Nick Bahe used a golf analogy to describe Rhule's tenure in Nebraska thus far.
"As the head coach, you only get so many mulligans."
For non-golfers, a mulligan is a term used when you hit the first tee shot of the day way out of bounds or maybe top it and dribble the ball just a few yards off the box. Your friends/playing partners sheepishly look away and act as if they weren't paying attention, and you embarrassingly tee up another ball and pretend it never happened (without penalty). Depending on your playing partners and the predetermined rules, some groups allow a "mulligan" off any tee box throughout the round, not just the first hole, and some groups take numerous mulligans throughout the round (again, without penalty). The moral of the story is if you are ever talking golf with someone you have never played with and they are bragging about their scores, just smile and say, "that's awesome!" Fishing stories and golf scores are the same...easy to exaggerate.
Now, back to Matt Rhule and Troy Dannen on the golf course.
Hole #1 Retains Don Raiola as Oline coach
Rhule hits a duck hook OB, Dannen had to run back to the clubhouse to take a whizz, oblivious to the start.
Hole #2 Jeff Sims (QB transfer with NFL talent)
Rhule slices his tee shot into the woods, and Dannen is conveniently tying his shoes and doesn't see a thing.
Hole #3 Satterfield named OC
Rhule hits a dribbler into the pond 20 yards in front of the box. Dannen is distracted by a bird flying by.
Hole #4 Rhule names Bradden Dline coach
Rhule misses the ball entirely and pretends it was a practice swing. Dannen is digging in his golf bag, searching for his range finder
Hole #5 Butler named DC
Rhule hits his drive off the toe and nearly strikes a player on an adjacent green. Dannen examining how to turn on the bluetooth speaker, didn't see a thing.
Hole #6 EJ gets 12 touches in his home state Minnesota
Those damn birds again, is this an Adolf Hitchcock movie?
Hole #7 Red Zone offense, you pick the game
Rhule hits sky ball tee shot, 40 yards off the tee. Dannen staring blankly at the scorecard
Hole #8 Red Zone defense, you pick the game
Rhule chunks his tee shot and takes a foot of turf that flies further than the ball
Dannen inexplicably taking a piss behind a tree
Hole #9 Little used HH is placed under center to score inside the 5 yardline against Iowa
Rhule hits another skyball into a different fairway and yells FORE! Dannen jamming to some 70s music with his earbuds, missed it.
Before the turn they take a quick trip into the clubhouse for some grub and find Scott Frost in his usual place at the end of the bar.
Hole #10, The year is 2027
Dannen announces before the first tee shot on the back 9 that all shots will be counted. Rhule gets those same shifty eyes he got when first questioned about DR transferring last month.
