Huskers tradition fuels line coach

LINCOLN (AP) — John Garrison walks into Nebraska’s indoor practice facility every day and draws his motivation from what he sees in the rafters.

Hanging up there is a red banner listing the years the Cornhuskers won conference championships. The last one was in 1999. Garrison was the freshman long snapper on that team.

He’s 32 now and recently named head offensive line coach in a program that for more than a decade has been trying to recapture its past glory.

“This is a personal deal,” Garrison said.

Garrison, the player, showed up at Nebraska two years after the run of three national champion...