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Bob Stoops:
Coach Bob Stoops of top-ranked Oklahoma called Solich "a great coach."
"He's got a long track record there, and a lot of success," Stoops said. "He was just in a (national) championship game two years ago.
"I think a lot of Frank and his staff. Sometimes when you make some changes, it takes a year or so for everything to take effect. It seems like they're on the way to doing that."
Mack Brown:
Texas Coach Mack Brown, no stranger to coaching-change rumors himself, said he doesn't believe talk that Solich is on the hot seat.
"Nebraska is one of the classiest places in the country," Brown said. "Frank Solich is doing a great job. They don't cheat. They graduate players. His guys play hard for him."
Late-season losses at big-time programs, Brown said, often stir unfounded scuttlebutt about changes.
"Frank has been so loyal to Nebraska for so many years," Brown said, "that I think we're talking about rumors."
Bill Snyder:
Kansas State Coach Bill Snyder, the dean of Big 12 coaches in his 15th year, said discussion about Solich's job security is difficult to comprehend.
"Frank has meant so much to the University of Nebraska over the years," Snyder said. "I think he's probably the winningest coach or right at the top of the winningest coaches in the conference, and in the nation.
"So I'm hard-pressed to see that that's anything more than just a rumor."
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