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Met some Nebraska fans in my travels this Christmas. They were delighted to have their new coach. Pelini simply offended their sensibilities. I was laughing out loud at their shock concerning his language. Apparently, WWJD did not mean What Would JoePa Do to them. 
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Mike Riley’s Nebraska buyout hardly affected by new Oregon State job
Former Nebraska coach Mike Riley will make $50,004 per year as Oregon State’s assistant head coach, according to documents obtained by Land of 10.
When Nebraska fired Mike Riley in late November, the former coach’s buyout was $6,630,000 — or $170,000 per month until Feb. 28, 2021. That total would be reduced if Riley were to obtain employment elsewhere, which he did in early December. Riley was named to new Beavers coach Jonathan Smith’s staff as assistant head coach with a “to-be-determined” position.
After he was fired by Nebraska on Nov. 25, Riley said he was open to coaching again. As the Omaha World-Herald reported, he would consider Oregon State if asked.
Despite finding new employment, Riley’s new contract with Oregon State breaks down to only $4,167 per month. That means Nebraska still owes $165,833 per month to the former coach.
Entire article: https://www.landof10.com/nebraska/mike-riley-nebraska-buyout-oregon-state
Former Nebraska coach Mike Riley will make $50,004 per year as Oregon State’s assistant head coach, according to documents obtained by Land of 10.
When Nebraska fired Mike Riley in late November, the former coach’s buyout was $6,630,000 — or $170,000 per month until Feb. 28, 2021. That total would be reduced if Riley were to obtain employment elsewhere, which he did in early December. Riley was named to new Beavers coach Jonathan Smith’s staff as assistant head coach with a “to-be-determined” position.
After he was fired by Nebraska on Nov. 25, Riley said he was open to coaching again. As the Omaha World-Herald reported, he would consider Oregon State if asked.
Despite finding new employment, Riley’s new contract with Oregon State breaks down to only $4,167 per month. That means Nebraska still owes $165,833 per month to the former coach.
Entire article: https://www.landof10.com/nebraska/mike-riley-nebraska-buyout-oregon-state
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
What's the going rate for a coordinator or "assistant head coach" in the PAC? I'd bet it's a hell of a lot more than 50K. It sounds like Riley and AnOSU are scheming to have the corn pay for their new coach. I'd lawyer up if I was the corn.
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Poe McKnoe
Head Coach
Sometimes you’re not asked, you’re told. Mike Riley has friends in Oregon State places.
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Buckeye513
Stable Genius
Frostie is going to win the conference in five years then resign after knocking up a water girl and/or volleyball player.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Nebraska football alum: ‘If we went back to the way Wisconsin is doing it, we’d be winning national championships’
Former Nebraska fullback Jeff Makovicka (22) was a key contributor at fullback for the Cornhuskers' national championship teams in 1994 and 1995.
You can tell them that the Earth is flat and that the sky is pink. You can tell them that pigs fly. You can tell them that Elvis is still alive and playing Yahtzee in a bunker somewhere with Tupac and Andy Kaufman. But you never, ever, ever, ever, ever tell a Nebraska walk-on never.
“As for parity, when Coach [Tom] Osborne was getting beat by [Oklahoma coach] Barry Switzer, they said, ‘Nobody in the country can even compete with Barry. Let’s face it, they’re the greatest,’ ” says Jeff Makovicka, the former Cornhuskers fullback and backfield stalwart on Nebraska’s 1994 and 1995 national championship sides. “Now they’re saying, ‘You’re never going to be what you were before there was this parity.’
“Well they were probably saying, ‘You’re never going to win the Big Eight or a national championship.’ Or, ‘You’re never going be in the national championship because the Florida schools have got all the kids, there’s no way a Northern school can do it.’
“I think for time immemorial, there have been those arguments, that there’s no way you can do it again.”
He’s heard ’em all. In the ’70s, it was Switzer. A generation later, it was Florida speed. Now enforced parity — scholarship limitations, television dollars flowing everywhere — is the hill to Nebraska football’s Sisyphus. Throw in a Big Ten that’s deep in quality coaches, deeper in fat wallets and 15 years of questionable hires in Lincoln, and you can see the obstacles laid out in front of new coach Scott Frost, who’ll make his spring coaching debut on Saturday before a national television audience and a packed house.
