[Husker] Great problems to have

[Todd Richards]

Good post.  I don't know who said it first, but your either getting  better, or getting worse.  You're never staying the same.  Hopefully we don't get pushed around on Saturday, and maybe we even push Texas around a little bit.  That will be enough to prove to me that we are improving.
 
Todd in Tennessee

--- On Tue, 12/1/09, aroundomaha <aroundomaha at gmail.com> wrote:


From: aroundomaha <aroundomaha at gmail.com>
Subject: [Husker] Great problems to have
To: "Husker Discussion List" <husker at tssi.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 9:46 AM


The Huskers are facing a "problem" in the Big 12 Championship on several
facets. These are "problems" that the Huskers faced for decades, some times
better than at others. So while the coming week looms like an epic battle,
it strikes me as a "problem" we have and should continue to wish for --
relevance.
It strikes me as oddly parallel to what we faced in 1990-1991, culimating
with a resurgence of sorts in 1992 that had as an exclamation point a closer
than expected loss to Florida State in the bowl game. It all marked the
ascendency from regional relevance to playing at a level from 1993 to the
end of the decade that is still unrivaled in college football history.

While the odds are against the Huskers this week, whether we win or lose the
issue is whether the program is following a similar upward climb back to
true national relevance. That's a great problem to have and we can only pray
that the coming years will see it continue.

I believe that even if the Huskers fall in Texas this week, the thing to
watch for is their determination and the setting of a solid foundation for
the coming years. Notre Dame has proven that money and exposure cannot
consistently buy this, but rather than it is based on the collective will
and constructive design. I remember very clearly the early signs of that
building process after the 1991 season, and believe that a similar process
is now being striven for. While Dr. Tom isn't on the sideline, his calm,
collected approach is very much evident in my opinion and it bodes well that
Coach Pellini appears to be a capable alchemist in this effort in his stead.


Call it the three yards and a cloud of dust method of program building. We
will take our lumps on the way, but regardless of the short term outcomes
the long term looks very good as long as we can continue to have this sort
of "problem".
---
David Elfering
aroundomaha at gmail.com
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