"Doing the right thing is the key," Riley told Canzano. "What I've learned is that some things that are not negotiable about the opportunity to be on a team. One of those is certain kinds of assault, and one of them is anything to do with guns."

Daniel Van De Riet, the Huskers' associate athletic director for football operations, on Tuesday will book Tracy's airline ticket to Lincoln. Tracy is awaiting an itinerary. This is powerful stuff. Tracy will tell Nebraska's players how those men in the apartment near the OSU campus treated her like garbage. Her story becomes particularly germane in the context of the sexual-assault scandal at Baylor that cost Art Briles his job.

Tracy hopes for a one-on-one meeting with Riley, but that apparently isn't a done deal at this point. Writes Canzano:

Tracy would still like that 1-on-1 meeting with Riley, if only to tell him that his in-action as a coach and leader victimized her, almost as if it happened hand-in-hand with the assault itself. She's hopeful that after Van De Riet finalizes her itinerary that it will include an invitation to speak privately with Riley.

"I don't hate Riley today," Tracy said. "Thank God. That type of anger eats away at your soul. I've found a lot of peace."