For the second straight season, Scott Frost and Nebraska ended up as one of the major stories from Week 0 for the wrong reasons.
A year ago, the Cornhuskers opened as 6.5-point favorites on the road to Illinois but lost 30-22 thanks to some dreadful special teams mistakes (a safety on a punt return and two missed PATs) and a costly fumble-return score. This year, as an even bigger favorite on an even longer road trip -- they were 12.5-point favorites against Northwestern in Dublin, Ireland -- they fell again, 31-28.
It was the seventh straight loss for the Huskers, dating back to a 56-7 blowout of this very Northwestern team last October.