Billy Devany gone!
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First Bob Devaney retires...and now we lose Bill Devaney? Bill was instrumental to the success of the Husker football team. His input and 30 years experience brought a wealth of knowledge and expertise that had no measure. Bill will truly be hard to replace. By the way, who exactly is he and what did he do???
Billy Devaney is the guy who apparently 'overruled' his head coach when it came to offering a scholie to Lincoln Southeast's Bryson Williams (Devaney said thought there were better candidates). Williams accepted an offer from Wisconsin instead.
Same this i heard regarding BD --what a sad state of affairs
BTW--welcome to the board Igor
GBR
There are lessons to be learned from this whole spiral downward imo. Near the top of the list is the influence administration, and administrators, can have on sport's programs.
Fans can write, post and complain in many avenues, but the clearest and most direct response most likely will come, as it does with any elected public role, with those voted into positions to represent public interests. In this case that role is with the Board of Regents.
The wheels often move slowly, but they do move when pressure is placed at the right spots.
I'm not sure many, myself included, realized just how perilously close we were to digging a hole that would have become very, very hard to climb out of. I think we can be reasonably optimistic for the first time in a long, long while.
Fans can write, post and complain in many avenues, but the clearest and most direct response most likely will come, as it does with any elected public role, with those voted into positions to represent public interests. In this case that role is with the Board of Regents.
The wheels often move slowly, but they do move when pressure is placed at the right spots.
I'm not sure many, myself included, realized just how perilously close we were to digging a hole that would have become very, very hard to climb out of. I think we can be reasonably optimistic for the first time in a long, long while.
Great post, redfred!
For the first time in my five decades of following the team, I saw signs that the sights, sounds, and vibes that made every single Husker gameday unique and special (whether the opponent was OU or Southern Miss) was beginning to fade. You could see it on the faces of the fans entering the stadium. The electricity of another Husker home game was missing. Going to the games was starting to feel more like an obligation rather than "I've GOT to be a part of this" football. I have no doubt that if Riley had been retained for another year, the sellout streak would have been over and our beloved program would have taken another big step towards CFB irrelevance .
What I found fascinating was how abruptly Husker Nation's mood and energy changed when it became clear that Scott Frost was coming back home to coach the Huskers. It suddenly felt like we'd won the national championship. And, in a way, we have: Nebraska football is special again.
Couldn't agree more. I haven't been this excited about husker football since 1997, 20 long years. It seems we finally have the right combination of college football mentality, quality coaches, an embrace of our heritage and traditions, and a staff who may have higher expectations for the team than the fans do.
Good to be a husker fan again.
Some of the national pundits as well as many average CFB fans reacted to Scott Frost returning to coach the Huskers with, "Okay, Nebraska has tried every other type of head coach since TO, so now they'll try out a NC-winning, QB alum. Who knows? He might make the Huskers competitive in the weak B1G West again."
When I've read or heard this reaction, it's made me smile because these folks don't get it. Yes, Scott Frost understands Nebraska's heritage and traditions as well as anyone. And yes, he learned a great deal about how to run a football team based on the way Osborne ran his (e.g. practices, S&C, Unity Council, etc.) But the notion that this is a "nostalgia" hire attempting to recreate the 1990s does Frost a serious injustice as a head coach.
Moos was absolutely correct when he said Frost is the premier young coach in the nation who could have chosen any available school if he'd been so inclined. When it comes to coaching, he's the perfect candidate: Someone who has learned his craft from some of the best NFL and college coaches in the nation--AND--who understands the Nebraska culture and the qualities that made the program great for 40-plus years.
Who knows what the future holds. But one thing I can say with utter confidence: The Huskers will play tough, competitive, Nebraska football again.
It's kind of entertaining how the national pundits are couching predictions of frosts success between comments on "The weak big 10 west" . They know we are going to be good again but have to temper their thoughts and have a backstop.
No, we are going to be very good again and it has nothing to do with playing in a week division. The template has been laid and it's clear to anyone that's paying attention that Nebraska is going to be on a dramatic upswing comparable to USC in the 2000s.
No, we are going to be very good again and it has nothing to do with playing in a week division. The template has been laid and it's clear to anyone that's paying attention that Nebraska is going to be on a dramatic upswing comparable to USC in the 2000s.
Well, as a friend of mine keeps saying....."You have your moments. It's just a damn shame they are so few and far between."
As to our mood and energy change. We probably won't know for a while if is logic, hope or desperation. Maybe it's all three, but I honestly think we have a reason to believe this time. Imo we've had some good minds formulating this plan. The strategies that are being implemented aren't shots-in-the-dark imo.
I've had to eat enough crow during my lifespan that I know what it tastes like. I really don't think I'll need to this time.
crazy, I'd love to make fun of you and call you a wide-eyed, emotion-over-logic, sunshine pumper of the first order.
But damn it all, I can't 'cause I agree 100 percent.
