Frost doesn’t want Huskers to get used to losing
Nebraska continues to inch closer to that elusive first win of the season. Last week, the Cornhuskers fell 34-31 in overtime to Northwestern.
The loss to the Wildcats was set up because of a fourth-quarter collapse in which the Cornhuskers surrendered a 31-21 lead in the final two-and-a-half minutes.
Now Nebraska (0-6, 0-4 Big Ten) returns to Lincoln to face the Minnesota Gophers (3-3, 0-3 Big Ten), with both teams searching for their first conference win of 2018.
“For the last three weeks I wish people could see inside the walls and see how good the culture is right now and how much it’s turned and how much better it is and how much the guys are banding together,” Nebraska head coach Scott Frost said.
“The one concern I have — as great as it was today; it was our best practice ever — is I don’t want the guys to get used to losing and be OK with it. I know the vast majority of our team isn’t, but I don’t want them to get comfortable with it either.”
Frost is hoping the parity-laced nature of the Big Ten can play into the Cornhuskers’ advantage against the Gophers.
“I think the level of the league top to bottom,” Frost said.
“Some of the other leagues I’ve been in there’s really good teams and then there’s some games you can play less than your best and win. I certainly haven’t seen all the teams in this league, but I haven’t seen one like that yet. You need to be at your best week in and week out in a nine-game schedule in this league where anybody can beat you.”