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1 Omaha 408,958 2 Lincoln 258,379 3 Bellevue 50,137 4 Grand Island 48,520 5 Kearney 30,787 6 Fremont 26,397 7 Hastings 24,907 8 North Platte 24,733 9 Norfolk 24,210 10 Columbus 22,111 11 Papillion 18,894 12 SF Mega Thread 16,107 13 La Vista 15,758 14 Scottsbluff 15,039 15 South Sioux 13,353 16 Beatrice 12,459

He not only got the hire that most everyone wanted, he did it the right way, with class, and with little public drama. This is especially impressive considering Florida, Florida State, Oregon, A&M, and other schools were interested. He pulled the base together, and got a great hire. Well done.

How do you not have a sold out stadium in a large city when you are undefeated playing a top 20 team for a conference championship?

I have family that is in the coaching ranks in the state of Nebraska. I know from this that Kenny Wilhite has been making phone calls to prospects that the previous staff showed no interest in for 2 weeks now. This has been in the works for awhile as the contract was agreed on the Friday before the temple game. This was all planned perfectly and executed the same.

No, just no. It is called loyalty and fandom. We are more invested as fans period. The team is undefeated and ranked in the top 15!!!!! I get it they have issues filling the stadium but my god they cannot give tickets away. As was mentioned before they need 1.8% of Orlando to show up to fill it. That isn't even counting the section that is blue at the game that helps fill that little thing. I compared Ames because of how tiny the town is in comparison to Orlando. If 1.8% of Ames shows up to Jack Trice how many fans are in attendance? It is all about fan and fan culture. People pick what they want to do and prioritize what they want to do. Less than 1.8% of Orlando felt it was worth going to a top 20 matchup to decide a conference championship. If you cannot see that then that is on you.

Per the press release... “It is a great honor and privilege to have the opportunity to return to Nebraska and to lead the Husker football program,” Frost said. “I have been fortunate to be at a wonderful school the last two years, but Nebraska is a special place with a storied tradition and a fan base which is second to none. I am truly humbled to be here. The state of Nebraska and the Husker program mean a great deal to me. This is home. “I am appreciative of the confidence Bill Moos and our University leadership have in me to lead this program. I would not have the opportunity to be in this position without a lot of great people who have helped me throughout my career. Specifically, I would like to thank Coach Osborne who has played such an integral role in my life over the past two decades, both on and off the field. Go Big Red!”

Would also add that Frost already had his eye on some guys that were P5 quality that he went after and didn't have a prayer of getting at UCF. BUT at NU he has more power to get a shot at some elite talent

Looking these kids up on the recruiting services and they are no joke! This doesn’t just happen. Plans have been in place to make these moves undoubtedly. Its happening and it’s happening big. SF isn’t fooling around. This has to feel good to Husker Nation! Gonna be a wild ride! Super excited!!

Hi Huskers, Congratulations on getting your man. Coach Frost is obviously the perfect man and perfect fit for you, and after all the years of tumult, it is just what the doctor ordered. Major props to AD Moos for navigating the process with the highest of class, and for letting Coach Frost finish his season with his team at UCF who clearly loved him dearly. Speaking for me, and as a Badger fan who loves college football and the Big Ten Conference, I can say that I am very much looking forward to the return of Nebraska, sooner rather than later. I'm looking even more forward to the annual Nebraska-Wisconsin game becoming the kind of high-power matchup it was always meant to be. Let the rivalry officially begin now, and we'll see you, and your new coach, next year in Madison! BigTenBadger

I searched him on google. Looks like a solid hire

Meanwhile a live look in at the huskerboard server

Nothing to say, Scott is N and has been N.

I appreciate your willingness to engage, and while your question is a bit loaded I'll grant you some honest answers., Actually, let's ignore constitutional rule of law and norms of American governance for a moment and concentrate on the economic beliefs that I'm presuming guide your vote to the Republican side. At this moment, the so-called "small-government, lower-taxes, de-regulation, pro-business" party line that kinda sounds good on paper has become so corrupted by the GOP, empowered with Trump at the helm, that it violates its own intentions and pretty much everything that made America great. The ACA was written and approved by the for-profit insurance industry, following an old Republican blueprint as the alternative to socialized medicine. It helped millions, hurt few, and it's imperfections were far outweighed by the option of doing nothing: the pre-existing heathcare crisis was doing plenty of jobs-killing itself. The ACA works better with a bigger buy-in. It betrays our values no more than the shared risk and actuarial sciences of the auto insurance industry. The only reason for opposing it was to deny Barack Obama legislative success. Trump only added to this pathological behavior. My family is currently on Obamacare. Losing it will be a huge hit to us. That's why I sincerely want people who blindly oppose it to f#*k themselves. The Federal Budget/Tax Reform. This has gone beyond the norms of pro-business and the American spirit itself. It is a cynical bald-faced giveaway to the wealthy. Trump's first federal budget tried to justify it's theoretical windfall to the general public by spending two trillion dollars of money upfront that it hadn't earned yet -- if it ever does.. It was the kind of accounting trick that would get you an "F" in Econ 101 and a massive fine from the SEC. The current Tax Reform bill is as horribly designed as you would expect from a 500 page document that the GOP doesn't want anyone to read. In addition to being loaded with incredibly selective goodies for very few, it adds a trillion dollars to the deficit — betraying the very spirit of the conservative deficit-hawks. Hard-working Trump voters will be hit the hardest, and find a way to blame the liberals. This is all built on the back of Supply Side Economics, a theory that has actually been given a real-world experiment for the past 30 years and proven itself unable to deliver the benefits as promised, while creating the dangerous concentration of wealth and decline of the middle class that critics had long warned against. This isn't the cry of butthurt libtards: every self-respecting economist and mathematical formula warns that it's not gonna work. It's short term, reactionary, and poorly supported — the opposite values I'd assign to a true conservative. Now about those norms of American governance? Let's just say that the President shouldn't be engaging in Twitter feuds with celebrities at 3 in the morning, nor should he be revealing major policy directives via 141 character missives, nor should his Tweets directly contradict his other public pronouncement, or hang his own staff and cabinet out to dry and force them to explain the childish mood swings of the most powerful man on Earth. The President probably shouldn't give away classified military secrets to foreign heads of state through casual bragging. Trump's done that more than once. If the 17 U.S. intelligence agencies charged with protecting our country are unanimous in their assessment that Russia interfered with the U.S. election, but you believe Vladamir Putin's denial instead, you probably shouldn't be the President of the United States. If you were clutching your pearls about Hillary Clinton using a private email server, you should probably make sure your own staff isn't doing the same (they are!) If you already have the failed Yemen raid and Niger fiasco on the books 7 months into your term, it's only fair to reflect on all the years spent screaming BENGHAZI! If your claim to fame is American businessman and builder, and you propose building a 2,000 mile border wall with Mexico using a flimsy estimate, no accounting for the new layer of Big Government it adds, and undertaking no serious cost-to-benefit analysis, you're a con man. If you appoint cabinet members and lifetime judges with little experience and open contempt for the institution, you're just a spiteful prick. If you have 500 pending lawsuits from contractors that Trump Hotels & Resorts refused to pay knowing they could outlast the legal challenge, you're just a spiteful prick. (But a tip of the hat on convincing hard-working blue-collar America that the billionaire Manhattan prick is on their side — no idea how you pulled that off, other than the subliminal racist narrative) You do know that you can engage in some incredibly unethical behavior and do tons of damage without technically violating the constitution, right? If you want to talk about how liberals conveniently ignore some of Barack Obama's under-publicized choices, that's a pretty interesting conversation itself. It generally points to the fact that Obama was far more moderate and pro-business than either side likes to admit.

