A few days ago, the SBNation mothership with Fan Duel asked me for a couple of survey questions in which Nebraska Cornhuskers fans would be interested and the following two were the ones with which I came up.
Why those?
I wanted to try and focus both questions on either the offense or the defense. In Matt Rhule’s first two seasons, the defense was the strength of the operation ranking in the top 20, whereas the offense finished in the bottom third of D1 both seasons. Thus the offense was picked.
(Yes, special teams were an unbelievable mess, but even a top 50 offense would likely have overcome them enough to propel the Huskers to a few more wins and two straight seasons of bowl eligibility.