1st Down and Second Thoughts

That wasn’t the result we wanted or expected.

The Huskers seemed to come out flat last Friday night, and Minnesota was the more physical and disciplined team. A disappointing game in more ways than one.

After the Michigan loss earlier this season, I wrote that we should look forward to Nebraska going undefeated through the month of October to take the next step forward as a program. Obviously, this team was not ready to take that next step.

The same issues we’ve seen most of the year - poor pass protection, leaky run defense, lack of establishing the run - all made themselves very apparent. I...