Countdown to Husker Football Season: #9 - Nine Win Seasons - The Standard At Dear Ol’ Nebraska U

by Jon Johnston on Aug 27, 2009 4:47 PM CDT in Football Comment 2 comments

Tom Osborne set the standard by which other coaches at Nebraska will be measured. Is the bar set too high?

A little late today with today's countdown, but as a suggestion from Husker Mike, nine represents the minimum number of wins per season that Husker fans tolerate before they're ready to fire their coach.

Wait! What's that?

Shades of Frank Solich? He had a bad season, winning only seven and losing seven. He broke the streak!

He deserved to be fired.

No, he didn't!

Yes, he did.

And on and on it goes.

You can find this same thread on message boards across Huskerdom, going on even today. (Please don't start one here, I'd like us to focus on the future.)

Bob Devaney started the Big Red machine runnin', and Tom Osborne used it to create a monster as Dr. Tom never won less than nine games in a season during his head coaching career at Nebraska, a span covering from 1973-1997 - covering 25 years. Osborne set the standard by which other Nebraska coaches must be measured.

The key question is - does anyone believe that nine wins a season for 25 years is a feat that can be duplicated? If not, then how many years in a row do you think a coach has to do it before they're fully accepted as Osborne's heir apparent?

No polls on this one. That's too easy. I want to know what Husker fans are thinking.

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No coach really can replace a legand. Just like a player can replace a star, you just have to do a job. Take scott frost, how would you replace not one but two HUGE legandary stars of neb. Once he became his own man he lead us to a national championship. Bo just needs to be the best coach that he can and he will be fine. Also I agree NO POLLS bout the entire solich thing.

by huskermic on Aug 27, 2009 6:47 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

I can

live with a few down years every now and then when we have to rebuild. But, when we are competitive with OU, Texas, Florida, and teams like that every year that’s when Tom’s shoes have been filled. I like to think Bo has a good start. Good recruiter, like the walk ons, obviously he is not one players can push around, and he is a good fundamentals coach (something Osborne never overlooked ("THE FUNDAMENTALS). How that reflects in wins and loses we will just have to wait and see.

by Huzkerfan on Aug 27, 2009 7:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs