I know many Nebraska fans are looking for someone to blame for the poor performance Saturday, but in my opinion the blame resides in their expectations.
In 1998 when Frank Solich took over as coach, UNL was loaded with NFL talent and a future Heisman Trophy winner.
In 2004 when Bill Callahan took over as coach, he inherited a team that averaged 4 NFL draft picks per year over his first 3 yrs as coach (almost exclusively on defense and OL)
In 2008 when Bo took over as coach, he inherited a team that averaged 4 NFL draft picks per year over his first 3 yrs as coach (again, mostly OL and Defense)
In 2015 when Riley took over as coach, he inherited a team that averaged 2 NFL draft picks per year over his first 3 yrs as coach (final two years were only 1 each year)
In 2018 when Frost took over as coach, he inherited a team that had Zero draft picks in 2019.
From 1994-1997 UNL averaged almost 7 NFL draft picks per year. I realize NFL draft picks exclude people like Tommie Frazier who was a great CF player. However, it is a good way to directionally review talent. Talent is nowhere near the 90's. It has been slowly declining since Callahan was fired.
Frost did not inherit near the talent his predecessors inherited. He will need more than 1.5 yrs to fix it.