1 – There’s a bit of restlessness but I believe that it comes from the extreme. After winning so much for years under Tom Osborne, there’s a certain amount of wishful thinking in that it was supposed to come back just because he did (although in a different role as athletic director). The Missouri game was hard to take because we weren’t very competitive.

The vast majority of Husker fans know that Husker football was screwed up badly under Pederson/Callahan, and that it will take time to get back to winning.

2 – Hahahaha. Current offensive scheme……. well, the keyword coming into the season was ‘multiple", the idea being that we would be able to do a lot of different things on offense. One area that was emphasized was getting back to a physically dominant run game. Unfortunately, what we’ve discovered is that our offensive line is not capable of being physically dominant when running the ball, i.e., we cannot run heavy sets and be successful. We tried that during the Missouri game and we got crushed, so the coaches have changed it up and started going with a round hole/round peg thing that works much better.

So, here’s the deal. We still vary the offense quite a bit, but we have been very successful in spreading the field and using ball control type passes to gain 4-6 yards a play. We’ll run spread options from time to time, and we’ll run off play-action, but the key is that we’ll be using more 10 personnel than 12 personnel.

One key thing here – Nebraska has done very well with the middle screen and Marlon Lucky against blitzing teams. The right call at the right time and we’re off to the races.

3. Ndamukong Suh. Most people can’t pronounce it either, so just go with “Sue”. He’s a nose tackle. He’s seemed to have shaken off the Callahan/Cosgrove hangover that still looms over other players from time to time.

4. I’m older than most posters, but yes, I miss Oklahoma dearly, mostly because it was a lot of fun to hate you guys. I hated Barry Switzer, but it was a joyous hate. Barry Switzer was a fun guy. It’s more than just missing the old days when we were really good, the vast majority of those games were between giants and it was great football. Two of the greatest coaches ever – I mean, holy cow, you’d have to not have a pulse to not miss that.

“Rivalry” is a huge questions for Nebraskans, so much that when I wrote a Husker preview book last year, we dedicated a chapter to rivalries. Whether or not we now have a true rival has been an issue of discussion at Corn Nation.

Good luck the rest of the way!