[Husker] Oracle of Omaha Predicts 8 Wins

[David Strong]

> From: "Mike Jaixen" <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>
> > I liked the joke from a couple of years ago where the
> > Huskers needed a 6'4" 125 lb. fullback in order to
> > squeeze through the holes opened during the West Coast years...
> 
> You misquoted Mr. Buffett.
> 
> >From the article:  "Buffett joked that a couple years ago the Nebraska coach 
> was looking for a 6-foot-4 fullback who weighed only 120 pounds. Buffett 
> said that the team needed that skinny fullback because he would have been 
> the only kind of player who could get through the holes the offensive line 
> opened up."
> 
> His comments were not that the West Coast offense was causing the problem, 
> but that the offensive line was.    He went on to say, "the team looks 
> stronger now and should do all right."
> 
> In reading some of the recent posts and articles, including the Callahan 
> satire, I believe some Nebraska fans are of the belief that, since Callahan 
> is gone, so is the West Coast offense.  I feel differently.
> 
> 1.  The offense was not the problem last year...the defense was.
> 2.  Shawn Watson is still the Offensive Coordinator.  He ran the WCO last 
> year.
> 3.  Callahan was severely criticized for immediately jumping to the WCO, 
> when he had players who were recruited for the option.  I don't think Pelini 
> will make the same mistake.
> 4.  Has Pelini ever publicly stated that he will return the Huskers to the 
> option?  If so, I must have missed that article.
> 
> My thought is that the offense will still be similar to the WCO, but may 
> lean a little towards the spread.
> 
> Tommy Thompson
> "GO BIG RED"
Tommy...I think you may have misread Mike's original post.  He didn't
misquote WB....he didn't quote him at all.  The article itself doesn't
even quote Buffett, but says that his joke was about "a couple years
ago." (quote from the article, not Buffett.)  A couple years generally
means 2, maybe 3, could be 4, but probably not back as far as 2003.  It
is certainly no stretch to figure that he was talking about Callahan,
which is of course "the West Coast years" (quote from Mike.)  I guess
it sorta sounds like Mike may think those years are over, but that is a
stretch.  I haven't seen a lot of posts that think there is some
notable sentiment that the WCO is gone.  TO made it clear that in his
search he looked for someone to fix the defensive problems.  And then
the OC was retained.  So clearly some offensive continuity is the
plan.  I might have to differ with your statement that Shawn Watson ran
the WCO last year.  Shawn Watson didn't run anything.  Everything about
the offensive was all Bill Callahan...except the blame of course.  I
always wondered why Watson, a great OC prospect, would come to Nebraska
to run someone else's offense, where someone else made all the
offensive decisions, and someone else called the offensive plays
(except for one quarter and even that is in doubt.) But no matter, he
is the man now and it is my fervent hope that that is a good thing for
him, the team, and us as fans.  About the offense in 2008, you're
probably right that it won't look dramatically different.  I *hope* for
dramatically better play-calling, dramatically better game-coaching,
and a sound running game that then won't be abandoned.  These can only
make the offense, whatever it is called, better.

Dave

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