I don’t know how we’ll look going forward. D seemed to figure things out late in the game. More sacks in the last quarter than the rest of the season. Offense struggled, but in fairness, adjusting to the loss of Felter in a hostile environment was a lot to ask of them.
All things considered - despite how bad we played, a lot had to go wrong for us to lose this game.
1) Gusting winds making FGs on one side of the field impossible. Considering Nebraska has the worst kicking game in FBS and we don’t have an explosive offense, this was a huge disadvantage for us. We passed up a 42 yard attempt on paper, but it was more than just this. Definitely impacts a grind it out style when the opponent knows it doesn’t help to get into FG territory.
2) 52 yarder hitting upright in other direction.
3) Bad spot on questionable call crossing the plane preventing TD.
4) Black point blank missing sure TD pass.
4) 95 degree heat with our team’s base in blazing sun - them in shade first half of game.
Some might point to their poor punting and say look at their “mistakes” but I don’t see it that way. Thats Nebraska’s norm. Their kicking game flat out sucks beyond belief. They executed a trick play. Ours didn’t work. But the reality is - given how bad their kicking is in normal conditions the weather was a huge advantage for them.
