Interesting read from VICE Sports: NEBRASKA NEEDS SOME LUCK—AND A REALITY CHECK

[supadupafly]

Perhaps a bit of a cautionary tale for the Nebraska, Penn State and Miami's of the world.

Every fan base has delusional members—check any college football message board after a loss for proof—but there's something different about Nebraska. When the team loses, as the 3-5 Cornhuskers are doing right now, the tenor of conversation is not just sadness but entitlement, and what this program really deserves. And boy, do Nebraska fans think they deserve a lot more. A sample:

[Hire] a Husker like Scott Frost or [swing] for the fences and get Jon Gruden. You might think that's a pipe dream but don't forget, this is Nebraska. Don't act like we can't get anyone we want. Just hire the right coach and we will win.

Perhaps this commenter is a bit extreme, but this entitlement seems pervasive at Nebraska, whose athletic director, Shawn Eichorst, fired Bo Pelini last year because consistently winning nine games apparently wasn't good enough. This came a decade after the Huskers fired coach Frank Solich for doing the same thing.

https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/nebraska-needs-some-luckand-a-reality-check/?utm_source=vicesportstwitter

 

[Ski U Master]

Perhaps a bit of a cautionary tale for the Nebraska, Penn State and Miami's of the world.

Every fan base has delusional members—check any college football message board after a loss for proof—but there's something different about Nebraska. When the team loses, as the 3-5 Cornhuskers are doing right now, the tenor of conversation is not just sadness but entitlement, and what this program really deserves. And boy, do Nebraska fans think they deserve a lot more. A sample:

[Hire] a Husker like Scott Frost or [swing] for the fences and get Jon Gruden. You might think that's a pipe dream but don't forget, this is Nebraska. Don't act like we can't get anyone we want. Just hire the right coach and we will win.

Perhaps this commenter is a bit extreme, but this entitlement seems pervasive at Nebraska, whose athletic director, Shawn Eichorst, fired Bo Pelini last year because consistently winning nine games apparently wasn't good enough. This came a decade after the Huskers fired coach Frank Solich for doing the same thing.

https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/nebraska-needs-some-luckand-a-reality-check/?utm_source=vicesportstwitter

Had a business dinner with a guy from Lincoln a couple weeks ago, and couldn't believe the arrogance he had about the football team. Said that Pelini got fired because they couldn't beat "teams we should never lose to like Minnesota" (at the time he said that he didn't know I was from MN)

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

A good chunk of Nebraska fans think the 1990s are just one hire away, and for some reason they act as if the school, or fans, or someone should just get the 1990s back for no apparent reason. Anything less than that is unacceptable to them.

 

[Nate]

Had a business dinner with a guy from Lincoln a couple weeks ago, and couldn't believe the arrogance he had about the football team. Said that Pelini got fired because they couldn't beat "teams we should never lose to like Minnesota" (at the time he said that he didn't know I was from MN)

He must be loving this year

 

[Dinkytown MN]

I get the sentiment, but this was pretty ridiculous:

"Nebraska hasn't won a conference title since 1999, and has played in only one major bowl game."

Uh, that major bowl game was a national title game...