We know that Mike Riley’s last season was the worst Husker football season since 1961. But as the CornNation staff started to reflect on where the program is headed, we began to debate whether Mike Riley, despite the 4-8 record, left the program better than he found it.
There’s a lot of disagreement at some positions more than others, so that’s how we focused the debate. And certainly, there’s a large amount of speculation required to evaluate some of the young players who haven’t seen the field yet, but could - and should.
For this comparison, we’re using the players that were in the program or committed when the coaching change occurred.