If the Nebraska football team is really getting better, then it is going to need to show it by figuring out how special teams can be a plus.
There has been a lot of talk about hope and change on the Nebraska football team. There has also been a lot talk about how the Huskers are getting better.
We hope they show that they’ve gotten better when they take on the Northwestern Wildcats. One of the big ways they can show they really have gotten better is by showing they’ve fixed the special teams.
Certainly promoting Isaac Armstrong to starting punter is geared towards that goal. We still don’t know if we have any returners. To his credit, Jovan Dewitt appears to be throwing the kitchen sink at the problem.
Check out that issue and other kernels in this morning’s Go Big Read.
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