The one advantage he has is his NFL ties. Players ultimately want to play on Sundays he has that connection. Pete Caroll and Dennis Erickson are/were successful coaches coming from the pros to the college ranks. It is a good hire IMHO but Nebraska won't return to the glory years of Osborne. Oklahoma, Texas and K-State are going to be the powers of the Big 12, not Nebraska, for the next few years.
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