The University of Nebraska interim president needs Trev Alberts’ signature.
But it’s not for a six-figure budgetary item or NCAA legislation on NIL. It’s for an overdue item.
Behind Chris Kabourek’s desk — in the office of the NU President in Varner Hall — rests a football. It’s next to an old Nebraska football pennant in a frame and a sign that reads, “Nobody cares, work harder.”
Alberts may not recognize the old football. He may not remember the story behind it.
Thirty years ago, Alberts tossed that football to Kabourek.
It was Nov.