Those of you not yet married and/or with kids may not quite get the trade-offs and sacrifices you have to make to reserve that key block of time to not be asked to do a damn thing other than sitting on the chair or couch with a beer and chips watching the game.
For me, that entails doing stuff most of the morning and part of the early afternoon with the wife and kid. So, I have to keep this quick.
Struggling Joe has the final installment — I predicted a 19-17 Pitt win, he has Nebraska prevailing 24-14.
Here’s the Nebraska Athletic Department Game Day page. If you are outside the market and didn’t spring for GamePlan (which is understandable) you can listen to a free radio broadcast of the game on the net via Husker Radio Network.
An article that finally notices the parallels of Coaches Wannstedt and Callahan (like we haven’t been harping on that this week)
Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt and Nebraska coach Bill Callahan have traveled similar paths to their current posts, and both are being asked to bring the glory years back to their school. Both coaches were hired to replace successful coaches who were fired or shoved out the door and both are asked to elevate a successful program to the elite level.
An AP article echoes the theme.
You couldn’t blame Pittsburgh’s Dave Wannstedt and Nebraska’s Bill Callahan if they spent a few minutes commiserating at midfield Saturday.
The two former NFL coaches took over successful programs – Wannstedt this year, Callahan last year – and now fans of both teams are feeling anxious about the direction the Panthers and Cornhuskers are taking.
Also repeated here along with a prediction of a 21-13 Nebraska win.
The Harrisburg paper goes with a win for Nebraska, 9-7 .
South Florida seems to be reveling in Pitt’s problems — so that it vindicates all complaints about Wannstedt for them — but there is actually a view that Nebraska might be the right kind of foe for Pitt.
Wannstedt has even turned the tables, calling his team “underdogs” for the remainder of the season.
And that’s exactly what the Panthers are this week against the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Bill Callahan’s team is a 10-point favorite. This might be the matchup Wannstedt needs.
The Panthers are a dismal 95th in the country in offense. Yet, the Cornhuskers are worse: 99th. Wannstedt should surely know how to defend Callahan’s West Coast offense, which hasn’t quite gelled yet at Nebraska. Then again, Lincoln isn’t that far west.
Wannstedt may know how to defend it, but does defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads?
New Jersey based sports writer Adrian Wojnarowski declares that the Big East should be kicked out of the BCS. Isn’t it a little early in the college football season to start beating that drum?
A kind of shallow “7 things Nebraska needs to do to beat Pitt” piece.
An article from the Nebraska paper on Pitt trying to turn things around. Also a more local variation on the theme.
LaRod Stephens-Howlings gets a small puff piece. Brief notebook where Offensive Coordinator Matt Cavanaugh admits he’s still learning the college game. Way to inspire confidence in fandom.
Finally a little deeper piece on how Tyler Palko felt he started turning things around last year during the Nebraska game.
