Common thread with the last regime

[AFhusker]

The problem for that coach was, He tried to change the culture here and nobody really wanted the guy here in first place.

This right here is what completed the destruction of Nebraska Football, I don't even know where to start with this horsedookie. How was it he tried to change the " Culture" again? Was it where he did or didn't recruit felons like Osborne/McBride did to finally get it done? Was it where he actually played against a real schedule? Was it because his offenses were exciting to watch for the first time in 5 years? Was it because he was handed bare cupboards, but handed the next regime actual football players? Was it because he treated the fans/media with respect that was NEVER shown to him? I could go on for days about the way Cosgroves children were treated and all the other things YOU type of fans did that make me sick to admit I'm a 50 year Husker fan. Please oh please tell me how he destroyed the "walk-on" program, shunned ex Nebraska players, and all the other made up BS, Osbornes golf outing? Callahans flaw.....Cosgrove If Bo Pelini represents our culture then our culture is garbage, he treats the fans like crap. the media like crap, the players like crap, I don't care if he treats his staff like crap, he picked the un-qualified garbage. He's only a decent DC when other talented recruiters build his defenses. He knows nothing of recruiting or talent. His game management is deplorable. I really can not come up with one admirable trait Pelini has that makes me say I want him at Nebraska

While I respect your right to state your opinion you are SO wrong. I'm still recovering from what Callahan & Co. did to Nebraska football. He came in here and with his 'all star' team destroyed every record we held except for our sold out record. While he may have been a good NFL coach he was NOT a good college coach and that's ok-it happens to the best of them. Saban was a lousy NFL coach but is a great college coach. Nebraska football is more than just a game, it is part of our community. For someone who has been involved with the team for 50 years you of all people should realize that. I am appalled that you think so little of Bo. When Frank was fired after a 10-2 record no less, after he fired some of is best friends/colleagues and was STILL fired, fans were chanting in the stands for Bo. But no, we had to have some hot shot, big name, NFL coach for the Huskers. Oh everyone was singing his praises until he started to lose and boy did he lose. He could not develop the talent he had. His inflexibility of not getting rid of Cosgrove was telling of his entire attitude. When Bo came here this was a community shattered. Nebraska football was in the toilet A proud tradition that had been trampled-Bo gave us hope for our team. He has slowly built up the program once more. Does he have more work to do? Absolutely! But for someone to dismiss him as you do is really hard to stomach. I'm sorry but you're so wrong.

What "records" did Callahan "destroy?" I only know of two, the winning streak to Kansas and the bowl game streak. And with the lack of tallent that he was left in 2004, no coach would have made a bowl game with only Joe Dailey as a scholarship QB. Frank was lucky to still have the bowl streak going because the only reason he was bowl eligable in 2002 was a win over Div 1AA McNeese State. Every other streak was broken by Frank, (KSU, ISU, Mizzou, oSu) that is what I will never get. Consider this. Frank maintained Osborne's legacy recruits for 4 season before falling off the cliff due to lazy recruiting. We were nationally relevant, the last time we were. Frank faltered, the program slipped and he overhauled his staff. That overhaul produced a slight resurgence due to a very weak schedule and a fluky defense. An educated fan knows it wasn't much more than window dressing, but the problem is that nobody wants to admit that Frank killed this program, not Callahan. The program was already dead before he got here.

People who hated Callahan look at the 2007 team as the worse ever. I look at that season and wonder how would this team do playing in 2007? My guess is about 6-6. Slightly better but not much. It is funny but the UCLA game reminded me a lot of many of the 2007 games where we asked Ganz to win the game with his arm because the defense couldn't stop the other team and ultimately, he would throw picks and we would lose to teams we should be beating. I wonder how the fans wouldbe reacting if Callahan had lost this same game against UCLA. The roof would be falling in I guarantee it.

Frank was 9-3...in 2003 and only played two ranked teams, who took us behind the woodshead. (KSU, UT)

I am making my point in the context of evaluating the coach and the job he is doing, not from the perspective of a fan. If the 2007 schedule was more typical, that team could have easily gone 7-7, which is the exact same record Fank Solich had in 2002. Everybody always points to 2007 and states emphatically that we are sooooo much better than 2007. In some ways we are, but I don't think it is as drastic as some make it to be. At least BC was stocking the cupboard. his recruiting was really picking up and his class for 2008 was set to be his best until he was fired. I firmly believe BC would have fired Cozgrove after 2007, and who know who he would have hired as DC to coach all that talent BC had recruited (Suh, Haag, Prince, etc).

I am NOT trying to defend BC or say he should have been retained, I just think there has to be some context. At this point, I am not firmly convinced that we are significantly better off in year 5 of Bo than we were after 4 years of BC, and that is saying something.

