by Michelle Richardson

Pelini shown the door at Nebraska: To be honest I’m torn by the decision that Cornhuskers Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst’s made to fire head coach Bo Pelini who had brought back success. Pelini leaves Nebraska with a record of 9-3 (5-3 in the Big 10). This is the most success they’ve had since former head coach Tom Osborne left.

I also understand why too Pelini was really never a good fit even though he was a good coach, he’s one of those Youngstown boys he’s an Ohio guy. He was good but Nebraska just didn’t fit well with him. The players are not generally happy about this. Don’t think Pelini won’t get another job.
It was time for the Cornhuskers to go another direction but Pelini didn’t do a horrible job.

Pelini kept the Cornhuskers relevant there’s something more going on that’s not being talked about internally in Nebraska. This is kind of leading to their struggle, Pelini always had the team in the hunt and they have always been competitive under him. I honestly wish him luck and there will be a lot teams wanting to interview him.

BYU (8-4) 42 vs. Cal (5-7) 35 no bowl for Cal: The blame for this loss lays at the feet of Cal and going cheap in looking for a head coach. You want to be in the big time but you don’t want to spend the money on a big time coach. Cal head coach Sonny Dykes did a great job at Louisiana Tech but he was not ready to come to Berkeley or the Pac 12.

Dykes definitely wasn’t ready for the Pac 12, Cal is just a laughing stock of the Pac 12. They really are and Dykes is not the right fit. Basically when he was hired he was another guy who not ready to make that jump. Cal needs to decide if they want to be competitive or not and I can understand if you have student athletes who have bad academics blah, blah, blah.

The school is trying to become competitive, the Pac 12 is trying to become part of the Big Five. Cal is going to have to spend the money to get the right coach. If I were running Cal I would be looking to hire a coach who is coming from an NFL system and what I mean by an NFL system I mean coming from the NFL. Simply put Dykes is not a good fit for Cal football and now the team is going to miss their second straight bowl game opportunity.

Women’s top rated basketball teams: The AP Poll has rated South Carolina as the top women’s team in the country and the USA Today poll has rated Notre Dame as the number one rated women’s team for this week. I’ll be honest with you South Carolina should be number one in the USA Today poll too. This is a team to beat do not drink the Kool Aid on UConn.

South Carolina and head coach Dawn Staley their time has come and So Carolina is the team to beat but that’s why they play the game. All I know is everything I see from South Carolina Staley has molded this team and she is getting the best and the brightest. She has got the number one blue chipper in the country who is also a native of South Carolina.

The AP top ten is South Carolina, Notre Dame, UConn, Tennessee, Stanford, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Duke, Kentucky and Maryland. Maryland just got knocked off this week they might not be in the top ten for long but maybe this is why their in the top ten right now. Just note that this is going to be a great season for the Gamecocks women. Their definitely going to earn their stripes.

Michelle Richardson does NCAA Commentary each week on http://www.sportsradioservice.com