PhillyGirl
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🏈 Nebraska HC Bo Pelini fired
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Agreed, although I find it interesting looking at Osbourne's post season record and seeing Pelini's is better (though not to a great degree.)
Agree, he gets an interview at the least
I disagree that Pelini will get an interview with Forida bc IMO, they will go after an offensive minded coach with a proven track record. I am not saying UF will get that person but I do look for them to go that route. Pelini wins 9 games a year for 7 straight years, it is not all about wins and losses.
Brady Hoke should not be far away as the next big name program to fire a coach.
Brady Hoke should not be far away as the next big name program to fire a coach.
rocknthefreeworld
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Nebraska fires coach Bo Pelini
Updated: November 30, 2014, 2:42 PM ET
By Mitch Sherman | ESPN.com
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Bo Pelini was fired on Sunday, ending the seven-year run of the polarizing figure as Nebraska's football coach.
Nine Wins Not Enough For Pelini
The Cornhuskers won at least 9 games every season under Bo Pelini, a streak that is tied for second longest in the country. Only Oregon has a longer active streak. But Pelini's teams have struggled in other key areas:
• 8-17 vs. AP-ranked teams (3-9 on road)
• No BCS Bowl appearances (3-3 overall in bowls)
• No conference titles (lost in 2012 Big Ten title game, 70-31)
• 3-plus losses every season
• 3-4 in last seven November games
-- ESPN Stats & Information
"I didn't see enough improvement in areas that were important for us to move forward and play championship-caliber football,'' athletic director Shawn Eichorst said at a news conference. "We weren't good enough in games that mattered against championship-caliber opponents.''
Eichorst said he would conduct a search for a head coach by himself and did not give a timetable for naming a replacement.
Eichorst said his decision to fire Pelini "crystalized'' on Saturday night. Eichorst said he met in his office for 20 minutes with Pelini on Sunday morning and that their conversation was "cordial.''
Asked for comment, Pelini wrote in a text to The Associated Press, "I'm good. Thanks for asking!''
Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman said he supported the decision and wished Pelini well.
"I am confident that Shawn will find the best coach, teacher and fit for this University and for our football program," he said.
Pelini is owed $7.65 million by Nebraska on his contract, extended after last season through February 2019. Nebraska's assistants are under contract through January 2016.
The former defensive coordinator at LSU and Oklahoma, Pelini, in his first head-coaching job, produced notable consistency but little evidence that Nebraska was set to take the next step as a program. It lost 59-24 at Wisconsin on Nov. 15, surrendering a then-FBS record 408 rushing yards to Melvin Gordon in the latest embarrassing defeat for the program.
Nebraska has lost 10 games by 20 points or more since 2008, Pelini's first season, and allowed 45 points or more in six games since the Huskers joined the Big Ten in 2011.
Pelini improved to 67-27 as Nebraska's coach on Friday with a 37-34 overtime win at Iowa. The victory pushed Pelini's win total past Tom Osborne for the most ever at the school in a coach's first seven years.
In fact, no coach in the history of a Power 5 program had been fired for on-field performance after winning as many games in his first seven years. Only Alabama and Oregon -- first and second this week in the College Football Playoff rankings -- can match the Huskers in winning nine games each year since 2008.
Nebraska trailed on Friday by 17 points with two minutes left in the third quarter.
"I knew our kids would keep fighting," Pelini said Friday.
The Huskers scored three touchdowns in less than five minutes of clock time to take the lead, then fell behind in the final two minutes and tied it on a field goal with eight seconds left.
"A lot of people would roll it in," said receiver Kenny Bell, who caught the winning score in overtime after being knocked out of the Senior Day loss to Minnesota with a concussion six days earlier. "There's no Big Ten championship. There's no accolades or awards for winning this football game. We just rolled up our sleeves and went to work. That group of guys in there is unbelievably resilient."
Players credit Pelini for that resilience.
"Coach Bo," left guard Jake Cotton said. "Position coaches. This staff really has taken the time and really molded us into a group that won't quit."
Quarterback Tommy Armstrong did not support the decision, taking to Twitter to voice his disagreement.
