Rhule is focused on bring the Cornhuskers back to a position of prominence in the college football landscape
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"There are about 20 students," Rhule recalled. "They were like, 'Coach, please get us to a bowl game. We've been here for four years, and we've never been to a bowl game. I don't care where it is. I just want to go to a place and play golf and watch the team play.'"
That's actually the goal for Rhule. It really is that simple: make Nebraska matter.
"There's a sense of obligation to me," Rhule said. "... We have to be relevant again."
Alberts abandoned what he called a "formulaic" interview. The pair just talked ball. A window opened up in two minds.
"I could see this change in him," Alberts said. "The inflection his voice changed."
Standing in front of her husband's laptop during the interview, Julie Rhule remarked it was the first time in a while she heard her husband profess how much he loved football.