebraska, trust me, the money is there.
I feel sad for the Huskers and fans of the State of Nebraska. Frank Solich was fired. He’s looking pretty good right now in lieu of Bill Callahan. My big question is how can University of Nebraska administration fire Frank Solich and turn around and hire someone like Bill Callahan and pay him a king’s ransom to do a job the football players and fans trusted he would do? Send Callahan back to California and let him do his “West Coast losing” there. Too many people; i.e., Bill Callahan try to take advantage of opportunities and think they can pull the wool over our eyes. Wake up Nebraska football program administration. There are con artists out there! Get rid of Callahan!!! Get rid of Steve Pedersen too!!!!!
Solich was the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1998-2003. He directed the Cornhusker program to six consecutive bowl games, including the national championship game in the 2002 Rose Bowl. Nebraska won at least nine games in five of those six seasons, and finished among the top 10 teams in the nation three times. Coach Solich compiled a 58 – 19 record at Nebraska.
Solich claimed Big 12 Conference Coach-of-the-Year honors in both 1999 and 2001, and was one of seven finalists for the Paul “Bear” Bryant National Coach-of-the-Year Award in 2001.
Prior to becoming head coach, Solich spent 19 seasons as an assistant under Tom Osborne. In Solich’s 19 years as an assistant, the Huskers captured three national championships, all with Solich as assistant head coach. Nebraska also won 11 conference titles.
Perdrson is an idiot and all those who supported his decison to fire Solich.
Fire Bill. Fire Steve. Hire Bo. That we may again believe.
This team is a joke. All i care about is winning and this team simply is not getting it done, they need to find people that will or shit will really hit the fan. Fire the whole damn crew if they need to. I WANT WINS!!
A Loyal Fan.
Pederson’s time is up. So is his College roomate’s time also. Sorry Bill. Just because your check is in the mail doesn’t mean you can go and f*@k with Nebraskans Saturdays.You don’t understand that Nebraska Football IS life for us. Fire them, and I suppose Cosgrove too. Get Osborne for the A.D. so he can bring back the glory and the winning tradition of the Husker program. Also, I’d be gettin on the phone with Bo Pelini and asking for MAJOR forgivness and maybe see if he would come back. If the fans are leaving the games early, get a flippin clue. THAT NEVER HAPPENS IN NEBRASKA…WERE GIVING THE OKAY FOR COACHING CHANGES. Also, we need to remember the players…keep your heads up guys we love you!!
Don’t forget to e mail Mr. Perlman!
hperlman1@unl.edu
Callahan has had the opportunity to recruit and coach the team for 3 years. That’s an eternity in today’s game. The AD and the Head Coach need to go now. We need a bold and decisive move from the leadership at NU. This is not about jumping ship. It’s about an AD and a Head Coach who cannot do the job. They were given a chance. A good chance. Callahan just is not cut out to be a Head Coach. Let’s get someone who can be a Head Coach.
Husker fans are an emotional bunch. Husker fans hit the panic button quickly. How many of you wanted Tom Osborne’s head when he couldn’t beat Barry? How many of you called Tom mediocre after he finished 9-3? I have been a Bill Callahan defender for about one and a half years now. I’ve never said he was great, but I asked Husker fans for patience. He appears to be an adept recruiter for example. I am running out of ammunition though, and I am losing patience. This OSU team was mediocre, and we’re now looking up to mediocre as if it’s a distant bird in the sky.
I also think there is a point of no return. When you step into an institution and you fire and remove all the history of that institution, as Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones did in Dallas, you’re making a bold statement. Making such moves will call all of the attention to you, as it did with Jones and Johnson. As we all know Jones and Johnson proved that they knew what they were doing. It doesn’t look like Pederson and Callahan do not. They should both accept their last paychecks at the end of the season and turn down all future checks after they are fired.
