[NU Sports] It's over

[Mike Nolan]

> By the way, RichRod should be gone by the end oif this week, which is a shame, since our Division "rival", Michigan, will now likely resume its "rightful place" in the Conference.  Will it be Harbaugh or a surprise "stealth" candidate to succeed him?

I expected Michigan State to get thumped badly, and Penn State to
fall a little short.  Wisconsin was a surprise, I expected that game
to be more like the Fiesta Bowl.

Michigan deserves what it gets, IMHO, though I expected them to
do better than they did, especially when there were reports
that several Mississippi State players had stomach flu.  

I heard more good things about Northwestern overall yesterday
than I did the other four Big Ten schools playing, and I don't think 
that will hurt recruiting, even though the announcers in our game dissed 
us repeatedly.   

Given the debacle that Steve Pederson created in Lincoln, I also have 
little sympathy for Pitt over the firing of recently-hired Mike Haywood 
(though some for the assistant coaches whose status is now very 
much up on the air.)

FWIW, a number of folks on the Husker List were hoping that Shawn Watson
would get the Miami/Ohio job so that he wouldn't be the OC in Lincoln
next season, since it doesn't appear that Pelini is likely to fire him.
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Mike Nolan