The '09 season wasn't a great season performance wise for the Huskers.  Don't get me wrong it was a lot better than most of the teams we fielded over the decade but it was a building year mainly for the offense.  The offense was pretty bad most of the season, the Iowa State game was a definite low for the O. 

The progression of the Blackshirts is what will be remembered from the '09 season. Ndamukong Suh is probably the best defensive tackle to ever play college ball.  The Heisman vote is such crap.  It is supposed to be the best college football player that year.  That is another post however.  To hold OU without an offensive touchdown basically win the Texas game and allow the offense to turn the ball over 8 times in the ISU game and only lose that game by 2 points.  That is one hell of a defense, not to mention what they did to U of A.  33 to 0 was a statement.

But the season was not a loss.  It was actually a great season going forward.  The team seemed to really come together in the bowl, lots of new offense that I hope will continue into next season.  The D lost Suh and a few others but there are a lot of young players that have now been in the system for a year.  The depth that Callahan could never build.  Pelini seems to understand college football and how to build a program.  I personally feel very good about the direction of the program.

If the team can get the offense going next year and the D really is better as Bo and Carl say it will be then the sky is the limit.  We have Texas in Lincoln with a new quarterback and a chip on Bo and Carl's shoulder.  Great way to prove the team is back.

It was a fun team to watch, way to many heart breaking losses but we played with the best that the Big 12 has to offer and a VT team that was very good when we played them and only got better over the season.  It would have been interesting to play them in a bowl and see how that went.  I think it would have been a really good game similar to the early season meeting, hopefully with a different outcome. 

Overall I feel that the Huskers are a lot better off than they were a year ago.  I really can't wait for next season.