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Scott Frost: ‘We’re going to look back and cherish this year’

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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Delete it, erase it from your memory and forget it ever happened. After Nebraska’s 0-6 start to the season, Scott Frost’s first in Lincoln, that’s how a lot of people felt.

Six weeks and four wins later, the Huskers’ 2018 season doesn’t seem so bad. While the 4-7 record isn’t close to where the program wants to be, there’s a sense of pride that Nebraska has banded together and has played as well as anyone in the B1G over the last month.

Frost won’t forget his first season as the head coach in Lincoln, nor does he want to. Instead, the 2018 campaign is going to be one he cherishes.

“You know when you go through something and it feels like it just started yesterday, but also seems like it started 10 years ago? That’s kinda how this year has been,” Frost said during his press conference. “We’re going to look back and cherish this year. Because a lot of things that happened this year, although some of them weren’t pleasant, I think were necessary for us to try to get this where we want it to be.”

Nebraska’s 0-6 start was the worst in the history of the program. For the first half of the season, the Huskers were the laughingstock of college football. Players were leaving. Skeptics were doubting.

Since that time, the Huskers have posted four victories, defeating Minnesota, Bethune-Cookman, Illinois and Michigan State. The only loss was a 36-31 dogfight to Ohio State.

Things are much different that they were at the beginning of the season. Frost said that’s because of the bond that’s developed in the locker room over the course of the year.

“We’re certainly a good enough football team right now to have a lot better record than what we have,” Frost said. “But it’s kinda been pretty sweet and special to see the guys band together and rally and persevere and have the second half of the season that they’ve had.”

Nebraska will have one final opportunity to put a stamp on the 2018 season, traveling to Kinnick Stadium to face rival Iowa on Friday afternoon. A win would be an incredibly sweet ending to one of the craziest seasons in Huskers history.

But win or lose, Frost is going to look back on this year and remember how the team started. More importantly, he’ll remember how it finished.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB