I want to know: who put the voodoo curse on Nebraska?

[skers83]

Yea. I think Pender wanted to burn statues or something too. I'm thinking he is banned.

 

[Hayseed]

The wheels came off when we moved to the Big Ten

 

[junior4949]

The cracks were showing the year before when Oklahoma scored 31 points in a row and thumped the pre-season #1 team in the country.

The "curse" began when Bill Byrne was not allowed to hire his own coach. If he had been able to hire a guy like Mack Brown or even Bob Stoops, Nebraska would most likely have been far better off.

The bolded pretty much nailed it.  However, I see you decided to not include one very important name in there.  The unnamed really is the one that cast the curse.  Bob Stoops would have been the next coach.  The program would more than likely look much different.