EVANSTON, Illinois — As Nebraska senior safety Antonio Reed trotted toward the tunnel following the final gun, he looked toward the sky seemingly in a state of disbelief.
Husker junior cornerback Lamar Jackson's shoulders slumped. A Northwestern player tried to console him. It wasn't working.
"I was just thinking about it," Nebraska running back Devine Ozigbo said. "We've progressed so much over the weeks. We're just missing that one thing. We've marked off every box. We just haven't gotten a win. It's the craziest thing. It's hard to understand."
In a few regards, it's not hard to understand.