A hotel ballroom full of some 300 fans during a weekday lunch hour proved Nebraska Director of Athletics Bill Moos’ point to that very group.
The passion, energy and excitement surrounding Nebraska football is as strong today as it’s ever been, despite past bumps.
“Our brand is not tarnished. It just needed to be dusted off a little bit,” Moos said. “I’m here to tell you: It’s dusted.
“I did some of the dusting myself.”
That, of course, was in reference to his December hiring of football coach Scott Frost, an overwhelming popular move made possible, in part, because of Matt Davison and his relationship with Frost.