We'll see how Mike Riley's Nebraska teams perform on the gridiron, but in the meantime, Mike Riley held one-on-one interviews with his entire roster to get to the bottom of questions such as, "How in the hell did you end up in Nebraska?"
From Doug Samuels of FootballScoop.com:
Annual one-on-ones are something that a lot of head coaches do, but for Mike Riley (who spent the past 12 seasons leading the Oregon State program), it was especially important because he had a whole lot of new faces to get to know, and he also wanted to talk to his current players to find out first hand what drew them to Nebraska. That kind of information is invaluable to head coach in a new environment.
Those one-on-one meetings consisted of conversation ranging from everything from the customary ‘How are things going?’ questions, to some deeper questions aimed at ultimately helping Riley recruit future prospects to Lincoln. Questions like how they decided to commit to Nebraska? And why they chose the Huskers over other programs?
I jest of course. I've never been to Nebraska, but this seems like a great idea. Maybe Riley, who hasn't loss less than four games since 2004, won't be so bad in Lincoln after all?
