The Bone Yard

I am a huge Bo supporter, but I will say this.....

In recent college football history (dating back to 2000), only one coach was with their team for longer than five years before winning the National Title. Mack Brown won it in his 8th year at Texas.

If you take away Saban winning his second NC in his 5th year at Bama last year, Brown is the only coach who needed more than 4 years to win a national title at his school since 2000.

Bo is in his 5th year and while I do believe he has done an admirable job in resurrecting this program, I don't feel like we're a national title contender, nor will we be any time soon.

I don't think even saying the words "Nebraska" and "national championship" in the same sentence makes any sense right now. Bo will probably never win a conference championship here, much less a national one. I think he'll be lucky to break .500 this year, in which case he should be gone.

I bought the preseason bull about his players, his coaches, maturity, etc., but all I see is a lower-rung team destined for mediocrity. Pelini should go back to being a position coach in the SEC where their athletes can make him look smart again, because he looks like a fool right now.

This year's senior class may indeed leave behind a lasting legacy for me: the year I stopped being able to stomach Pelini and his brand of "Husker" football.

We "struggled" against a potentially good team and lost by a single score on their field. Let's not forget that UCLA was 6-6 on their regular season last year, under a very bad coach, even with the #8 and #14 recruiting classes in 2010 and 2009.

Iowa lost to Iowa State (also 6-6), at home, with no running game at all. Vandenberg is not going to beat Nebraska throwing the ball. They also managed to beat Northern Illinois by one point. They are in real trouble right now.

Wisconsin lost to Oregon State with only 35 yards rushing. I realize that OSU has probably improved from last year, but a 38 point switch from the season before? That's a sign that UW has problems. If defenses can key on Montee Ball, their passing game had better pick up the slack.

Nobody said we could win by just showing up. Hell, no team is good enough to do that, not even Alabama, but this team is certainly good enough to beat both Iowa and Wisconsin, presently.

i assume you think we'll lose to MSU, OSU and either Michigan or NW. MSU and OSU maybe, but I'm willing to wait and see what changes are made by the staff before I'll write this season off at 8-4.

No, I guess you didn't.

What I am saying is that great coaches don't need extensive time to get their team to the promise land anymore.

I take away Saban's 2nd national championship in his 5th year because he had already won prior to that.

I'll give you Coker to an extent, but not the rest.

Chizic, Caroll, and Stoops all came to their schools when the team had failed to win more than a handful of games the season prior.

Ultimately, you're as good as your record says you are. Only one coach in the last dozen years has needed more than one full (freshman to senior) recruiting class.

Just a question. How many National Championships has Stoops won since 2000??????

Auburn was 8-5 in Chizik's first year. They were 9-4 on 2007 and 5-7 in 2008.

Chizik was the recipient of the best player in CFB in 2010, and followed that up with five losses in 2011. He'll never win another NC unless he gets another Cam Newton.

I'll just let the facts stand for themselves.

Only ONE coach in the last dozen years has needed more than a full recruiting class to win the big game.

If it does not speak to you about the process of building a championship program, it at least points out the impatience most programs have.