If Bill Callahan had couched the first half of the Nebraska vs USC game to win the game as opposed to couching it to stay in the game, then the score might have been a lot closer. Instead Callahan couched not to lose the game in the first 3 quarters leaving his offense little time to come back and make it a game. In doing so he made it so that the Nebraska offense could make no mistakes if they were to come back and win the game. I don't know if he gave up on any confidence he may have had in the secondary of Nebraska's defense, or he is just that poor of a coach. At one point Bob Davey said something about Osbourne and Muskburger said that if Tom were couching there would have been more points on the board for Nebraska. I have to agree. Tom and his staff would have found a way to be in the game. The defensive secondary looked so unprepared for USC. I put the blame for the 18 point difference squarely on coaching. The talent level is different between the two schools right now, but so is the level of coaching. The guy on the field played hard; if the coaches would have just let them play to their potential instead of tying their hands the game would have been much closer. Tom would have either won that game or lost by 3, not 18; Frank too for that matter. The coaching was the main difference in this game.
