Okay, I listened to the podcast with Bo Pelini and one of his former players talking for over an hour. No tough questions or anything like that, the microphone pickup was spotty, and the delivery and body language was sub par. Some of the highlights:
- Pelini's teams had the highest GPAs of any time at Nebraska (keep in mind this is at Nebraska), he would keep track of players attendance and call kids out at team meetings if they missed classes. He would visit the bars around Lincoln and set some of them as off limits to his players. Nebby had fewer kids getting in trouble compared to other football schools in his time there.
- His win and loss record was a success. Better than the guy before him, or the two guys after him. Only a couple other guys had better records during his time as a FBS head coach.
- Recruiting was tough, he had to cast a wide net across several states. Some of their best players were not offered by big schools or they couldn't play the position they wanted to or were too small. They could get guys being recruited by a South Florida or AAC level team but not any guys offered by the big schools.
- The other host of the podcast played for Rich Rod and Brady Hoke at Michigan, and the fan base already wanted Harbaugh there the whole time after Lloyd Carr left, and Harbaugh is finding out that winning 9 or 10 games a year is tough even at Michigan.