Fire all the staff and start over!! It seems they all are making excuses. Blaming the players and the fans. That is what upsets me the most. That they aren’t in the game. The coach’s need to show leadership. The players need to take some blame too. In nascar if the crew chief is not working well with his driver he is gone. You don’t see fans leaving the stands too unles Jr wrecks!!
Can someone summarize Nebraska’s top 10 worst loss’s in past 40 years? Callahan must have at least 7 or top 10! All he had to of done was retain Bo Peleni and Marvin Sanders on his staff and he would be looking like a hero. Fire the entire staff now and let’s hire Marvin Sanders as a head football coach, or just hire Bo back @ 1.75M year.
TIME TO CLEAN HOUSE!!!
If you had a tornado roll through your town, you wouldn’t wait a few weeks to start cleaning up the mess…. You would begin clean up immediately, with hopes to restore some sense of order and respect to your community….
FIRE THE WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM!!!
Clean house now so you can we can save what’s left of the season….
Hell, hire the Kearney High football coach… At least they know how to win…. !!!
I’m a lifelong Sooner fan, and even I’m disgusted with what I’m seeing from the Big Red up north. It reminds me so much of what OU went through in the 90′s and let me say, if you don’t remedy the situation soon by firing the AD and his best friend, then you will be in for a miserable stretch of maybe a decade of losing football.
Losing football at Nebraska!!!!!! Come on! Fans up there….cause a revolution and get the board of regents up there to do something! Have a sense of urgency! You should not hire Bo Pelini…..trust me. Go to Wyoming, hire Joe Glenn (a 3 time national championship team builder, who’s also from Lincoln, Nebraska), and we’ll get those days back of titantic OU/NU battles!
I was completely disgusted when I first heard we had hired Bill Callahan and were installing the west coast offense. Stupidest decision in the history of college football!! Nebraska is not just a football program, it is a culture. A culture of smash mouth offense and in your face D. Kids all around the midwest grow up wanting to play for NU and it’s style of football. They prepare for a certain type of play, high schools run our offense and defense. Decades of tradition were swept under the table and our recruiting has already suffered drastically. Fans, former players and coaches and alumni expect a certain style of football at NU. Pederson and Callahan have turned their back on everything that made Nebraska great. We are a joke now! The best players are going elsewhere now. How do you come into a school that has played a certain way successfully for decades (and recruited for that style) and come in and change everything? The kids that were there when Callahan started weren’t prepared for his new style and it seems the kids that have been coming in aren’t either. Pederson and Callahan MUST GO!!!
steve pederson {edit} has been called to step down!!!!! Hell yes!! Its the start of getting these cancers out of Nebraska football, now bill callahan and his company of losers needs to go now. This is the best day for Nebraska for a long time. Even though pederson should’ve been booted out physically on his ass along with his smirk, i’ll still take this! I’m ecstatic now this is awesome.
Reminder: Watch the name calling.
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Congrats on your (for most of you) good news! Your friends at themeaningfulcollateral.com sympathize: We’re all IU fans, and have our own pain! At least you’re making progress to thwarting yours!
The only people that dont want to see Callahan go are the other 11 coaches in the Big12.Bring in Turner
Great look into your crystal ball! I’m glad to see the wheels in motion to get rid of Callahan. That guy always looks so nervous and un-confident on the sidelines. Time to get a strong leader leading the team.
Seriously, Callahan. Look…you do realize that you have more than one part to that team, right? Or did you forget about the defense and the special teams? Option anyone? Hmmm…looks like the Super Bowl all over again. You don’t know what you’re doing. You’ve destroyed our dynasty. It’s not for lack of talent; you can’t (or won’t) coach the whole team. You’ve made an embarrassment out of us. That is NOT how Huskers roll. Why don’t you just tuck your tail between your legs and leave? You and Pederson can take a cruise together or something. Solich got the boot in a hurry(wrongly, I think)…there’s no reason you should stay. RESTORE THE ORDER!!!
Satan has been removed from the University. Let’s wait and see what the players attitudes are now that Tom is back.