I always view the status of the program based on how it competes nationally. I don't really care about how it does in the "legends" division, or even the B1G. National relevance is what matters to me, and I think what should matter to Nebraska fans. In the end, what does it mean if we beat 9 "average" or "terrible" teams? To me, it simply means we are slightly better than average, which is the very definition of mediocrity.

 

[Seriously?]

The problem for that coach was, He tried to change the culture here and nobody really wanted the guy here in first place.

This right here is what completed the destruction of Nebraska Football, I don't even know where to start with this horsedookie. How was it he tried to change the " Culture" again? Was it where he did or didn't recruit felons like Osborne/McBride did to finally get it done? Was it where he actually played against a real schedule? Was it because his offenses were exciting to watch for the first time in 5 years? Was it because he was handed bare cupboards, but handed the next regime actual football players? Was it because he treated the fans/media with respect that was NEVER shown to him? I could go on for days about the way Cosgroves children were treated and all the other things YOU type of fans did that make me sick to admit I'm a 50 year Husker fan. Please oh please tell me how he destroyed the "walk-on" program, shunned ex Nebraska players, and all the other made up BS, Osbornes golf outing? Callahans flaw.....Cosgrove If Bo Pelini represents our culture then our culture is garbage, he treats the fans like crap. the media like crap, the players like crap, I don't care if he treats his staff like crap, he picked the un-qualified garbage. He's only a decent DC when other talented recruiters build his defenses. He knows nothing of recruiting or talent. His game management is deplorable. I really can not come up with one admirable trait Pelini has that makes me say I want him at Nebraska

While I respect your right to state your opinion you are SO wrong. I'm still recovering from what Callahan & Co. did to Nebraska football. He came in here and with his 'all star' team destroyed every record we held except for our sold out record. While he may have been a good NFL coach he was NOT a good college coach and that's ok-it happens to the best of them. Saban was a lousy NFL coach but is a great college coach. Nebraska football is more than just a game, it is part of our community. For someone who has been involved with the team for 50 years you of all people should realize that. I am appalled that you think so little of Bo. When Frank was fired after a 10-2 record no less, after he fired some of is best friends/colleagues and was STILL fired, fans were chanting in the stands for Bo. But no, we had to have some hot shot, big name, NFL coach for the Huskers. Oh everyone was singing his praises until he started to lose and boy did he lose. He could not develop the talent he had. His inflexibility of not getting rid of Cosgrove was telling of his entire attitude. When Bo came here this was a community shattered. Nebraska football was in the toilet A proud tradition that had been trampled-Bo gave us hope for our team. He has slowly built up the program once more. Does he have more work to do? Absolutely! But for someone to dismiss him as you do is really hard to stomach. I'm sorry but you're so wrong.

What "records" did Callahan "destroy?" I only know of two, the winning streak to Kansas and the bowl game streak. And with the lack of tallent that he was left in 2004, no coach would have made a bowl game with only Joe Dailey as a scholarship QB. Every other streak was broken by Frank, that is what I will never get. Consider this. Frank maintained Osborne's legacy recruits for 4 season before falling off the cliff due to lazy recruiting. We were nationally relevant, the last time we were. Frank faltered, the program slipped and he overhauled his staff. That overhaul produced a slight resurgence due to a very weak schedule and a fluky defense. An educated fan knows it wasn't much more than window dressing, but the problem is that nobody wants to admit that Frank killed this program, not Callahan. The program was already dead before he got here.

People who hated Callahan look at the 2007 team as the worse ever. I look at that season and wonder how would this team do playing in 2007? My guess is about 6-6. Slightly better but not much. It is funny but the UCLA game reminded me a lot of many of the 2007 games where we asked Ganz to win the game with his arm because the defense couldn't stop the other team and ultimately, he would throw picks and we would lose to teams we should be beating. I wonder how the fans wouldbe reacting if Callahan had lost this same game against UCLA. The roof would be falling in I guarantee it.

Frank was 9-3...in 2003 and only played two ranked teams, who took us behind the woodshead. (KSU, UT)

I am making my point in the context of evaluating the coach and the job he is doing, not from the perspective of a fan. If the 2007 schedule was more typical, that team could have easily gone 7-7, which is the exact same record Fank Solich had in 2002. Everybody always points to 2007 and states emphatically that we are sooooo much better than 2007. In some ways we are, but I don't think it is as drastic as some make it to be. At least BC was stocking the cupboard. his recruiting was really picking up and his class for 2008 was set to be his best until he was fired. I firmly believe BC would have fired Cozgrove after 2007, and who know who he would have hired as DC to coach all that talent BC had recruited (Suh, Haag, Prince, etc).

I am NOT trying to defend BC or say he should have been retained, I just think there has to be some context. At this point, I am not firmly convinced that we are significantly better off in year 5 of Bo than we were after 4 years of BC, and that is saying something.

