Saunders Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Quote Matt Rhule experienced the lingering power of the Nebraska brand during his three-year run as the head coach at Baylor, when assistants bearing the school logo would gain entry to some of the top programs and best prospects in Texas nearly a generation after the program’s last breath of national relevance. "The Nebraska ‘N’ means something," Rhule told USA TODAY Sports. "It means something across the world." For a self-described "developmental coach" known for his building and rebuilding projects at Temple and with the Bears, Rhule’s decision to become the Cornhuskers’ next coach represents a dramatic leap into one of the most high-pressure, well-resourced positions in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Multiple attempts at replicating the program’s decades-long run as college football royalty have yielded increasingly bigger misfires, none more painful than the recent four-plus seasons under former coach Scott Frost. The school’s search for Frost’s replacement zeroed in on Rhule, who was fired in October by the Carolina Panthers less than midway through his third season. Now, for the first time as a college head coach, Rhule has taken the reins of a program with three coveted assets: an extensive support system, a rich history and immense expectations. After the bitter disappointment of the five-season Frost era, these expectations have roared back to life in the past six months. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/bigten/2023/05/23/matt-rhule-nebraskas-rejoin-college-footballs-elite/70172537007/ 2 Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 Quote No fact can sum up the program's recent plunge better than this: Nebraska will head into this season as the only Power Five program to have not reached at least one bowl game since 2016. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Quote No fact can sum up the program's recent plunge better than this: Nebraska will head into this season as the only Power Five program to have not reached at least one bowl game since 2016. It's still hard to fathom that this is our reality. We once held the record bowl streak at 35 straight seasons. Every time something happened and it felt like rock bottom, we were still able to dig a deeper pit. 2 Quote Link to comment
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