Mike Ekeler has returned to Nebraska again and it just felt like a turn of the page instead of fifteen years as he strode to take his place at the Hawks press room podium Tuesday. Sure, I guess I noticed a few more lines on his face compared to his first days in Lincoln as an in his mid-30’s walking nuclear power plant who had just become Nebraska’s linebackers’ coach for Bo Pelini. Yes, the guy who, both on practice film and actual games could be seen doing his best to get planted four feet into the turf as an occasional flying hip check with a 4-star linebacker went south.
HUSKERS Special Teams Coach Mike Ekeler: “We’ll Talk With Our Damn Pads.”
