Nebraska coach search becomes state obsession

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The Search Continues
Published 11/28/2007 by Jeffie Husker at Double Extra Point
Apparently sometimes a team meeting, really is just a team meeting. And sometimes Howard Hawks sends his plane to Atlanta on business not involving our coaching search. Who knew? I guess we must all be crazy . In other news, Tom Osborne announced that he will be hitting the recruiting trail on Thursday and Friday. Does that seem strange to anybody else? I mean as much as I like seeing Tom out looking for players, what does this mean for the status of the coaching search? We have a nice supply of recruiting visits to use on uncommitted players, players that might be waivering in ...

Daily Coaching Search Update
Published 11/29/2007 by Jeffie Husker at Double Extra Point
... . By contrast ESPN reports that Nebraska has narrowed its search to Gill and Pelini . Wait a minute…the Worldwide Leader in what? · Pelini appears to have the upper hand because ...

Husker fans worry wrong coach will lead to less drinking time on Saturdays
Published 11/29/2007 by The Authority at Armchair Sports Authority
... Disputing your first impressions of these fans, they were actually quite internet savvy and were able to use airplane tracking technology to know exactly where Dr. Tom and his crew have been over the past week. “We saw him go to Baton Rogue, then Atlanta and then come back here, he headed off again but they turned off the signal. We got one over on them and we attached a rope with a can on the back of it, when they we will hear it.” ...

Cause I'm the Coach!
Published 11/29/2007 by Big Head at Mizzourah
... , and the job is down to Bo Pelini (D-Coordinator LSU) and Turner Gill (Buffalo Head Coach, former NU QB). Both are qualified, but apparently, like Clayton Bigsby, ...

Will Wolverines Settle for Les?
Published 11/29/2007 by Dave at Gorilla Crouch
... that Nebraska has requested permission to interview him to replace Bill Callahan. ESPN suggests that the Cornhuskers are set to decide between Bo Pellini and Turner Gill. Kelly has a much more impressive resume than either candidate so there’s reason to think Nebraska would want to interview him. ...

Nebraska Coaching Gig: Does Paul Johnson Have a Shot?
Published 11/29/2007 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
We think so, despite the fact that many of the rumors swirling have him as a distant 3rd or 4th on the list. Yesterday, Osbourne made it clear he hasn’t offered the job to anyone yet. Luckily for us, we have a handful of readers who passionately follow the Navy football program, or maybe just really like Paul Johnson. A new source speculates it ain’t over till Mark Mangino sings: (more…)

MAN SEES SIGNS OF FADED FOOTBALL HOPES EVERYWHERE HE LOOKS
Published 11/29/2007 by Orson Swindle at EDSBS
... he just flips out and starts throwing grenades everywhere screaming, ‘I’M JOE DAILEY, I’M JOE DAILEY!!!’ Dailey hasn’t even played for us in two years, man,” says friend Tim Smalley, who’s known Shurbock since “the Tom Osborne era.” Smalley says he’s concerned for his friend’s well-being, and fears the new coaching search might tip him over the edge. “He totally killed our whole campaign.” Even the mention of Husker favorite Bo Pelini does not seem to calm Shurbock in his perpetual state of ...

NEWEST CRAZE IN FANDOM: FLIGHT TRACKING
Published 12/4/2007 by Mac G at EPIC CARNIVAL | SPORTS NEWS WITH A TWIST
... Nebraska Cornhuskers fans got in on the air madness by tracking a single individual plane owned by a prominent Nebraska booster. Interim AD Tom Osborne was flying around in this plane interviewing coaches. The Nebraska media was ...