[Husker] Hurricanes Coming to play in Lincoln

[Roger]

My memory could have failed me again.  But, it is my recollection that TO didn't want a NC game to start the season.

Roger Lohr-Mpls
-------------- Original message from Patrick Gaule <pgaule at cox.net>: -------------- 


> Mike Nolan wrote: 
> >>It's good to have an athletic director that isn't afraid of scheduling 
> >>some good OOC opponents. Like most things he did, the OOC schedules set 
> >>up by Pedey were mostly disgraceful. Check out 2010 - Western Kentucky, 
> >>Idaho, @Washington, South Dakota State. It's obvious that Pedey wanted 
> >>to lock in at least 3 "guaranteed wins" each year for Callahan. 
> > 
> > 
> > Well, I'm not so sure it was entirely his fault, Bill Byrne used to 
> > grumble about how he'd call all the teams in 1-A and nobody wanted to 
> > play Nebraska. And Bill Byrne was probably better liked and admired 
> > by his peers than SP was. 
> > 
> 
> I'd be inclined to agree if Pedey didn't have that embarassing PR fiasco 
> where he backed out of a nationally televised game with Houston so we 
> could play FCS/1-AA Maine - http://www.fanblogs.com/big12/003601.php. 
> 
> I agree with Bill Byrne's scheduling philosophy. However, Pederson's 
> was dramatically different (and much worse). His idea of a good 
> scheduled was: 
> 
> 1.) One good BCS school, that may or may not have been on the schedule 
> before he took over as AD. 
> 2.) 2-3 bad teams from FCS/1-AA, or the bottom rung of FBS/1-A. 
> 
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