Nebraska Sea of Red Blood Bath Begins - AD Steve Pederson FIRED!

Well the first blow has been struck, Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced this afternoon that Athletic Director Steve Pederson was relieved of his duties effective immediately and that a search was on to find an "interim" AD for the rest of this season and then to find a permanant one. According to Perlman, the actual decision to fire Pederson was made last week after the Missouri game, but that the announcement to do it was delayed so that the "team" could focus on the homecoming game against Oklahoma State. Yea that worked out fine didn't it. At least one prominate allumni was not happy with the decision. That person was Dan Cook a 72 year old booster for whom the Cook Pavilion practice field on campus is named for. According to Cook, "I know 99 percent of people are just elated," Cook said. "I wish Nebraska nothing but the best. But they ain't going to have me around. If they want to take my name off the building or take my plaque down, I don't give a rat's ass. I could care less. I don't have time to go through the misery of people who make dumb mistakes." Cook went on to say "I hope they find new donor," Cook said. "They're going to need to find a new donor. I'm off the roster. Somebody asked me what it'd take to drive me away? I said, 'I don't know.' Well, I just found out what it took to drive me away." Stay tuned as the "blood-letting" has just begun. WOW!!