since the firing of Scott Frost on Sept. 11, there have been a lot of candidates mentioned as possible successors to Scott Frost as the permanent head football coach at Nebraska.

Matt Campbell, Dave Aranda, Bill O’Brien, Luke Fickell, Lance Leipold, Kyle Whittingham and Chris Klieman are some of the better-known names.

Add another to the list. His name is Matt Rhule. Yes, he’s the same Matt Rhule who was fired earlier this fall as head coach of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers. So why do people think he might be a good hire for the Nebraska job?