Nebraska football may have 'unlocked the key to sustainable success' analyst says

Although the Nebraska football team might have lost their game against Ohio State, some things have come out of it that people are happy about. It appears that the team is looking more at the big picture.

One analyst believes that Huskers head coach Matt Rhule has unlocked something. He thinks that what’s been unlocked is what will make this regime different and could eventually bring the Cornhuskers back to something resembling what they were in the program's heydays.

Josh Pate discussed Matt Rhule's comments about the Nebraska football program, and he loved every bit of them.

Nebraska football might have unlocked sustained success

First, he played a clip of Rhule’s words after a game. 

“I felt like a lot of the things we talked about took hold today.  And that, to me, is like that; to me, something that you don't like.  I feel relieved.  I feel despondent that we lost the game.  I thought we were gonna win the game.  I feel I feel beat up for the guys.  But you know, I know when I say these things, a lot of people are probably gonna take them the wrong way.”

Then, Pate explained why he liked what Rhule said so much:

“I don't think most people who heard that really had it stand out to him.  Here's what I think he's saying.  What I think he's saying is they preached certain things this past week.  And for that matter, they've preached certain things in that program about process-oriented thinking over result-oriented thinking.  And they lost a game yesterday.  Sucks.  What he's saying, I think, and having been around Matt rule a little bit, is we've been preaching, preaching, preaching.  We've planted a seed.  We've watered, we've watered, we watered, we've cultivated.  We finally saw it sprout through the surface yesterday.”

He then said exactly why he thinks the Nebraska football team might be about to turn the corner.

“If you can get a bunch of people, a bunch of human beings, a bunch of offsets of chance, a bunch of heads of humans who can perform at a high level, have God-given ability to do it.  If you can get them to shift the way they've thought their whole lives in some cases from just focusing on outcome to focusing on process, you have unlocked the key to sustainable success.”

Here’s hoping that Pate is right. Nebraska football fans won’t know for a few years yet. But things have sprouted.