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When a guy has TO and Phil Knight in his corner there's no reason to ever consider Ole Miss.
When a guy has TO and Phil Knight in his corner there's no reason to ever consider Ole Miss.
Former Nebraska coach Tom Osborne to headline two UCF fundraisers
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Greatest play caller ever...and one of the absolute best offensive minds to ever step on the field. Glad to see him helping Frosty out.
OP fainted, naked, then woke up and bought a UCF shirt at Wal-Mart.
Good for coach Osborne lending a hand to Scott. Too bad he doesn't support the program that has his name on their field.
Good for coach Osborne lending a hand to Scott. Too bad he doesn't support the program that has his name on their field.
TO just called, he wants our last 3 nattys back, since he no longer supports the school.
I get the Osborne worship to a point, but some of you all remind me of the teenage girls they would show at Elvis or the Beatles concerts.
Now you're going to get sensitive and try justify to me how great he was and how he deserves to be worshiped.
Now you're going to get sensitive and try justify to me how great he was and how he deserves to be worshiped.
It is stunning the amount of hate that one has for a legend. It's amazing what happens when a school brings in people completely unconnected to the program. "Fans" think liking the current guy means you have to hate the guy who took you to the mountain top.
Love me some TO. So glad we were lucky enough to have him for as long as we did, and thank goodness he didn't bolt for CU all those years ago.
This has nothing to do with TO. I have great respect for what he accomplished as a football coach at Nebraska.
This has to do with the teenage-like worship of grown ass men. Or whatever the hell you claim to be Tom.
Edit - sorry I should be more politically correct. Or however the hell you self-identify Tom.
This has to do with the teenage-like worship of grown ass men. Or whatever the hell you claim to be Tom.
Edit - sorry I should be more politically correct. Or however the hell you self-identify Tom.
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I won't claim to be an insider, but in my limited knowledge, opposing coaches help each other out quite often for events and fundraisers. There is a coaching fraternity and some coaches lend help for camps, awards events, etc.
I don't believe Osborne's involvement in a fundraiser is going to shift the competitive balance.
Don't confuse hate with believing the guy shouldn't be worshiped for every move he makes.
Who are you talking about here? Eichorst?
Wrong. This has absolutely nothing to do with the current guy.
Good to see that they aren't also worshipping high school football players. Oh wait..
Best post in a long, long, long time. A few of us talk glowingly about one of the greatest coaches in history and get trashed.
Then those same folks talk with orgasmic fervor about high school kids...who haven't done a thing on a college football field.
It's all very twilight zone-esque.
It has everything to do with a silly attempt to prop up the current guy. Anyone with half a brain can see the charade at work.
Honor the past but let the current people at the helm sink or swim on their own. Riley has been given all the tools necessary for success. Let's all hope championships come his way. Denigrating a storied coach doesn't make Riley appear any better than he already is.
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Yeah, it's down right creepy at times watching grown men fawn over teenagers. I would much rather make a big deal over TO than some random high school kid. TO's success helped build the buildings that are making today's players better.
Nope wrong again. You're posting a 40 year old photo, and were practically giddy in your post.
I can see you with tears in your eyes, screaming and feaux fainting behind a barrier as he walks from his front porch to grab the mail and the daily paper.
I can see you with tears in your eyes, screaming and feaux fainting behind a barrier as he walks from his front porch to grab the mail and the daily paper.
Sometimes I think I'm on a different planet when I read some of the stuff Nebraska fans say about TO. I'll never get it.
People are still mad that T.O. hired Pelini, even though 99% of the fanbase was begging him to hire Pelini at the time when he was leading LSU's defense to a championship while Cosgrove was giving up 70 points a game to KU and CU.
I don't understand the argument that T.O. doesn't support the program anymore. He attended practice several times last year when Riley invited him. But otherwise, he's not going to get in the way. If he was hanging around the program all the time, people would just criticize him for that too. He's spending most of this time now with the Teammates mentoring program helping at-risk kids. Good for him.
Exactly, which is why those who are dogging on TO aren't doing so to prop up Riley or to make themselves feel better about Riley (at least not the vast majority of fans).
I must have missed it, but where did anyone state that they were/are mad at Osborne for hiring Pelini?
At the time I was happy Osborne hired Pelini, but also at that time I was worried that the only 2 people who were seriously interviewed by Osborne were Pelini and Gill.
My posts here were pretty sarcastic, and my original point was that without him, we have less than half of those national championships that make our program so "storied".
I think a fair number are upset with TO because he hired Erstad, Pelini, and Miles. I can't disagree with them. That's three average to below average hires, IMO. Pelini only came close to winning a conference title once, and got smoked in conference title games twice. Miles appears to be further away from a conference title than when he was hired, and it took Erstad 6 years to get there in a below average baseball conference.
