Stories from Saturday, January 10, 2004

Now that the Cornhuskers' coaching search is over, it's time for the Big Red Nation to unite behind the Huskers' chosen leader: Bill Callahan. The search was divisive. There's no question about that. Some Big Red supporters were upset when the athletic director, Steve Pederson, fired the Huskers' head coach, Frank Solich, after a 9-3 season. And, an even greater number of Husker fans were irritated and embarrassed by the way Pederson conducted the coaching search...

As an observer of human behavior, it has been a fascinating experience to watch the goings-on in Lincoln over the past couple of months in regards to the future of the football team and I believe, without much overstatement, the future of the psyche of this state...