OT: Nebraska hires Mike Riley

I told you guys!!!!!!

 

J/K.....my bad on the Tressel *news*

Super. First Florida takes someone I wouldn't want and then Nebraska follows suit. Couldn't be better for us.

LOL a 9 win coach to this? Holy smokes that's a dumpster fire of a hire.

That is ridiculous.

Oregon State Athletic Director Bob DeCarolis is a Michigan guy and friends with the Harbaugh family.  Jimmy to Oregon State?

 

/s 

(It feels ridiculous to put this s here but someon will think I was serious if I don't do it. DeCarolis is a Michigan guy)

Riley is a good coach but he won't out perform Pelini

Wow...so Michigan is the only big time school left on the board with a head coaching vacancy and all their targets are still available. No excuse not get a HR hire. I was hoping Nebraska would have hired Schiano just to make sure he wouldnt end up in AA. 

but but but, he's "61" and we all know from the board as of late that that is WAY to old for a coaching hire. 

 

"Don't you go dyin on me!" 

Good God, Brandon only looks 75 % as stupid in light of this hiring decision

Seems like they're going for a complete change in program culture. In terms of personality, Riley seems to be the Anti-Pelini.

Whoa, is this the best that is out there?  It's possible that this is not a good buyers market for head coaches.  Florida and Nebraska just picked coaches that we would freak out about if we had to settle for.

2/2 Brady Hoke hires so far today.

too funny - already changed on his Wikipedia page.

hahaha this is so great

"9-4 simply isn't good enough for Nebraska. We prefer 7-6."

Riley's had some good seasons and moments at Oregon State. The hire seems from left field. I think he'll do ok there, I don't know he will be a significant upgrade over Bo though.

Riley's had some good seasons and moments at Oregon State. The hire seems from left field. I think he'll do ok there, I don't know he will be a significant upgrade over Bo though.

Anybody else starting to get a bit nervous after watching what Florida & Nebraska came up with?

Talk about aiming low.

the gettings good.  Oregon State is declining, this year they graduate the best QB they've ever had and one of the best in Pac12 history statistically.   They went 24-26 with him as the starter.

 

Washington, Washington State have hired great coaches who were succesful somewhere else, Oregon has maintained its stature if not increased it since Kelly left for the NFL.  The recruiting game just got a lot harder in the Pacific Northwest and you can bet this played a big part in Riley taking the opportunity to get out of town now.

 

 

I do not view this as postive news about the coaching market we are searching in right now.  Florida and Nebraska both have taken guys that could not have been their plan A, B, C, or D guys.  What do we end up with?  Plan E again?

Shoulda hired Faux Pelini.

PeliniMissMeYet.jpeg

This is an odd decision for Nebraska, but Riley's legitimately a good coach.  Oregon State is, along with Washington State, probably one of the two worst jobs in the old Pac-10 (not sure how to compare it to Utah/Colorado), and he won about as much as anyone could there.  In pure coaching terms, I think he's somewhat of an upgrade from Pelini.  Recall that Riley's OSU teams upset Pete Carroll-coached USC a couple of times.

It's just odd for Nebraska because he has no apparent ties to there or the Midwest and is a bit on the old side.

"They fired me for THIS GUY????"

What if the plan is for Riley to hire Frost as his offensive coordinator but also so he can serve as coach in waiting. Frost was discounted due to lack of experience but if he were to return to Lincoln to learn the ropes under a long time coach maybe they could live without the head coach experience component.

Riley acts as the gentleman coach Nebraska expects while their savior learns on the job.

That's all I got considering how many other targets are still available.

Do you guys think Brady will return to Oregon State?

Scott Frost is totally going to be the OC/coach in waiting.

Hire Stoops with Pelini as the DC and keep Nuss as OC.

I am going to have to quit believing everything I read on the internet.....

 

/S

I just got a text from a Nebraska fan "Nebraska is fucked!"

I could see Hoke to Oregon State.

Big Ten Football.

and John Harbaugh left over.

Get used to a lot of this Nebraska:

http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2014/11/another_erratic_per…

Mike Riley is not Bill Callahan, but he's definitely not Tom Osborne either.

Also, say goodbye to option football over the next 3 to 5 years.

 

I wish we could move to the B1G West.  Somewhere, Wisconsin and Minnesota fans are dancing in the streets.

but it's a good hire. Not crazy great but what they need in terms of maximizing talent find in the wastelands. They could have done worse but also better.

courage to hire > .>  >

 

Ron English!

 

/S  (I hope)

What a dope.