OPINION: Nothing sweeter than Nebraska-Iowa in March Madness
The Nebraska-Iowa rivalry is one of the first for Husker fans since joining the Big Ten Conference in 2010. The feeling is sometimes mutual. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner) Early in Tim Miles’ disappointing tenure as Nebraska’s basketball coach, I was waiting for a connecting flight at Chicago’s Midway Airport when a bunch of tall guys sporting my alma mater’s logo deplaned at a nearby gate.
I spotted Miles about 10 feet to my left, and in what must have been one of those super irritating moments that come with seven-figure coaching jobs, I called out. “Coach! ” I introduced myself as an alumnus and Nebraska native and wished him luck.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s downtown campus. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner) He was very gracious, but I felt that I had to seize the moment to express decades of frustration. “Why can’t we have a good basketball team?
” I asked. Not in an accusatory or hostile way. In a baffled, resigned tone brought on by season after season of basketball irrelevance.
“Well, we’re working on that,” he said, sincerely and politely. And a dozen years and another new coach later, we are having a moment. My Huskers have blown far past all the modest benchmarks fans would have considered success at any point in my life.
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