As the disappointment mounts, both outside and inside the Husker football program's walls, take the emotions out of it for a moment. What gets said in that meeting room Monday after the fifth "L," all of this before Halloween?
"I think you have to teach and coach and talk to them with factual information," said NU offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf. "This is why this play didn't work. We're not good enough on third down, or we're stalling here, or we've got too many penalties. Whatever the reasons are, point out the reasons to them and coach them hard.