Eh, we've been great at not allowing long plays in past years, because the defense was geared to allow dinks and dunks all the way down the field. Now we are taking more chances and playing more one gap, which means your run fits and angles need to be crisper. We also play more man which leads to more shots from the other team.
Most of what Nebraska did was on Armstrong breaking contain and making something out of nothing.
The red zone issues on both sides trouble me more than anything else.
We can't continue to settle for FG and allow touchdowns on D
"great at not allowing long plays in past years"
I would be interested in seeing some stats on that.
I feel like we have not been great at anything related to defense in the last five years.