Actually Solich came there in 2005. A little back ground on Solich when he was at a little school known as Nebraska. He was unable to live up to the lofty expectations following Osborne retiring.
This is a little info from his time at Nebraska.
Solich directed the Huskers to six consecutive
bowl games, including his
2001 squad, which started 11–0 but was beaten by Colorado 62–36 in the last regular season game. Despite that loss and failing to qualify for the Big 12 championship game, the Huskers still made it into the national championship game (ahead of #3 Colorado and #2 Oregon) in the
Rose Bowl against Miami. Nebraska was beaten 37–14. Solich did win at least nine games in five of those six seasons, and finished among the top 10 teams in the nation three times. Solich compiled a 58–19 record (.753) at Nebraska.
Solich's
1999 Huskers defeated the
Texas Longhorns for the
Big 12 championship. Solich was named the
Big 12 Coach of the Year in 1999 and 2001, and was one of seven finalists for the
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award in 2001.
For the first five years as head coach, Solich served as his own
offensive coordinator, as Osborne had for most of his tenure. His offenses centered on the
option. He also utilized such plays as the
Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass which became a highlight of
Eric Crouch's
Heisman Trophy-winning season in 2001.
The Huskers slumped to 7–7 in
2002. He gave up offensive play-calling duties to newly hired offensive coordinator
Barney Cotton and brought in
Bo Pelini, the linebackers coach for the
Green Bay Packers, as
defensive coordinator.
2003 began with Nebraska starting out 5–0, but suffered three key losses later in the year: 41–24 to
Missouri, 31–7 to
Texas and 38–9 to
Kansas State. After winning the final game of the regular season, Solich was fired by new
athletic director Steve Pederson.
Solich's 58 wins during his first six seasons as Nebraska's head coach exceeded those of his predecessors,
Bob Devaney (53 wins) and Osborne (55 wins), both of whom are in the
College Football Hall of Fame.
[2] But Solich won only one Big 12 North title and conference championship in six seasons and had a 1–9 record on the road against ranked teams (0–9 in conference play), and the team had a drop-off in offensive production.
Of course after all of that I do want to make sure we are talking about the same conference that we won 5 out 6 straight championships while a member before moving to CUSA? Just making sure it's the same one they have never won and are still happy and expectations are being met.
