What Scott Frost said after Nebraska's loss to Iowa
Despite a great effort, the Nebraska Cornhuskers lost to No. 24 Iowa 26-20 in a heartbreaking finish.
Quarterback Adrian Martinez fumbled the ball away on the final drive with less than two minutes remaining and with only one timeout, all Iowa had to do was kneel the ball (which they did) and the game was over.
With the loss, the Cornhuskers fell to 1-4 on the season as they just can’t seem to find ways to win games on a consistent basis.
Here’s what head coach Scott Frost had to say after the game.
Scott Frost: "We've got to button things down and do the little things right. All the time." #huskers
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) November 27, 2020
Frost: "I was proud of the team today."
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) November 27, 2020
Frost: "We played too well on defense to give them the field position they had."
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) November 27, 2020
Frost says Martinez and McCaffrey were both going to play. Said they graded out even this week, completing 81% of their passes
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) November 27, 2020
Frost said Iowa sideline was clapping in the first half to disrupt Cam Jurgens. Didn't happen in the second half. Jurgens was thus fine.
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) November 27, 2020
Frost: "I told the guys in the locker room afterwards, I'm not embarrassed to coach this team" but says the Huskers have to "button things up" to win games like this. "We played too well on defense to give them the field position they had."
— Brian Christopherson (@Husker247BC) November 27, 2020
Frost is frustrated with special teams: "We need to catch every punt in practice. Because it matters."
— Mitch Sherman (@mitchsherman) November 27, 2020
Frost says he thought Iowa jumped on its go-ahead field goal in the second half.
— Mitch Sherman (@mitchsherman) November 27, 2020
Scott Frost: "I’m not embarrassed to coach this team. I’m proud of this team."
— Mitch Sherman (@mitchsherman) November 27, 2020
Nebraska coach Scott Frost on RG Matt Farniok, who allowed Chauncey Golston to get to Adrian Martinez on the final Nebraska offensive play: "I know Matt’s hurting because of what happened on the last play, but I love him."
— Mitch Sherman (@mitchsherman) November 27, 2020
Frost clearly emotional, fired up.
"I've been doubted in this state before."
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) November 27, 2020
Frost said he loved the work from his coaches this week, helped create "the fire in the eyes" of the players.
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) November 27, 2020
Nebraska’s next game will be at Purdue next Saturday with the time still yet to be announced. We’ll have to see if they can bounce back and get to 2-4 on the season.
