Husker Football!

 Look, being a Nebraska football fan hasn't been easy the last few years. We really haven't been good since the turn of the century, but those 1962-1999 years were something to behold for a state of 2 million people. Five national titles, untold number of Big 8 titles, bowl games every year in Miami or Phoenix on New Years Day. It was glorious. And then reality caught up to the state of 2 million people. Its unsustainable. I accepted this years ago, but nobody else around here seems to agree. We have half the population of Iowa, who has two good teams. We are half the population of Kansas, who struggles yearly. And then there's us. Struggling for relevancy and unwilling to admit that the run is done.

We have brought in coaches who everybody thought would turn it around. Bo Pelini managed to right the ship to a consistent 9-3 but unfortunately, he was a madman, a ticking time bomb, a man who was ready to explode at all times. That gets old. And Bo was fired about 3 years too late. Who can forget his temper tantrum on the sideline at Texas A&M? His swinging of his hat and damn near hitting the official. The bitter speech about those "motherfuckers in the stands" booing him. His crazy speech after he was canned calling the AD a "cunt". Nobody needs that shit being the face of the program.

Bill Callahan was fresh off a Super Bowl loss and a player revolt when they fired Frank Solich. Yes, Hall of Fame coach Frank Solich. Well 58-17 wasn't good enough and Bill Callahan, NFL position coach, and failed Oakland Raider head coach was hired to bring the program up to date. No more of that option shit. We need a statue QB who throws a lot. That was a disastrous hire closed out by the worst defense in college football history (I mean come on 76-39 loss to Kansas).

Then came the Bo tirade. 

As always, we hire against form. From a Tom Osborne clone to an NFL coach. From an NFL coach to a college coach with anger problems. From a madman to a nice guy Mike Riley, a laid-back coach from the Pac 12 who treated his players as adults which was a total failure. Kids don't want to be adults and if given the chance they blow off training cuz it's harder than X Box. From nice guy Riley to hometown hero, Scott Frost, who had a bit of Bo in him. Bitter since he was booed in 1997, Frost thought he was in for life. What he was turned out to be was the worst football coach in Husker history. The 12-yard rumble of a slow Georgia Southern quarterback to beat us in Lincoln sealed Frost's fate. Then another hometown hero, Mickey Joseph, a former quarterback like Frost during the glory years. Unfortunately for him, he had a bit of Bo in him also in that he got arrested for domestic violence right before his interview for the head job.

Now we have Matt Rhule. Nice guy, blabbermouth, takes responsibility unlike Bo and Frost, but a total screwup when it comes to the Ps and Qs. His failure as NFL head coach (gee a pattern here?) got him the job here. Rhule is one of those everybody's family around here guys. In the NFL that's a joke. In college it is kind of nice at first, but it gets old when success eludes you. Rhule isn't going anywhere soon as his contract was extended earlier this season to keep him from going back home to Penn State (spoiler he was never going anywhere). So, mediocrity is the norm for the near future. 

And Husker fans, we better accept that. 6-6, 7-5 maybe an 8-4 on occasion. The games are just entertainment; they are not life. The quicker you realize that the happier you will be.

Go Big Red! Always. But I'm used to average now. And I've accepted it.