Report Card: Huskers 9, Michigan State Spartans 6

Bruce Thorson-USA TODAY SportsWhat a difference a year makes.

Not if you are looking at the Huskers record; Nebraska finds themselves with a 4-7 record once again. This is one of those seasons where the record doesn’t really indicate where the program is. Aside from one game (Michigan), the Huskers have had a chance to win each week. At the start of the season, Nebraska seemed to find ways to lose.

This week, Nebraska found a way to win on a snowy and windy day. As Brian Towle, our late recruiting editor, would likely have said: “They won the damn game.”

Scott Frost pretty much had to junk his game plan on a day where any pass longer than 15 yards ended up being blown off target. But they ran…