He was employed for as long as he could. Even your "All-American" charm can't save you when you suck like he did.
The former Cornhusker was supposed to be the perfect person to bring order to the school. One problem was present. The football coach can't hold a candle to the football player.
It doesn't seem like it, but 1997 was 25 years ago. It was hard to sell Nebraska to a generation of recruits that weren't born the last time Nebraska was "Nebraska" The Cornhuskers used an old-school option offense to win a share of the national title. He wasn't even a top 10 vote-getter for the Heisman that year, even though he was great.
How did the Cornhuskers turn into the Great White Nope in just five years?
He wasn't a good coach from the beginning. Let me tell you what's going on.
From the beginning, Frost had a poor record. It would show that every season would end the same. After his UCF Knights caught lightning in a bottle and produced one of the worst seasons in college football history, Scott Frost became the hottest prospect in the land. After demolishing teams in the American Athletic Conference, they won the title by surviving a double-overtime thriller against Memphis, and then knocked off 7th-ranked auburn in the Peach Bowl.
One of the dumbest claims ever witnessed in sports was made by the University of Central Florida, as they claimed to be better than Alabama, Georgia, or Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff National Championship.
The illogical and insane fan base at the University of Central Florida thought they had the best football team in the country after they went 6-7. After announcing that he was leaving UCF to take the job at Nebraska, he showed up in the press box without a robe. His aura said, "I'm the hottest coach in the land." You should get to know me.
He was more like Doink the Clown. His time at Nebraska was similar to this.
The Cornhuskers were 5-22 in one- score games. His career record is even worse as he was 16-31 at his alma mater. It cost millions of dollars to get Frost out of his job as Nebraska wanted him gone so much that they would have had to pay $7.5 million if he had been fired after October 1.
The vice chancellor for athletics wrote in a statement that they owed it to the players to give them a different voice. Give them a chance. We need to inject something into this team to give them confidence and hopefully help them compete. I want to see a change that will help this team get over the hump and win some games.
The Cornhuskers have a worse record than Rutgers since the beginning of the year, as they are 16-31. The brass in Nebraska doesn't accept the fact that Nebraska will never be known as "Nebraska" again.
Acceptance is difficult to accept. It is likely why Marcus is denying that he is on the hot seat at Notre Dame. It feels like he is on his way to becoming the same player as Willingham, but without a 10 win season to hang his hat on.
We already know the plight of Black coaches in football, and when you combine that with what Notre Dame has always been, and who they will always be, you have a good idea of what not to be if you want to keep your job. If he needs another example of someone who is familiar with what is going on at Texas A&M, just take a look at what is happening there. Jimbo Fisher is 35-15 in the same amount of games and just last year signed an extension that makes his contract worth 95 million through the end of his deal.
You must read the room. You are not ScottFrost. Imagine how much Notre Dame would spend to get rid of you if Nebraska paid an extra $7.5 million to get rid of their "Great White Hope"
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