Mike Riley to Nebraska

[RGV Pony]

In a vacuum with no prejudices, I dont know that I'd say "yeah I'll have Riley" over Pellini

[CalallenStang]

We got a better hire than Nebraska did.

[Comet]

Jim Tressel is still available!

[blackoutpony]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Mustangs35SMU]

uuuuhhhhhh

[Treadway21]

Jim Tressel is still available!

Couch em is wrong.

Wow Nebraska - How the mighty has fallen.

[blackoutpony]

Just emailed a co-worker that has been a season ticket holder for Nebraska for 20+ years and got this back....

"Yeah I don’t get this at all… Makes absolutely no sense!!!!!!!!!!!

He has a WAY worse record than BO and has never won a conference title!!!!!!!!!!!! And to top that off he actually has a LOSING conference record over his 14 seasons at OSU. UGH!

I’m completely baffled with this!!!!!!!!"

[Rayburn]

I know Mike and I would have been happy to have him at SMU, even though I doubt he'd have been a popular choice here. He's a good coach.

That said, this is the second time he has left Oregon State to coach elsewhere.

[Rebel10]

That AD will probably be fired if Riley is not what is expected. If he would have hired a more acceptable candidate he would have had some extra rope if he had not performed.

[stangsup4]

You know what's nuts? It isn't too crazy that we could be saying down the road that we have a better coach than Florida and Nebraska do.

[redpony]

Neb. could have done better and I suspect the fans will have a short leash on this situation.

[Digetydog]

You know what's nuts? It isn't too crazy that we could be saying down the road that we have a better coach than Florida and Nebraska do.

If our coach outperforms their coach, "down the road" he will be somebody else's coach.




But, that will be a good thing because getting your coach stolen means other see the program as a winner. Nobody steals June Jones from you!

[leopold]

I think they did okay on this one.

They absolutely got a proven HC, and one from a name conference. Oregon State is the Iowa State of the Pac 12 - no natural advantages except for conference membership and consistently overlooked by their bigger, stronger, richer in-state sister school. Riley took that and turned them into a consistent top 25 team.

Nebraska will pay more money with lesser competition and, I think, provide Riley with similiar recruiting challenges. Good for him, too.

[CalallenStang]

You know what's nuts? It isn't too crazy that we could be saying down the road that we have a better coach than Florida and Nebraska do.

If our coach outperforms their coach, "down the road" he will be somebody else's coach.




But, that will be a good thing because getting your coach stolen means other see the program as a winner. Nobody steals June Jones from you!

ASU tries but then their fans actively rebel

[blackoutpony]

More from my cornhusker buddy.... Apparently the whole fan base it pissed off. He works remotely from Lincoln.

"That’s what baffles me… Bo was apparently an [deleted] to work with and I get it if he is a nice guy but they came out saying they fired Bo for losing big games… I don’t know that I see this make any sense.

Still a husker fan and I’ll cheer as loud as ever but I just plain don’t get this at all…"