1. Not terribly insightful but if the team is going to have a slump and bottom you'd want it to be now in January. The 2013-2014 team went 3-6 in the first half of B1G play before finishing 8-1. Still a chance to bottom out, figure it out, and catch some momentum.
2. Barring a complete collapse in the 2nd half of B1G play, Huskers have still taken a step up in last few years. The 2013-2014 team had 30-point losses on the road to OSU and Michigan where they got completely boat-raced. This years team hasn't had a game they've been completely out of early and overall the team hasn't had a loss like that since probably @MSU last year.
Tl;dr Nebraska isn't complete garbage and has time to figure it out