Except Nebraska was one or two pieces from beating Arkansas and playing in a super this year, or if the Big 10 had allowed non-con, Nebraska may have hosted their own regional instead. Erstad had made regionals 3 out of his last 4 years (going 1-6 in those games, 2-8 in regional play for his 7 years as head coach), but Bolt is an objectively better coach, especially at player development and is recruiting better, while the transfer market allegedly has dudes begging for a chance to play here after the no-fear-of-#1 display on ESPN in June. Adding Rob Childress to an admin role, even if it is only for a year (might be longer, don't know) was also a power move. The fact it's been 20 years is meaningless given Bolt is basically in year 2 and already shown he can have his team ready to compete with the big, bad SEC in the tournament.