With rivals imploding left and right it looks like the University of Nebraska's football team is going to come back loaded next season, and Nebraska is starting to look ascendant. After ending the year with a holiday bowl stomping of Mike Stoops' Arizona Wildcats Nebraska is back on the national stage, and every one in Nebraska feels all warm and fuzzy.
The the curse of Steve Peterson looks to be over, and no one since Charlton Heston has pulled off a better Mosses impersonation than Nebraska's Bo Pelini. This year he led his long suffering flock of Nebraska fans out of the Egyptian slavery that was our Peterson imposed football Purgatory. The resemblance may get even more uncanny next year, as he just might lead us to the promised land.
The evil genius is gone from Texas Tech, the eggman is gone from Kansas, OU appears to be on the wane and the Big 12 is looking weaker than it ever has. That is of course good news for Nebraska fans. There's no reason to think that the defense, which made monumental strides last year, going from a Callahanesque 113th in total defense to being one of the most dominant squads in the nation, won't continue to improve. And if it does, they could start a cheerleader under center and still challenge for the Big 12 Championship. Not that a cheerleader could do much worse than Zach Lee did last season anyway.
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