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Steven M. Sipple: Nebraska fans shouldn't be overly picky at this point: 'Just win, baby'

Nebraska head coach Scott Frost looks towards the video board during a break in the action against Colorado in the second quarter last week at Folsom Field.

FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR

That’ll forever be the case in the context of program resources, support and expectations.

So, if normalcy prevails Saturday night, the Huskers will have their second win in the bag entering Big Ten play.

It’s difficult to forget Sept. 16, 2017. That’s when all hell broke loose on Stadium Drive. Northern Illinois upset Nebraska 21-17, Husker athletic director Shawn Eichorst materialized in the postgame media scrum (before being fired five days later), and Mike Riley's program began taking on serious water before sinking at season's end.