I always view the status of the program based on how it competes nationally. I don't really care about how it does in the "legends" division, or even the B1G. National relevance is what matters to me, and I think what should matter to Nebraska fans. In the end, what does it mean if we beat 9 "average" or "terrible" teams? To me, it simply means we are slightly better than average, which is the very definition of mediocrity.

Exactly, Pelini teams would be destroyed playing a Callahan schedule, the last 2 years teams may have not even scored. Burkhead would be dead and this defense would have surrendered 1000 yards in several of those game without a doubt

 

[ladyhawke]

Here are the streaks/records that Callahan destroyed while he was here:

>-Ended our NCAA Record 35 consecutive Bowl streak in 2004 after going 5-6

-Allowed the most lopsided defeat in school history 70-10 vs Texas Tech in '04

>-Nebraska has had two losing seasons since 1962; both were under Callahan

>In his first season at Nebraska (2004), Callahan finished 5-6, giving the Cornhuskers their first losing season in more than 40 years.

>On November 3, the Cornhuskers suffered a 76-39 pounding at the hands of Kansas. It was the most points a Cornhusker team had ever surrendered at the time.

>Callahan finished ranked in a major poll only once in four years after the Huskers had only finished unranked once since 1962.

So this is why I'm not fond of the Callahan era.

 

[Seriously?]

Here are the streaks/records that Callahan destroyed while he was here:

>-Ended our NCAA Record 35 consecutive Bowl streak in 2004 after going 5-6

-Allowed the most lopsided defeat in school history 70-10 vs Texas Tech in '04

>-Nebraska has had two losing seasons since 1962; both were under Callahan

>In his first season at Nebraska (2004), Callahan finished 5-6, giving the Cornhuskers their first losing season in more than 40 years.

>On November 3, the Cornhuskers suffered a 76-39 pounding at the hands of Kansas. It was the most points a Cornhusker team had ever surrendered at the time.

>Callahan finished ranked in a major poll only once in four years after the Huskers had only finished unranked once since 1962.

So this is why I'm not fond of the Callahan era.

But you're fond of the Solich era correct?

 

[sd'sker]

Here are the streaks/records that Callahan destroyed while he was here:

>-Ended our NCAA Record 35 consecutive Bowl streak in 2004 after going 5-6

-Allowed the most lopsided defeat in school history 70-10 vs Texas Tech in '04

>-Nebraska has had two losing seasons since 1962; both were under Callahan

>In his first season at Nebraska (2004), Callahan finished 5-6, giving the Cornhuskers their first losing season in more than 40 years.

>On November 3, the Cornhuskers suffered a 76-39 pounding at the hands of Kansas. It was the most points a Cornhusker team had ever surrendered at the time.

>Callahan finished ranked in a major poll only once in four years after the Huskers had only finished unranked once since 1962.

So this is why I'm not fond of the Callahan era.

But you're fond of the Solich era correct?

he got us to a national championship. then he revamped his staff, put an entirely new team on the field and went 9-3. i was happy and would have been curious to see what he could have down. seems like he has been proving himself at ohio.

 

[Seriously?]

Here are the streaks/records that Callahan destroyed while he was here:

>-Ended our NCAA Record 35 consecutive Bowl streak in 2004 after going 5-6

-Allowed the most lopsided defeat in school history 70-10 vs Texas Tech in '04

>-Nebraska has had two losing seasons since 1962; both were under Callahan

>In his first season at Nebraska (2004), Callahan finished 5-6, giving the Cornhuskers their first losing season in more than 40 years.

>On November 3, the Cornhuskers suffered a 76-39 pounding at the hands of Kansas. It was the most points a Cornhusker team had ever surrendered at the time.

>Callahan finished ranked in a major poll only once in four years after the Huskers had only finished unranked once since 1962.

So this is why I'm not fond of the Callahan era.

But you're fond of the Solich era correct?

he got us to a national championship. then he revamped his staff, put an entirely new team on the field and went 9-3. i was happy and would have been curious to see what he could have down. seems like he has been proving himself at ohio.

He took over a Dynasty, lets review shall we.......

