Call it a prelude to normalcy. Or at least something closer to normalcy.
It was awfully nice to see Nebraska football fans back in Memorial Stadium.
The last time we saw an appreciable number of fans in the stands, Husker coach Scott Frost was juggling his quarterbacks — Adrian Martinez and some speedy little guy named Luke McCaffrey — late in a three-point loss to Iowa to end the 2019 season. The Hawkeyes' kicker, Keith Duncan, blew kisses to the Husker sideline after making a game-winning field goal. Frost's crew finished the season 5-7, then went 3-5 in last season's pandemic world.