He arrived on campus here in January 2005 having never played meaningful snaps in front of a large college crowd, but still, the new Nebraska quarterback figured he at least had an inkling.
If a freshman year at Wake Forest and a breakout campaign at Butler County (Kansas) Community College didn’t prepare him for Memorial Stadium, then perhaps being raised in Big 12 country had.
“I grew up in Norman, Oklahoma, and had always been a big Sooners fan, so I had a pretty decent idea of what it would be like,” thought Taylor, who started 26 games for the Huskers and won Big 12 offensive player of the year honors in 2006.