First, versus conference opponents:

1) KSU: 29-game winning streak vs. KSU (since 1968, snapped in 1998)

2) KSU: 17-consecutive wins in Manhattan (39 years, since 1959, snapped in 1998)

3) ISU: 9-game winning streak vs. ISU (snapped in 2002)

4) OSU: 24-game winning streak and a 36-game unbeaten streak (snapped in 2002)

5) MU: 24-game winning streak and 30 years since losing in Columbia (snapped in 2003)

6) CU: 9-game winning streak vs. CU (snapped in 2001)

7) OU: 7-game winning streak vs. OU (snapped in 2000)

8) A&M: 5-game winning streak vs. Texas A&M (snapped in 1998)

9) KSU: 17-consecutive wins in Lincoln (35 years, since 1968, snapped in 2003)



General streaks and records:

1) Consecutive 9-win seasons: 33 (from 1969, NCAA record, snapped in 2002)

2) Consecutive seasons losing 3 games or less: 29 (since 1968, snapped in 1998)

3) Consecutive "New Years Day" Bowls: 18 (since 1980 Sun Bowl, snapped in 1998)

4) Consecutive wins versus current SEC-conference schools: 11 (since 1978 vs. Alabama, snapped in 2002 to Ole Miss)

5) Consecutive home winning streak: 47 games (Oct. 19, 1991-Oct. 24, 1998, ended by unranked Texas in 1998, fifth-longest in NCAA history)

6) Consecutive regular season conference victories: 40 games (Nov. 27, 1992-Oct. 3, 1998, ended by Texas A&M in 1998)

7) Consecutive winning seasons: 40 (from 1962, snapped in 2002)

8) Consecutive weeks ranked in the AP poll: 348 weeks (from 1981, NCAA record, snapped in 2002 vs. ISU)

9) Consecutive seasons ranked in the preseason AP poll: 33 (since 1969, snapped in 2003)

10) Years without consecutive regular season losses: 26 (since 1976, snapped in 2002 vs. ISU)

11) Consecutive wins in conference openers: 28 years (since 1974, snapped in 2002 vs. ISU)

12) Last time team lost 3 or more games, back-to-back seasons: 1960-1961 (42 years, snapped in 2003)

13) Last time Nebraska lost to a team in a bowl game that DIDN'T finish the season in the Top-5: 1954 (48 years, snapped in 2002 vs. Ole Miss - finished season unranked)

14) Worst home loss: 31 pts, 9-38 vs. KSU in 2003 (since 1958 vs. Missouri (0-31), 45 years)

15) Most losses in a season: 7 (2002, since 1958, 3-7 record)

16) Consecutive bowl wins versus current SEC schools: 11 (since 1967 Sugar Bowl vs. Alabama, ended in 2002 to Ole Miss in Independence Bowl)

17) Consecutive seasons without losing back-to-back games in regular season: 25 (since 1976 vs. ISU, OU - snapped in 2002 vs. Penn St, ISU)

18) Consecutive seasons without losing three games in a row: 41 (since 1961 vs. Syracuse, Okie St, MU, KU - snapped in 2002 vs. KSU, CU and Ole Miss)



Offensive notables:

1) Team Rushing Average: 253.8 ypg in 1998 (lowest average in 22 years - since 1976)

2) First Downs Per Game: 18.6 in 1999 (lowest average in 31 years, since 1968)

3) Team Total Yards Per Game: 373.1 in 2002 (lowest average in 34 years, since 1969)

4) Team Scoring Average: 27.4 ppg in 2002 (lowest average in 25 years, since 1977)

5) Team Fumbles in Season (most): 49 in 1999 (all-time record, since stats started being kept in 1948)

6) Fewest First Downs in a Game: 8 vs. USM in 1999 (lowest since 1958)

7) TIED: Fewest First Downs in a Game: 8 vs. UT in 2003 (lowest since 1958), also only managed 10 vs. ISU in 2002.

8) Fewest Rushing Yards, Game: 53 yds on 40 carries vs. UT in 2003 (lowest since 1979)

9) Lowest Total Yards, Game: 175 yds vs. UT in 2003 (lowest since 1992 Orange Bowl vs. Miami, a span of 148 games)



Defensive notables:

1) Scoring Defense Per Game (worst): 23.9 ppg in 2002 (worst average since 1951, or 51 years)

2) Team Rush Defense Per Game (worst): 146.6 ypg in 2002 (worst average since 1983, or 19 years)

3) Most Points Allowed in Game (worst): 62 points, by CU in 2001 - ALL-TIME NU RECORD)

4) Most First Downs by Pass, game (worst): 22, by Louisiana Tech in 1998 - ALL-TIME NU RECORD)

5) Most Passing Yards, Attempts, Completion in Game: 590 yds, 68, 46 by Louisiana Tech in 1998 - ALL-TIME NU RECORD)

6) Most Receiving Yards, Player vs. NU: 405 yds, 21 rec by Troy Edwards, LTU, 1998 (NCAA Record)



Miscellaneous:

1) In 2003, departing 4-year seniors Terrell Butler and TJ Hollowell become the first Huskers since 1968 to graduate having never won at least one conference championship.

 

[sd'sker]

Here are the streaks/records that Callahan destroyed while he was here:

>-Ended our NCAA Record 35 consecutive Bowl streak in 2004 after going 5-6

-Allowed the most lopsided defeat in school history 70-10 vs Texas Tech in '04

>-Nebraska has had two losing seasons since 1962; both were under Callahan

>In his first season at Nebraska (2004), Callahan finished 5-6, giving the Cornhuskers their first losing season in more than 40 years.

