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Bo Pelini after practice on Monday:
“Fans can say anything they want. When they're under the title of head coach, then they can make the decisions. Until then, I'll make the decisions around here, along with coach (Shawn) Watson and the rest of this coaching staff.
“They can boo me. They can say whatever the heck they want. ... But we're going to do what we feel is necessary to win football games. Period. End of story. I don't get influenced by what the fans, or the media, or what anybody else thinks.
“When they want to come in here and watch the film, and they earn the title, earn the respect of being a head coach, then they can start making decisions. Until then, the buck stops here.”
And in case you missed his post-game news conference from the Texas Tech game, make sure you watch it.
It's not human nature to like to lose. However, there's a fine line on how you take your losses and become better from them. As fans, we all understand we can't win every game nor do we expect to. What we do expect, however, is that we see steady improvement with the team - which we have - and we take the good with the bad. We also demand mutual respect.
The thing I'm not sure Coach Pelini understands is that this football program isn't all about him. It's about him and everyone else associated with the university and the state of Nebraska. Up to this point, Pelini has done an excellent job of taking this program from where it was two years ago and inching us back up to national prominence. Nobody is telling Pelini that they can do his job better than he can. Nobody is telling Pelini how to coach the team. However, that doesn't mean that voicing our various opinions needs to be addressed in such a way as this.
I'm sure Pelini understands that we all wanted him here - and for good reasons. Osborne turned away one of the most beloved Huskers ever in Turner Gill - a man who had Osborne as his best man in his wedding - to allow Pelini to have this opportunity of a lifetime. Nobody argued with the decision. Bo has a brilliant defensive mind. He's also right when he says it's about winning games at Nebraska. However, you're not going to win every game and sooner or later he's going to have to understand that it says more about who you are - who we are - on how you conduct yourself on the field (i.e. Bill Snyder incident) and off the field after you lose a game - or two.
As far as the QB situation goes, Pelini had this to say about Cody Green:
“Cody did a couple of good things. He didn’t grade out exceptionally well. He’s a young guy who went in there in a tough situation. He made some mistakes. He made a number of mistakes. He’s a young guy. He’s figuring some things out. He’s got a ways to go.”
By no means am I going to compare the abilities of Cody Green to Tommie Frazier (who made his first start as a true freshman 6 games into the 1992 season) right now, but as far as the debate goes as to whether you can insert a freshman QB to help the offense, the precedent is there. That '92 team was 4-1 when Frazier took over and they finished the season with an Orange Bowl berth.
Colorado's Dan Hawkins replaced his starting QB, son Cody Hawkins, last week with Tyler Hansen. All that Tyler Hansen did was lead the Buffaloes to a 34-30 win over #15 Kansas by going 14/25 for 175 yards with 1 TD/1INT while running 11 times for 34 yards and 1 TD. He wasn't a star, but he did spark the offense.
And one week after losing 66-14 at the hands of Texas Tech, Kansas State coach Bill Snyder replaced starting QB Carson Coffman with Grant Gregory who lead the Wildcats to a 62-14 win over Texas A&M. Gregory was 10/13 for 147 yards and 1 TD through the air and added 9 rushing attempts for another 33 yards. Again, he wasn't a star, but he led that inept offense to 62 points and a place all alone on top of the Big 12 North.
I have a long list on why Cody Green needs to play but none is as important as I think he gives us a better chance to win. Just my opinion.
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