Nebraska seems to be the living embodiment of the idea that a watched pot never boils. I suppose, then, that we all just need to look away for a few weeks and see what happens.
This is a good analogy, but I'd take it further. Nebraska is a pot that's watched in storage, much less when it's on the stove and in action. Ultimately, I think that's a net positive. The interest in NU football is the only thing that has kept it somewhat relevant over the past decade-ish, and that same interest really does set it apart from similar programs.
But it comes with a cost. Nebraska doesn't get to just quietly try to get better, and, when it's not, suffer in the shadows. Every action is consumed and analyzed. It makes Nebraska a unique job, and a good one, but it also has a unique hurdle some of its contemporaries might not.
When he called me I suggested that exact thing. He asked who I had in mind, and I said Mike Leach would be perfect, so find someone like him. He agreed this was a good idea.
Nebraska seems to be the living embodiment of the idea that a watched pot never boils. I suppose, then, that we all just need to look away for a few weeks and see what happens.
This is a good analogy, but I'd take it further. Nebraska is a pot that's watched in storage, much less when it's on the stove and in action. Ultimately, I think that's a net positive. The interest in NU football is the only thing that has kept it somewhat relevant over the past decade-ish, and that same interest really does set it apart from similar programs.
But it comes with a cost. Nebraska doesn't get to just quietly try to get better, and, when it's not, suffer in the shadows. Every action is consumed and analyzed. It makes Nebraska a unique job, and a good one, but it also has a unique hurdle some of its contemporaries might not.
If the B1G was a fish tank, the Huskers would be a plecostomus.
Have the coaches used the word "elite" less as the season has unraveled vs earlier in the season when the wins were coming?
These last three games might be the most confusing stretch of football I've ever seen from this program, and that's saying something
Here's an idea; go find an Air Raid / Mike Leach protege to get closer to a Sid Gillman / Al Davis offensive style
More on that coming tomorrow.
When he called me I suggested that exact thing. He asked who I had in mind, and I said Mike Leach would be perfect, so find someone like him. He agreed this was a good idea.