The day's biggest headlines were written Saturday morning in America's heartland before a minute of football had been played, when a confluence of unfortunate events led to a rowdy crowd of Nebraska fans feeding the ever-hungry ego of college football's most controversial iconic former head coach.
"We want Urban!" they chanted toward the smug and smiling Urban Meyer, who had his back to the adoring throng on the set of Fox's Big Noon Kickoff weekly pregame show in Lincoln, Neb.
Like everything that happens in the sport these days, some of this scene was simply made-for-TV. Even the Fox crew egged on the Big Red faithful, who entered Saturday's meeting with old rival Oklahoma still reeling from their team's loss to Clay Helton's Georgia Southern Eagles a week prior. The result triggered the immediate firing of Nebraska alum Scott Frost.
