Yeah initially Sean Callahan reported an interview, but it turned out to be a phone call. Later, he was rumored to be in Cleveland for an interview with the Browns, but he was there with Riley visiting Tony Butler. It's all drama for drama's sake.
No, you're dead on. I don't know that it was just the DTs leaving that resulted in him getting fired, there was a myriad of issues. No pass rush, no recruits, current players leaving, etc.
Gotta get clicks. Despite the struggles this year, I don't think Stewart is even close to the hot seat. Lack of a pass rush combined with adjusting to a new scheme that really puts a lot of pressure on the corners makes year 1 not seem like a major concern.
You must have completely erased the first few games from your memory if you don't think they showed any improvement throughout the year. They were quite a bit better at the end. Passing YPG against went from 379.5 YPG in September down to 205 YPG in November. The bowl game ended up being 319 yds against, but they threw it 41 times. The system is simple, it is just drastically different than what these guys have been doing before. They're alone, and they are not used to it. It's give and take, this system can be exposed through the air, but also results in a great rushing defense. Conversely, we could play bracket coverage on the outside, and give up NCAA record-setting numbers to teams that like to run the ball like Wisconsin.
In retrospect, TA made quite a few secondaries feel pretty darn confident during the year, so maybe we jumped the gun with that one a bit.
it's always funny when people throw out the 205ypg in november stat. it was freakin Iowa who only averaged 200 ypg, Rutgers basically without Carroo who only averaged about 220ypg and MSU where we let Cook throw for 90yds over his season average of 240ypg. our stats went down partially because we played teams that weren't as good at passing.
Throwing stats out there sounds better than "we just LOOKED better", but that's really the truth. Our coverage looked better as the season went on, and the numbers back that up despite any difference in competition. Probably should also factor in that we didn't have one of our starting safeties for a good chunk of the last two games, not that I think he's particularly good in coverage.
Nothing signed yet on this. Not sure if that's just a formality, like implied in the article, or UCLA is trying to make it seem like he doesn't want to come here.
Because he never played for Nebraska. Everyone knows you can't be a successful coach if you never played for Nebraska.
