Consider the offseason for Dana Holgorsen. After winning eight games and a bowl for the first time since joining the Big 12, he had to replace four assistant coaches — two because of his decisions, two because of the decisions of others — and deal with ultimately misrepresented uncertainty about his job security. Getting through the winter to the spring was neither swift nor simply.

Then spring football arrived, and the 15 practices went very well but also by way too quickly for a coach who was witnessing a return to form on offense.

Tuesday, as you might imagine, couldn’t come fast enough for Holgorsen.

“It’s fun to have an offensive line that gives you a chance to be able to work on the other stuff,” Holgorsen said, “and as we all know, that’s why I was hired five years ago.”