Many great points and a good discussion here under this topic. We have an entire generation of fans who only know mediocre football, for some, 1997 or even 1999 was a long time ago. The student fan base is small, and we are an aging community, where many can't or won't go sit at a football game for 3 hours. Realistic expectation for attendance with a good team should be 10-12 thousand.
As for QBS, Ricky Davis is a D-2 QB, period. Pelini wants a QB who can also run, Wells cannot, so I do believe next years QB is not on the roster.