They hired a poor AD who hired a poor coach who is giving the Huskers the season from hell. And it won't get any better for a loooooong time. Nebraska has a smaller population than metro Indy and all the big white farmboy walkons that Dr. Tom could depend upon year after year have left for scholarship offers from other schools because there is no longer the sense of honor and duty to UNL that there was 30 years ago. Sort of like IU Basketball in that way. However, Indiana is churning out high Division I hoops talent on a yearly basis, which makes the recovery of IU Hoops a very real possibility with the right person in charge. In addition, Indiana is now reliably churning out 3 and 4 star football talent, thanks to the state playoff system instituted some forty plus years ago, so IU can become a decent football power as well.
My point to this post is to be very careful what you wish for. Nebraska fired a good man in Bo Pelini who reliably won 9 and 10 games every year, all because he spoke what was on his mind once too often (sound familiar?), he had a lousy defensive coordinator (sound even more familiar??), and Nebraskans didn't think he was the man to get them back to National Championship status (which may never happen again). Coach Wilson is a good man who has built IU Football into a program that is on the brink of consistent respectability, which IU has only had very briefly during its long and ignominious history. He's certainly not the best coach in the country, but he's a hell of a lot better than what UNL has going on right now. I don't pretend to have all the right answers, but IU could do a whole lot worse than extending CKW. Just ask UNL fans if they wouldn't hire Bo back in a New York second, knowing what they know now.....
My point to this post is to be very careful what you wish for. Nebraska fired a good man in Bo Pelini who reliably won 9 and 10 games every year, all because he spoke what was on his mind once too often (sound familiar?), he had a lousy defensive coordinator (sound even more familiar??), and Nebraskans didn't think he was the man to get them back to National Championship status (which may never happen again). Coach Wilson is a good man who has built IU Football into a program that is on the brink of consistent respectability, which IU has only had very briefly during its long and ignominious history. He's certainly not the best coach in the country, but he's a hell of a lot better than what UNL has going on right now. I don't pretend to have all the right answers, but IU could do a whole lot worse than extending CKW. Just ask UNL fans if they wouldn't hire Bo back in a New York second, knowing what they know now.....
