Nebraska football mailbag: Who’s in charge of making sure the fans get what they want?

About this episode

The episode discusses fan representation in college football, coaching contracts, and critiques of various teams.

The Friday mailbag episode is here. Thanks for all of your questions. We start with the return of our favorite viewer, Gigi, who’s wondering — and for good reason, with all the money thrown around today in college football — how the fans are represented? New in the apathy conversation, we’ve got a mailbag question about Matt Rhule’s contract extension. Is it a source of fan apathy? Would Nebraska fans trade places with Wisconsin? What do we think of the job that EJ Barthel has done as coach of the Nebraska running backs? Our critiques of Kansas baseball continues with a question-and-answer about the Jayhawks’ artificial (and all green) playing surface. What if Scott Frost could have brought his UCF players to Nebraska eight years ago? And is Troy Dannen a caretaker — or just a really smart guy? Join us.

People in this episode

Hosts: Mitch Sherman, Connor Happer

Topics covered

• fan representation
• college football contracts
• coaching performance
• sports apathy
• team comparisons
• baseball critiques

Keywords

• Nebraska football
• fan apathy
• Matt Rhule
• EJ Barthel
• Scott Frost
• Kansas baseball
• UCF
• Troy Dannen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nebraska, Wisconsin, Kansas

Places: UCF

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