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Team Report: Inside Slant
Inside Slant | Notes and Quotes | Strategy and Personnel
Throughout his stormy two-year tenure at Nebraska, the leadership qualities of Bill Callahan have come into question.
The concerns may regard the passing offense he installed, his stiff personality or his questionable game-planning.
But when the Huskers went on the road Nov. 25 and stunned Colorado 30-3, a different side to the former Super Bowl coach emerged. Callahan was brought to tears by his team's performance, which bumped Nebraska to 7-4 and made the team attractive to the second-tier bowls with Big 12 ties. The Huskers landed in the Alamo Bowl and will face Michigan (7-4) on Dec. 28 in San Antonio, Texas.
The magnitude of the convincing win in Boulder could be what the Nebraska program needs to take off under Callahan. This was a team that could have easily folded after suffering a 40-15 loss at Kansas on Nov. 5, the first time in 37 years the Huskers lost to the Jayhawks.
No one is ready to proclaim Callahan has turned the corner yet at Nebraska. Not when that corner exists further down the track than most programs because of the national championships earned under legendary coaches Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne.
But it could be the Huskers are making strides. When Callahan intensified practices in response to the blowout at Kansas, the Huskers accepted the challenge and made it work to their advantage.
Heading into the postseason, both the Nebraska offense and defense are coming off their best performances of the season. Few coaches can benefit from the extra practices a bowl affords as much as Callahan, and now he can do so with a responsive group eager for the next challenge.
It could be the break Callahan needs for his system to take hold.
Team Report: Inside Slant
Inside Slant | Notes and Quotes | Strategy and Personnel
Throughout his stormy two-year tenure at Nebraska, the leadership qualities of Bill Callahan have come into question.
The concerns may regard the passing offense he installed, his stiff personality or his questionable game-planning.
But when the Huskers went on the road Nov. 25 and stunned Colorado 30-3, a different side to the former Super Bowl coach emerged. Callahan was brought to tears by his team's performance, which bumped Nebraska to 7-4 and made the team attractive to the second-tier bowls with Big 12 ties. The Huskers landed in the Alamo Bowl and will face Michigan (7-4) on Dec. 28 in San Antonio, Texas.
The magnitude of the convincing win in Boulder could be what the Nebraska program needs to take off under Callahan. This was a team that could have easily folded after suffering a 40-15 loss at Kansas on Nov. 5, the first time in 37 years the Huskers lost to the Jayhawks.
No one is ready to proclaim Callahan has turned the corner yet at Nebraska. Not when that corner exists further down the track than most programs because of the national championships earned under legendary coaches Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne.
But it could be the Huskers are making strides. When Callahan intensified practices in response to the blowout at Kansas, the Huskers accepted the challenge and made it work to their advantage.
Heading into the postseason, both the Nebraska offense and defense are coming off their best performances of the season. Few coaches can benefit from the extra practices a bowl affords as much as Callahan, and now he can do so with a responsive group eager for the next challenge.
It could be the break Callahan needs for his system to take hold.
