Defensive coordinator Mark Banker said he wouldn’t call it frustrated but he’s disappointed he hasn’t figured out the solution to what’s ailing a Nebraska defense that saw itself carved up by sophomore David Blough.

“Frustrating is not the word - I’m disappointed No. 1 in myself for not being able to come up with a cure-all or what have you,” Banker said. “Players put in good work during the week. They’ve been doing a decent job as far as paying attention to detail. It’s just not coming out the way we want to on the field. It’s not frustrating, it’s just the part you wish was obviously different and that myself, the leader of this group, could come up with better ways to make that happen."

Blough impressed Banker - who said the Huskers weren’t expecting him to run as well as he did but also weren’t preparing that he was a statue either.

“He’s a good quarterback, good athlete and we knew he wasn’t a cumbersome guy,” Banker said. “He showed his ability to get to the edge specifically in the Wisconsin game. That’s what worked for them in that game. The thing that was disappointing in the beginning of the game was giving up the long run to the quarterback.”

It wasn’t just running either, Banker said one area Blough performed better against Nebraska than he had on film was with the deep passes. The sophomore quarterback finished with four touchdowns and 278 yards on 28-for-43 passing.

“He’s shown capabilities, he just happened to have more success against us,” Banker said. “A couple of the deep throws were something we hadn’t see out of him necessarily. I thought he put a couple of those in pretty good spots. He hadn’t hit a lot of those. They were out-of-bounds or overthrows.”