Nebraska fans don’t want to hear it right now. The loss to Iowa still stings and more than that, the way the season ended stings badly. But sitting one the outside looking in, watching what Ole Miss and LSU are going through, waiting and waiting and waiting to hear Lane Kiffin finally make a decision, this situation may be precisely why Matt Rhule got his extension.
NU athletic director Troy Dannen may or may not have been bamboozled by the Penn State reports. Or maybe he knew better than most that the Penn State reports were true. After all, the Nittany Lions are now the only major program that still has an opening after all the dominoes fell on Sunday morning.
Florida reportedly got Jon Sumrall from Tulane. Auburn reportedly nabbed Alex Golesh from USF. LSU appears ready to hire Lane Kiffin (assuming he ever makes an actual announcement), and Arkansas got Memphis’ Ryan Silverfield. Meanwhile, Nebraska is gearing up for the next step in the Matt Rhule’s rebuild and staying entirely out of the coaching carousel madness.
Nebraska fans should look at Ole Miss and be grateful for Matt Rhule’s leadership
Yes, not having to worry about hiring a coach when some fans might wish they didn’t have the coach Nebraska has is definitely a consolation prize. But all Husker fans have to do is look at what Penn State is now going through to realize that things would only be worse for NU if Matt Rhule had left for Penn State…