Letters

I will never understand how former athletic director Steve Pederson, a Nebraska boy with a Nebraska degree and experience working in the Nebraska program, would come in and completely destroy all that made Nebraska football the unique treasure that it is. His destruction of "the Nebraska way" is the equivalent of treason.
Michael Carnes, Omaha

To represent Osborne as a passive observer while Huskers football went down the tubes would be a mistake. There is a reason why former coach Bill Callahan accused Osborne of meddling with his team: It was true. Osborne and his donor friends undermined Pederson from the moment Osborne's handpicked successor, Frank Solich, was fired. Now we have a 71-year-old with no experience as an AD trying to lead the program into the 21st century. Osborne is not a sacred figure to all Nebraskans.
Ricky Lee Fulton, Omaha

Man in the Middle

I just wanted to point out something in the 1963 photo in which you identified Nebraska former coach Bob Devaney (far right) and then assistant Tom Osborne (background left). One of the players is Frank Solich (number 45, and inset), the coach who succeeded Osborne and coached the Huskers from 1998 to 2003.
Bob Norris, Lincoln, Neb.

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