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Nebraska easily could have been shut out.
By Minnesota.
Nebraska’s offensive and defensive lines lost the battles on the line of scrimmage on almost every snap.
Against Minnesota.
Nebraska received a lesson in physical football. From Minnesota.
Two weeks ago against Ohio State it was obvious that the talent level of Nebraska was not up to par. Last week against Northwestern we learned that it was going to be an extremely difficult season on the offensive side of the ball. This week what did we learn?
We learned that Minnesota is more physically and mentally tough than Scott Frost’s Nebraska football team. It was cold and wet. Minnesota embraced it. Nebraska barely accepted it.
This game was not a lesson in how far Nebraska’s football program has to go. We didn’t learn anything in that regard. It was a lesson on what happens when you do not show up to play.
We do have to give them a break. It was pretty cold in Minnesota.
On the other hand...
Cameron Jurgens had his best game snapping the ball. So there’s that.
The Morning After...
Christopherson: Defeat in the trenches brings a crushing reality
Time to swear off the oar jokes for a while.
Also time to acknowledge that Bill Moos was more right than people wanted to believe back on those sunny summer days when he said in Chicago that getting to six wins and qualifying for a bowl would be important for this Husker football program.
Some scoffed as that being a low-ball figure. At this moment, after the game we saw Saturday night, it was some masterful, if unintentional, handicapping of where this program truly resides in this building process.
Report Card: Manhandled by Minnesota
Nebraska football went up to Minnesota for a game on Saturday and was sent back to Lincoln with another rough loss in 2019. The Huskers were beat up by the Gophers to the tune of 34-7.
How’d it grade out? Not particularly well.
3 Takeaways from Nebraska's 34-7 Loss to Minnesota | Hail Varsity
Snow started drifting before kickoff. It never really reached a level where field conditions were going to be affected, though. It was more of just a dusting.
Could say the same thing about the game.
Yikes.
Nebraska will enter into its first bye week 4-3 on the season and 2-2 in conference play. The goal after an Ohio State demo was 2-0 against Northwestern and Minnesota. The Northwestern win came but it didn’t look great. The Minnesota game Saturday night just didn’t look great. The Gophers left TCF Bank Stadium with a 34-7 win.
Frost seeks a more physical Husker team after Golden Gophers put a cold-weather beating on NU | Football | journalstar.com
As the snow fell and the wind blew and October in the Big Ten West’s northernmost outpost delivered a night more befitting the holiday season than midseason, P.J. Fleck’s Minnesota team put a cold-weather beating on Nebraska.
Frost seeks a more physical Husker team after Golden Gophers put a cold-weather beating on NU | Football | journalstar.com
As the snow fell and the wind blew and October in the Big Ten West’s northernmost outpost delivered a night more befitting the holiday season than midseason, P.J. Fleck’s Minnesota team put a cold-weather beating on Nebraska.
Rapid Recap: Gophers demolish Nebraska 34-7 - The Daily Gopher
On a windy, sleety, rainy, snowy night Minnesota’s rushing attack was once again in full force, racking up 238 yards on the ground, while the defense nearly handed Nebraska its first shutout in more than 20 years. Rodney Smith and Shannon Brooks both racked up triple digit rushing totals (EDIT: Brooks had a TFL that dropped him below 100) and Tyler Johnson somehow managed 100 yards receiving as the Gophers ran Nebraska out of TCF Bank Stadium in a 34-7 rout.
Nebraska Player Has Brutally Honest Message After Blowout Loss
Things are not going well at Nebraska at the moment, as the Huskers were blown out by Minnesota on Saturday night, 34-7.
Scott Frost’s team dropped to 4-3 on the season. The Huskers are hoping to make a bowl game in Year 2 of the Frost era and that goal got more difficult to accomplish on Saturday night.
Nebraska will now head into its bye week, hoping to regroup.
One Huskers player thinks that will be a good thing.
HuskerOnline - 10 things we learned from Nebraska's loss to Minnesota
Here are 10 of our biggest takeaways following Nebraska's 34-7 loss to Minnesota on Saturday night...
