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Osborne Set to Pick Pelini as Nebraska Coach

LSU coordinator gets the nod over former Husker hero Turner Gill

By Mike Buss,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 30, 2007 10:23 PM CST
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(Newser) – LSU defensive coordinator Bo Pelini will be named Nebraska's head football coach early next week, reports ESPN, citing multiple sources. Pelini has a tie to the Cornhuskers, for whom he was defensive coordinator in 2003. Pelini and University of Buffalo coach and former Husker QB Turner Gill reportedly were interim athletic director Tom Osborne's finalists to replace Bill Callahan, who was fired Saturday.

The announcement won't come until Monday, at the earliest, because Pelini has a prior commitment, with LSU playing in the SEC Championship game tomorrow against Tennessee. In addition to jobs at several major college programs, he also spent eight years in the NFL. He would actually take over for Osborne, who is currently on the recruiting trail as Nebraska's interim coach.

Buffalo's head coach Turner Gill appears on the sidelines during NCAA football action against Rutgers, Aug. 30, in Piscataway, N.J. ESPN is reporting that LSU defensive coordinator Bo Pelini has beaten Gill out for the job as Nebraska head football coach. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Buffalo's head coach Turner Gill appears on the sidelines during NCAA football action against Rutgers, Aug. 30, in Piscataway, N.J. ESPN is reporting that LSU defensive coordinator Bo Pelini has beaten...   (Associated Press)
Nebraska head coach Bill Callahan looks on during a game against Colorado in the fourth quarter of Colorado's 65-51 victory in a Big-12 Conference college football game in Boulder, Colo., in this Friday, Nov. 23, 2007, file photo. Callahan was fired as Nebraska's coach Saturday, his four-year stay marked by...
Nebraska head coach Bill Callahan looks on during a game against Colorado in the fourth quarter of Colorado's 65-51 victory in a Big-12 Conference college football game in Boulder, Colo., in this Friday,...   (Associated Press)
University of Nebraska interim Athletic Director Tom Osborne announces the firing of football coach Bill Callahan, at a news conference, in Lincoln, Neb., Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
University of Nebraska interim Athletic Director Tom Osborne announces the firing of football coach Bill Callahan, at a news conference, in Lincoln, Neb., Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)   (Associated Press)
Tom Osborne, Nebraska's interim athletic director, speaks in his Lincoln, Neb. office, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007. If Osborne wants Bill Callahan out as football coach, he'll probably have to fire him. Callahan said Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, he would not resign before the season ends, even if he were offered...
Tom Osborne, Nebraska's interim athletic director, speaks in his Lincoln, Neb. office, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007. If Osborne wants Bill Callahan out as football coach, he'll probably have to fire him....   (Associated Press)
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