>On November 3, the Cornhuskers suffered a 76-39 pounding at the hands of Kansas. It was the most points a Cornhusker team had ever surrendered at the time.

>Callahan finished ranked in a major poll only once in four years after the Huskers had only finished unranked once since 1962.

So this is why I'm not fond of the Callahan era.

But you're fond of the Solich era correct?

he got us to a national championship. then he revamped his staff, put an entirely new team on the field and went 9-3. i was happy and would have been curious to see what he could have down. seems like he has been proving himself at ohio.

He took over a Dynasty, lets review shall we.......

First, versus conference opponents:

1) KSU: 29-game winning streak vs. KSU (since 1968, snapped in 1998)

2) KSU: 17-consecutive wins in Manhattan (39 years, since 1959, snapped in 1998)

3) ISU: 9-game winning streak vs. ISU (snapped in 2002)

4) OSU: 24-game winning streak and a 36-game unbeaten streak (snapped in 2002)

5) MU: 24-game winning streak and 30 years since losing in Columbia (snapped in 2003)

6) CU: 9-game winning streak vs. CU (snapped in 2001)

7) OU: 7-game winning streak vs. OU (snapped in 2000)

8) A&M: 5-game winning streak vs. Texas A&M (snapped in 1998)

9) KSU: 17-consecutive wins in Lincoln (35 years, since 1968, snapped in 2003)

General streaks and records:

1) Consecutive 9-win seasons: 33 (from 1969, NCAA record, snapped in 2002)

2) Consecutive seasons losing 3 games or less: 29 (since 1968, snapped in 1998)

3) Consecutive "New Years Day" Bowls: 18 (since 1980 Sun Bowl, snapped in 1998)

4) Consecutive wins versus current SEC-conference schools: 11 (since 1978 vs. Alabama, snapped in 2002 to Ole Miss)

5) Consecutive home winning streak: 47 games (Oct. 19, 1991-Oct. 24, 1998, ended by unranked Texas in 1998, fifth-longest in NCAA history)

6) Consecutive regular season conference victories: 40 games (Nov. 27, 1992-Oct. 3, 1998, ended by Texas A&M in 1998)

7) Consecutive winning seasons: 40 (from 1962, snapped in 2002)

8) Consecutive weeks ranked in the AP poll: 348 weeks (from 1981, NCAA record, snapped in 2002 vs. ISU)

9) Consecutive seasons ranked in the preseason AP poll: 33 (since 1969, snapped in 2003)

10) Years without consecutive regular season losses: 26 (since 1976, snapped in 2002 vs. ISU)

11) Consecutive wins in conference openers: 28 years (since 1974, snapped in 2002 vs. ISU)

12) Last time team lost 3 or more games, back-to-back seasons: 1960-1961 (42 years, snapped in 2003)

13) Last time Nebraska lost to a team in a bowl game that DIDN'T finish the season in the Top-5: 1954 (48 years, snapped in 2002 vs. Ole Miss - finished season unranked)

14) Worst home loss: 31 pts, 9-38 vs. KSU in 2003 (since 1958 vs. Missouri (0-31), 45 years)

15) Most losses in a season: 7 (2002, since 1958, 3-7 record)

16) Consecutive bowl wins versus current SEC schools: 11 (since 1967 Sugar Bowl vs. Alabama, ended in 2002 to Ole Miss in Independence Bowl)

17) Consecutive seasons without losing back-to-back games in regular season: 25 (since 1976 vs. ISU, OU - snapped in 2002 vs. Penn St, ISU)

18) Consecutive seasons without losing three games in a row: 41 (since 1961 vs. Syracuse, Okie St, MU, KU - snapped in 2002 vs. KSU, CU and Ole Miss)

Offensive notables:

1) Team Rushing Average: 253.8 ypg in 1998 (lowest average in 22 years - since 1976)

2) First Downs Per Game: 18.6 in 1999 (lowest average in 31 years, since 1968)

3) Team Total Yards Per Game: 373.1 in 2002 (lowest average in 34 years, since 1969)

4) Team Scoring Average: 27.4 ppg in 2002 (lowest average in 25 years, since 1977)

5) Team Fumbles in Season (most): 49 in 1999 (all-time record, since stats started being kept in 1948)

6) Fewest First Downs in a Game: 8 vs. USM in 1999 (lowest since 1958)

7) TIED: Fewest First Downs in a Game: 8 vs. UT in 2003 (lowest since 1958), also only managed 10 vs. ISU in 2002.

