This past week I took a few minutes and made a list of everything that could be wrong with Nebraska football. This is not a list of what I think is wrong, but a comprehensive list of possibilities. I loaded up a piece of mindmapping software and did a "brainstorm", and below is what I came up with. (Were we engaged in politics or talk radio, each one of these items might be considered "talking points.")
List making is a normal approach to problem solving. When confronted with a network failure, for example, I typically start by making a list of all possible causes, even if some sound ridiculous.