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Pelini Defends Solich Again
Published 5/10/2008 by Husker Mike <info@cornnation.com> at Corn Nation: Front Page Posts
Over the last four years, the "Should Frank Solich have been fired?" argument has been run into the ground so many times, that dead horse isn't even recognizable underneath all of the tire tracks.  I'm guilty of it myself; I thought Solich shouldn't have been fired in 2003, and have defended Solich ever since. But as time went on, it became clear ...

Bo Pelini Spends Off-Season Moonlighting as Frank Solich's PR Man
Published 5/12/2008 by Jeff Adams at FanHouse
Filed under: Nebraska Football, Big 12, NCAA FB CoachingIt was an messy, messy breakup when Nebraska fired Frank Solich in 2003. So messy that it led to the failed Bill Callahan experiment and the darkest days in the history of Husker football. Now Bo Pelini - a member of Solich's final coaching staff in Nebraska in 2003 - is back as the head coach. So too, are the painful memories of the way in which Solich was let go. What is perhaps surprising, however, is that it is Pelini who is banging the drum on Solich's behalf. Pelini first mentioned the way Solich was treated in a 45-minute speech to a crowd in Columbus, Nebraska. During that night, ...