Rob Oller | Buckeye Xtra Nebraska coach Scott Frost spoke this week of being in lockstep with Ohio State over the Big Ten’s return to fall football. If only the Cornhuskers could attach themselves to the Buckeyes in a return to fall glory. In comparing the two programs, Ohio State is what Nebraska once was. In a word: relevant. If the Buckeyes are to football what Bryson DeChambeau is to golf — a big name with a giant-sized game — then the Huskers are Jordan Spieth, a former force whose game has fallen off a cliff. (Michigan is in similar shape to Nebraska, though more in the Rickie Fowler category of all show.) Those of a certain age will recall when Nebraska was one of college football’s bluebloods, a program admired for a) its coaches, specifically Bob Devaney followed by Tom Osborne; b) innovation in weight training and nutrition; and c) ability to…
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