Husker Nation Newspaper Columnists Talk About Moving to 8-4

Terry Douglass from The Grand Island Independent:

“While it was just one game and Henry’s (sic) heroics didn’t help produce any kind of championship hardware, the difference between being 8-4 and riding the momentum of a three-game winning streak to a bowl game and taking a 7-5 record into the postseason is much, much more than just one game.”

Samuel McKewon of the Nebraska State Paper:

“Any casual college football lover who tuned in to see if Nebraska was “back with Bo” saw the ghosts of Bill Callahan: Bizarre, inexplicable defensive busts. The perfectly ill-timed trick play on special teams. The bewildering habit of taking the hot running back out of the game right when he’s needed most. The inexcusable sack.

Yep, the sirens were ready to whoop whoop whoop from Omaha to Scottsbluff.

But you already know the best antidote for criticism: A miracle.

Hello, Alex Henery, the kid who laced a 57-yard field goal and saved NU from a weekend-long riot act. Call it the Kick Heard Round Nebraska. There’s never been one bigger—and there may never be one longer—than that one.”