Scott Frost discusses Nebraska's second-half adjustments in win over North Dakota

It looked like it was going to go down to the wire, but Nebraska pulled away to get a victory over North Dakota in Lincoln on Saturday. Afterward, Scott Frost talked about the adjustments his team made after a rough first half.

During his halftime interview, Frost said his offense had “no rhythm,” but that wasn’t the case in the second half. Nebraska had 290 total yards of offense in the second half compared to 147 in the first half and outscored North Dakota 31-10 after the break.

It wasn’t perfect, but Frost said it’s easier to work on things after a victory.

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“There’s a lot of good and a lot of bad,” Frost told Big Ten Network’s Rick Pizzo after the game. “We stunk on offense in the first half. We found a lot better rhythm in the second half, putting our kids in position to make plays. Two games in a row we preached turnover margin … we were negative in turnover margin both games.

“Made some dumb plays on special teams that I know our kids have gotten coached on because I’ve been in the meetings. Better to learn in a win than in a loss. So, we have a lot of things that we can fix and become a better football team.”

One of the big plays of the half came when Garrett Nelson forced a strip-sack fumble to take the wind out of North Dakota’s sails. At the time, Nebraska had a 14-7 lead at the time and the Fighting Hawks were marching toward the Cornhuskers’ side of the field. That was a big swing — and Frost said it came at a good time.

“A lot of momentum and we needed it,” Frost said. “We didn’t expect to be in that kind of game and I give those guys a lot of credit. When we need plays, we’ve got to step up. We’re playing well on defense and just giving up little things here and there. We’ve got to tighten that up.”

Anthony Grant also had a monster second half as he finished with 189 rushing yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead 46-yard score to put Nebraska back on top 24-17 in the third quarter. His performance didn’t go unnoticed.

“We’ve got a lot of good backs,” Frost said. “We needed Anthony today and he made a couple special plays for us. … He had a special day.”