Even if it's only half-right
On Bill Moos's book excerpts and Nebraska's singularity.
The first and only time I got to interview Bill Moos one-on-one, he told me liked “sizzle.” This was about two-thirds of the way through a 15-minute interview, and it did not really need to be said. It was already clear that Nebraska’s new athletic director, then just recently hired, was motivated more by buzz, headlines, making a splash…sizzle…than other things you might expect to be near the top of an AD’s list. That was his style, and it had worked well enough to land him in Lincoln.
Moos has had a sizzling week as excerpts of his new, self-published1 book, The Crab Creek Chronicles, have made the Nebraska media rounds. I haven’t read the book as the salacious Nebraska bits seemed to have been summarized and distributed before I even knew it existed. Reluctantly, I guess, we have to discuss what Moss writes about his nearly four years leading the Husker athletic department.
His version, of course, is only half the story, an unopposed viewpoint, but if only half of what he writes is accurate, it’s still potentially illuminating.
