First, though, in 20 days since the Pinstripe Bowl selected Nebraska to play Boston College in this 14th postseason college football game at the new Yankee Stadium, several stories of nostalgia have emerged. You could expect as much. Nebraska has played in 53 bowl games. It appeared in 35 over a 35-season stretch that ended in 2004.

The Huskers took the practice field at Fordham University on a cold and sunny Thursday afternoon flanked by social-media cameras and a host of staffers.