Year four for Nebraska football under Scott Frost is off to a bad start.
Frost’s Cornhuskers led Illinois 9-2 early in the second quarter of the season-opening game for each team on Saturday. But then the Huskers crumbled. They allowed the Illini to score 28 unanswered points for a 30-9 lead in the third quarter. Though Nebraska came back with a few touchdowns, they lost 30-22. It was the third time in four years that Nebraska has lost its opener under Frost.
Nebraska made all sorts of mistakes in the game. They let up the first two points of the game when their punt returner botched a return and was tackled for a safety. They missed two extra points. And Adrian Martinez lost a fumble that was returned for a touchdown. You can’t overcome all those mistakes to win a game.
Here was the botched safety:
Oh noooooo
After official review, the call on the field is confirmed and the first points of the season come on a safety! pic.twitter.com/DUgLifS2h0
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) August 28, 2021
And here was the fumble:
SCOOP AND SCORE @IlliniFootball forces the fumble and takes the lead just before the end of the first half! pic.twitter.com/2CqWdw4qe8
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) August 28, 2021
That’s ugly.
Frost is lucky he has a $20 million buyout, otherwise Nebraska might be more motivated to move on from him quickly.