That being said, I've said for quite some time that TO bought a lot of good will with what he did for our football program and athletic programs in general, so I think you gotta give him a pass on his below average hires.
I don't live in Nebraska now, so maybe I'm missing things. It doesn't seem like there is much of a connection between NU athletics and TO. Which is odd, storied coach and a storied program. I recognize that TO doesn't want to cast his shadow over current coaches and the football program, but completely AWOL doesn't work well either. So now he is promoting UCF?
My comments have nothing to do with Osborne. I didn't mention his accomplishments in a negative light one time. In fact I was very complimentary of his record as football coach. I just find it odd that people will look to him and his reactions as some sort of guidance to right and wrong. If TO likes Bo, then I like Bo. If TO says you can't pass than you can't pass. If TO didn't come out in full support of Riley from the beginning, then he must think it's a bad hire. I will follow suit.
I could speculate that the OP posted this "story" as a way to dig at the current regime. Look Osborne is helping Frost, as if this is some way of endorsing Frost to be the next head coach.
That's it. Nothing negative about Osborne.
I could speculate that the OP posted this "story" as a way to dig at the current regime. Look Osborne is helping Frost, as if this is some way of endorsing Frost to be the next head coach.
That's it. Nothing negative about Osborne.
I think there was a lot of things going on behind the scenes that would make him want to take a step back. Sure, there's the shadow he doesn't want to cast... But his guys haven't really worked out either (Solich, Peterson, Bo, Eichorst [TBD]), and may have created a bit of animosity. The team already lives under his shadow daily as well, because no matter how good we are it's still below expectations unless we have the kind of success Alabama is having this decade.
It's funny that posters who like to be "edgy" talk about the lack of support Osborne has for Riley. TO's had a number of conversations with Riley. Showed up for practice a few times. Written notes to him. Talked on the phone. And publicly said,
"I certainly hope he does well."
"I've written him a couple notes, anytime I would be glad to come down and visit. My time and my door is always open."
"He's generally a person who is outgoing and friendly, so I think, because of the contrast with Bo Pelini, some people are attracted to that. We hope he does well". (Siouxland Husker annual golf tournament where "Osborne continues to voice his support for Nebraska athletics.")
"Mike Riley is an experienced head coach. He knows what he is doing and has a philosophy."
Perhaps you have some exact words you want Osborne to say to prove he supports Mike (other than the above). He emails and has replied back to my hubbie a couple of times. Why not fire off an email to him about how he's not doing it right? He might get a chuckle.
"I certainly hope he does well."
"I've written him a couple notes, anytime I would be glad to come down and visit. My time and my door is always open."
"He's generally a person who is outgoing and friendly, so I think, because of the contrast with Bo Pelini, some people are attracted to that. We hope he does well". (Siouxland Husker annual golf tournament where "Osborne continues to voice his support for Nebraska athletics.")
"Mike Riley is an experienced head coach. He knows what he is doing and has a philosophy."
Perhaps you have some exact words you want Osborne to say to prove he supports Mike (other than the above). He emails and has replied back to my hubbie a couple of times. Why not fire off an email to him about how he's not doing it right? He might get a chuckle.
I'm sure Frost reached out to Osborne and if so, then I'm all for Osborne supporting one of his former players. I think that's what great man does regardless of which school they're at.
I guess I don't see Osborne promoting UCF as giving Nebraska the finger.
The point is, with all due respect, who cares what he thinks about the hire? He stepped down as AD. Why are people asking him what he thinks? If he wanted to comment, I am sure he has Sipple's or Shatel's phone number.
Any major decision that is made with regards to Nebraska athletics has to answer the "what would Tom Osborne think or do or think. Test.
When my wife and I have dinner with him and Nancy. We often talk about this very subject. How's that for message board name dropping?
Edit- the only reason to ask him what he thinks is to either get some sort of affirmation or use his comments to stir up shit.
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1. You might want to talk to some posters here about how their "lack of support angle is wrong" if we are not supposed to care what TO thinks.
2. You might make things easier on Tom and Nancy if, the next time you had dinner, you gave him a list of things Tom was supposed to say and things he was not supposed to say about Riley and Nebraska football. He's getting on in years and he doesn't deserve all of these disgruntled fans. Oh, tell him "Hi" from my father-in-law, his old nemesis from Kearney State. He'll know who I am talking about.
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False, your drama continues.
False. People are mad that Osborne allowed that piece of sh1t Pelini to continue embarrassing Nebraska.
HC is one of the biggest straw-man posters on here.
Fully supported each hire when made. Fully didn't support his lack of national search in all three cases, but got over that real quick. And I sure as heck didn't support his continued look the other way approach with Pelini.
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