Filed by Mitch Sherman at 8:41 p.m.
An interesting admission from Bo Pelini tonight as the coach spoke on the Husker Sports Network radio show: He suggested that in scheming to face Missouri a year ago, Nebraska was looking for a “quick fix.”
The Tigers hammered NU 52-17, scoring early and often. It was 31-10 at halftime and 52-10 after three quarters.
“I didn't like our gameplan,” Pelini said. “I don't like the way we went about going into that football game. You learn. You learn from your experiences. You learn from good things you do. You learn from making mistakes.
“That's one of those ones I'd want back. We didn't execute very well for a lot of different reasons. I expect to play a lot better (next) week, obviously.”
Nebraska experimented with a new defensive look against MU, often using a defensive end to roam between the linemen and the linebackers. Missouri QB Chase Daniel was not bothered. He completed 18 of 23 passes fro 253, and the Tigers rushed for 201 yards.
“I know better,” Pelini said. “There are really no quick fixes in life. You get places because of good old-fashioned hard work and sticking with your principles and doing the things that are necessary to get better.”
Also on the show, Pelini revealed his feelings over Frank Solich's appearance on the HuskerVision screens last week. Solich spoke the crowd in a taped segment as part of the festivities around the 300th consecutive sellout at Memorial Stadium.
“I was really happy to see Coach Solich – that he popped up there,” Pelini said. “He was able to speak, and that was important to me. He was the main reason why I got here to Nebraska in the first place.”
Solich, head coach at Nebraska from 1998 to 2003, hired Pelini as defensive coordinator before the '03 season. Solich was fired before the Alamo Bowl in 2003, for which Pelini served as interim coach before he left for Oklahoma.
“He just meant so much to this program for so many years,” Pelini said of Solich, now coaching at Ohio University, “and knowing the way that ended, it was great to see him back and back in touch with the Nebraska. And on that stage, it was great.”
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