Winless Huskers going through growing pains
Coming off a 56-10 loss to Michigan, Scott Frost and Company will attempt to rebound as Nebraska plays host to the Purdue Boilermakers (1-3) on homecoming.
Frost admitted that Michigan had an edge physically across the entire field in Week 4.
“We ran a bunch of young guys out there, and we’ve got some young guys that are going to be great players, but they have 22-year-olds and we had 18-year-olds in some positions,” said Frost, whose team is 0-3 overall and 0-1 in the Big Ten.
“They’ve recruited well for several years with (Jim) Harbaugh, they’ve developed well, and that’s where I want us to be in a couple years. We’re going to fight right now, and the guys we’ve got are good enough to be a really good team if we put it all together.”
The Cornhuskers have struggled mightily through three games, causing concern.
“At times early on we looked like a team that we need to look like, particularly in the Colorado game,” Frost said.
“There was a couple drives where we got things rolling and started using tempo and started gashing Troy, but it just wasn’t consistent enough. I don’t know how many first downs we had on Saturday and I don’t care, but there weren’t very many times Saturday where it looked like I want it to look.”
While Purdue is far from an elite Big Ten squad, the Huskers have respect for their homecoming foes.
“They’re a good team. I think Jeff Brohm is one of the best coaches in the country. I think he did an unbelievable job where he is,” Frost said. “I think he’s smart. I think he gets his team playing well. They’ve got some quarterbacks that can really throw it, they’ve got a big-time receiver that’s a young kid, and they have good linebackers on defense along with some other people.”