My opening blurb under the headline of last week’s article was:
“And the time for patience begins.”
Boy, has it.
When Matt Rhule was hired as coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, we knew in our gut a rebuild was coming. Rhule was not going to roll in and win 9-10 games on the power of spring and fall practice and conditioning. A .500 or slightly over record and a bowl game were likely going to be the pinnacle.
And that was before we lost the starting QB, the top two RB’s, a backup CB, a starting WR for the season as well as another WR expected to get major playing time who quit the team and a left tackle who is on the depth chart but obviously a long way from his pre-injury self.