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MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA JOURNALSTAR.COM NEBRASKABO BEGINS SEARCH FOR NEXTGOES COACH n Pelini fired after 9-3 regular season. n named interim coach.

Pelini photo: GWYNETH ROBERTS/Lincoln Journal Star; ABOVE: TED KIRK/Lincoln Journal Star Shawn Eichorst, in his second year as Nebraska athletic director, said Sunday that his decision to fire football coach was based upon an evaluation that NU didn’t meet expectations both on and off the field. THE FANS RESPOND AD: Championship-caliber play is the standard. POSSIBLE Do you think athletic direc- REPLACEMENTS? tor Shawn Eichorst made Throwing out some names By BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON the right decision when he INSIDE/SECTION C (below) fired Bo Pelini? Lincoln Journal Star Oregon n After all the noise of the last two years, Steven M. Sipple writes the message Jim McElwain it was suddenly quiet, so quiet, as the man is clear: Win and win big. Colorado State coach in the suit walked down a long hallway 30.2% n Four pages of coverage in Sports. 51.2% and made a right turn into the middle of it Georgia coach all, one final gulp of water before making was in his office with Bo Pelini sitting heard the only voice in this deal that has across from him. Pittsburgh coach mattered all along. They talked for about 20 minutes, He’s been on the job for almost two Eichorst said. He told Pelini up front he Coastal Carolina coach 9% 9.6% years, but many Nebraskans don’t know a was going another direction, firing Pelini whole lot about Shawn Eichorst. as Nebraska’s after seven sea- Former Ohio State coach No, you shouldn’t fire a That was about to change on a day sons, a scenario reminiscent of 11 years coach who has won that many games Eichorst made the boldest move an ath- ago, when was also let go after Duke coach letic director at Nebraska can make: He a 9-3 regular season capped by a dramatic Greg Schiano Absolutely, it was time fired the football coach. Black Friday victory. Former Rutgers coach for him to go “Let me say this: The people of Nebras- “It was a cordial, professional conversa- Kyle Whittingham I’m waiting to decide ka deserve not only high standards and tion,” Eichorst said at a Sunday afternoon Utah coach until they hire a new expectations, but they deserve our people news conference. “I like Bo. Bo’s a good coach and our teams to reach them,” Eichorst guy, a good coach. And at the end of the day, I think we both agreed it was best to Ask me again in two said. years His decision “crystallized” on Saturday go in different directions.” night, and by Sunday morning, Eichorst See PELINI, Page A2 Source: JournalStar.com

WHAT’S INSIDE WEATHER Epilogue: Into the frozen water, Advice ...... D3 Crosswords D3,D5 Births ...... B4 Movies ...... B3 a story of a lost brother and faith Business ...... A4 Obituaries ...... B4 26 9 Calendar ...... B3 Opinion ...... B5 Details, B6 By CINDY LANGE-KUBICK if they’d just pulled him from the water. Classified .D4,D6 Puzzles ...... D5 Lincoln Journal Star Sheila Abresch is a grandmother now, Comics ...... D2 Television ...... D3 This is what she remembers about Rex: retired and living in a townhouse in Lin- That he was adventurous. coln with her husband. That he was slender. On Dec. 2, 1956, her brother fell CONTACT US through the ice of a farm pond near the Courtesy Photo That he was tenderhearted. Delivery/subscription 877-760-6006

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