In 2001, Craig Bohl was in his second year as Nebraska’s defensive coordinator and headed towards the BCS National Championship game...until 62-36 happened. Colorado’s massive blowout of the Huskers failed to keep the Huskers out of the Rose Bowl that season, but it did signal the beginning of the end of his days in Lincoln. In 2002, the Blackshirts were disorganized and confused in a 7-7 season that shocked Husker fans. Bohl was dismissed after the season, and Husker fans thought he was gone for good.
Bohl headed up I-29 to Fargo and the head coaching job at then-Division II North Dakota State.