8) Fewest Rushing Yards, Game: 53 yds on 40 carries vs. UT in 2003 (lowest since 1979)

9) Lowest Total Yards, Game: 175 yds vs. UT in 2003 (lowest since 1992 Orange Bowl vs. Miami, a span of 148 games)

Defensive notables:

1) Scoring Defense Per Game (worst): 23.9 ppg in 2002 (worst average since 1951, or 51 years)

2) Team Rush Defense Per Game (worst): 146.6 ypg in 2002 (worst average since 1983, or 19 years)

3) Most Points Allowed in Game (worst): 62 points, by CU in 2001 - ALL-TIME NU RECORD)

4) Most First Downs by Pass, game (worst): 22, by Louisiana Tech in 1998 - ALL-TIME NU RECORD)

5) Most Passing Yards, Attempts, Completion in Game: 590 yds, 68, 46 by Louisiana Tech in 1998 - ALL-TIME NU RECORD)

6) Most Receiving Yards, Player vs. NU: 405 yds, 21 rec by Troy Edwards, LTU, 1998 (NCAA Record)

Miscellaneous:

1) In 2003, departing 4-year seniors Terrell Butler and TJ Hollowell become the first Huskers since 1968 to graduate having never won at least one conference championship.

boy, good thing callahan came around to help us learn how bad it could really be.

 

[Seriously?]

Here are the streaks/records that Callahan destroyed while he was here:

>-Ended our NCAA Record 35 consecutive Bowl streak in 2004 after going 5-6

-Allowed the most lopsided defeat in school history 70-10 vs Texas Tech in '04

>-Nebraska has had two losing seasons since 1962; both were under Callahan

>In his first season at Nebraska (2004), Callahan finished 5-6, giving the Cornhuskers their first losing season in more than 40 years.

>On November 3, the Cornhuskers suffered a 76-39 pounding at the hands of Kansas. It was the most points a Cornhusker team had ever surrendered at the time.

>Callahan finished ranked in a major poll only once in four years after the Huskers had only finished unranked once since 1962.

So this is why I'm not fond of the Callahan era.

But you're fond of the Solich era correct?

he got us to a national championship. then he revamped his staff, put an entirely new team on the field and went 9-3. i was happy and would have been curious to see what he could have down. seems like he has been proving himself at ohio.

He took over a Dynasty, lets review shall we.......

First, versus conference opponents:

1) KSU: 29-game winning streak vs. KSU (since 1968, snapped in 1998)

2) KSU: 17-consecutive wins in Manhattan (39 years, since 1959, snapped in 1998)

3) ISU: 9-game winning streak vs. ISU (snapped in 2002)

4) OSU: 24-game winning streak and a 36-game unbeaten streak (snapped in 2002)

5) MU: 24-game winning streak and 30 years since losing in Columbia (snapped in 2003)

6) CU: 9-game winning streak vs. CU (snapped in 2001)

7) OU: 7-game winning streak vs. OU (snapped in 2000)

8) A&M: 5-game winning streak vs. Texas A&M (snapped in 1998)

9) KSU: 17-consecutive wins in Lincoln (35 years, since 1968, snapped in 2003)

General streaks and records:

1) Consecutive 9-win seasons: 33 (from 1969, NCAA record, snapped in 2002)

2) Consecutive seasons losing 3 games or less: 29 (since 1968, snapped in 1998)

3) Consecutive "New Years Day" Bowls: 18 (since 1980 Sun Bowl, snapped in 1998)

4) Consecutive wins versus current SEC-conference schools: 11 (since 1978 vs. Alabama, snapped in 2002 to Ole Miss)

5) Consecutive home winning streak: 47 games (Oct. 19, 1991-Oct. 24, 1998, ended by unranked Texas in 1998, fifth-longest in NCAA history)

6) Consecutive regular season conference victories: 40 games (Nov. 27, 1992-Oct. 3, 1998, ended by Texas A&M in 1998)

7) Consecutive winning seasons: 40 (from 1962, snapped in 2002)

8) Consecutive weeks ranked in the AP poll: 348 weeks (from 1981, NCAA record, snapped in 2002 vs. ISU)

9) Consecutive seasons ranked in the preseason AP poll: 33 (since 1969, snapped in 2003)

10) Years without consecutive regular season losses: 26 (since 1976, snapped in 2002 vs. ISU)

11) Consecutive wins in conference openers: 28 years (since 1974, snapped in 2002 vs. ISU)

12) Last time team lost 3 or more games, back-to-back seasons: 1960-1961 (42 years, snapped in 2003)

13) Last time Nebraska lost to a team in a bowl game that DIDN'T finish the season in the Top-5: 1954 (48 years, snapped in 2002 vs. Ole Miss - finished season unranked)

14) Worst home loss: 31 pts, 9-38 vs. KSU in 2003 (since 1958 vs. Missouri (0-31), 45 years)

15) Most losses in a season: 7 (2002, since 1958, 3-7 record)

