Nebraska football: 5 reasons to be excited for the future

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LINCOLN, NE – SEPTEMBER 14: Head coach Scott Frost of the Nebraska Cornhuskers watches action in the first half against the Northern Illinois Huskies at Memorial Stadium on September 14, 2019 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images) /

Things got off to a rocky start for Nebraska football but it’s far too soon for the great Cornhuskers fans to lose hope.

It has been a rough few years for a once-proud Nebraska football program. The Tom Osborne days are long gone now, and what they have left has been a program that is 10-17 since 2017. Despite that loss to rival Colorado in week two, Nebraska fans should still have reason to hold on to that hope they had at the season’s beginning. The same hope that had the Cornhuskers ranked No. 24 in the preseason AP poll and had experts picking them to win the Big Ten West. That hope should still be there, here are the five reasons why.

5. Recruiting

The recruiting classes haven’t been outstanding, but Nebraska did improve upon their No. 23 ranking from 2018 to No. 18 in 2019. They were No. 4 in the Big Ten in both years. That is a sign of solid improvement and Frost will look to continue to improve that ranking in the years coming. Even with the classes not being incredible, they are still very deep.

With 13 four-star athletes and 39-three stars combined in the last two years, Nebraska should have plenty of depth to their program when the injury bug strikes. That depth is something that they haven’t had in recent seasons, including when quarterback Adrian Martinez went down with an injury last season. While most of the players from these classes are for the future, one athlete from 2019 is already making an impact.

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