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Husker Extra Rewind: Decisions for Frost, Husker staff start in QB room, but extend well beyond | Football



Is it time to turn the young players fully loose? If Nebraska does, it will have to live with the growing pains — a downgrade in perimeter blocking, occasional raised hands when the alignment isn’t clear or a signal gets missed.

The easy thing is to say, “Go for it,” out of frustration, but then you’ve got to live with the volatility that comes with more youth on the field. 

“Listen, nobody is more impatient right now than me,” Frost said after the game. That sounds like a coach who might consider shaking up the depth chart more substantially.

The conversations will happen defensively, too. Redshirt freshman Myles Farmer had two interceptions in the first half and barely played in the second after Deontai Williams returned. Quinton Newsome is a good corner and he’s gaining experience fast.


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“We talked about it at half with the defensive staff and I told them I’d just as soon those guys kept playing in a rotation,” Frost said of the young defensive backs. “Those guys definitely deserve to play.”

That rotation didn’t really happen. It was mostly Williams and junior Cam Taylor-Britt down the stretch.

Some decisions are pretty simple. Sophomore Luke Reimer should and will play a lot going forward with Collin Miller and Will Honas (as long as he gets healthy). Redshirt freshmen Bryce Benhart and Ethan Piper will continue to be regulars on the offensive line. Nick Henrich’s role likely will continue to expand as he gets used to playing outside linebacker, but Nebraska has a rotation that’s working rather nicely at that position If a young running back can emerge, he could help solidify the backfield, but none has yet — in part because Ronald Thompkins didn’t make the trip this week.



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