Please hold your eye rolls until the end. Nebraska fans saw what looked to be – or at least originally sounded like – a potential second-year Scott Frost tour de force and got… well, what they got. This has resulted in many emotions, several of which are part of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ five stages of grief.
But this writer hates to see fans of any team down for too long as we are all human, after all. It’s in this spirit that I bring you 10 reasons why Husker fans should be (cautiously) excited about 2020 as the cold, harsh offseason begins in earnest.
Note: It’s acknowledged there is no doubt an understandably large amount of skepticism surrounding any recruits or unproven members of the roster mentioned hereafter.
1. Nebraska’s entire quarterback room returns and is (probably) joined by a tremendous recruit in Alabama native Logan Smothers. As of this writing, Smothers has yet to sign his National Letter of Intent, but his commitment to Scott Frost and Nebraska appears rock-solid at worst.
Yes, there was the shakiest of sophomore seasons for one-time Heisman Trophy dark horse Adrian Martinez, but Noah Vedral appears to have a clear command of Frost’s offense.
Luke McCaffrey has the standard look of his lineage, an obvious gamer that already can frustrate defensive coordinators with his feet. With some polished passing, the Big Red’s got a quality signal-caller.
2. There was a point when snaps flew higher than Mount Everest stands. But young center Cameron Jurgens got that