Pretty lightweight non-conference schedule for the Cornshuckers.
You got that right, brother.
We have our ex-AD Steve Pederson (now at Pitt) to thank for that patty cake non-conference schedule. He was the one who hired Callahan. Boy were we happy to see him go. However, over the next few years our noncon schedule gets a bit better... (Osborne-scheduled games).
2011: Fresno State, Washington, Wyoming (one open date)
2012: Southern Miss, UCLA (two open dates)
2013: Wyoming, Southern Miss, UCLA (one open date)
2014: Fresno State, Miami (2)
2015: Southern Miss, Miami (2)
2016: Fresno State, Tennessee, Wyoming (1)
2017: Tennessee (3)
I would like to see some SEC opponents on there as well. Still plenty of time to get that scheduled. I expect, with Big 10 competition, we will need better noncon schedules in order to adequately rev up for conference play. Gone are the awful days of Kansas State-like noncon scheduling.