Nebraska AD Says Nebraska and Frost Deserve a Break in Scheduling

Didn’t his Dad just die last week?  That’s not cool man.

Why should he STFU?? He is whining like a small child but the fact remains that the Big Ten is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Ohio State University. And Ohio State is a wholly owned subsidiary of its Athletic Department. After all...

"I'm just hopeful the coach doesn't dismiss me."

Nebraska wasn't exactly a "clean" program during those peak years either.  They and Miami set a lot of precedent for what we call "SEC level" behavior these days.

Nebraska won some titles in the 90's and played for 93, won 94, won 95, split 97 with Michigan, played for 01, they had a dang good program going.  Also was just out of playing for the title in 96 and 02.  Likely would have been in the cfp those years. 

They were a fg away from winning it in 93 and just missed a last second fg they drove in the last minute for vs FSU. 

Nebraska was good under Osborn but could never get over the "hump" shall we say.  Consistently finished the year with a great record only to be beaten by Oklahoma or lose a bowl game.  Enter the late 80's and 90's and Tom Osborn is nearing retirement, he sees Oklahoma and Colorado running renegade programs and winning everything.  So Osborn throws out his principles, ignores grades and discipline and creates a powerhouse in the mid 90's goes out a hero.  Even gets elected to congress.

He absolutely sold his soul to keep Lawrence Phillips in that program, lost all respect for Osborn and Nebraska ever since.

Yeah F those guys   

Hours after the team returned from East Lansing on September 10, 1995, Phillips broke into backup quarterback Scott Frost's apartment by climbing the outside of the building to the third floor and entering through some sliding doors. He then assaulted his ex-girlfriend, basketball player Kate McEwen. Phillips dragged McEwen out of the apartment by the hair and down three flights of stairs before smashing her head into a mailbox. Phillips was subsequently arrested, and eventually suspended by head coach Tom Osborne. The case became a source of controversy and media attention, with the perception that Frost had not even tried to protect McEwen and that Osborne was coddling a star player by not kicking Phillips off the team permanently. Osborne walked out on a press conference when asked, "If one of your players had roughed up a member of your family and had dragged her down a flight of steps, would you have reinstated that player to the team?"[8] Outraged Nebraska faculty proposed that any student convicted of a violent crime be prohibited from representing the university on the football field.[9] Osborne defended the decision, saying that abandoning Phillips might do more harm than good, stating the best way to help Phillips was within the structured environment of the football program. Osborne stated, "I felt the only thing I could put in a place that would keep him on track was football, because that was probably the only consistent organizing factor in his life."[10] After a six-game suspension, Osborne reinstated Phillips for the Iowa State game,[11] although touted freshman Ahman Green continued to start. Phillips also played against Kansas and Oklahoma.

Despite pressure from the national media, Osborne named Phillips the starter for the Fiesta Bowl, which pitted No. 1 Nebraska against No. 2 Florida for the national championship. In the game, Phillips rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries and scored a touchdown on a 16-yard reception in the Cornhuskers' 62–24 victory. The performance boosted Phillips' draft stock. With Osborne's encouragement, he decided to turn pro a year early.[12]

liked "finished 2nd to Michigan."

I like Jack Nicholson in just about everything he was in, but not in this movie.  Horrid take on the Marines and Sutherland was the absolute worst.

I honestly think they'd get back to being closer to what they were in the Big 12 than they ever will in the B1G.  They're a natural fit in that conference, and it's a much better recruiting area for them.  The players they could attract as a member of that conference  are much better, and more numerous, than what they can attract as a B1G member.  They left in a huff about Texas getting sweetheart deals every time they turned around.  But while that hasn't changed (nor will it), UN has suffered greatly as a result.

They should suck up their pride, apologize to their B12 brethren, and get back into that conference.  Unless they prefer to keep pride in front of better results on the field, anyway...

there's deer in the cornfield, so the proper response is 'shoot the cornfield' since the deer are eating all the darn corn.

in seriousness, what he said publicly wasn't that different than the thread on this board a few days ago about how ohio's schedule was a cake walk and ours was murderer's row.  

Exactly, wonder why they shafted them???

He does kinda sound like the cornfield's version of Dave Brandon, doesn't he?  Seems like he gets similar results, too!

That relies on the assumption that he still has the AD job in 2024.