Despite rough start, Riley confident better days are ahead for Huskers

Mike Riley jokes that a new recruit recently committing to Nebraska is the best news he's received in days during a news conference on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, at Memorial Stadium.You can be mad, you can be sad, but give a man credit for a good line. "Who wants to talk about the Royals?" Mike Riley said off the bat. People laughed because even after losses to Purdue stuff can still be funny, right?

Read on even if you don't think so, because Nebraska's head coach came to Monday's press conference with more than a good opening joke, admitting his program's shortcomings so far while expressing confidence in the future. It amounted to a a state-of-the-program Q & A with reporters, one that lasted…