One Key to Success: Relish the @ Sign

At start of the season, football fans and pundits alike knew that success for Nebraska required playing well on the road. Many of the biggest NU games are preceded by an @ sign, meaning: @ Virginia Tech, @ Missouri, @ Kansas. Nebraska showed guts on the road in Blacksburg a few weeks ago, falling just short. Now, it appears that experience is helping prepare them for what is sure to be a hostile environment in Columbia, Missouri in a few days. There has also been a not-so-subtle shift in the way the Huskers think of road games. It is not longer a matter of treating each game the same, but rather the are espousing a road warrior's mentality, and it might mean all the difference. Coaches will claim that all games are created equal. Yes, they all count the same, but they are not equal. I'm not talking about playing ranked or unranked opponents. (we've seen how little that matters this year). I'm talking about how road games are not equal to home games. The visitor mu...