Works fine, except in producing more W's than L's

Don't blame Curly.

Don't blame Mo.

Hey, blame Cosgrove. Show him the . . . D'OH!

SORRY, BILL CALLAHAN. You and all your Stooges -- most especially the one who runs the Nebraska defense -- are about to be shown the door. From the Omaha World-Herald:

Looking for reasons why Nebraska's football season hit the skids in early October and now stands with a losing record heading into its last regular season game?

Don't blame the offense, Bill Callahan says.

The Nebraska coach used the success of backup quarterback Joe Ganz for what he called proof of development and coaching and a system that works.

"Everybody is very critical of myself about how our offense is too complicated, and it's too pro-like, and it's this and it's that," Callahan said Monday. "But the fact remains that numbers don't lie and the production doesn't lie and the performance of these players doesn't lie. It's there. It's all out there."

Despite records of 5-6 overall and 2-5 in the Big 12, Nebraska ranks No. 18 nationally in total offense (455.4 yards per game), No. 12 in passing offense (309.3) and No. 36 in scoring offense (31.8 points).

"It's kind of a testament that this system works," Callahan said. "It worked last year, it worked the year before and it continues to put up high and impressive numbers."

Callahan talked extensively about offense in his weekly segment of the Big 12 teleconference. It started a bye week for the Huskers, who conclude their regular-season schedule at Colorado on Nov. 23.

Ganz on Monday was named Big 12 offensive player of the week for his school-record 510 passing yards and seven touchdowns in the 73-31 rout of Kansas State — the Huskers' fourth straight game, and seventh overall, with better than 400 yards of total offense.

"He's a product of the system," Callahan said of Ganz. "This is a player that we've developed and you could see his development ooze all over the field on Saturday."

Callahan took it a step further later, speaking emphatically about what he believes he has built offensively in his four seasons at NU.

"We took a guy from a junior college and developed him into the conference player of the year in Zac Taylor," Callahan said. "We took a guy that transferred, Sam Keller, that was on schedule and on pace to break every record around here. And then we insert the third guy within a two-year period of time that throws for seven touchdowns . . . and throws for over 500 yards.

"I mean, that's development. That's coaching. That's system. Those are things that mean a great deal to a program."

OK, so the Husker offense works better than the defense, which doesn't work at all. Just because Callahan might be something less of a tactical screw-up than his buddy (and defensive coordinator) Kevin Cosgrove, that doesn't mean he gets to keep his job thanks to the Bell Curve.

Callahan's West Coast offense probably does work pretty well. Or maybe not. Who knows?

But we all are absolutely sure of one thing: Callahan's football team doesn't work very well at all according to Scoreboard Metrics.

Bye, Bill.