Might not be the most glamorous hire but is a good defensive guy with a pretty solid resume. Went to 14 bowl games as a head coach.

Unlike the players, it was a relatively calm press conference for Cook, who's preparing his team to win a Big Ten title this weekend when they face No. 3 Wisconsin and No. 9 Minnesota on back-to-back nights.

Why is he not getting any mentions? I’d personally love to have him as our next Head Football Coach…. Only a $12 mil buyout and he can’t want to stay out in the PAC12 with USC & UCLA leaving? I hope Trev has called him atleast

And depending on how a potential coaching candidate answers, should Trev offer them more or less?

How many years will it take? I’ve got @Curious Geovanny in at next year, which would be one of the greatest coaching accomplishments in school history.


What are the odds the next guy Frosts up and never makes a bowl game?

Offense, Coach Tim has done a great job, would love to see NU go to that scheme. They recruited a 2 star QB & he's excellent filling in for the starter.

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What if Trev announces a week from today that Lance Leipold is the 34th Head Coach at Nebraska..

How disappointed would you be in the hire?

Heard there is some smoke with this.

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Big night in PBA as All-Big Ten guard Sam Haiby appears to be back in action tonight when the Huskers face the Texans. Nebraska has lost two straight games on the road by double digits. Tonight should serve as a get right game before a stretch that sees them face four Power Five opponents in the next five games (including two ranked teams).

Howdy Huskers, Just wanted to stop by with this being our game week. I thought I would throw out a couple of things to join in the conversation.

I have always said that we need the Huskers to get back to where they once were. With the West being SO BAD, we need a REALLY good team to rise up and compete again the best teams of the East....not just make the Championship. I FREAKING HATE the East and it would be great to see the Huskers make it to the Championship and beat the crap out of the East team (Of course, I would love it if the Hawks to do that too.) Lets hope you find the coach to do that.

This weeks game should go down to the wire. Your Defense played good for most of yesterday and if we can't run the ball or if Brian doesn't call a decent game, we are in trouble. Plus your Offense scares me.

I was on the road earlier this week and they were talking about the 10 programs that would be considered "Blue Bloods" in College football. The Huskers were one of them listed. That is what I would love for them to say about Iowa one day......but not ever going to hold my breath. Honestly, I am just happy when we are able to make a bowl game....and maybe win it. It is sad that I find myself satisfied with that.

Question for the group - Do you think the BIG should get rid of the Divisions? I don't. If you put USC and UCLA in the West and move say...NW to the East...that would give each Division 3 Blue Bloods to work around - WEST - USC, UCLA & HUSKERS / EAST - MICHIGAN, OSU & PSU. Thoughts?

HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING AND HERE IS TO A GOOD GAME!!!

Spoke to my super insider sources and apparently no way he wants to work for that rat bastard TREV ALBERTS.

Doesn’t look good on the Limongi front either fwiw

@Greg Smith and @Clint Cosgrove discuss what the recruiting goals will be for Nebraska's next coach in our latest breakdown debating topics on the search:

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Make hiring a well established coach problematic. No top coach wants to walk in to a complete rebuild without a large natural market for recruits. IMO our best bet might be to find the brightest young coach we can find be it a P5 coordinator or a head coach of lessor experience and stature. I still think taking a run at Zac Taylor wouldn’t be crazy either. His contract isn’t prohibitive. We could possibly double his pay.

this thing has been decided a long time ago. Trev got who he wanted!!!

he got him early.

the rest has just been everyone keeping it under wraps.
oh what a weekend we will have! 😎

(disclaimer: i don't know any more than anyone else. i'm just exploring how easy it is to type things.)

Would love to see a run made at Dan Mullen. He was my number one after we fired Riley.

He would be a much better candidate than Monken, Leipold, Mendenhall, Chadwell, etc.

-50 years old
-PA native
-Won 69 games at freaking Mississippi State when the SEC West was easily the toughest division in college football.
-Went 34-15 at Florida, was fired too fast IMO.
-Would assemble a good staff with his connections in the SEC.

People can knock him for not liking recruiting. Name me a head coach who loves to dive into recruiting. That is what your assistants do.

While names have been tossed around here, and sometimes discussions surround pay and the age the new HC should be, what are people hoping for?

65+ for $10m/year?
55-65 for $11.5m/year?
45-50 for $9m/year?
A young "diamond in the rough" guy for $5m/year?
Age doesn't matter - just backup the truck and pay $15m/year to the right guy?

4 years later. Never would have thought that the cancellation against Akron would have been the final nail in the coffin of Nebraska football. But if you think about it, nothing has been right since that game and if Alberts doesn't get this next hire right, we're likely looking at another 3-4 years (at least) of pain and heartbreak.

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… and I highly doubt that’s the case … should he be fired for running an incompetent search?

Both Nebraska star seniors announced during Tuesday's press conference that they have already made a decision on their futures. Neither will be returning for a fifth season:

JJ Kohl. Dude could start day one with our QB room. He had offers from all over..

@Clint Cosgrove and I debate a group of five candidates vs. the field for the Nebraska job.

Yes. I called it first. Haha.