Bill Callahan calls Tom Osborne a “f—”

The situation in Nebraska just keeps getting better.

A Nebraska student has written a book about the history of the football program. He had help from a former trainer, Doak Ostergard. Ostergard provided some juicy stories, some of which were excerpted in the Daily Nebraskan yesterday.

Ostergard told a story of Callahan being upset with Osborne after a phone call between the two men. Callahan accused then congressman Osborne of “trying to run things from Washington.” The last thing Nebraska needs is those fat cats in Washington telling them what to do! He then referred to Osborne as “that crusty old f—.”

‘Can’t you see that man is a n—?’

Callahan didn’t limit his insults to Osborne. He also didn’t much care for the local newspapers according to Ostergard.

“F-ing people need to get a life,” Callahan said after reading a newspaper story. “Why don’t they go read a book or get lost in the Sandhills? I’m going to get me a real newspaper. I’m going to read the New York Times.”

One should seldom refer favorably to the New York Times in Nebraska.

But Callahan doesn’t harbor any ill will toward Ostergard.

“I think he’s a fine man,” said Callahan. “We wish him the best.”

“F—.”