While Nebraska's Bo Pelini figures he'll encounter several new challenges as a first-time head coach, the 39-year-old said he has the built-in advantage of having Tom Osborne as his interim athletics director. During his 25 seasons as Nebraska's head coach, all Osborne did was record 255 victories and win three national titles, never failing to produce at least nine wins and take his team to a bowl game.

Pelini said Osborne has provided him with a lot of insight about what has been going on at Nebraska, which just completed a 5-7 season, and what needs to occur in the short term to get the program turned around.

"I think that's one of the advantages that I have is I'm going to be working as a first-time head coach under a legend, who’s going to be right there and somebody I can lean on and ask questions of," Pelini said of Osborne. "Because one thing I understand is that in this business and really anything you do in life, you never really have it all figured out.

"The first time you do something, there are going to be things that come up that you're not sure of. Having Coach Osborne here and being the athletic director and being able to draw on his experience and his knowledge will do nothing but benefit me."

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