Scott Frost’s Huskers have failed to summit Mt. Close. The key? ‘Get an inch better’ | Football

Scott Frost on Wednesday did not sound like a head coach with a big bye week shake-up hiding up his sleeve.

That’s in part because his Nebraska football team already made its move on the offensive line weeks ago when it shifted three players into new starting spots, only to see freshman left tackle Teddy Prochazka go down with a season-ending left knee injury in his second start.

It is possible a healthy Broc Bando or Brant Banks gets a look up front or that freshman tight end Thomas Fidone works his way into the conversation as he returns from an April ACL injury. It’s possible that Braxton Clark keeps seeing spot work at cornerback as he did against Minnesota or that either Isaac Gifford or Noa Pola-Gates gets some turns at safety with Deontai Williams down and Myles Farmer elevated into the starting lineup.

In reality, eight games in and already having shuffled the deck in a couple of places, there aren’t a ton of big stones to turn over on the personnel front.

“A lot of guys got reps (during practice on Monday and Tuesday). There’s only so many places we can go with it,” Frost said Wednesday. “Most of the guys that give us the best chance to win are already playing, so there’s not too many changes we can make, but there’s certainly some positions where there’s always competition.”

The other part of Frost’s steady-as-she-goes message in the middle of Nebraska’s bye week is that the fourth-year coach has said all year that he thinks his team is close and he thinks that staying the course is the best way to conquer that little five-letter word, which has become a source of frustration and consternation among Husker coaches, players and fans.