Nebraska now faces an uncertain future, searching for its fourth coach since the 1997 retirement of Osborne.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11958376/nebraska-cornhuskers-fire-bo-pelini
Updated: November 30, 2014, 2:42 PM ET
By Mitch Sherman | ESPN.com
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Bo Pelini was fired on Sunday, ending the seven-year run of the polarizing figure as Nebraska's football coach.
Nine Wins Not Enough For Pelini
• 8-17 vs. AP-ranked teams (3-9 on road)
• No BCS Bowl appearances (3-3 overall in bowls)
• No conference titles (lost in 2012 Big Ten title game, 70-31)
• 3-plus losses every season
• 3-4 in last seven November games
-- ESPN Stats & Information
"I didn't see enough improvement in areas that were important for us to move forward and play championship-caliber football,'' athletic director Shawn Eichorst said at a news conference. "We weren't good enough in games that mattered against championship-caliber opponents.''
Eichorst said he would conduct a search for a head coach by himself and did not give a timetable for naming a replacement.
Eichorst said his decision to fire Pelini "crystalized'' on Saturday night. Eichorst said he met in his office for 20 minutes with Pelini on Sunday morning and that their conversation was "cordial.''
Asked for comment, Pelini wrote in a text to The Associated Press, "I'm good. Thanks for asking!''
Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman said he supported the decision and wished Pelini well.
"I am confident that Shawn will find the best coach, teacher and fit for this University and for our football program," he said.
Pelini is owed $7.65 million by Nebraska on his contract, extended after last season through February 2019. Nebraska's assistants are under contract through January 2016.
The former defensive coordinator at LSU and Oklahoma, Pelini, in his first head-coaching job, produced notable consistency but little evidence that Nebraska was set to take the next step as a program. It lost 59-24 at Wisconsin on Nov. 15, surrendering a then-FBS record 408 rushing yards to Melvin Gordon in the latest embarrassing defeat for the program.
Nebraska has lost 10 games by 20 points or more since 2008, Pelini's first season, and allowed 45 points or more in six games since the Huskers joined the Big Ten in 2011.
Pelini improved to 67-27 as Nebraska's coach on Friday with a 37-34 overtime win at Iowa. The victory pushed Pelini's win total past Tom Osborne for the most ever at the school in a coach's first seven years.
In fact, no coach in the history of a Power 5 program had been fired for on-field performance after winning as many games in his first seven years. Only Alabama and Oregon -- first and second this week in the College Football Playoff rankings -- can match the Huskers in winning nine games each year since 2008.
Nebraska trailed on Friday by 17 points with two minutes left in the third quarter.
"I knew our kids would keep fighting," Pelini said Friday.
The Huskers scored three touchdowns in less than five minutes of clock time to take the lead, then fell behind in the final two minutes and tied it on a field goal with eight seconds left.
"A lot of people would roll it in," said receiver Kenny Bell, who caught the winning score in overtime after being knocked out of the Senior Day loss to Minnesota with a concussion six days earlier. "There's no Big Ten championship. There's no accolades or awards for winning this football game. We just rolled up our sleeves and went to work. That group of guys in there is unbelievably resilient."
Players credit Pelini for that resilience.
"Coach Bo," left guard Jake Cotton said. "Position coaches. This staff really has taken the time and really molded us into a group that won't quit."
Quarterback Tommy Armstrong did not support the decision, taking to Twitter to voice his disagreement.
Nebraska now faces an uncertain future, searching for its fourth coach since the 1997 retirement of Osborne.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11958376/nebraska-cornhuskers-fire-bo-pelini
Living here in Nebraska, I was quick to remind all my Husker friends about Alabama in November 2006. How all the college football world laughed at us and called us crazy for expecting to return our program to what it once was under Bear Bryant. When you drill down into Bo Pelini's stats, good is clearly not good enough. And as Bama fans, I would think we would all understand this.
planomateo
Member
Agreed and I was about to post the same; I could see Nebraska becoming Nebraska again if they were still in the Big XII, but I think Nebraska put the death nail in there program when they left for the B1G. I know college football goes in cycles, and the SEC may not always be the strongest conference in football (I think 25 signing limit is allowing some conferences to catch up; that needs to go away), but I do not see the B1G ever being that conference again.
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