Only Makovicka doesn’t see obstacles. He sees excuses.
“Parity seems to be the trend now as to why we can’t get back. But I think we can,” the fullback-turned-attorney tells Land of 10. “And I think we can with Scott.
“And here’s the thing — Scott gets it. I think we’ve had coaches in the past who were probably good coaches and they knew the Xs and Os and they knew how to coach a kid up. But they didn’t understand what works here.
“And that’s the biggest issue — is what works here. Coach Osborne knew what worked here. Coach [Frank] Solich did.
“Scott knows what works, and you can see that he does already. He’s tried to go out and get character kids and make them understand that the only way you win championships is through a lot of hard work.”
Entire article: https://www.landof10.com/nebraska/n...a-allen-lyday-wisconsin-badgers-championships
Former Nebraska fullback Jeff Makovicka (22) was a key contributor at fullback for the Cornhuskers' national championship teams in 1994 and 1995.
You can tell them that the Earth is flat and that the sky is pink. You can tell them that pigs fly. You can tell them that Elvis is still alive and playing Yahtzee in a bunker somewhere with Tupac and Andy Kaufman. But you never, ever, ever, ever, ever tell a Nebraska walk-on never.
“As for parity, when Coach [Tom] Osborne was getting beat by [Oklahoma coach] Barry Switzer, they said, ‘Nobody in the country can even compete with Barry. Let’s face it, they’re the greatest,’ ” says Jeff Makovicka, the former Cornhuskers fullback and backfield stalwart on Nebraska’s 1994 and 1995 national championship sides. “Now they’re saying, ‘You’re never going to be what you were before there was this parity.’
“Well they were probably saying, ‘You’re never going to win the Big Eight or a national championship.’ Or, ‘You’re never going be in the national championship because the Florida schools have got all the kids, there’s no way a Northern school can do it.’
“I think for time immemorial, there have been those arguments, that there’s no way you can do it again.”
He’s heard ’em all. In the ’70s, it was Switzer. A generation later, it was Florida speed. Now enforced parity — scholarship limitations, television dollars flowing everywhere — is the hill to Nebraska football’s Sisyphus. Throw in a Big Ten that’s deep in quality coaches, deeper in fat wallets and 15 years of questionable hires in Lincoln, and you can see the obstacles laid out in front of new coach Scott Frost, who’ll make his spring coaching debut on Saturday before a national television audience and a packed house.
Only Makovicka doesn’t see obstacles. He sees excuses.
“Parity seems to be the trend now as to why we can’t get back. But I think we can,” the fullback-turned-attorney tells Land of 10. “And I think we can with Scott.
“And here’s the thing — Scott gets it. I think we’ve had coaches in the past who were probably good coaches and they knew the Xs and Os and they knew how to coach a kid up. But they didn’t understand what works here.
“And that’s the biggest issue — is what works here. Coach Osborne knew what worked here. Coach [Frank] Solich did.
“Scott knows what works, and you can see that he does already. He’s tried to go out and get character kids and make them understand that the only way you win championships is through a lot of hard work.”
Entire article: https://www.landof10.com/nebraska/n...a-allen-lyday-wisconsin-badgers-championships
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Nebraska clinches spring game attendance crown, Georgia pushes past Alabama
Nebraska set a school record on Saturday with 86,818 fans attending the spring game in Lincoln, the first under new head coach Scott Frost. It was the first time Nebraska recorded a crowd over 80,000 during the past five years.
2018 Spring Game Attendance Top 10
Nebraska set a school record on Saturday with 86,818 fans attending the spring game in Lincoln, the first under new head coach Scott Frost. It was the first time Nebraska recorded a crowd over 80,000 during the past five years.
2018 Spring Game Attendance Top 10
- Nebraska – 86,818
- Georgia – 82,184
- Alabama – 74,732
- Penn State – 71,000
- Tennessee – 65,098
- Florida State – 60,934
- Clemson – 55,000
- Florida – 53,015
- Oklahoma – 52,102
- Texas A&M – 48,129
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