Scott Frost to Fans: ‘Don’t Give Up on This Team’

Huskers discuss upcoming North Dakota game and loss to Northwestern
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Coach Scott Frost discussed what went wrong in the Huskers’ loss to Northwestern and urged fans to stay behind the team.

“Don’t give up on this team, because this is a neat group of kids,” he said Tuesday during Nebraska football's weekly press conference ahead of Saturday's game against North Dakota. 

As for the season-opening upset loss in Ireland, Frost said it “came down to four or five plays on both sides of the ball again that we need to execute.” Avoiding a repeat of that “comes down to detail and consistency.”

Other points made by the coach:

  • Tight end Travis Vokolek is “day-to-day” after injuring an ankle in Saturday’s game.
  • Coaches need to find a way to get running back/receiver Rahmir Johnson involved in the offense.
  • Even though he mentioned a need for more creativity on offense during his postgame remarks Saturday, Frost said Tuesday that there is no tension between him and offensive coordinator Mark Whipple. “I was referring to maybe just having a few more things in the run game that are schemed for the particular opponent,” said Frost, who called Whipple “an elite play-caller.”

Nebraska also released a depth chart for the first time since last November. View it here.

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Joe Hudson has operated a Husker-related website since 1995 and joined forces with David Max to form HuskerPedia (later renamed HuskerMax) in 1999. It began as a hobby during his 35 years as a newspaper editor and reporter, a career that included stints at the Lincoln Star, Omaha World-Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer and Denver Post. In Denver, Joe was chief of the copy desk during his final 16 years at the Post. He is proud to have been involved in Pulitzer Prize-winning projects in both Philadelphia and Denver. Joe has been a Nebraska football fan since the mid-1960s during his childhood in Omaha. He earned his bachelor of arts degree in journalism and economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1976. He resides a few freeway exits north of Colorado Springs and enjoys bicycling and walking his dogs in his spare time. You can reach him at joeroyhud@outlook.com.