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.
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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.
by Roaminggator on Nov 24, 2007 10:18 AM EST reply actions
What do you suppose they did during the 14 minutes and 58 seconds after Osborne told him to pack his shit up?
by PW on Nov 24, 2007 10:18 AM EST reply actions
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………
by Bama Apologist on Nov 24, 2007 10:26 AM EST reply actions
By the way, I think Houston Nutts stock has went up….
by Bama Apologist on Nov 24, 2007 10:28 AM EST reply actions
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?
by rovdjur on Nov 24, 2007 10:29 AM EST reply actions
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?
by PW on Nov 24, 2007 10:38 AM EST reply actions
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.
by Biggus Rickus on Nov 24, 2007 10:44 AM EST reply actions
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—TubbsMike 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?
by Bama Apologist on Nov 24, 2007 10:54 AM EST reply actions
Maybe the Dread Pirate Leach gets to a program where he can recruit better talent than Cheryl Swoops.
by rovdjur on Nov 24, 2007 11:00 AM EST reply actions
Bo Pellini to the white courtesy phone… Bo Pellini to the white courtesy phone.
by Year2-Dave on Nov 24, 2007 11:46 AM EST reply actions
Coach O is out at Ole Miss, according to WWL.
by TPS Reports on Nov 24, 2007 11:56 AM EST reply actions
Ed Orgeron is out at Ole Miss! Where will he land?
by Fat Daddy on Nov 24, 2007 11:56 AM EST reply actions
Did I just hear correctly on Gameday? Coach O fired from Ole Miss? TAKE COVER PEOPLE!
by GatorAM on Nov 24, 2007 11:57 AM EST reply actions
Come on #11 you beat me by seconds (story of my life)
by Fat Daddy on Nov 24, 2007 11:57 AM EST reply actions
i wish washington cared as much about football as NU or TAMU did.
by fife in the bay on Nov 24, 2007 11:57 AM EST reply actions
Imagine Coach O and Mangino together! Orgeron kicks their ass, holds them down then Mangino eats them covered with Gates BBQ sauce!
by Fat Daddy on Nov 24, 2007 11:58 AM EST reply actions
So Butch Davis has his pick of Arkansas or Nebraska? Exxxcellent.
by Brinson on Nov 24, 2007 11:59 AM EST reply actions
@ #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.
by TPS Reports on Nov 24, 2007 12:03 PM EST reply actions
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.
by Harvey Wireman on Nov 24, 2007 12:11 PM EST reply actions
Oxford is going to need a National Guard presence to stop the Orgeron bigger than when James Meredith was on campus
by John on Nov 24, 2007 12:17 PM EST reply actions
Current job openings:
Michigan
Nebraska
Texas A&M
Ole Miss
Jobs in the balance:
Arkansas
Tennessee
UCLA
ND?
Penn State
Florida State
by The Artist Formerly Known as tOSUBuckeyes on Nov 24, 2007 12:22 PM EST reply actions
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.
by PW on Nov 24, 2007 12:29 PM EST reply actions
These guys seem to think that God deserted him:
http://charlieweisandthechocolatefactory.blogspot.com/2007/11/where-is-your-god-now.html
by Jane on Nov 24, 2007 12:42 PM EST reply actions
Looks like The Orgeron needs a new job.
by Jorgé the Bass Player on Nov 24, 2007 12:45 PM EST reply actions
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…
by Bama Apologist on Nov 24, 2007 1:08 PM EST reply actions
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……
by Bama Apologist on Nov 24, 2007 1:10 PM EST reply actions
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
by Bama Apologist on Nov 24, 2007 1:19 PM EST reply actions
- — 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.
by The Big Dog on Nov 24, 2007 1:30 PM EST reply actions
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When you’re 400 years old, your next breath is “in the balance.”
by PW on Nov 24, 2007 1:35 PM EST reply actions
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.
by Andrew on Nov 24, 2007 2:41 PM EST reply actions
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.
by Brinson on Nov 24, 2007 5:45 PM EST reply actions
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.
by D-nice on Nov 24, 2007 6:33 PM EST reply actions
So Callahan totally fucked things up and “lost” the players? Who would’ve guessed that after his successful Oakland stint?
by PortTrojan on Nov 25, 2007 12:46 AM EST reply actions
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?
by Coop on Nov 25, 2007 12:24 PM EST reply actions
Osborne: Hey Bill, How was the holiday weekend?
Callahan: Hey Tom, we had a great thanksgiv…
Osborne(laughing): I’m kidding, your fired.
by StokesW on Nov 26, 2007 10:51 AM EST reply actions

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