Sure, coaching a high-level college or pro football team is a tough job, but give me a break. Even I could suit up a team to get beat 70-10. Callahan has his work cut out for him. Supporting a new pass-oriented system at old-school Nebraska takes a big leap of faith from fans, and you can bet there are Husker fans cursing Callahan and his fancy-pants passing game right now. Remember, Nebraska fired Frank Solich after an 8-3 season. Now Big Red fans have had the pleasure of losses to Southern Miss and Texas Tech, two schools that had never beaten Nebraska before. Better get an extra bodyguard around town this week, Coach.

It’s not impossible that some crazy kook could do something out of control after such a stunning loss. Ask Bill Curry, who had a brick thrown through his window the night after his Alabama team got beat on Homecoming by Ole Miss on the day the Bear Bryant Museum was officially opened. Great time to lose one, Coach.

Callahan can’t be the only coach feeling the heat this week, though. Dave Wannstedt might as well dust up the ol’ resume. How this man continues to be employed as an NFL head coach is beyond me, but I have a feeling it’s a situation that’s not likely to continue for long.

Our tidbit from the Comic Ineptitude Department comes to us this week from Wannstedt’s Dolphins. Condolences to those of you who had Miami to cover against New England last week. It takes a special something to squander three fourth-quarter Red Zone chances and come away without one single point, and Dave’s Boys possess whatever that something is.

Here’s how bad the Dolphins were. One three trips inside the Patriot 20 in the fourth quarter, Miami lost 17 yards on the ground and completed 1 of 5 passes for six yards. To really rub salt in the wound, New England injured both Dolphin quarterbacks on the same series. The first time, the Dolphins lost five yards on a run before Jay Fiedler threw incomplete twice to turn the ball over on downs. Later, Fiedler worked his way down to the 11-yard line before tossing four consecutive incompletions, and the Dolphins were whistled for a delay of game penalty on 4th and 10. The real kick in the pants came at the game’s end, though, when any Miami score would have covered the 13-point spread. Fiedler hit Marty Booker for 45 yards to the Patriot 1-yard line. Surely the Fins could score from there, right? Not even close. Fiedler was stuffed on a sneak before being sacked for minus-12 yards and getting injured when his head smacked the ground. On comes Jay Feeley, who completes a 6-yard pass before throwing incomplete on fourth dawn and sustaining his own injury. What a ridiculous finish. The scoreboard operator may as well not even show up for the Dolphins-Ravens game later this season.

That’s it for this week, Sports Fans. I’m off to count my week’s winnings, thanks to nail-biter winners LSU and San Francisco. How sweet it is when the bounces go your way.