Scott Frost details Nebraska's late-game struggles on offense in Week 0

Nebraska left Dublin, Ireland last weekend with more questions than answers. Questions Scott Frost needs to address and may not have the answers to yet. At a press conference this week recapping the loss vs. Northwestern, Frost addressed several areas where the Cornhuskers could have played better. Areas where, if a play or two went differently, Nebraska could have come away victorious.

Obviously, they did not. Which left Frost wondering how to improve in areas like tempo, avoiding three-and-outs, and getting quicker stops on defense. You can read his full comments on the game when asked what he believes needs to improve:

“You know, it’s one or two plays honestly. I can think of one drive we had the ball up four and on their 40. First and ten and I think that was the one we ended up with an interception on. So it’s one or two plays where if we if we hit a play it leads to points. And that’s this league in general. I thought, like I said, everything was great. We need to make sure that that we execute a little better in those situations.”

It happens. Big plays can go one way or another. Just need to put yourself in position to make them happen for your team and not the other. The Frost addressed how the up-tempo play from his Huskers strained both sides of the ball.

“[Coach Whipple] watched the fourth quarter with the offense yesterday and and up until that point, I thought we played really well. I think we can keep coming together and being even better. Obviously later in the game, when you guys had some three and outs, what’s the challenge of finding the right line as to when to go fast. And going fast can maybe tax your defense a little bit. There’s a line there. And then, you know, I’ve learned that and I think our staff has learned that. So we’re going to have to be good there.”

At the end of the day, time for Scott Frost to get back in the lab and figure out how to make those big plays go their way.

“Our defense was on the field too much. Part of that was probably offense. Part of that was them needing to get off the field on a couple third downs. But against the original question, you know, Whip does so many good things and we do so many good things now with a lot of the concepts that he’s had for a long time. I want all of us put our heads together and find ways to create more first down so we get more opportunities to do those things.”