Nebraska Football gives fans hope for future after strong end to 2018

Nebraska football finished their first year under Scott Frost with a 4-8 record. While the record isn’t great, the improvements with this team on a week-to-week basis gives Husker fans a lot to look forward to next year.

The 2018 season has wrapped up for Nebraska football and Cornhusker fans are bummed about it. After starting the season at 0-6 and feeling like the wins would never come, Nebraska rattled off four wins in their final six games and looked good in the process.

Even in the two losses over the last month, Nebraska was very much in the thick of both of those games and that’s promising. The Huskers lost by five points to Ohio State (ranked tenth at the time) in early November and barely lost to Iowa on the day after Thanksgiving.

The more impressive part about the game against Iowa was that Nebraska was down 28-13 at one point and came back to tie things up late in the fourth quarter. Where I really started to feel a comeback could happen was when the Huskers faked it on fourth down deep in their own territory and converted. They then marched down the field and scored a touchdown.

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Had the Blackshirts done their part near the end and prevented the Hawkeyes from getting a first down with less than a minute to go, we might be singing a different tune this morning. The defense showed some juice at times, but for the most part, was picked a part.

While the 2018 season ended on a mostly positive note, not everyone will be along for the ride these next few years. The Huskers had several key seniors playing in their final game on Friday, including running back Devine Ozigbo, wide receiver Stanley Morgan Jr., and linebacker Luke Gifford.

Ozigbo at times carried this offense and finished his senior season with over 1,000 rushing yards. He was the first Husker to do so since Ameer Abdullah in 2014. Morgan was always a team player and no one would have blamed him for wanting to transfer after last season, but he stuck around. These two will be missed on offense and hopefully they get their shot to play in the pros.

With no bowl game for Nebraska this year, the Cornhuskers look ahead to 2019 and the future sure looks bright. Freshman quarterback Adrian Martinez now has a full season under his belt and should be able to do big things for Big Red as he progresses.