Give BC some time. The players were great in the 1st game. Pederson’s door was closed to all in need and that destroyed the attitude.
I’m looking for a route of A&M Saturday.
Give it a little time.
The list of things wrong with Callahan is too long to go through completely, but there a few things in particular that really get to me. First, do you ever notice how Callahan has his nose in his playbook or playsheet pretty much the entire game? He rarely watches how the play unfolds, he just stares at his sheet wondering what terrible play to call next. How can you motivate or teach your players if you don’t even pay attention to them? Next, I was at the Wake Forest game and couldn’t believe that nearly every play 5 or more players would come into the game. How can anyone get into a rhythm when they play one down every five plays? This was especially true on defense where it was basically a different unit every play; it’s no wonder we get embarassed on D, no one knows their role! And last, Callahan was suppossed to bring this offense “into the 21st Century” and make us a jaugernaut offensively. There hasn’t been one season, or one sustained stretch where we have consistently done well on offense. There is ZERO upside to Callahan and the downside speaks for itself. Bring on Pellini like we should have done from the beginning.
Bill Callahan must go now. Just heard Sam Keller interviewed post Texas A&M blowout. Sam was saying how the players love Shawn Watson and will play for him. Sam failed to mention Coach Callahan, mmm… T.O., please fire Callahan now, make Shawn Watson interem coach. GET THE REST OF THE PROBLEM OUT OF LINCOLN. I’m sorry for the team, but when I heard Callahans post game interview, it was obvious that he continues to live in his egoistic self absorbed universe. He strive and strives, you know that, as he repeatedly explains. The truth doesn’t bear him out. He made no adjustments at halftime, as has been the pattern. Callahan’s coaching has become so predictable that the opposition coaches toy with him; they know his stubborness and ego will direct his “scheme”, which he loves to talk about. Anyone who want to stick the rest of this season out with Callahan is mistaken. Please, Mr. Osborne, make changes now. Additionally, when you fire Callahan, send Jim Rose-colored-glasses with him. Roses post game interview today was pitiful and apologetic. Fire him too, as he only enables Callahan to keep his blinders on.
This has simply gone on long enough. Its embarrasing and ruins my Saturday everyday to check the Nebraska score only to see them getting blown out to the likes of Missouri, Ok State and A&M. Ridiculous. Its got to change, the days when The Huskers rolled over these schools with a furosity that gave everyone in college football nightmares are far too distant a memory. I would have canned Callahan after the O State game. I can only coach teh best I can, well Mr. Callahan that is simply not good enough and a sorry excuse in deed. I was fired up going into the season, very excited about Keller and Lucky getting their deserved starting roles. That defense that they trot out there though, the “transparent” shirts is awful and almost punishing to watch. Holes from North Platte to Lincoln in the USC game and it has never got better. Then to lose a nail bitter to BALL STATE??? AT HOME??? Are you freakin kidding me??? This kind of football they may be accepting of and used to in Oakland but not here not now and not ever NOT at NEBRASKA !!!! Please Beloved ruler of the golden days Osbourne put Callahan out to pasture.
Hunh. Seems like the triple-option worked pretty well yesterday. Good thing Big Red got rid of that for that there CALIFORNIA Offense. Time to go back to fundamentally sound football and to bring back the Triple Option.
It is morally wrong to throw the ball that many times a game. Callahan needs to go. Never should have been hired in the first place. He is a bad joke. Anyone laughing?
I went to UofN in the 60′s when the Deviney/Osborne kingdom ruled. I moved to Louisiana and constantly have to put up with how strong the SEC is. Especially this year with LSU.
I have been so embarrassed the past two years with the way Callahan has been trampling the Big Red into the mud.
Please, Mr. Tom, get him out of here and get back to NEBRASKA FOOTBALL. Every NCAA team used to tremble in the 60′s – 70′s – 80′s -90′s when we were on their schedule. It was just plain hard knock football back then… bring it back, please!!!
