The Better Call Saul shoutout gives the Nebraska football program its biggest win in years.
Bo Pelini, Taylor Martinez and all things 2010 Nebraska football made its way onto the latest episode of Better Caul Saul.
Bob Odenkirk’s titular character Saul Goodman was talking about the Cornhuskers over delicious Cinnabons with a security guard in the show’s most recent episode. With mentions of Martinez, Pelini and the soon-to-be move to the Big Ten, it was very much 2010 in that scene. While there were no mentions of Pelini’s cat, the beginning of the end of great Nebraska football was nigh.
Despite having Scott Frost back in Lincoln, the Huskers are still chasing the ghost of Pelini’s cat.
Did anyone else watch "Better Call Saul" last night?
— Jim Weber (@JimMWeber) July 26, 2022
Saul and the security guard talking Taylor Martinez, Bo Pelini and Nebraska football over Cinnabons was a master class in television. pic.twitter.com/6aNnjPIVaH
Nebraska football has its biggest win in years with Better Caul Saul reference
While it is much easier to say that The Big Bang Theory killed Nebraska football more than moronically going to the Big Ten ever did, there is a reason why Penny cheered for her hometown Huskers. Generations of running the wishbone in the Big Eight and the best weight room this side of the Mississippi turned Nebraska into a national power … until the Pelini curse wrecked ’em bad.
Look. The only thing I want more than Nebraska to be good at football again is to enjoy a Cinnabon with a security guard. It is one of the simple pleasures in life. Yeah, I can have a Chick-fil-A chicken biscuit and talk Dawgs and ‘ball all day, but I can so relate to this. Nebraska was not even a decade into ditching the option and kicking Frank Solich to the curb. Their passionate fans still had hope.
The good news is you still have plenty of time to binge every episode of Better Caul Saul and its canonical Albuquerquean compadre Breaking Bad before the Huskers are good again. It just might be this year. Nebraska should be good enough to get to a bowl game, maybe win eight games with Texas transfer Casey Thompson as the helm of the offense? Pelini would have gotten you to nine…
Like Cinnabon, Nebraska football hits differently since 2010. That’ll be $12.93 for your Cinnapack.
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