Monthly Archives: October 2006

Fire Bill Callahan – The 2006 Edition

If Internet traffic is any indication, it appears that the seeds of another Fire Bill Callahan movement are afoot. In the 48 hours since the loss to Oklahoma State, site traffic to Huskerzone.com – as driven by the search engines – has exploded, fueled by the search phrase “Fire Bill Callahan.” We’ve started our own…

Cosgrove is a Tool

From the Omaha World Herald: NU defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove said the Huskers were caught between wanting to double-cover Bowman and Woods and committing enough defenders to stop the run. “You pick your poison,” Cosgrove said. “They just did a good job timing things. “We talked about needing to dominate up front and needing to…

Final: Oklahoma State 41 – Nebraska 29

No adjustments, no accountability, no ability to defend the pass. With the way Nebraska played the final three quarters today, a 6-6 season comes into the realm of possibility. 1 comment on an old post from Quentin in the minutes after the game went final might be foreshadowing a past theme: Fire Bill CaLLLahan. “I…

Aaaarrgghhh! So Close.

Final: Texas 22 – Nebraska 20. Take away the second quarter and the Husker’s stuck it to the Longhorns. This is also the first Callahan-era game I can remember where Nebraska actually made some half-time adjustments that worked. Damn turnovers – all of them. Momentum killers. Let’s hope there is a rematch because that will…

Football Is An Emotional Sport

Go Big Red

Joseph Duarte of the Hoston Chronicle reminds readers in south Texas (and elsewhere thanks to the internets) that Nebraska hasn’t beaten a top-10 foe since Oklahoma in 2001. It’s not every day a program as rich in tradition as Nebraska is in search of attention or validation. But the once-proud program, which became only the…

Final: Nebraska 21 – Kansas State 3

Other than the fake field goal resulting in the opening touchdown, I thought Nebraska once again played another vanilla game. However, unlike the previous couple of games, you could tell the Huskers were in charge and while they only put 21 points on the board, they could have easily scored twice that many. With Texas…

Confidence Is Contagious

Jeffrey Martin, who covers K-State for The Wichita Eagle wrote a sweet piece in preparation for tomorrow’s matchup in Manhattan. “It’s hard for a defense to prepare for us because we can come out four wide and throw the ball 50 times a game,” [Nebraska quarterback]Taylor said. “Or, we can use four tight ends with…

Huskers’ Offensive Line Takes Care Of Business

Nebraska went Old School in Ames to pick up its first road win of the season. Cody Glenn rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns, Brandon Jackson added 116 yards and a score and the Cornhuskers defense did the rest in a 28-14 victory over Iowa State on Saturday night. Nebraska’s defense, which was lit…