Somehow, some way, Scott Frost and Nebraska found a way to pull out another come-from-ahead loss. ByPatForde on the Huskers’ latest meltdown
It really shouldn’t have taken one more critical, forehead-slapping, oh-no-he-didn’t moment to convince Nebraska that Scott Frost cannot do the job of coaching the Cornhuskers. They should have realized that after last season, a 3–9 flop filled with creative ways to lose games that ran his career record at the school to 15–29. But just to make his deficiencies crystal clear, Frost produced his most spectacular act of self-sabotage yet Saturday.
The latest come-from-ahead loss produced a postgame press conference so cheery that the last question was whether Frost has any plans to step down. "No, absolutely not,” he said. “I love Nebraska. I'm gonna fight with the guys as long as I can fight.” Northwestern possessions after being gifted a comeback opportunity: touchdown, punt, missed field goal, touchdown, punt, punt, ran out the clock. Total plays: 40. Total yards: 214. Points: 14.
They tried everything to make this a radical makeover: replacing four offensive staffers; hiring a special teams coordinator; Frost giving up the play-calling job ; hitting the transfer portal for six new starters, including quarterback Casey Thompson. Yet the more things changed, the more the bottom line stayed the same.
The team that won in Ireland has a long way to go to capture the West again, but it did what Fitzgerald teams so often do—hang around, battle, capitalize on opponent mistakes, win a close one. Fitz has built a career out of being the anti-Frost, maximizing his opportunities instead of minimizing them.Brendan Moran/USA TODAY Sports
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