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Bo Pelini Fired, It’s All About the Money

November 30, 2014 by info@3QuartersToday.com

As far as sports go, I’m not a sports fan, or a big football fan. I like and respect team character, integrity, teamwork, leadership, and the people behind the plays. That is why I like Bo Pelini. It is also why I don’t like what happened this Sunday morning on November 30th. I’ve always been with BO, he loves the game, he loves his players, and they love him.

Real Nebraska fan will miss Bo Pelini

For Nebraska Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst to announce to the players the firing of their coach and leader, Bo Pelini in an email is cowardly and unprofessional. What was so pressing that couldn’t wait until the players were gathered together in a meeting where they could vent, get mad, grieve together and figure out how support each other during this time period.

Bo Pelini at the University of Nebraska, tunnel walkRegardless of what the press wants the fans and viewers want you to hear or know, the players love Bo Pelini. I know family members of a local player and I’ve been told they players would go do anything for this man. He sincerely cares about them as people, not numbers on the field, not X’s and O’s and certainly not as dollar signs.

But, this is what it comes down to isn’t it. The almighty dollar? Somewhere, someone, with political pull or clout thinks the Huskers are not winning enough National Championships. Well I’m sorry, ok, maybe I’m not, but when did going to college become all about winning a National Football Championship? How many of these young men will play professional football anyway? A few, many former Huskers are playing professional football right now, and they were not on a National Championship Football team.

Bo Pelini Announcement in an Email

What a way to find out your coach got fired. In an email. Who really even checks their email on a regular basis anymore, especially college students. So many of the players found out via text when their phones blew up with messages from team mates, friends and family.

Nebraska Football Players informed Coach Pelini fired in an email

If college football is a business, like many would like to convince us, then let’s look at this from a business perspective. Do you announce the firing of the boss in an email to employees on a Sunday morning at 10:30 am? Or, do you wait until Monday morning, when all the employees arrive at work, have a meeting and then communicate in a professional setting where emotions and questions could be expressed in a controlled setting?

Announcing the firing of Bo Pelini from behind a computer screen is cowardly and unprofessional. Players responded with shock and took to social media, resentment and emotions on both sides are hot and heavy. They took to Twitter Sunday (read them here) and showed their support of Coach Bo, something they did NOT do when Callahan was fired in 2007. Shoot, I’m writing about this and I don’t even bleed red. This is BAD public relations.

Bo Pelini Accomplishments

  • Put Nebraska in the National spotlight with the Team Jack touchdown (no one will ever be able to forget a touchdown a 7 yr old made)
  • One of the nations most successful coaches over the past six seasons. One of only three coaches in the BCS to win nine games their first six year during their first head coaching position. (taken from www.huskers.com which I’m sure will get taken down soon)
Pelnin and Osborne Comparison
Pelnin and Osborne Comparison
  • Bo Pellini matched the performance of much admired and loved Coach Osborne during his first seven years
  • In 2013 had 30 student athletes named to the Academic All-Big Ten team. Not a feat very many schools can touch.
  • An impressive 123 of 130 players on track to earn their degree from the University of Nebraska.

Isn’t that what a University is supposed to do, graduate students and prepare them for a successful future? The college student athlete, their experience is multi-faceted, players are thrust together from all walks of life, from all over the country, poor, rich, urban, country, and must come together as a successful team. These are 18-19 year old-young men, many of them with egos the size of a house, all with the attitude of something to prove.

Ameer Abdullah Said it Best

During the 2014 student-athlete speech at the Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon Ameer Abdullah really wraps up my feeling on why I admire Bo Pelini. Everyone who is not an athlete, or sports fan should listen to this speech. During these eleven minutes this football player shows what college football is all about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6U4_TvJN0Q

“I have come to realize that life is bigger than football, and that my chances of long-term success in life will be greatly enhanced by completing my college education,”

So here ends my rant, as my husband says “Stick a Quarter in you and you’re wound up” yes, some things I am passionate about and the loss of character in the University of Nebraska football program is indeed a loss. Not for the fans, but for the players. Bo Pelini I will miss you, yes, even your side line and press conference rants. It shows you have passion.

