[Husker] Dailey quotes

[Pat]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Nolan" <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
To: <husker at romaine.tssi.com>
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 10:02 PM
Subject: [Husker] Dailey quotes


> Here are two postgame quotes from Joe Dailey.  The first is from 
> huskers.com, the other
> from the OWH:
>
> "I think we showed a lot about our team and our character."
>
> "The way I see this is that great empires, they fall.  Great leaders, they 
> fall. And great
> college football teams, they fall. Sometimes you need to start over again 
> in order to
> really appreciate what happened in the past. That's exactly what's 
> happened."
>
> Do these quotes sound like someone who expects to lead Nebraska back to 
> greatness?

Nope.  Those quotes make me rather sick to my stomach.  It seems to me like 
the coaching staff is completely oblivious to what prestige and history was 
lost yesterday, and I think some of it has rubbed off on the players.  I 
hope that is not the case, but Dailey's comments seem in line with what the 
coaches have been saying.

I imagine Tommie Frazier, Scott Frost, Eric Crouch, Jerry Tagge, Vince 
Ferragamo and countless other QBs that helped contribute to this streak 
really enjoyed this quote as well...the "new kid on the block" speaks for 
40+ decades of history being flushed down the toilet.  Unfortunately for 
Dailey, his only legacy at Nebraska might be as the "first losing QB in over 
40 years."  He will not be the quarterback next year.  He may be a wide 
receiver, and maybe he'll even contribute there...I hope he does.

He was right in one respect though.  Yesterday did show a lot about the team 
and their character.  The pre-game atmosphere was more electric than I had 
seen all year in Lincoln.  Fans were ready to explode, and they *did* on the 
trick-play opening kickoff.  However, after they went 3-and-out, and 
Cosgrove's blackskirts let CU drive 90 yards, the place went dead.  The 
players did not want that game, and it's a damn shame, because this was 
easily the most important game of the year.