Austin Allen
Nebraska Tight End
On his frustration level
“Frustration for me is at an all-time high because I didn’t control what I could control. There were two points in that game where I caught the ball and didn’t protect it. Got away with the first one and the second one cost us. I let my team down in that situation. We had the momentum driving down the field with five minutes left. I didn’t do my 1/11th in that certain play. I let them down. I told the guys that I failed them and nobody is going to work harder this week. It was an attention to detail that was lacking on my end today. Not only did I let my teammates down, but I let the whole state down. Frustrated on my end because I didn’t control what I can control.”
On pressure of where they are at as a program and the need to turn it around
“This is the University of Nebraska. There is always going to be pressure whether you are winning or losing. I don’t think there is added pressure. We are playing football. We are working our tails off week in and week out trying to win games. There is not necessarily added pressure. This is just Nebraska football.”
On success running the ball in the first half compared to the second
“We got a little deeper in our play-call sheets. Some things worked and some things didn’t work. Seemed like we didn’t have a whole lot of plays. Some things we just didn’t execute in our game plan. We had some things to call on our play sheets that we didn’t and some things we didn’t execute on.”
On what can be said to the team
“Right now there are three games ahead of us. There is still Nebraska across our chest. We are still competing for the state. There is a lot to play for still. We’ve got everything in front of us. Push the reset button. What happened happened today. We are moving forward tomorrow and on to Ohio State.”
On if he liked where the guys were heading after bye week
“Getting a little extra time off your feet after going eight straight games was nice. There were a lot of things I was eager to see today after what we did last week. We just didn’t execute today and we lost the football game. Plain and simple.”
On why there was four turnovers
“It is what it is. It’s football. We turned the ball over today. That’s really the emphasis I’m going to put on the guys this week. Ball security. There’s not necessarily a rhyme or reason why. The (four) turnovers today are unacceptable in the big picture and we are going to learn from it."
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