Nebraska football’s final scores in 2021 didn‘t tell the whole story, and the ‘close’ narrative undersells the revamping that began last November.
The 2021 Nebraska football team was not “close.”
They were nowhere close to contending in a mediocre division, nor were they even that close to a bowl game.
Yes, you can look at the individual games and see that eight of the nine losses were by 8 points or less. But let’s broaden our scope to the big picture.
In the big picture, the 2021 Huskers were not “close” to anything positive.
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Dave Feit: The Fallacy of ‘Close’