This is the Husker football season where nothing is to be taken for granted, and so even as everyone lost their wits in celebration around him, Mark Banker gave it a few extra beats. Let’s … make … sure … here.
“I’d be lying if I thought there wouldn’t be a second left,” NU’s defensive coordinator said with a laugh.
So it was not just joy, but also relief, prevalent in the Husker camp after Nebraska’s 39-38 win over seventh-ranked Michigan State.
What any coach worries about when his team has suffered the losses Nebraska has is that at some point the interest will wane, or as Mike Riley put it, “people will lose hope, stop working, kind of start losing that identity.