Tommie Frazier calls for sweeping changes on Nebraska’s defensive staff

As hard as Nebraska’s soul-crushing loss to UCLA was on its fans, it was just as hard or harder on former Cornhusker players. Well, at least one ex-Husker.

Following a loss that saw NU jump out to a 21-3 lead only to see the Bruins score the final 38 points of the game, Tommie Frazier, voted into the College Football Hall of Fame earlier this year, could not hide his disdain over the outcome. Specifically, the former Huskers quarterback ripped into a defense that doesn’t even remotely the fabled Blackshirts to which Frazier and other are accustomed.

In a lengthy tweet posted to his Twitter account via TwitLonger, Frazier called for sweeping changes on Bo Pelini‘s defensive staff.

“After letting it sink in for about 4 hours I [am] still struggling. It’s time to get rid of the defensive play caller, the Dc, lb dl and db coaches. I hate saying this but this crap is getting old. How in the hell do you not make adjustments or put your players in the position to compete? If this is what is going to happen for the remainder of the season, count me out. I don’t care if we lose a game but the way we are losing is just not what #Nebraska fans deserve. I have fought, bled, and cried over this program. I didn’t do all that for the program to become what it has today. Time for change!”

The Huskers allowed 500 yards of offense Saturday night, two weeks after allowing 602 in a three-point win over Wyoming. Over the past five games -- three of them losses -- Nebraska has given up an average of just over 40 points per game.

It’s highly unlikely Pelini agrees with the school legend’s assessment let alone takes the firing tack he recommends. When a former player like Frazier starts rebuking specific coaches in such a public manner, however, it suggests the unhappiness in Lincoln over the current state of the program goes much deeper than initially thought.