LINCOLN, Neb. -- As punishment for its decades of unmatched prosperity, Nebraska football, at times it seems, is cursed to live on repeat mode the individual years and singular characteristics within the past 15 seasons devoid of a championship.
This year harkens to 2004, the first under a West Coast-imported coaching staff with an NFL background. The Huskers’ quarterback play in 2015 resembles a more recent time -- the era from 2010 to 2012 as Taylor Martinez shredded the school’s record book but won little of substance beyond a pair of division titles.