"You feel like you're put on notice," the coach said, mentioning the resulting recruiting challenges.

Moos no doubt noticed the debacle in Happy Valley.

In the podcast, Goodman discussed how he used to cook up a "hot-seat meter" for coaches even at the low- and mid-major levels -- coaches who weren't making millions of dollars, as is the case with Miles at Nebraska.

"If they fire me, they're still going to pay me. … I'm still a millionaire," Miles said. "So I've got that going for me."

Bad timing for those comments, regardless of context.

2. A bright spot was former Lincoln Southeast star Nick Bahe's on-point analysis for FS1. He noted Penn State "looked juiced-up in warmups." The home team was dialed-in hard on both ends of the floor. Bahe said that's an indicator that the Nittany Lions love their head coach, Pat Chambers.

Meanwhile, Miles' apologists will chalk it up to a bad night. Hey, it happens. How else could they explain away this mess? Nebraska fans hoped the Huskers (15-12, 5-11) had developed a sense of confidence and a modicum of momentum in the wake of their two straight wins entering Tuesday's game (following seven straight defeats). Um, scratch that notion — at least the momentum part.