Nebraska Football: 5 biggest questions facing Cornhuskers in spring 2018

Nebraska football is facing an important spring with some questions to answer. What’re the five biggest questions facing the Cornhuskers?

Scott Frost’s first spring game as the head coach of Nebraska is here and the new lead man has plenty of questions to answer. While his new team is coming off a 4-8 season with some key departures on both sides of the ball, he reeled in one of the top recruiting classes in the Big Ten.

The Cornhuskers have history and tradition to draw top-tier recruits, but didn’t do enough of that under Mike Riley who came over from Oregon State and didn’t live up to the billing.

Nebraska can be a powerhouse nationally, but it likely won’t happen right away under Frost. He’ll have to figure out which players fit where and who deserves to start this spring.

What’re the five biggest questions facing Nebraska this spring?

5. Can Barret Pickering adequately replace Drew Brown?

The kicking game might not seem like a priority compared to all the other aspects of the team, but Nebraska had one of the better kickers in college football over the past few years in Drew Brown.

In fact, Brown made 119-of-121 extra points in his Nebraska career as well as 450of-55 field goals. That’s not a bad ratio for a college kicker and when called upon, he usually delivered. Making over 98 percent of extra points and 80 percent of field goals is what you’d call reliable.

Incoming freshman Barret Pickering needs to prove himself this spring as an adequate replacement for Brown, even though that’s not exactly an easy task.

The kicking game in college football is more important than you may think.