At least now we know last week's firing of Nebraska football coach was premeditated.How else could you explain the le s-than-five-day turnaround before bringing in from Oregon State, a move that left many Nebraska fans asking the same question as in E'Twaun Moore Jersey Lincoln.EXCELLENT HIRE, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION WHO IS MIKE RILEY Fake Bo Pelini (@FauxPelini) Apparently a lot of people were confused, since news spread that .Mike Riley replaces Bo Pelini at Nebraska (Getty Images)MORE: | | True is, Nebraska athletic director is asking a lot Big Red fan this time.He's asking them not to judge a 61-year-old Josh Hart Jersey coach on wins and lo ses after ditching a 46-year-old coach who won at least nine games each of the past seven seasons. Riley won nine games four times in 14 seasons between two stints at Oregon State.Eichorst is asking them to disregard this tweet:Mike Riley is older than Tom Osborne at the age he retired. Mitch Sherman (@mitchsherman) He's asking them to have an open mind about Riley's pro-style offense, which seems to be the go-between of Osborne's I-form option attack and the zone read stuff Pelini ran the past seven seasons. Nebraska was 15th in the nation in scoring offense in averaging 37.4 points Jordan Crawford Jersey . Oregon State, even with prolific quarterback Sean Mannion, averaged 25.7 points per game.Eichorst is asking Cornhuskers fans not to draw the parallel to , who in 2003 replaced after a 9-3 season. over three seasons with the NFL's San Diego Chargers. Callahan also had NFL roots and sought to revamp Nebraska's offense. It resulted in 27-22 record after four seasons.Eichorst is asking Big Red fans not to ask the question: "Did we really just make the same mistake twice?"He's asking for patience from a program itching for its first Big Ten championship and desperate to relive its 1994-97 glory run, during which Nebraska won three national championships and went 49-2.Pelini was 9-16 against ranked teams since 2008. Riley is 8-23 in the same stretch. That's not better.Eichorst is asking all that in the shadow of Pelini, who is bound to catch on somewhere and will be Zion Williamson Jersey forever linked to Riley no matter what the future holds.He's asking that you trust the switch from a red-faced screamer to a laid-back players coach, even though several of those players met for a farewell with that red-faced screamer at a local high school Tuesday night.Eichorst is asking them not to ask why rumored candidates Scott Frost, Bret Bielema and even Jim Tre sel weren't pursued further.So Nebraska fans have the right to ask a few questions back.Will harmony between administration and coaches produce a predetermined bar of nine wins per season? Is Riley about to show us all he really is a good coach who thrived with limited resources at Corvallis?Or is this just another forgettable four-year term waiting to happen?Is Nebraska really better off without Pelini and his world-famous fake Twitter account JJ Redick Jersey ?Fake Bo Pelini will have a ton of questions. Is Riley the guy to answer them?