The hallways at Memorial Stadium still talk to John Parrella.
On the ground floor of the building that has housed Nebraska football for more than nine decades, many of the walls, floors and ceilings have been refurbished or built anew since Parrella left the Cornhuskers in 1993 for a 12-year NFL career.
But the message from inside that space remains for the former walk-on turned co-captain.
“When you walk down those halls,” Parrella said, “you can see the history, and you can hear the future. You can feel that greatness is going to happen again.”
An ultra-sensory experience greeted Parrella, coaching at the high school, junior-college and Division-II levels since 2008, upon his return last month to interview for the Nebraska defensive-line coaching job.