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Steven M. Sipple: Bielema outfoxes Frost and 3 other takeaways from news conference | Column








Nebraska head coach Scott Frost and Illinois head coach Bret Bielema shake hands after the Illini defeated the Huskers 30-22 Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. 



FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star




Steven M. Sipple and Parker Gabriel give the four most interesting pieces of information after Monday’s Husker press conference.



If you’re a Nebraska football fan, you may be watching the team closely this week, wondering how it’ll react to Saturday’s spirit-sapping, season-opening loss at Illinois.

I was in monitoring mode Monday during the team’s weekly news conference.

1. Frost outcoached: Judging by Nebraska coach Scott Frost’s comments, the opener was a learning experience for the Husker offensive staff. 

That’s a kind way of saying they were out-foxed by Illinois’ defensive staff.

“I give them credit,” Frost said. “We watched a lot of tape on them and tried to give our best guess as to what they were going to do.” 

Nebraska, for the most part, apparently guessed wrong. In short, Illinois’ defense showed a different look in the spring game than what it used Saturday. It caused confusion. First-year Illini head coach Bret Bielema got the best of Frost. That’s my read, anyway. 

By the way, Frost called the plays Saturday, he said Monday. That was a bit of a revelation because in January, Frost said Nebraska’s offensive play-calling over the second half of the 2020 season amounted to shared duty between him and offensive coordinator Matt Lubick. 

“We collaborate. The whole staff collaborates,” Frost said Monday, adding, “It was just an interesting game Saturday because about half of our game plan was kind of out the window when they came up and lined up the way they did. We really had to scramble and go to an alternative plan and try to adjust.



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