Scott Frost's delayed homecoming: 'We got all dressed up for nothing'

LINCOLN, Neb. -- The stage was set for a spectacular show. Nebraska instead received a three-hour parade of lightning, capped by fierce winds and a sideways downpour that canceled the scheduled opening game of the Scott Frost coaching era last week, an event anticipated perhaps like no other in this program's storied history.

Four hours after kickoff -- the only play Saturday night ahead of the stoppage mandated by a nearby lightning bolt -- Akron players and coaches trudged up a staircase out of their locker room into a dark parking lot. Buses to the Lincoln airport awaited.

The Cornhuskers, headed home in the rain, clearly had lost their moment.

The question this week as Frost's team…