[Husker] Hawkins Quote (fwd)

[Derek Ryter]

> > I will be interested to see who gets B12 COTY. Prince at KSU, BC, &
> > ATM coach Frat* are my guess to be the front runners. I think Prince
> > gets it. The ATM coach went from likely fired to potential coach of the
> > year.
> 
> Frannie is still just one or two losses away from getting canned, IMHO.
> (BTW, Bama canned their coach today, as expected.)
> 
> It seems to me that over the years Nebraska's coach has been less likely
> to get coach-of-the-year honors because the Huskers were expected to
> dominate and, for the most part, did.  (Osborne NEVER got national coach
> of the year!)
> 
> I think it's a bit early for BC to get it, especially since they lost 2 of
> 3 'big games' so far plus they had one suprise loss and only one surprise
> win, so I predict Stoops will get it this year, despite losing to Texas,
> for going 10-2 after losing two top players.
> 
> Prince went 4-4 in the conference, which admittedly is an improvement for
> KSU but the B12 North stunk again this year, Nebraska was just the least
> ugly of the bunch this time around.
> 

Let's review the good things for my humor: the Huskers played tough at USC,
which is playing for the NC, and were one fumble and a couple dropped int's
from being in the game down to the wire; were one fumble or defensive stop
from beating Texas; went into AgonyLand and won in dramatic fashion; swept
the North (for what it's worth, it's still D1A B12); neutralized and humbled
wunderkind Freeman in his own house; Callahan coached circles around
Hawkins; and put up with reactionary and overly expectant fans.  9-3 this
year, in my astute and omnipotent opinion, far exceeds "the least ugly of
the bunch."  

If Bill Callahan didn't win COTY last year with the big turnaround and
beating Michigan, he stands little chance of ever winning it until he's
hoisting the crystal pigskin.  Furthermore, it will be hard for him to win
it until he wins it from his fan base.


> Do they wait until after the conference championship to vote?
> 
> If so, then perhaps the winner of that game gets coach-of-the-year.
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
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