To circle back to the original post/article... The national guys don't seem to be sold on what NU is doing right now. Sure, there's recruiting hype, but NU still needs to win games. I've been surprised at how many of the guys I read/listen to were so lukewarm on the Diaco hire. Maybe that trepidation on behalf of the media is what lead to the initial Vegas predictions of 6-7 wins. And make no mistake, a 6 or 7 win season is a massive failure.
On that note, I'm waiting for all the rest of the pre-season previews to come out... but it's not looking pretty so far. If I had to bet right now, we're going to be predictied to finish in the 3-4 range in our division, which is pretty bad.
So, it's not just Mavric, or me, or any of the others here who aren't full of sunshine, being pessimists. I guarantee that every person on this board wants to see NU succeed. It seems that nobody outside the state of Nebraska believes in NU. And right now, all we as fans have to go on is hope, which is the same thing we've been doing for nearly 2 decades. At some point, reality starts to kick in.