We are coming off a 3-9 season (regardless of the statistically anomalous nature of that record) and are 1-2 in three games against opponents we were all favored by double digits over. Unless Mickey Joseph turns out to be a prodigy, I am guessing this season will result in a similarly abysmal record to last year. I would love if a coach could come in here and win 9 games the first season, but that is simply not realistic as a hard expectation for year one. If you told me I had to choose between a coach who will lead us to 7 wins the first season but plateau at 9 wins, or a coach who will have a losing season but in three years will lead us to 11-1, a conference title, and a spot in the playoffs, I will take the latter in a heartbeat. I don't just want to have winning seasons. This program has the basic structure that it should be able to regularly compete for the division and the conference, and yes, I will say it, eventually compete here and there for playoff spots.
EDIT: And I will damn well refuse to hear anyone who says "Oh Nebraska can never compete at the level of Alabama or Ohio State again." No, I do not ever expect the mid 90s again, but you can win anywhere, and certainly you can become a nationally competitive program when your program, up until 20 years ago, was the winningest program of the past 30 years. (Not that I'm accusing you of this, Huskerfollower4life. Just venting at the naysayers who think it's impossible to win at Nebraska now for some inexplicable reason, like we somehow magically became less easy to recruit to or win at instead of it being a problem that can be solved.)
