Husker Football21 Jul 2007 :: Posted by: Bugeater
Maurice Purify was reinstated to the team Friday after pleading no contest earlier this week to criminal charges including assault.
Coach Bill Callahan said Purify will participate in workouts next week and will report to training camp Aug. 5.
He will be suspended for the season opener against Nevada, and will face “continued additional discipline within our football program,” Callahan said in a statement.
“I met with Maurice Purify this afternoon and I believe that he has made a sincere effort to redeem himself and move forward in a positive direction,” Callahan said.
[via Associated Press]
July 21st, 2007 at 7:10 pm
hey everybody,
what do you guys think of this? I’m not sure if it is BC selling out his disciplinary reputation, or a good call by a “good” coach.
Purify will be an important part of this offense, if he is allowed to play. He might be the first NFL ready reciever the Husker roster has seen since, Irvan Fryar…? (not putting Purify in that class though)
Hopefully BC can stay on top of him and make him focus only on football and not partying. That could make a scary reciever.
here’s hoping everything works for the better,
Jeff
July 21st, 2007 at 7:14 pm
“Irving Fryer”
I’m sooooo sorry about that. I knew as soon as I hit “submit” that was way off. This is why you shouldn’t spell the way you speak!
July 22nd, 2007 at 2:04 pm
On the surface with charges he plead guilty, you’ll find a 1-2 game suspension is pretty common across college football.
He also has some pretty strict conditions attached - not setting foot into a bar or liquor store for a year, extensive community service.
I think it is a matter of punish and educate to make him a better person, which I don’t see as selling out.
July 23rd, 2007 at 7:57 am
It seems to me that BC’s suspending him for the season’s first game, plus a strict behavior policy going forward (perhaps “zero tolerance” type provisions) are sufficient disciplinarian measures. Hopefully, Maurice can adhere to a better code of conduct going forward, both for his own future and the team’s.
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:07 pm
This is in total disregard to this topic. I may be converting to the Pederson Camp!? Granted, he turned Husker “football” upside down, possibly for the better (he has 1 year to prove that in my book).
But….NU has won 3 national chamipionships since his watch started, 2 with bowling, 1 in volleyball. Not to mention his hiring of a nationally renowned BB coach in Doc Sadler, already improving BB recruiting. His football decisions have taken the Huskers back to the Big 12 Championship Game, first since ‘99 (almost 4 years before Solich was fired)
Bill Callahan’s job is to win football games, Steve Pederson’s job is to create good situations for all NU athletic programs, bowling to football. The only other schools I could find with 3 Nat. Champ. in the last five years is Florida (BB and FB)
I understand that people in Nebraska love Husker Football, I do too. But the other day I was listening to, I believe the Dan Patrick Show, while he or his replacement host was discussing the ultimate college campus. A person from Lincoln called in to support UNL, he was quickly cut off by, “Huskers have a GREAT football tradition, what else you got?” Currently Nebraska can’t compete with other Big 12 teams in other sports, except for bowling and volleyball (Our bread & butter, football isn’t even to championship level) Pederson is taking the first step of realizing the “pure” college sports is sadly gone on a competitive level.
I know not many people here like to admit it, but I’m starting to believe, possibly outside of FB, that SP is doing his job well. He just might deserve the raise and extension.
Jeff