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It was homecoming 1991. Ninth-ranked Nebraska was favored by 35 points over Kansas State, still thought of as a woebegone program at the time and whose best days were still far on the horizon.
Nebraska coach Bo Pelini says he can't change his ways and fans might as well accept that yelling and confrontations between him and him players are going to happen on the sidelines.
Shawn Eichorst resigned as Miami's athletic director on Thursday, the latest blow to a department bracing to be hit by NCAA sanctions, said a person with knowledge of the situation.
Tom Osborne, who put together one of the most successful coaching runs in college football history before serving in Congress and taking the reins as athletic director five years ago, is retiring.
The best way to determine a major college football champion seemed so obvious to so many for so long. Just have a playoff.
And here's the playoff pitch.
Playoffs and tournaments long have determined champions of every college sport from baseball to bowling.
Playoffs and tournaments long have determined champions of every college sport from baseball to bowling.
The only things standing in the way of a major college football playoff are 12 university presidents.
The only things standing in the way of a major college football playoff are 12 university presidents. They figure to be more of a speed bump than a road block.
Big Ten administrators would prefer a plus-one system over a four-team playoff to determine a national champion if the BCS can't be maintained in its current form.
Big Ten administrators would prefer a plus-one system over a four-team playoff to determine a national champion if the BCS can't be maintained in its current form.
Jim Delany calls the Nebraska Cornhuskers the Green Bay Packers of the Big Ten.
The NCAA will re-examine its role in licensing bowls and has put a three-year hold on any new games in the wake of the Fiesta Bowl's problems.
If Nebraska coach Bo Pelini is stressed about his team's dismal finish last season, staff turnover and the challenges that await in the Big Ten, he isn't showing it.
"I think at this point Bo is a victim of his reputation and is unfairly singled out by the news media," Perlman wrote. "He has noticeably controlled his sideline behavior this year. Unless there is evidence that he is losing his team's respect, which I do not see, I think within reason you have to accept him for who he is."
"I was impressed with Shawn's credentials and experience but more importantly his respect for and appreciation of the tradition of the Nebraska Athletics program," Perlman said. "He expressed from the onset his hope to draw on the experience and knowledge of Tom Osborne and the rest of the current staff in working to continue the department's success both on and off the field."
Shawn Eichorst: Miami athletic director resigns, will join Nebraska →
