The current state of Nebraska football can be best summed up by how joyless it was Saturday when the Cornhuskers finally pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat North Dakota, 38-17.
It takes a lot for fans to be mad after victories. They have an addiction to hope. When they are given even a little bit of a reason to see a better future on the horizon, it triggers an almost Pavlovian response to focus on the good and ignore the bad.