It was not surprising that the University of Nebraska fired former AD Steve Peterson or former football coach Bill Callahan when the Big Red Machine stumbled mightily this fall. What was surprising was former coach Tom Osborne getting the post of interim AD to right the ship in Lincoln and then naming himself interim head coach. Osborne is soon ceding the role of head coach to Bo Pelini, but not before he hits the recruiting trail for the first time in more than a decade to pitch the Nebraksa program to the nation's finest high school ballers. Here, then, is a list of five advantages that Osborne has over other coaches when he hits the recruiting trail.
1. Saves the university money by qualifying for discount senior rates at hotels and restaurants.
2. Circumvents NCAA limits on phone calls and text messages by sending telegrams to recruits. Take notes, Kelvin Sampson!
3. Think Dr. Tom is too goody-goody to relate to today's youth? Osborne has huge street cred from signing such quality individuals as Christian Peter, Lawrence Phillips, and Abdul Muhammed. That kind of cache doesn't disappear overnight.
4. No one impresses a recruit's great-grandparents like Tom Osborne. He can work the room at a nursing home like no one's business. Urban Meyer has no leverage among the geriatric demo.
5. Unused "Osborne for Senate" campaign signs make for a heckuva business card.
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