1-on-1 With NU Athletic Director Bill Moos

3 News Now Sports Director goes 1-on-1 with NU Athletic Director Bill Moos.

NOW LEADINGNEBRASKAATHLETICS...EARLIER THIS WEEK, IWENT ONE ON ONEWITH MOOS TODISCUSS THEHUSKERS' RECENTTRANSFERS,EXPECTATIONS FORSCOTT FROST'S 4THSEASON AND THEPOSSIBILITY OF FANSAT THE MAY 1STSPRING GAME...ADAM: WHEN IT COMESTO THE SPRING GAME,SINCE THERE'S NOT ANOPPOSING TEAMCOMING INTOMEMORIAL STADIUM, DOYOU THINK THATSIGNFICANTLY HELPSYOUR CHANCES AS FARAS GETTING FANS INMEMORIAL STADIUM?MOOS: THAT'S MYSTANCE AND YOU SAIDIT VERY WELL.IT'S NOT LIKE THE WEEKAFTER OUR SPRINGGAME THAT WE'REGOING TO MICHIGANSTATE TO PLAY.WE WILL BE TESTING.WE'RE CAREFUL.WE HAD THE LEASTNUMBER OF POSITIVETESTS THIS WHOLE LASTFALL.OUR FANS ARE DYINGTO GET INTO MEMORIALSTADIUM.I WILL STAND FIRMTHAT, DEPENDING ONWHAT THE LOCALHEALTH AUTHORITIESSAY, WE SHOULD HAVESOME DEGREE OFPERCENTAGE OF OURVENUE AVAILABLE FOROUR GREAT FANS.ADAM: SINCE DECEMBER2019, NEBRASKAFOOTBALL HASREPORTEDLY HAD 25SCHOLARSHIP PLAYERSLEAVE THE PROGRAM.17 OF THOSE ON THEOFFENSIVE SIDE OF THEBALL.DO YOU THINK THAT'SJUST AN INDIVIDUALSITUATION WHEREEVERY GUY'S DIFFERENTOR DO YOU THINKTHERE'S POSSIBLY THATIT'S SOMEWHAT OF AREFERENDUM ON THESOMEWHATINCONSISTENCIES OFTHE OFFENSE THE LASTFEW YEARS?

MOOS:WELL, THE WORLD OFTRANSFERS IS THE NEWWORLD.I CHECKED EARLIER INTHE WEEK, THERE WERE1800 FOOTBALL PLAYERSIN THE TRANSFERPORTAL.WE'VE HAD SOME GO INAND WE'VE TAKEN SOMEOUT.I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OFTHAT BUT IT'S THEWORLD WE LIVE IN.IF WE'RE GOING TOSURVIVE AND WE'REGOING TO MOVE OURPROGRAM FORWARD,WE HAVE TO REALIZETHAT WE'RE GOING TOHAVE TO GO TO THATPORTAL TO GET GOODPLAYERS AND WE'REGONNA LOSE SOMEGOOD PLAYERS TO IT,JUST LIKE OTHERSCHOOLS IN THE BIGTEN AND ACROSS THECOUNTRY.WE HAD OTHER PLAYERSAND YES, PRIMARILYOFFENSIVE PLAYERS,SOME WEREN'T PLAYING.AND AGAIN, IN TODAY'SWORLD, IF YOU'RE NOTPLAYING YOU LOOK ATYOUR OPTIONS.WE'LL HAVE A STRONGROSTER NEXT YEAR ANDWE'LL HAVE THE PEOPLEHERE WHO WANT TO BEHERE AND WANT TOHELP US GROW AS APROGRAM.NAT POP ADAM:AND HEADING INTOCOACH FROST'S 4THYEAR, WHAT DO YOUTHINK ARE REALISTICEXPECTATIONS FOR THEPROGRAM IN 2021?MOOS: WELL, I'VEALWAYS SAID THATGOOD, SOLIDPROGRAMS PRODUCEWINNING TEAMS.SO WE'VE GOT TOCONTINUE TO BUILDTHE PROGRAM.THE SCOREBOARDSHOULD START TOSHOW THAT.WE'VE SEEN GLIMMERSOF THAT.OUR LAST GAME OF 2020I THOUGHT WAS OURBEST GAME AT RUTGERS.WINNING TWO OF OURLAST THREE IN APANDEMIC YEAR, WENEED TO FEEL GOODABOUT THAT ANDCARRY IT FORWARDINTO 2021.MANY NEBRASKA FANSWOULD AGREE SCOTTFROST RETURNED TO AREBUILDING JOB AT N-U.HOWEVER, SOME CLAIMHIS LACK OF A BOWLGAME AND A 12-AND-20RECORD WITH THEHUSKERS ISN'T BEINGJUDGED AS CRITICALLYAS HIS PREDESSOR MIKERILEY, WHO IN HISTHREE SEASONSFINISHED WITH A 500OVERALL RECORD WITHTWO BOWL GAMES.ADAM: IS HE HELD TO ADIFFERENT STANDARDBECACUSE OF HISHISTORY AT NEBRASKA?MOOS: I THINK HE GETSA LITTLE LONGERRUNWAY BECAUSE HE'SONE OF OURS.BUT AT THE END OF THEDAY, WE'VE GOT TOMEET THE CRITERIA THATWAS LAID OUT WHEN HEWAS HIRED AND INMANY REGARDS WE'REDOING THAT.WE SAW THE DEFENSELAST YEAR STARTING TOLOOK LIKE BLACKSHIRTSAGAIN.WE HAD THREEFRESHMAN START ONTHE OFFENSIVE LINEAGAINST RUTGERS.REALLY, I'VE ALWAYSSAID A SIGN OF AREALLY SOLID OFFENSEIS WHEN YOUR ENTIREOFFENSIVE LINE AREREDSHIRT JUNIORS ANDSENIORS.WHEN THESE FRESHMENHAVE A YEAR OR TWOMORE UNDER THEIRBELTS WE'RE GOING TOBE BACK TO SEEING THEPIPELINE, THOSE KINDOF PLAYERS AGAIN.AND I HOPE OUR FANSARE AS EXCITED AS I AMFOR THAT DAY AND IT'SCOMING SOON.MOOS SAYS N-U'SSEASON OPENER INIRELAND ABOUT A50-50 CHANCE TOSTILL HAPPEN ATTHIS POINT...HE IS HOPEFULSOME FANS WILL BEALLOWED AT N-UBASEBALL ANDSOFTBALL GAMESTHIS SPRING..