The Lincoln Journal Star hosts three Husker blogs. One written by a reporter, one written by a fan and one written by former QB, Scott Frost. Frost had some telling things to say in the wake of last Saturday’s humiliation in Lawrence.

Sometimes I think that I care too much. I was in Lawrence on Saturday and I saw our guys go down in defeat at the hands of a team that we had beaten every year for almost four decades. I can’t tell you how hard it was to watch. Seeing Jayhawk fans yelling and jeering and storming the field made my stomach turn.

Sometimes I don’t think that some of the people in the program right now knew what they were getting themselves into when they signed up to come here. That leads me to my first major concern about what is happening at Memorial Stadium- the complete and intentional departure and detachment from anything that had to do with the way it was.

Let’s start with the people. We didn’t just get a new coaching staff two years ago, there was basically a house cleaning. So many of the people in South stadium who made Nebraska what it was either left or were forced to leave that many of us as former players do not even feel comfortable coming around the campus anymore. That’s a shame.

According to the Kansas City Star, Kansas State’s bowl hopes are alive and well.

Despite four consecutive losses, the Wildcats do still have hope. If they win Saturday at Nebraska and the following Saturday at home against Missouri, K-State becomes bowl eligible.

However, that seems like a lot to ask from the Wildcats, 4-5 overall and 1-5 in the Big 12, these days.

Forget mid-December bowl games. This is a battle to regain honor lost.

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.

Another streak broken.

I’ll have to wait for the coaches show to see any of the action, but if Jim Rose’s play-by-play was anything close to accurate, every single point we brought up in our game plan was thrashed.

Audience participation time
If you were at the game, please leave your comments.

Update
Husker Mike was at the game and his account pretty much confirms what I expected.

• Playcalling was even more abysmal than usual. Bill Callahan decided that we needed to establish a ground game against one of the top rushing defenses in the country. And there was almost no variety in the running play; if I had a video tape, I would say of the first 10 runs, there were only 3 or 4 different plays run.
• Kansas defended us with 9 or 10 players “in the box” most of the game. However, we only attempted to stretch the defense a handful of times by sending receivers deeper than 10 yards downfield.
• Harrison Beck and Joe Ganz know that they aren’t getting into the game unless Zac Taylor is knocked out. They spent much of the first half watching the Kansas dance squad.
• Callahan might be trying to get Zac Taylor killed by leaving him in the game to get assaulted when the game is out of reach.
• The defense tried to keep Nebraska in the game today. Corey McKeon had a key interception to end a Kansas threat as well as the safety. But, they wore down, and sadly in the 4th quarter, threw in the towel. All season long many fans have raved about their “never give up” will, but today, they went to the well one too many times.

Despite the impressive performance from The Fighting Manginos against Missouri, don’t fool yourself into thinking this game has the potential to be a season killer for the Huskers.

Kansas does present an excellent defense against the run, holding opponents to average of 69 yards per game on the ground. Their secondary is another story however, giving up nearly 4 times the yardage. On offense, the Jayhawks have been abysmal in conference play averaging under 10 points per game. Their offensive game plan will be rather balanced, but this is a team that has difficulties moving the ball.

Since we have already questioned Bill Callahan’s ability to make a game plan, HuskerZone.com presents what we think Nebraska needs to do:

1. Use Zac Taylor efficiently, a series of passes designed around 3 and 5 step drops will pick apart the D and it will take some of the burden off our below average O-Line.

2. Balance out the passing game by rushing - especially in tradition passing situations to keep the D honest.

3. Once the D starts biting, roll-out pass plays should be able to sting them for some big-time plays.

4. On defense, don’t get fancy. Sit back early and avoid the first drive touchdown, then start bringing the blitz into play. Unlike Callahan, Mangino can put together a game plan and you can bet that a first drive touchdown is set as one of his keys to the game.

5. Execute on Special Teams. If there is one part of KU’s game we give above-average props to, it is their special teams.

Don’t expect a high-scoring game, 17 points will likely win and we see a relatively easy Husker win assuming they don’t jump into turnover mode.

Last year, “You F*ckin’ Hillbillies.”

This year, The Throat Slash.

Public outcry is reaching a fevered pitch both inside and outside of Big Red Land. I thought it was a throat slash, my co-workers thought it was a throat slash, even co-writer SteveG thought it was a throat slash - and he should know, having spent several years roaming the Caribbean as a pirate*. Though it should be said his pirate accent is truly awful; but I digress.

However, despite his actions publicly denying it was a throat slash have shed even more light on the Steve Pederson regime - a regime of lying, double-talk and denial. Okay, that may be a tad strong, but the real question at the end of the day isn’t one of whether or not it was or was not a throat slash, but rather had Bill Callahan been ejected after the heated exchange with the official, would Nebraska have won the game?

And that my friends, was the topic brought up at lunch today.

*it should be noted SteveG has never actually spent time as a pirate, this account was fictionalized to add more penache to the story. Consider this a full disclaimer.