Scott Frost left the field at Memorial Stadium and headed to the Nebraska locker room, prepared to address his team as he does after every football game.
Only this time, Frost waited until senior captain Mick Stoltenberg had finished talking to the Huskers following their 54-35 victory over Illinois on a bitter cold Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Frost, in his first season as Nebraska’s head football coach, listened as Stoltenberg, who’d intercepted a pass on Illinois’ final possession, talked to the team about finishing the final two games of the season in the right manner, and where the younger players can take this program after Stoltenberg and a crew of other seniors leave.