Post X: Tom Osborne

It has been a crazy season for Nebraska football. First they start out as a possible top-ten team, but then, after a demoralizing loss against USC have plummeted down to the bottom of college football. Something needs to be done about this, and fast! Well, something has been done, or at least been started. University of Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman fired Steve Pederson from Nebraska’s AD (athletic director) position on Monday, October 15. The next question was, “who would replace Pederson as AD?” Well, there is now at least a temporary solution. Tom Osborne, the legendary coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers when they won three national championships in the nineties, is back at UNL. He will be the interim athletic director until a permanent replacement is found. However, one has to wonder whether or not he will be the permanent AD now that Pederson is gone. I believe that many people are hoping that he will be permanent rather than just interim, and why shouldn’t he be? He has an amazing resume at the University of Nebraska and has become a fan-favorite for many years. He knows football and it just seems like the AD position at UNL would be a great fit for him. Many people believe that with Tom Osborne at the helm, Nebraska football will once again shine the way that it used to, rather than become an embarrassment to fans by losing by over twenty points a game. That’s not the kind of football that Nebraska fans want, and that’s not the kind of football that Nebraska plays. They are much better than that. With Tom Osborne as AD, we will probably see some changes for the best out of the program. Rumors are circulating that Osborne might try to bring back Turner Gill or Bo Pelini. Either way Osborne chooses, one can rest assured that it will bode well for the future of the program.