As the Nebraska football team returns from its first bye week and prepares to host Indiana on Saturday afternoon, it's an ideal time to sneak a look back at the first seven games and take stock of where the Huskers find themselves at the season's unofficial midpoint.
At 4-3 overall and 2-2 in Big Ten play -- and coming off a dispiriting 34-7 loss at Minnesota on Oct. 12 -- the Huskers clearly hit the bye week at a frustrating moment in the scope of the regular season.
After the game, sophomore wide receiver Kade Warner said that one of the things head coach Scott Frost told the team during a lengthy postgame discussion was to remember, “It’s never as good as you think and it’s never as bad as you think.