I lived in Lincoln from birth till age 33. My Dad had a business three blocks from the stadium on 10th street (before they turned it into a parking lot), and as a kid I spent home game Saturdays at my Dad’s business watching the sea of Red go by heading towards the games. Frank Solich was my high school weight lifting coach and one of my brothers lived 2 doors down from him before he moved to Ohio?? So my connection to Lincoln and the Huskers will always be there even though the military has since taken me else where. And my loyalty will always be there.
But DANG how long am I expected to be loyal when it seems politics may be driving the train for coaching staffing. With the money put into the stadium renovation and the football program; I need to see the dividends of that investment and on the investment of my, and thousands of others fan loyalty. For how long do I have to defend being from Nebraska when asked what’s going on with our football program? Saying were in a transition period is beyond getting old, it’s getting down right embarrassing! How long do we have to endure this transition period. “Git R Done” already!
Remember 62-36? I do. Thats why Solich was fired
62 to 36 was not that bad of a game , I saw it. We through 36 points at them and the defense just didn’t have the legs that day. That is no knock against Solich! WE finished the year 11-2 , 11-2!!! And you are saying Solich was fired for THAT!?!?!!??? WE finished the year in the TOP 10!! And Solich was fired for that?? Do you even realize how assine that sounds, Gary Barnett? I haven’t read this entire thread , just coming in at the end.. But, in case you didn’t catch this here the last 4 to 5 years , Solich was one of the winningest coaches in NU history, and was fired for one man’s ego! That man being Steve Pederson. Solich was with the program as a player and coach for over 36 years, and you dismiss him saying he was fired for a 62-36 game (26 points) at the end of a 11-2 season?? You’re nuts.
Right on, Fred! Solich compiled an impressive 58-19 record over 6 years, 5 AP Top 20 finishes, and 3 Top 10 finishes, plus a National Championship game. Loserhan has amassed 19 losses in 3+ years, and will probably have an embarassing record (close to .500) by the time this season is over. BC’s not only a lame duck coach, he’s just plain lame! And to think, what an awful shame it is that the Cornhuskers football program gave up on TO’s hand-picked successor and ostracized so many true Huskers for the pathetic ego’s of SP and BC and their horrible on-the-field and off-the-field performances. By the way, “Gary Barnett”, “Frank Solich” and other “names” have been posting here lately to get us riled up, Fred. Perhaps Administrator can identify them (or him) through the provided e-mail address? There’s no need to hide behind celebrity masks, we’re all friends here. Even input from foes is welcomed!
Callahan must go! As an unfortunate soul who calls himself an Oakland Raiders fan, you can imagine my chagrin when I found out that the poor coach that dismantled my favorite NFL team would soon dismantle my favorite sport of all, Nebraska football!!! The man doesn’t have an aggressive bone in his body, and his inability to motivate coupled with his troubling knack for excusing losses away to “we strive and strive” is getting old.
As to the comments about Solich: You need to check yourself, buddy. Solich was fired for b.s. political reasons and had nothing to do with the man’s ability to lead a winning team.
Go Big Red! — without Callahan!
WoW!!! It’s 10 o’clock on Friday night. Did anybody else just hear that pep talk that Lou Holtz gave on ESPN 2? He gave a speech as if he was the head coach of Nebraska, inside the locker room before the game. It gave me goose bumps! That was Awsome! It made me want to strap on a set of pads and go fight for the pride of Nebraska! Nice job Lou.
Maybe somebody will throw it on You Tube if ya missed it.
It’s already on there!
Here is the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOa_5YPPc7c
It looks as if everybody may get their wish. The next four years of his contract might be bought out. The next three games may be his last.
CHeck this link out
http://sportsreviewmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1851
I think Bill should be fired soon 4-5 is not ok at Nebraska.
A local charter airline pilot that my brother works with said he had flown Bo P. into Lincoln within the last few weeks…maybe there’s a chance?