ESPN Knows it's Bo?

The Worldwide Leader is reporting that Bo Pelini will be the next head coach at Nebraska.

According to their source "close to the situation," Pelini could be in Lincoln on Monday for an announcement.

Interesting timing considering it's the eve of the SEC title game but this does seem to jibe with both the timeline of the past week and everything we've been hearing thus far.

Personally, I've vacillated on Pelini. During this past season he represented the antithesis of Callahan, I would've loved to have had him then but once the coaching search was officially on, I wondered if he was "the best available".

Now I think Pelini's biggest knock--no head coaching experience--might be his biggest asset. Bo will have a lot to prove and a lot of support. Nothing bad about that. Somebody was going to take a shot with the guy and now that somebody is reportedly going to be Nebraska. Whenever I daydreamed about Callahan's successor the one thing I kept coming back to was the desire for a passionate individual who was looking to make a splash.

That description fits Pelini and let's face it, nobody knows how any coach will pan out two or three years down the road. There's only faith.

I can have faith in Pelini.

More to come as there's more the be said...