[JeffInCorvallis]

Riley's overachieved with the talent that he has had at OSU.  He is a good coach and he is genuinely a great guy.  OSU doesn't have the money, facilities, or weather to compete for the athletes that other Pac-12 schools can routinely recruit.  Most galling for Beaver fans has been the rise to national prominence of the Ducks, just 50 miles down the road.

There's been a lot of murmuring about how Riley can't get OSU to the next level and maybe he's lost his touch.  I think he just got fed up the griping, realized he's unlikely to win a conference championship at OSU, and made it known that he'd seriously consider a good offer if it came along.  Nebraska isn't what it once was, but still, for a college coach it would be tough to turn down an offer from a storied program.  He's likely getting a nice pay raise as well.  My guess he's only going to coach about 5 more years.

Unlike the consensus here, I think he'll do well at Nebraska, if by "well" you mean 9 or 10 wins and occasionally playing in the conf championship game.  Most college programs would be ecstatic about that but given the recent history of coaches in Lincoln I'm not so sure.

And I did see that comment about Corvallis being the armpit of the Pac-12.  I can see you've never been to Pullman.

[JeffInCorvallis]

Riley's overachieved with the talent that he has had at OSU.  He is a good coach and he is genuinely a great guy.  OSU doesn't have the money, facilities, or weather to compete for the athletes that other Pac-12 schools can routinely recruit.  Most galling for Beaver fans has been the rise to national prominence of the Ducks, just 50 miles down the road.

There's been a lot of murmuring about how Riley can't get OSU to the next level and maybe he's lost his touch.  I think he just got fed up the griping, realized he's unlikely to win a conference championship at OSU, and made it known that he'd seriously consider a good offer if it came along.  Nebraska isn't what it once was, but still, for a college coach it would be tough to turn down an offer from a storied program.  He's likely getting a nice pay raise as well.  My guess he's only going to coach about 5 more years.

Unlike the consensus here, I think he'll do well at Nebraska, if by "well" you mean 9 or 10 wins and occasionally playing in the conf championship game.  Most college programs would be ecstatic about that but given the recent history of coaches in Lincoln I'm not so sure.

And I did see that comment about Corvallis being the armpit of the Pac-12.  I can see you've never been to Pullman.