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November 24, 2007

AXES SWINGING: CALLAHAN OUT

ESPN’s reporting that Nebraska head coach Bill Callahan was fired early this morning following a 15 minute meeting with interim AD Tom Osborne.

Filed under: Big 12 Conference, College football by Orson Swindle

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37 Responses to “AXES SWINGING: CALLAHAN OUT”

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Roaminggator says:

Those early Saturday Morning 15-minute meetings are never a good thing. Like walking into work and the supervisor says “Hey, can I talk to you for a minute” when you walk in the door.

November 24th, 2007 at 10:18 am
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PW says:

What do you suppose they did during the 14 minutes and 58 seconds after Osborne told him to pack his shit up?

November 24th, 2007 at 10:18 am
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Bama Apologist says:

Note to self:
If I am ever invited to a “meeting” at 7:30 am, and there is PLASTIC on the carpet and on the furniture, that means I’m getting whacked………

November 24th, 2007 at 10:26 am
4

Bama Apologist says:

By the way, I think Houston Nutts stock has went up….

November 24th, 2007 at 10:28 am
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rovdjur says:

So really, this is not a good season for your Favorite College Foobaw program to be searching for a Head Baw Coach.

Lots of talent is going to be sucked up. Miles to MeatChicken, Pelini to Nebraska – who comes to Baton Rouge? Jimbo?

When all this is said and done, how many positions are open? And how many coaches will turn down interviews because they think they are Paterno’s heir apparent?

November 24th, 2007 at 10:29 am
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PW says:

Would Edsall leave UConn for more money/prestige?

Would Rodriguez leave WFVU if White and Slaton bolt for NFL?

Is Charlie Strong still a viable candidate given UF’s defensive woes this season?

November 24th, 2007 at 10:38 am
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Biggus Rickus says:

Petrino could end up in Baton Rouge. Surely, he can’t be happy with the Falcons gig at this point. People mentioned him as an Auburn possibility if Tubbs bolted. I doubt that will happen, so why not LSU? Muschamp is a possibility for a head spot somehwere, but, and maybe this is because Georgia has lit up his defense in recent years, I wouldn’t hire him.

November 24th, 2007 at 10:44 am
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Bama Apologist says:

Yeh, this bowl season should be interesting….lots of interim coaches….It will be a carousel….musical coaches…..who gets a seat, who goes down to coach in a lower tier conference?
LSU—Spurrier, Stoops?
Auburn—Petrino? Muschamp??
Michigan–Miles? a host of others?
Texas A&M–Tubbs??Mike Sherman???
Arkansas—Nutt stays or bolts? Felix Jones goes pro or stays to be the premier back if Nutt stays? Tuberville?
Ole Miss—O’s last stand, or is he gone for being insane?Who would want that job? RCR???
Penn State/Florida State—basically same situation—and everyone thinks they are the “Gray Hair Apparent” ha ha get it?

Tenn—is this Fulmers last stroll thru the Krispy Kreme donut line?

November 24th, 2007 at 10:54 am
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rovdjur says:

Maybe the Dread Pirate Leach gets to a program where he can recruit better talent than Cheryl Swoops.

November 24th, 2007 at 11:00 am
10

Year2-Dave says:

Bo Pellini to the white courtesy phone… Bo Pellini to the white courtesy phone.

November 24th, 2007 at 11:46 am
11

TPS Reports says:

Coach O is out at Ole Miss, according to WWL.

November 24th, 2007 at 11:56 am
12

Fat Daddy says:

Ed Orgeron is out at Ole Miss! Where will he land?

November 24th, 2007 at 11:56 am
13

GatorAM says:

Did I just hear correctly on Gameday? Coach O fired from Ole Miss? TAKE COVER PEOPLE!

November 24th, 2007 at 11:57 am
14

Fat Daddy says:

Come on #11 you beat me by seconds (story of my life)

November 24th, 2007 at 11:57 am
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fife in the bay says:

i wish washington cared as much about football as NU or TAMU did.

November 24th, 2007 at 11:57 am
16

Fat Daddy says:

Imagine Coach O and Mangino together! Orgeron kicks their ass, holds them down then Mangino eats them covered with Gates BBQ sauce!

November 24th, 2007 at 11:58 am
17

Brinson says:

So Butch Davis has his pick of Arkansas or Nebraska? Exxxcellent.

