Jumbo Package: Cornhuskers zeroing in on Alabama Offensive Coordinator Bill O’Brien

Nebraska’s top three candidates for the open coaching job are Iowa State’s Matt Campbell, Kansas coach Lance Leipold and Alabama offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien, per The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman.

I say that half-in-jest, but think about it from UNL’s perspective.

You have a program in disarray, whose roster has been gutted, who is in a highly competitive Big 10, at a program with a lot of historical success and very little fan patience. You need a reclamation specialist, someone who runs a clean ship, that can recruit well, with a pro pedigree to sell mama and daddy on, and you need to starting posting some dubs immediately.

Remind you of Penn State a decade ago? Me too. Only O’Brien’s…