Nebraska appears to be where Michigan was at 3 years ago when Dave Brandon finally got fired (and his subsequent company, Toys R Us went bankrupt this week, too, of course). The main difference is that Pelini was actually successful despite his personality. I never thought Riley was the answer, but like Hoke, I thought he'd do better than he has.
I don't know the whole story on Alberts, but he did bring UNO to D1 for all sports the hockey program into the NCHC. They lost out to IUPUI in this summer's realignment (Wichita State to the American / Valparaiso to the MVC / IUPUI to the Horizon), but supposedly the Horizon League is going to expand further, so they're probably in a good position there compared to the other Summit League schools). I'll be interested to see what happens.