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Scott Frost is no longer head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. After 4 seasons plus 3 games — 47 games in total — Nebraska vice chancellor for athletics Trev Albert decided to make a move away from the quarterback who once led the program to a national championship.
“Earlier today I met with Coach Frost and informed him we were making a change in the leadership of our football program, effective immediately. Scott has poured his heart and soul into the Nebraska Football program both as a quarterback and head coach, and I appreciate his work and dedication,” Alberts said in a statement.
“We owed it to the players to give them a different voice, perhaps slightly different vision. Give them some confidence, an opportunity. I know how disruptive changes are, but we needed to inject something into this team to give them the confidence and hopefully help them compete. Nothing would please me more than to see a pretty significant change and help this team get over the hump and win some games.”
That statement, while paying reverence to Frost’s past at Nebraska, was damning. The 45-42 home loss to Georgia Southern was the straw that broke the camel’s back, but Frost’s 16-31 record with the Huskers spoke for itself as well.
From one of the hottest coaching candidates in college football to someone would couldn’t even provide his players confidence or an opportunity to win, Frost was an absolute disaster of a homecoming.
Prediction
Now that he’s gone and Mickey Joseph has been promoted, things should get better for the Huskers, right?
Right?
Not so fast Padmé. Joseph’s first task as interim head coach is getting his team ready to play Oklahoma. The No. 6-ranked Sooners will invade Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon, and the matchup doesn’t look all that promising for Nebraska.
Sure, perhaps the Huskers will get a spark of energy trying to win one for their new head coach, but the Sooners have bigger aspirations than just winning one for the Gipper.
Oklahoma and new head coach Brent Venables are 2-0 after blowout wins against UTEP and Kent State, and they’ve undoubtedly got their eyes on a Big 12 championship as well as a bid to play in the College Football Playoff.
The Huskers have averaged 36 points per game this season compared to Oklahoma’s 39, and they’re relatively similar regarding average yards per game (461 for Oklahoma and 492.3 for Nebraska), but the Huskers have looked bad against Northwestern, North Dakota and Georgia Southern this season — losing to both the Wildcats and Eagles.
It would be foolish to expect anything but a loss against Oklahoma, which is arguably one of the best teams in the nation. The Huskers may put up an initial fight — as they did in a 23-16 loss last year in Norman — but Joseph’s first game will result in a loss.
Oklahoma 34, Nebraska 17