I'm With Bo Shirt
I’m With BO! shirt on CafePress

More Response to the Firing Of Nebraska Football Coach Bo Pelini

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Nebraska players, Faux Pelini react to Bo Pelini firing

Nebraska’s players woke up Sunday morning to find that head coach Bo Pelini was fired. And few, if any, embraced the change. Many took to Twitter to express their anger and frustration. Here’s a snapshot of those reactions: …
Why Bo Pelini Should Not Have Been Fired by Nebraska: Compare Him to Tom …

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Nebraska players and recruits not happy with Bo…

Nebraska players and recruits not happy with Bo Pelini’s firing · Troy Machir @TroyMachir · Email RSS. November 30, 2014 1:11pm EST. facebook; twitter; googleplus; tumblr; pinterest. Email. Gmail; Yahoo Mail; Outlook; Native Client. On Sunday, Nebraska …
Nebraska QB Zack Darlington shocked by news of Bo Pelini firing

“He asked me if I had seen the e-mail and so I read it and … yeah, I did not see that coming,” Darlington said of the news that Nebraska had fired coach Bo Pelini after a 9-3 season that most Cornhuskers players saw as a positive looking toward the …
Players learn of Pelini news via email, offer reaction on social media

Nebraska football players were informed of coach Bo Pelini’s firing via an email from athletic director Shawn Eichorst on Sunday morning. Defensive lineman Jack Gangwish shared a portion of the email on Twitter, and he and other players voiced …

 

 

 

 

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Inspirational Moments in Sports: Nebraska Huskers Jack Hoffman

April 6, 2013 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Inspirational Moments in Sports

Team Jack,  aka Jack Hoffman and the Nebraska Cornhuskers, has forever changed the best inspirational moments in sports and I don’t think that is going to change soon. What started as a six-year old’s last wish, to meet his favorite Husker football player turned into an ESPN 2013 Best Moment in Sports history.

Sports is about more than winning. The team is more than just individuals. Support Team Jack as the Nebraska Huskers help raise money for pediatric brain cancer with a donation or an official Nebraska licensed brain tumor shirt.

Nebraska Husker football is not just a game, it’s an event.

Even during the spring game, the carnival environment is in full force with food, tailgating and getting together with family and friends.

Nebraska football tailgating at a Husker game is legendary. College football is not just a game here, it's an event.
University of Minnesota visits the Huskers in Lincoln Nebraska

Unforgettable Moment at the Nebraska Football Spring Game

The Nebraska Huskers are not only a football powerhouse team, but the players on this spring day in 2013 showed their very human side as it was just not a football game, but a lesson in compassion and integrity. Bo Pelini leads his players through a scrimmage and gave 60,000 fans a memory they will never forget.

Yes, you heard right.

Sixty thousand plus fans come out every year just to watch the Red: White game where the first team scrimmages against the second team in the final spring practice before the pre-season practice in late summer. The highest attendance of any NCAA team in the country. Why are Nebraska fans so loyal? You will soon find out.

The Nebraska football spring game is normally a glorified practice. But this one will stick out in my mind as the best one yet.

Team Jack Hoffman ESPN Espy 2012  Best Moment on Sports History
Jack gets his dream, score a touchdown for the Huskers.

Even during the spring game, the carnival environment is in full force with food, tailgating and getting together with family and friends.

Not only were “special” drills sprinkled in throughout the quarters as a “game break” to give the fans a taste of creative drills such as the “Good Hands” and the “Never Give Up” drill, but a special 4th quarter touchdown was made my a special seven-year-old player, Jack Hoffman.

Nebraska Husker football is not just a game, it’s an event.

Nebraska Husker Football

Jack Hoffman has been a special fan and friend of Rex Burkehead for two years and the whole team has gathered around him and supported him in his fight against pediatric brain cancer called Team Jack Foundation. Saturday he wore Burkehead’s number 22 and ran 69 yards for a touchdown which actually went on the board for the Red team.

There were very few dry eyes in the stadium and the entire team rushed the end zone and held Jack high on their shoulders. Watch for yourself and maybe, just maybe, the lesson that sports are more than just winning will be apparent.

2025 Update on Jack Hoffman

On January 15, 2025 Jack Hoffman died of brain cancer at age 18. It has hit the State of Nebraska hard. So many of us, including myself remember this game, and remember how he inspired the players. As a young boy he won an ESPN Espy award, met President Obama, and hi foundation has raised more than $14 million to aid pediatric brain cancer research.

Sports is about more than winning. The team is more than just individuals. Support Team Jack as the Nebraska Huskers help raise money for pediatric brain cancer with a donation.

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