Corey McKeon speaks out about the criticsm the team is taking.

All this garbage on Facebook, and on the Internet, and all the blogs, it’s garbage.

He also said it’s hard for him to go to class when he plays bad.

Oh, he defends the Huskers’ 3-1 record and says he should be having fun, but isn’t. He implies that we, the fans, demand too much.

We’re 3-1 and people are looking it like we haven’t won. They’re looking at us like Notre Dame, like we’re 0 and 4 and just having a rebuilding year. That’s not the case.”

McKeon is from Naperville, IL, near where our coach is from.

[via Lincoln Journal Star's Life in the Red staff blog]

[UPDATE] Fire Bill Callahan has much more on McKeon’s statements.

This bit of advice for the 21-year old linebacker is particularly well put:

News flash for you, son. This IS big business. Nebraska football is far, far bigger than you (or any of your teammates or coaches). Your coach makes the equivalent of 29 professors because he’s expected to perform well enough to keep the marketing machine moving.