Nebraska Cornhuskers mascot Herbie Husker during the game against the Fighting Illini at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 3, 2015, in Champaign, Illinois. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images) CLICK HERE TO GET ...

Nebraska coach Matt Rhule’s Huskers are off to the program’s first 2-0 start since 2016. ... Old Nebraska would have buckled. Rhule’s Nebraska played through it, largely unfazed.

But he — a Lincoln native and a Nebraska football legacy — was well-aware of the Huskers’ allure, considering his earliest memories of Nebraska football are from the 1950s and 1960s.

The Cornhusker State: The ways Nebraska kids fall in love with Husker football. 0 Comments ... He remembers the “old school” floor model TV with the dial and the antenna coming out of the top.