[Husker] Announcement

[Steven Johnson]

OK... Parody.  I hope I spelled it right.  Darned University of Nebraska 
system anyway.
I do have to agree with your opinion that other teams have continued to 
improve.  The 85 scholarship rule.  The demise of the partial qualifier 
program (Big 8)  Thanks freakin Texas!  The rise of powerhouses like Kansas, 
Kansas State and Baylor...well maybe not Baylor.

I don't think we will smoke everyone we play.  I do think that we will be 
competitive with every team we play.  No more 70-10 games   No more 
76....you know what I mean.

Three things I want for Christmas:


1.) Integrity from the top down
2.) Quality athletes that include 30% over achievers from this fine state we 
call home
3.) A coach that believes "He" can make that difference in a young man's 
life.
     ie: Ron Brown, Tom Osborne, etc.

The wins will fall into place   We will be the true "Big Red" once again.

Steven J
Class of 83





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Baseballguy" <baseballguy at neb.rr.com>
To: "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Announcement


>
>
> --- Source message ---
> From: "Steven Johnson" <jfpgroup at msn.com>
> Sent: 11/24/2007 15:20:06
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Announcement
>
> T.O.  will be here a long time... I think from 2-4 years.  I think NU is
> "THE" most succesful program for consistency in the nation,...well at 
> least
> it was before the recent administration decided to trash every positive
> record that we had.   There is not that much rebuilding needed.  We have
> excellent recruits...fantastic facilities and fan support that rivals no
> other in the country.   If we hire the right staff the Huskers win the 
> North
> next year.  We have a gutsy kid named Ganz  at QB.  We have a load at
> tailback in Castille...we also have a bid red "N" on our helmets that 
> still
> opens doors to High School kid's living rooms.  Parent will want their 
> kids
> to play for any program that is associated with Tom Osborne.  Even if he 
> is
> an athletic director ameritas.  No more snake oil salesmen like Pederson.
> No more "I'm an offensive genius"  Callahan.  No more deception.  What you
> see is what you will get...A clean, powerful program that will always be a
> winner...every year, period.
>
> Steven J
> Class of 83
>
> ====================================================================
>
>     You certainly exude a lot of enthusiasm.  I admire that and hope a lot 
> of
>     points you make are right.  I, as most on this list know (to some I am
>     constantly negative), am more of a let's see what we have here type
>     person.  I still believe the one thing most people continue to miss is
>     that other teams have gotten much better and caught up to where NU is.
>     In my opinion the days of the 30 years of utter dominance are over and
>     not because NU has no talent or coaching.  It is because other teams 
> are
>     for real and Kansas for one is young.  They are going to be at least 
> as
>     good as they are this year next year.  NU probably never will again be
>     head and shoulders above the Big 12 year after year the way OU and NU
>     made the Big 8 the big two and the six dwarfs.  And, I don't think 
> that
>     necessarily has anything to do with the Callahan era.  Other teams
>     getting better are out of NU's control.  I am not saying NU some years
>     won't be good.  I think they will.  I think you will see some top ten
>     finishes.  I also think there will be some off years.  I believe that 
> is
>     just the nature of the college football world in which we live today.
>
>
>     As far as contending for the Big 12 North title in 2008 as much as I
>     think coaching was a problem with our defense I also believe there was
>     more wrong than coaching.  You don't endure giving up the kind of 
> point
>     totals we did this year strictly on coaching.  You put the 1995 
> defense
>     out there with Wistrom, Tomich, and the Peter boys just to name four 
> of
>     the 11 I don't care if Cosgrove IS the coach you will not see point
>     totals go up the way we did this year.
>
>
> Bob Beach
>
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