Nebraska...not feeling Frosty anymore

[THE_WIZARD_]

The ceremonial first pin is about to go right through the skull....

[Wild Hoss]

Various implements of deee-struction await.

[entropy]

http://twitter.com/MikelSevere/status/405148193584709632/photo/1

[Jeff Buchanan]

I'm waiting for the FOIA copy of Brandon's letter to Hoke and Hoke's letter to Borges extending their contracts.

Sickening what our feckless ADs will continue to tolerate in the name of stability and, mind you, continued and undeserved fan loyalty which these knuckle heads rely on to put butts in seats.

Those of us expecting more have no chance to get it in this environment.

[hack]

You FOIA'd that? LOL; great stuff. Looking forward to it. I love transparency.

[Wild Hoss]

I look at that, and just have to shake my head in amazement at the things old men will do to play their games. Osborne has now committed millions of other people's dollars to his little game of chess with the NU administration. Just the stroke of pen, and millions of dollars go away, and his successor is handcuffed...no big deal.

The important thing is that Tom wins. Checkmate.

Cripes, now I wish all to hell he'd won the damn primary election for Governor.

[iam416]

STC. DRtB.

[Tony G]

Bo Pelini not worried about job


Updated: November 29, 2013, 5:47 PM ET
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LINCOLN, Neb. -- Bo Pelini says he hasn't been told if he'll return for a seventh season as Nebraska's head coach and that he isn't spending any time worrying about it.
"If they want to fire me, go ahead," Pelini told reporters after the Cornhuskers' 38-17 loss to Iowa on Friday to finish the regular season 8-4. "I believe in what I've done. I don't apologize to you. I don't apologize to anybody, myself or this staff. My record, our record since I've been here, speaks for itself. And this program is heading in a good direction.
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"You choose not to think so, that's your prerogative. All I know is myself, this staff, the people who have been associated with this program since I've been here can look themselves in the mirror and feel good about what they've done."
Though Pelini is 57-24 at Nebraska, his performance has been heavily scrutinized in the wake of bad losses to UCLA and Minnesota.
The question is whether first-year athletic director Shawn Eichorst believes Pelini is moving the program in the right direction. Pelini is under contract through 2017 and makes almost $3 million per year.
The Huskers haven't won a conference championship since 1999, and they were eliminated from the Big Ten Legends Division race two weeks ago.
In addition to a run of blowout losses dating to 2011, Pelini came under fire in September after an audio of his profane tirade against Nebraska fans went public.
Eichorst, who has a policy of not commenting on a coach while his or her team is in season, has given no hint about how he's leaning.
Pelini's volatile sideline antics, which have been kept under wraps most of the season, were back in full force Friday. He was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct in the third quarter after he protested a pass-interference call on linebacker Zaire Anderson.
Pelini said the official flagged him because he got too close to him, but made it clear -- with the help of an expletive -- he thought it was a bad call.
"I've never seen anything like that before," Pelini said. "I've done a lot worse than that, and I saw (Iowa coach) Kirk Ferentz over on the other side acting a lot worse than I act. I didn't see a flag come out on him. The bottom line is they knew they blew the call. They blew it. They blew that call over there on that third down. And everybody in the stadium knew it. They didn't man up enough to pick that flag up."
The Huskers (5-3 Big Ten) won their fewest regular-season games since 2008, Pelini's first year, and lost three home games for the first time since 2007 under Bill Callahan.
Pelini's team battled through injuries to six offensive linemen, and fourth-year starting quarterback Taylor Martinez was limited to four games because of a mysterious foot injury. The Huskers started third-stringer Ron Kellogg III against Iowa because of an ankle injury to Tommy Armstrong Jr. The Huskers also struggled with turnovers and shoddy special-teams play.
Pelini declined to answer directly when asked if he had made a case to keep his job.
"You guys have chose to make a story of it all year," he said. "It's impacted our football team. It's hurt our football team."
Junior receiver Kenny Bell said he and his teammates support Pelini's return.
"I would play for Bo Pelini against Satan himself and the demons of the world," he said. "I love coach Pelini."

[Jeff Buchanan]

Uh, oh .........

My nutz aren't as sore as they were after the dong punch in M's loss to the Hawkeyes last weekend.

You guys can resume the suffering for us for the next 20 or so hours. Then we'll take over again.

Fair?

[Hannibal]

For once I agree with Talent. STAY THE COURSE.

[hack]

No, fire him. Put the pressure on Michigan to do the same. It's going to look even worse for Brandon if 8-4 Nebraska cans their coach.

[entropy]

Football Friday.... Men's basketball today... And volleyball tonight. Nice weekend in Lincoln.

[Hannibal]

No, fire him. Put the pressure on Michigan to do the same. It's going to look even worse for Brandon if 8-4 Nebraska cans their coach.

I hadn't thought about that angle.

[Jeff Buchanan]

If Pelini gets fired, its going to be for a combination of losing and being an ass hole.

Hoke is not an ass hole and frankly, neither is Borges.

[Wild Hoss]

Bo will never be fored for his behavior...Nebraska fans have Beaten Wife Syndrome. The worse Bo treats us, the more popular he seems to become. Its inexplicable.