Nebraska Loses Again: Pink Slip for Callahan?

[BabyBeastie]

The Blackshirts are officially a myth now, like Paul Bunyan or the Easter Bunny. The coaching staff didn’t seem to make significant adjustments after being down only 16-14 at the break. When the visitors took the second-half kickoff, drove 80 yards, and went up 22-14 on Lane’s 2-yard touchdown run, you could almost feel the air leaving Memorial Stadium. Steve Pederson may be gone — he was fired as athletic director Monday and replaced by former football coach Tom Osborne — but the same old problems persist.


Des Moines Register dot com (http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071020/SPORTS02/71020010/-1/ENT06)

[BabyBeastie]

The Cornhuskers fourth straight loss, their longest streak since 1961, is sure to put more heat on beleaguered coach Bill Callahan, whose future with the Huskers beyond this season is in the hands of former coach and interim athletic director Tom Osborne.Sports Illustrated dot com (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/scoreboards/2007/10/27/36161_viewcast_recap.html)

[stegjohn]

I feel your pain, they haven't been the same since Tom Osbourne left.

[DeclinetoState]

http://www.bongonews.com/StoryImages/pink_slip.jpg

Callahan's pink slip?

[Incident_command]

As a big red fan I will say it, its gonna be years before we are back

[BabyBeastie]

They go home with the conference's worst defense -- so much for the Blackshirts -- and only their second losing record since 1962, both of which have come during Callahan's four seasons in Lincoln.

Next comes the coach's long-awaited meeting, scheduled for Saturday, with Osborne, the interim athletic director who never would have let a debacle like this unfold while he was coach.

"I'm not talking about anything," Osborne told The Associated Press as he exited the locker room after shaking a few players' hands. "I have to go to an event right now."

Callahan, who last week schooled his players on the realities of change in big-time college football, also shed little light on his future.

"I don't know what to expect," he said. "I'm just going to wake up tomorrow and deal with whatever we have to deal with and we'll go on. Coach Osborne has a lot of things that he would like to talk about, so let's get on and visit about it."


Yahoo! Sports dot com (http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/recap;_ylt=ApvZUvLCj8yuTfGPUPa67hIcvrYF?gid=200711 230018)

[UnkHiram]

How many "Major College" Coaches will get Fired on this the Last Weekend of the Regular Season?

[JonECat]

Callahan's the First. (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3125379)

[BabyBeastie]

What took so long?

[UnkHiram]

A&M allowed "Coach Fran" to resign immediately after the Game----FINALLY

[DesertFox]

Can't believe they suffered him this long. You don't win at NU, you outta here.