KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

Nebraska is taking on Cincinnati in its season opener at Arrowhead Stadium on Friday.

Thousands of fans are already at Arrowhead, taking in the world-famous tailgating scene.

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Nebraska's governor has a pretty vested interest in this Huskers team.

The former All-Big-8 defensive back wore the red back in the mid-70s.

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Gov. Jim Pillen told KETV he's all in on coach Matt Rhule, even inviting the coach to speak at his Governor's Summit in August.

"Really grateful for coach Rhule coming out and the whole goal is to inspire us Nebraskans to bold and courageous and dream bigger dreams that we thought possible. I'm going to be an old guy at the end of this year and hell, I could play for coach right now. I think everyone there would say they're all lik

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