16) Consecutive bowl wins versus current SEC schools: 11 (since 1967 Sugar Bowl vs. Alabama, ended in 2002 to Ole Miss in Independence Bowl)

17) Consecutive seasons without losing back-to-back games in regular season: 25 (since 1976 vs. ISU, OU - snapped in 2002 vs. Penn St, ISU)

18) Consecutive seasons without losing three games in a row: 41 (since 1961 vs. Syracuse, Okie St, MU, KU - snapped in 2002 vs. KSU, CU and Ole Miss)

Offensive notables:

1) Team Rushing Average: 253.8 ypg in 1998 (lowest average in 22 years - since 1976)

2) First Downs Per Game: 18.6 in 1999 (lowest average in 31 years, since 1968)

3) Team Total Yards Per Game: 373.1 in 2002 (lowest average in 34 years, since 1969)

4) Team Scoring Average: 27.4 ppg in 2002 (lowest average in 25 years, since 1977)

5) Team Fumbles in Season (most): 49 in 1999 (all-time record, since stats started being kept in 1948)

6) Fewest First Downs in a Game: 8 vs. USM in 1999 (lowest since 1958)

7) TIED: Fewest First Downs in a Game: 8 vs. UT in 2003 (lowest since 1958), also only managed 10 vs. ISU in 2002.

8) Fewest Rushing Yards, Game: 53 yds on 40 carries vs. UT in 2003 (lowest since 1979)

9) Lowest Total Yards, Game: 175 yds vs. UT in 2003 (lowest since 1992 Orange Bowl vs. Miami, a span of 148 games)

Defensive notables:

1) Scoring Defense Per Game (worst): 23.9 ppg in 2002 (worst average since 1951, or 51 years)

2) Team Rush Defense Per Game (worst): 146.6 ypg in 2002 (worst average since 1983, or 19 years)

3) Most Points Allowed in Game (worst): 62 points, by CU in 2001 - ALL-TIME NU RECORD)

4) Most First Downs by Pass, game (worst): 22, by Louisiana Tech in 1998 - ALL-TIME NU RECORD)

5) Most Passing Yards, Attempts, Completion in Game: 590 yds, 68, 46 by Louisiana Tech in 1998 - ALL-TIME NU RECORD)

6) Most Receiving Yards, Player vs. NU: 405 yds, 21 rec by Troy Edwards, LTU, 1998 (NCAA Record)

Miscellaneous:

1) In 2003, departing 4-year seniors Terrell Butler and TJ Hollowell become the first Huskers since 1968 to graduate having never won at least one conference championship.

boy, good thing callahan came around to help us learn how bad it could really be.

There wasn't much left by the time Solich was through, unless you call Joe Dailey something. Say what you will about Callahan but he left the cupboards stuffed full of talent and made Bo appear legit, now that the players are gone, we see the result.

 

[It'sNotAFakeID]

Time to get something straight. What do you think of Jim Mora, Seriously?

 

[MLB 51]

Time to get something straight. What do you think of Jim Mora, Seriously?

I was a bit surprised. I honestly didn't think he was that good of a coach.

 

[Seriously?]

Time to get something straight. What do you think of Jim Mora, Seriously?

Not sure, have to wait until they play a decent team and see how well he recruits, should know by year 3 like we did.

 

[shyndy]

Here are the streaks/records that Callahan destroyed while he was here:

>-Ended our NCAA Record 35 consecutive Bowl streak in 2004 after going 5-6

-Allowed the most lopsided defeat in school history 70-10 vs Texas Tech in '04

>-Nebraska has had two losing seasons since 1962; both were under Callahan

>In his first season at Nebraska (2004), Callahan finished 5-6, giving the Cornhuskers their first losing season in more than 40 years.

>On November 3, the Cornhuskers suffered a 76-39 pounding at the hands of Kansas. It was the most points a Cornhusker team had ever surrendered at the time.

>Callahan finished ranked in a major poll only once in four years after the Huskers had only finished unranked once since 1962.

So this is why I'm not fond of the Callahan era.

But you're fond of the Solich era correct?

he got us to a national championship. then he revamped his staff, put an entirely new team on the field and went 9-3. i was happy and would have been curious to see what he could have down. seems like he has been proving himself at ohio.

He took over a Dynasty, lets review shall we.......

