Before last week, Andrew Bunch was widely regarded as an afterthought in the competition to become Nebraska's starting quarterback.
Then again, perhaps "afterthought" is being kind. Many fans and media essentially dismissed him as a viable candidate.
That all changed in a flash, or so it seemed, and the man who coached Bunch at Scottsdale (Arizona) Community College sounds like he knew it could happen.
The offensive coordinator, Tommy Ziegler, thought there was a chance. He felt Bunch was being under-recruited coming out of Independence High School in Thompson's Station, Tennessee, 25 miles south of Nashville.