Gophers trample Nebraska 34-7 to remain undefeated at 6-0 - StarTribune.com
Mohamed Ibrahim had an epiphany this past week, after watching fellow Gophers running backs Rodney Smith and Shannon Brooks tear it up against Illinois with 322 combined rushing yards.
“I was like, ‘You know what’s actually crazy?’ ” Ibrahim said. “‘Me, Rodney and Shannon have never played in the same game before.’ ”
Injuries have truncated the running backs to either a dynamic duo or sometimes a lone star. But not Saturday.
Nebraska coaches said they had the "cleanest" Monday practice of the season and the best Wednesday practice all year. And then that first half happens, and boy, that is what I imagine hurts/bugs fans the most.
— Christopher Heady (@heady_chris) October 13, 2019
Frost says he had a long talk with the team after the game.
— HuskerOnline.com (@HuskerOnline) October 13, 2019
“I don’t like coaching a team that’s not physical.”
Bottom line from Scott Frost: “We need to get a lot better at some basic things.” #Huskers
— Parker Gabriel (@HuskerExtraPG) October 13, 2019
Frost: “We got pushed around a little tonight. Whether that’s a mindset or what it is, I don’t know. But it’s disappointing.” He had a long postgame talk with his team before meeting the media.
— Brian Christopherson (@Husker247BC) October 13, 2019
Listened to PJ Fleck’s press conference and caught this nugget:
— Matt Hardesty (@hardestymatt12) October 13, 2019
“I think there was a comment made by one of (Nebraska’s) staff members in terms of not going to prepare for the weather. Well we prepare for this all the time. We love our weather.”
Safe at this point to say the offensive issues aren't just on Adrian Martinez.
— Christopher Heady (@heady_chris) October 13, 2019
Frost asked his guys to pour whatever they have in the tank into this week, this game. I haven't seen that type of effort tonight.
— Steven M. Sipple (@HuskerExtraSip) October 13, 2019
I've seen a lot of hunger from the home team.
Minnesota 28-0, 3:16 left in third quarter.
What a joke of a performance. Could talk away Michigan last year. Even Ohio State this year, to a lesser degree. Can’t talk away being down 35-0 to Minnesota. This program sucks.
— Josh Peterson (@joshtweeterson) October 13, 2019
The type of ball Minn plays is the same as Iowa & Wisc it destroys teams that don’t have their identity & don’t play sound football. it also doesn’t win Jack or in the long run. Nebraska needs to get its together and then the program will be fine. Gonna take #Huskers
— Nick Gregath (@Husker_Nick) October 13, 2019
Seeing Minnesota push Nebraska around and do whatever they want to in the run game is reminding me about buzz words like “toughness,” “physicality,” and “culture” many focused on over the years.
— Josh Peterson (@joshtweeterson) October 13, 2019
Nebraska wants no part of this Minnesota team right now. Striking to watch.
— Parker Gabriel (@HuskerExtraPG) October 13, 2019
thank you! appreciate everyone who has reached out, i’ll be good! https://t.co/F8coa7VQD6
— Wan’Dale Robinson (@wanda1erobinson) October 13, 2019
U got “up men”, who r ur key blockers, going sideways on the fake...I just think they don’t know what it means to be physical and nasty! It should look like a following 71! GO HIT SOMEONE! Fuk!
— Jason Peter (@jasonpeter) October 13, 2019
U got “up men”, who r ur key blockers, going sideways on the fake...I just think they don’t know what it means to be physical and nasty! It should look like a following 71! GO HIT SOMEONE! Fuk!
— Jason Peter (@jasonpeter) October 13, 2019
Sorry to all the radio shows, but I have precisely zero interest in anyone’s reaction to this.
— Kevin Thomas (@KevinThomasLNK) October 13, 2019
Not sure how Nebraska is left out yet again. Lost a close one to an undefeated team https://t.co/SwihrbuTee
— Nate McHugh (@nmchugh85) October 13, 2019
As the #Huskers game slipped away, here are some of the faces - in the stands & on the sidelines pic.twitter.com/PO6pCHe6ls
— Kevin Sjuts (@kevinsjuts) October 13, 2019