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Steven M. Sipple: Frost gets steal in hire of Bill Busch; three former Huskers tell you why

Bill Busch went to work Tuesday morning for the first time in his new role as a defensive analyst for the Nebraska football program.

Technically speaking, he's not an on-field coach in this role, although he can help implement schemes and be in meetings.

But don't get too caught up in the details here. Husker head coach Scott Frost got a steal with this hire.

"I don't think the title tells you a whole lot about the kind of contribution he's likely to make," said Brandon Rigoni, vice president of business development at Lincoln Industries and an excellent special-teams player for Nebraska as a letterman from 2004-06, when Busch was in charge of those units.