After Nebraska took a 14-7 lead in the second quarter, Notre Dame's Julius Jones returned another kickoff 45 yards. Things only got worse for Nebraska in the second half. After taking a 21-7 lead, Jones returned the ensuing kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. There was some concern after our last game, and that concern is still there. That's obviously something we're going to have to work on.
Offense is another concern.
Despite rolling up 377 yards, when the Huskers needed to move the ball in the second half, they couldn't. We were not able to establish the consistency we had earlier in the ball game. Notre Dame's defense got better at stopping us. Fortunately for Nebraska, there are no kick returns in overtime. After holding Notre Dame to a field goal on the first possession of overtime, Nebraska's offense went into survival mode.