Bo Pelini will always be remembered as a Tiger

islstl · Jan 10, 2008

He may go on to win a national championship or 2 at Nebraska.

Heck, he may even beat LSU in an NC game (I know, shut yo mouth).

Pelini went on record as saying that had Nebraska not agreed to allow him to coach his players one last time in the NC game, he would not have taken the head coaching position there.

LSU, a pretty special team and a pretty special place.

Thanks, Bo.

tirk · Jan 10, 2008

read this article the other day. pretty interesting how solich, pete carroll and monty kiffin all had a hand in this. truth be told, he'll always be a husker.

Rise of Pelini begins with Solich's search five years ago
By BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / Lincoln Journal Star
Monday, Jan 07, 2008 - 12:05:32 am CST

He’s been Nebraska’s football coach for barely a month but already the name Bo Pelini is all around — on billboards, on menus, on cotton tees.

“Got Bo?” hot-selling T-shirts ask, more boastful than an actual question.
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First, there was Solich’s bold move, the one that brought Pelini to Nebraska in the first place, that pointed us to where we are today.

It was a decision aided by the opinions of two other men. One of them is named Pete Carroll.

It’s a hire that sure looks brainy now. During the past five football seasons, Pelini has become one of those defensive coordinators that TV cameras seek out often during games, the color analysts armed with complimentary talking points when his mug hits the screen.

He’s easy to find. Even while changing allegiances from Nebraska to Oklahoma to LSU, he’s remained the intense gum-chewing fellow in the gray sweatshirt and titled ballcap.

Tonight, Pelini gets more air time, serving one last time as defensive coordinator for LSU in the national championship game against Ohio State.

Nebraskans will be trying out their new gumbo recipe and watching their new head football coach’s every move.

So goes it in the beginning of stages of romance, a honeymoon that will surely last at least as far as September and the first blown defensive assignment.

But how did this all begin? How did Pelini go from a Green Bay Packers linebackers coach to the toast of Nebraska?

The short version: Solich called Monte Kiffin of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Kiffin called Pete Carroll of the USC Trojans. Carroll told Kiffin: “Monte, you could not find a better guy than Bo. He’s enthusiastic and he’ll get players to play for him.”
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Kiffin had met Pelini in passing and had never coached with him. But Kiffin knew Carroll was a person of good information, especially on the topic of suggesting up-and-coming coaches.

At one time the head coach of North Carolina State, Kiffin had employed a young Carroll as his defensive coordinator from 1980-82.

And so Kiffin quickly called Carroll for assistance and Carroll just as quickly blurted out the name Bo Pelini.

Carroll had coached with Pelini as an assistant at San Francisco, and liked him so much he took him when he got a head coaching job at New England.

There were other candidates that interested Solich — Bud Foster of Virginia Tech was one — but ultimately he set his sights on two Ohio natives: Jon Tenuta and Bo Pelini.
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http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2008/01/07/huskerextra/football/doc4781891149744414933393.txt

clair · Jan 10, 2008

islstl said: ↑

He may go on to win a national championship or 2 at Nebraska.
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I love Bo, but I can't see him having success as long as Osborne is up there breathing fire down the neck of any coach they have.

Contained Chaos · Jan 10, 2008

tirk said: ↑

pretty interesting how solich, pete carroll and monty kiffin all had a hand in this.
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Sabotage!

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