EVANSTON, Ill. — Pick a category, any category, and you can find a devilish little thing that might have turned an overtime loss into a win for Nebraska on Saturday against Northwestern.
To say the Huskers (0-6, 0-4 Big Ten) let a victory slip away at Ryan Field is of course an understatement, and the natural inclination is to find one moment here or one decision there that would have, could have, should have helped forge a different result.
Perhaps the most striking takeaway from Nebraska players and coach Scott Frost after the game, though, was the sense that this loss, taken on its own and also as part of the first 0-6 start in program history and of a 10-game losing streak that reaches back nearly a year now, was not about details but rather about the big picture.