November 24th, 2007 at 11:59 am
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TPS Reports says:

@ #12, 14

As usual, my premature exclamation pissed somebody off. Normally, I take a victory lap around the bed. I guess a victory lap around the pool table will suffice.

November 24th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
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Harvey Wireman says:

Send coach O back to USC as a special teams coach. He was a great assistant there.

Coach Callahan, another NFL world beater who head coached a team to the Super Bowl but could not learn the college game in 4 or 5 years.

November 24th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
20

John says:

Oxford is going to need a National Guard presence to stop the Orgeron bigger than when James Meredith was on campus

November 24th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
21

Will says:

OYOYOYO…..Unemployahmen!

November 24th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
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The Artist Formerly Known as tOSUBuckeyes says:

Current job openings:
Michigan
Nebraska
Texas A&M
Ole Miss

Jobs in the balance:
Arkansas
Tennessee
UCLA
ND?
Penn State
Florida State

November 24th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
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PW says:

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Coach O, if you’re out there, remember I was one of the few who wanted you to stay. These other guys were calling for your job…kill them first.

November 24th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
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Jane says:

These guys seem to think that God deserted him:

http://charlieweisandthechocolatefactory.blogspot.com/2007/11/where-is-your-god-now.html

November 24th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
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Jorg� the Bass Player says:

Looks like The Orgeron needs a new job.

November 24th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
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Bama Apologist says:

Someone call RCR and tell him to interview for the Ole Miss job now…
My God, the Orgeron….no dentist in his neighborhood is safe….if Houston Nutt is George Castanza from Seinfeld, Ed Orgeron is Kramer, but more violent…he doesnt open the door, he goes thru it…

November 24th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
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Bama Apologist says:

I call this the curse of the book “Meat Market”…anytime your head Coach is the central character in a fictional book with scenarios that are sooo funny and totally made up……wait, its a non fictional book? Coach really wrassles recruits? and this will be published nationally? Ok he is a fired ass if he doesnt beat Croom……

November 24th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
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Bama Apologist says:

Paul Johnson from Navy is THE PERFECT FIT at Nebraska….runs the ball between the tackles for 60 plays and options on the other 10 plays…he can do it

November 24th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
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The Big Dog says:

#22 — tOSU

Penn State and Florida State are definitely not “in the balance.” Paterno is under contract through next year and Bowden is currently in talks to extend, and the winds blowing from Tally says he’ll get it. Don’t know anything about Weis’ contract except that it’s long term, but I’m sure the buyout is huge.

November 24th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
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PW says:

29

When you’re 400 years old, your next breath is “in the balance.”

November 24th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
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Andrew says:

Tom Osburne “I talk to Turner Gil once a weak, it is on a personal basis though”. Sure Tom, and Lawrence Phillips was just misunderstood.

November 24th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
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Miami Husker says:

Ding dong, the witch is dead….

November 24th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
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Brinson says:

Yeah, ND is not “in the balance”. I’ve heard that if/when a buyout ever takes place, his agent gets to walk to the table with $21 meeee-lon dollars as the starting point for what ND pays Cheezberger to leave. They’re not running him off.

November 24th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
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D-nice says:

They won’t run Weis out of ND – yet, which is actually good for the rest of the country. The contract just pisses me off though. If he sucks and gets fired, he gets paid as if he did well.

I guarantee that as soon as Weis has an ND team that either beats a ranked team and doesn’t have a losing season and/or goes to an even middling bowl game, the national media will be calling Weis a genius, and so goes the ever predictable ND hype machine.

November 24th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
35

PortTrojan says:

So Callahan totally fucked things up and “lost” the players? Who would’ve guessed that after his successful Oakland stint?

November 25th, 2007 at 12:46 am
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Coop says:

I find it beyond hilarious that Bama Apologist thinks that Bob Stoops would be interested in the LSU job.

Who exactly do you think LSU or anyone in the SEC for that matter, compared to Oklahoma?

And, he was not interested in returning to Gainesville, but he would be interested in coaching LSU?

November 25th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
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StokesW says:

Osborne: Hey Bill, How was the holiday weekend?

Callahan: Hey Tom, we had a great thanksgiv…

Osborne(laughing): I’m kidding, your fired.

November 26th, 2007 at 10:51 am