MINNEAPOLIS — Nebraska offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf said he thought quarterback Tanner Lee played some of his best football in the first half Saturday against Minnesota.
The redshirt junior never got a chance to try to lead a second-half comeback.
Lee developed an "impact migraine," according to head coach Mike Riley, and did not play in the second half.
Lee did not appear to even come out of the locker room and, when the Huskers took the field to open the third quarter, redshirt freshman Patrick O’Brien saw his first extended time under center.
“There is no final medical thing that I have heard, except that the doctor used the term 'impact migraine,'" said Riley, who added that his understanding is that the migraine resulted from some contact Lee suffered in the first half, but that he never heard any of the medical staff refer to Lee’s condition as a concussion.