Forty-one hours had passed between media availabilities for Nebraska coach Matt Rhule.

Even though nearly two full days had gone by, he still used one of the same words to lead off both of his opening statements. Or, versions of the same word, anyway.

On Saturday, Nebraska’s 30-27 loss to Michigan was “a disappointing loss.” On Monday, Rhule was “obviously disappointed” with the result.

It’s an apt word to describe what happened on Saturday afternoon. The pageantry of having national eyeballs while on CBS, paired with the 30th anniversary celebration of the 1995 team, with the added cherry on top of having Terence “Bud” Crawford lead the Huskers out of the tunnel? It had the makings of what could have been a transformational Saturday.

But it didn’t turn out that way.

“I think it’s rea

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