First, versus conference opponents:

1) KSU: 29-game winning streak vs. KSU (since 1968, snapped in 1998)

2) KSU: 17-consecutive wins in Manhattan (39 years, since 1959, snapped in 1998)

3) ISU: 9-game winning streak vs. ISU (snapped in 2002)

4) OSU: 24-game winning streak and a 36-game unbeaten streak (snapped in 2002)

5) MU: 24-game winning streak and 30 years since losing in Columbia (snapped in 2003)

6) CU: 9-game winning streak vs. CU (snapped in 2001)

7) OU: 7-game winning streak vs. OU (snapped in 2000)

8) A&M: 5-game winning streak vs. Texas A&M (snapped in 1998)

9) KSU: 17-consecutive wins in Lincoln (35 years, since 1968, snapped in 2003)

General streaks and records:

1) Consecutive 9-win seasons: 33 (from 1969, NCAA record, snapped in 2002)

2) Consecutive seasons losing 3 games or less: 29 (since 1968, snapped in 1998)

3) Consecutive "New Years Day" Bowls: 18 (since 1980 Sun Bowl, snapped in 1998)

4) Consecutive wins versus current SEC-conference schools: 11 (since 1978 vs. Alabama, snapped in 2002 to Ole Miss)

5) Consecutive home winning streak: 47 games (Oct. 19, 1991-Oct. 24, 1998, ended by unranked Texas in 1998, fifth-longest in NCAA history)

6) Consecutive regular season conference victories: 40 games (Nov. 27, 1992-Oct. 3, 1998, ended by Texas A&M in 1998)

7) Consecutive winning seasons: 40 (from 1962, snapped in 2002)

8) Consecutive weeks ranked in the AP poll: 348 weeks (from 1981, NCAA record, snapped in 2002 vs. ISU)

9) Consecutive seasons ranked in the preseason AP poll: 33 (since 1969, snapped in 2003)

10) Years without consecutive regular season losses: 26 (since 1976, snapped in 2002 vs. ISU)

11) Consecutive wins in conference openers: 28 years (since 1974, snapped in 2002 vs. ISU)

12) Last time team lost 3 or more games, back-to-back seasons: 1960-1961 (42 years, snapped in 2003)

13) Last time Nebraska lost to a team in a bowl game that DIDN'T finish the season in the Top-5: 1954 (48 years, snapped in 2002 vs. Ole Miss - finished season unranked)

14) Worst home loss: 31 pts, 9-38 vs. KSU in 2003 (since 1958 vs. Missouri (0-31), 45 years)

15) Most losses in a season: 7 (2002, since 1958, 3-7 record)

16) Consecutive bowl wins versus current SEC schools: 11 (since 1967 Sugar Bowl vs. Alabama, ended in 2002 to Ole Miss in Independence Bowl)

17) Consecutive seasons without losing back-to-back games in regular season: 25 (since 1976 vs. ISU, OU - snapped in 2002 vs. Penn St, ISU)

18) Consecutive seasons without losing three games in a row: 41 (since 1961 vs. Syracuse, Okie St, MU, KU - snapped in 2002 vs. KSU, CU and Ole Miss)

Offensive notables:

1) Team Rushing Average: 253.8 ypg in 1998 (lowest average in 22 years - since 1976)

2) First Downs Per Game: 18.6 in 1999 (lowest average in 31 years, since 1968)

3) Team Total Yards Per Game: 373.1 in 2002 (lowest average in 34 years, since 1969)

4) Team Scoring Average: 27.4 ppg in 2002 (lowest average in 25 years, since 1977)

5) Team Fumbles in Season (most): 49 in 1999 (all-time record, since stats started being kept in 1948)

6) Fewest First Downs in a Game: 8 vs. USM in 1999 (lowest since 1958)

7) TIED: Fewest First Downs in a Game: 8 vs. UT in 2003 (lowest since 1958), also only managed 10 vs. ISU in 2002.

8) Fewest Rushing Yards, Game: 53 yds on 40 carries vs. UT in 2003 (lowest since 1979)

9) Lowest Total Yards, Game: 175 yds vs. UT in 2003 (lowest since 1992 Orange Bowl vs. Miami, a span of 148 games)

Defensive notables:

1) Scoring Defense Per Game (worst): 23.9 ppg in 2002 (worst average since 1951, or 51 years)

2) Team Rush Defense Per Game (worst): 146.6 ypg in 2002 (worst average since 1983, or 19 years)

3) Most Points Allowed in Game (worst): 62 points, by CU in 2001 - ALL-TIME NU RECORD)

4) Most First Downs by Pass, game (worst): 22, by Louisiana Tech in 1998 - ALL-TIME NU RECORD)

5) Most Passing Yards, Attempts, Completion in Game: 590 yds, 68, 46 by Louisiana Tech in 1998 - ALL-TIME NU RECORD)

6) Most Receiving Yards, Player vs. NU: 405 yds, 21 rec by Troy Edwards, LTU, 1998 (NCAA Record)

Miscellaneous:

1) In 2003, departing 4-year seniors Terrell Butler and TJ Hollowell become the first Huskers since 1968 to graduate having never won at least one conference championship.

boy, good thing callahan came around to help us learn how bad it could really be.

yeah seriously those streaks were a matter of time