Well, here’s one big donor who isn’t happy about the ax given to Steve Pederson. Dan Cook said the University of Nebraska-Lincoln isn’t going to get another cent from him.
The 72-year-old’s family name adorns the Cook Pavilion practice field on campus.
When he heard Pederson was dismissed on Monday by Chancellor Harvey Perlman, it infuriated him.
“I know 99 percent of people are just elated,” Cook said. “I wish Nebraska nothing but the best. But they ain’t going to have me around. If they want to take my name off the building or take my plaque down, I don’t give a rat’s [censored]. I could care less. I don’t have time to go through the misery of people who make dumb mistakes.”
Cook said on Sunday that he felt both Pederson and Husker coach Bill Callahan should be given at least one more year to see what they can do.
He said he’d still come to games, but the Huskers are off the will.
“I hope they find new donor,” Cook said. “They’re going to need to find a new donor. I’m off the roster. Somebody asked me what it’d take to drive me away? I said, ‘I don’t know.’ Well, I just found out what it took to drive me away.”
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