UCLA might win the pac-12 and play in the national championship game
UCLA might win the pac-12 and play in the national championship game
they were up 21-3 only because of turnovers and missed fgs. once ucla cleaned those up, they did what they normally do, score a shit load of pts.
you'll see as the season goes along that ucla is a top 10 team and nebraska probably isn't a top 25 team. so this loss was in no way shameful.
Pelini is past the "vote of confidence" stage of his downfall. He's inching ever close to being shown the door. Even Pelini knows it in the back of his mind. The old Pelini was brash and aloof at his pressers, but following this game he was cordial and answered all questions in a professional manner.....because he knows he doesn't have the cache anymore to be an ass. He doesn't have the answers and the same old lines have become trite. His best season (2009) was with Callahan's recruits (Dennard, Amukamara, Hagg, Gomes, Suh, Crick). With his own players, this so-called defensive guru has looked as helpless as his predecessor. The fans didn't boo because they are numb. Their expectations in big games have been whittled down to apathetic levels due to the team's persistent impotence in marquee matchups. Pelini is not going to be fired this week, but he probably should be. There is no more air of optimism around this guy.
first of all, i've been following college football longer than you've been posting fake bets on the internet.
secondly, what does nebraska's past success (over 15 years ago) have to do with anything? nd, miami, fsu, colorado, florida, usc and even washington won championships around that time. so does that mean all their coaches should be canned if they don't win a championship too? of course not. times change, so do programs.
but no matter who is coaching, they are only as good as the players they recruit & sign. and nebraska has been no higher than #17 in recruiting for the past 6 seasons. guess which team has been #1 nearly every year since 2008? you guessed it, alabama. so it's no surprise to anyone who knows football that alabama would dominate while nebraska would be 17-25 in rankings.
Crustyme.......all those schools you rattled off, with the exception of Florida, HAVE fired a coach(es) since 1997. Well Bowden "resigned/retired" but only after the heat was on.
Last edited by Eddy Munny; 09-14-13 at 05:05 PM.
so has nebraska. fired solich and callahan.
pelini has a .718 winning % and won 3 bowl games. not too shabby with a recruiting class that's not in top 15.
Well they don't draw straws to determine recruiting classes. If the recruits are subpar, that's a direct indictment on the guy at the top. The winning percentage only proves that they haven't plummeted to the depths of a Kansas, but they don't reflect a program that's consistently relevant. Every time Nebraska has had a game with some national interest sprinkled in, they have faceplanted under Pelini, with few exceptions. Pelini was a good assistant, but a good head coach he is not.
Nebraska almost lost to Wyoming, beat a team that has lost 15 straight, and then got blown out at home today. He is the most over rated coach, I have been saying this for the past few seasons, his time has come. Nebraska needs to go back to the bone.
Pelini's a fvcking dumb ape.
Only a matter of time before this dipshit punches a ref and is finished.
in tom osborne's first 5 seasons, he had a .706 winning %. osborne also lost 7 consecutive bowl games at one point. and when he did finally win championship in his later years, he had great recruiting classes that were as high as #2 in the nation.
if you want to blame pelini for failing to recruit the best players (not easy competing with alabama, lsu, usc, florida, miami, etc) that's fine but to blame him for not winning championships with the players he has is completely off base.