Nebraska and Creighton in the Elite 8 is not some Loess Hills meth dream. It could happen.

In all the hype from the usual East Coast pundits about perennial blue bloods, don't overlook the Heartland.

Forget that I am a Child of the Corn for a second. I have not been a Nebraska basketball fan since the days of "The Polish Rifle," Eric Piatowski. I wished Freddy Hoiberg well when he took over this woeful program, but I am part of an elite fraternity of "Jayskers," those who root for the historically dominant Creighton Bluejays basketball team and th…