Reports: Nebraska receives permission to talk to Kelly
News Record Sports
Issue date: 11/28/07 Section: Sports
According to bearcatlair.com and James Farmer of bearcatinsider.com, University of Nebraska officials have asked and been granted permission to speak with University of Cincinnati head football coach Brian Kelly about its head coaching vacancy.
A member of the UC Department of Athletics could neither confirm nor deny the reports when contacted.
Prior to UC's game vs. Syracuse Saturday, Nov. 24, Kelly would not address the speculation of him leaving for another job, telling Bill Kock of The Cincinnati Enquirer "Job speculation and all those things, we've got plenty of time to do that after this weekend." Those comments were published in the Nov. 20 edition of The Enquirer.
However, following UC's victory over Syracuse, the Department of Athletics sent out a release on Monday, Nov. 26, stating, "Director of Athletics Mike Thomas and head football coach Brian Kelly will not be commenting on any active football coaching searches or the status of Kelly's contract at the University of Cincinnati."
Kelly just finished his first season as head coach at UC posting a 9-3 regular season record, and is awaiting word on which bowl game they will play in.
A member of the UC Department of Athletics could neither confirm nor deny the reports when contacted.
Prior to UC's game vs. Syracuse Saturday, Nov. 24, Kelly would not address the speculation of him leaving for another job, telling Bill Kock of The Cincinnati Enquirer "Job speculation and all those things, we've got plenty of time to do that after this weekend." Those comments were published in the Nov. 20 edition of The Enquirer.
However, following UC's victory over Syracuse, the Department of Athletics sent out a release on Monday, Nov. 26, stating, "Director of Athletics Mike Thomas and head football coach Brian Kelly will not be commenting on any active football coaching searches or the status of Kelly's contract at the University of Cincinnati."
Kelly just finished his first season as head coach at UC posting a 9-3 regular season record, and is awaiting word on which bowl game they will play in.
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dubz
posted 11/28/07 @ 12:26 AM EST
lame. it's also pretty lame that we'll probably get the papa johns bowl with a team that has 3 losses in the C-USA alone. WEAK
Bleed Husker Red
posted 11/28/07 @ 4:21 AM EST
Lame? I wish we would have had a decent coach like Cincinnati has. Would have liked to have a 9 and 3 record too. Lame? I don't think so...our season, now that was lame. (Continued…)
husker27
posted 11/28/07 @ 9:10 AM EST
No, we had bad AD who made that call. He got the axe and now we are going to clean things up and hopefully get back to where we belong. A lot of people weren't sorry to see Solich go but all had issues with the way it was done. (Continued…)
Hoopla
posted 11/28/07 @ 12:21 PM EST
I would like to know how James Farmer knows about the Cinni AD's office being contacted by NU to speak with Kelly. That seems like a bit of a stretch to me. (Continued…)
goodbar
posted 11/28/07 @ 4:08 PM EST
I wouldn't get too wrapped up in the 9-3 first year record, Kelly is working off of the momentum Mark Dantonio built at UC. Plus the guy's personality is a liability. (Continued…)
Brian Kelly eats rainbows
posted 11/28/07 @ 4:27 PM EST
I think Brian Kelly will rule with an iron fist and will bring furry like zeus once he arrives in Lincoln!! I mean this guy is all about class and integrity. (Continued…)
NancysBadOther
posted 11/28/07 @ 9:32 PM EST
I am still surprised that there are Husker fans that don't know the REAL reason why FrankS was let go. I sure hope that the good people of Ohio don't find out, as he is still coaching in that state. (Continued…)
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