[Tuck4Bama]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Bill Callahan was fired as Nebraska's coach Saturday, his four-year stay marked by the most embarrassing losses at a football program once among the mightiest in the nation.

Interim athletic director and Nebraska great Tom Osborne announced the dismissal one day after the Cornhuskers ended the season at 5-7 following a 65-51 loss at Colorado. They squandered an 11-point halftime lead by allowing 34 consecutive points.

"As a former coach this is a role I really don't like," Osborne said at a news conference." I hate to sit in judgment of other people. I never envisioned having to do this."

Osborne said that at the end of October he told Callahan there would be a coaching change if Nebraska finished with a losing season.
The dismal results came one season after the Huskers reached the Big 12 championship game. This year also was marked by a 76-39 defeat at Kansas, the most points allowed by a Nebraska team.

Nebraska fires Callahan after 5-7 season - NCAA Football - Yahoo! Sports

[bears9]

The right move, but all of you Husker fans who want to see Osborne take the job himself, too bad. It will LSU defensive Coordinator Bo Pelini or Buffalo head coach Turner Gill.

[Lefty Noob]

Wasn't Pelini the interim coach before Callahan was hired? I seriously doubt he'd come back. Nebraska should've just given him the job in the first place. For that matter, they should've never fired Frank Solich. So I wonder who it will be, Gill or someone else.