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What Scott Frost said after Nebraska’s win vs. Penn State
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Heading into Saturday’s Penn State-Nebraska game, we know at least one thing: Whoever won was going to be ecstatic to finally have a win in 2020. The other would be wallowing into an even bigger depression.
Fortunately for Scott Frost, his Huskers came out on the positive side, thwarting off a late Nittany Lion comeback to win 30-23 and give Nebraska its first win of the season.
One of the big signs of improvement for the Huskers on Saturday was defensively. Nebraska did not allow a touchdown until nearly halfway through the third quarter and scored a defensive touchdown on a fumble return.
Frost: "Everybody in Nebraska can see the progress the defense is making."
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) November 14, 2020
Frost on the CBs in the red zone: "That was impressive, wasn't it?"
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) November 14, 2020
Offensively, the talk all week surrounded whether to keep Adrian Martinez as the starting quarterback or go to freshman Luke McCaffrey. The brother of Christian McCaffrey earned the start and was successful both on the ground and in the passing game.
Scott Frost said the decision to start Luke McCaffrey was one of the hardest he ever made, considering his affinity for Adrian Martinez.
McCaffrey did a lot of good things, considering it was first start.
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) November 14, 2020
Here’s what else Frost had to say.
Frost says Zavier Betts has learned to commit to being good and getting on the field.
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) November 14, 2020
Frost said Dedrick Mills "got nicked up" and will be fine.
"That affected us, moving Wan'Dale to running back and trying to get personnel groups right."
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) November 14, 2020
Frost on the win: "The state needed it, the team needed it, I needed it."
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) November 14, 2020
Frost on the CBs in the red zone: "That was impressive, wasn't it?"
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) November 14, 2020
Frost: "Maybe I got a little too conservative" in the red zone. They threw two INTs last week in red zone.
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) November 14, 2020
Frost on Ben Stille, who had a critical late sack: "For an Ashland, Nebraska kid to step up and make that kind of play, it's special for us and I'm really happy for him."
— Parker Gabriel (@ParkerJGabriel) November 14, 2020
"That was impressive, wasn't it?" Frost says of watching his veteran defensive backs work in the red zone with the game on the line. "I thought they played not just a good game, but a smart game."
— Parker Gabriel (@ParkerJGabriel) November 14, 2020
Frost: "It's always better to learn after a win than after a loss." #Huskers
— Parker Gabriel (@ParkerJGabriel) November 14, 2020
That is quite true, Scott. Nebraska has a chance to build on Saturday’s success as the Huskers take on Illinois in Lincoln.