Go Big Red!

Any word on Megan Taylor?

I’ll be honest the hiring of Moos and Frost have been the first feeling of old and dominate Nebraska for a very long time. It feels great!

Email from Mr. Moos.

I'm not quite sure what your arguments are. It seems all you do is wait for other people to post and you argue with them. I went to college with a guy who thought he was smarter than everyone and just argued about everything to prove how smart he was. Is your name Adam by chance?

I don’t get why he has to take a shot at Lincoln at the end. First of all I’m sorry Orlando is not paradise. It’s a tourist trap with no soul whatsoever. Two, what constitutes a good place to live is different to many folks. I live by the ocean right now and have for the last 10 years. People vacation where I live. But, I’ve been trying to get my wife to move west to Montana or one of the mountain west states for years now. Im not a native Nebraskan nor have I lived in Lincoln. But I’m so damn tired of the media s#!tting all over the state like it’s the third ring of hell or something

The stuff Gameday is saying about Frost to Oregon is ultimately all to the better for the Huskers because he isn't going there, he's coming to Lincoln. By the time the story is out, it will become clear that Nebraska beat out many top of the top programs in the country for our new head coach. When is the last time we could say that? As far as I can tell, the answer to that question is "never". It couldn't have worked out better that Scott is having such a great season and is in high demand in a year when so many top jobs have opened. His name has been continually in the news and Nebraska will reap the benefits (from recruits and national relevance). Cheer like crazy for UCF today! It will make this all the sweeter if they win today just prior to Frost being named as Nebraska's head coach! But once Scott is announced, all Husker fans need to pull together like we've not done in many years. Next season will be a challenge for Frost and for us. Nebraska football is in a hole and we can only climb out by working together to support the program by refusing to give in to harsh criticism (and by calling out the local media when they push us down that road). The Big Red is poised to rise again but it will take all of us working together to make it happen!

You are skeptical of John Cook, so you lose credibility on judging coaches. BTW - it's not just NU clamoring for SF's services. He's pretty much sought after by every open and soon to be open job. He's this year's "IT" guy, and he's coming home. Don't care if no one you know likes his family or not. Don't care if you think we're hero worshiping or not. I'm going to keep quoting Zach Duval's interview with Rivals in that high achievers like to be around high achievers, and low achievers do not like hanging around with high achievers. He is a high achiever, no one can argue that at all. He is good at whatever he sets his mind to do. Right now, he is what we need in that he brings us hope. No one is arguing we're winning a NC this year or next (or ever again). We want to see some quality football, and the rest will come as it may. He gives us hope that we can compete.

Who knows how the Frost era will play out.... For now, today is a great day to be a Nebraskan. So just try and enjoy it you miserable ba****ds.

I hope this thread never dies. It was the best thread of my life.

Not to mention Lars and I tossed out the same 7 year 35 mil number weeks ago...

A+ UCF. Good on you guys - you've got a fan in me.

Prerty sweet. This is awesome.

"He's an enormous risk." ??? That is just crazy talk. He was the Top candidate on every major program needing a coach. Three years ago, MR was an enormous risk. Frosty proved at UCF he could take an 0-12 team and turn it into a Top 20 team. He did this with nothing. He is not an enormous risk. Husker fans ... please get a grip.

I disagree. The people that live in Orlando and the surrounding area would PREFER to do something else. They do not have an established fanbase that even remotely cares about their local team. If Ames can fill a stadium for a game in a town their size UCF has no excuse.

I know a lot about her? lol Because I read the boards for a while before joining and some of you talk about her more than her own family probably does. Dude, your sexism is showing. Let it go. People want something to be excited about. They want hope. Most people who play the lottery don't play it because they genuinely believe they're going to win. They play because for a while it allows them to escape reality and DREAM. That's what Frost is right now. I guess I just don't understand the need of some people to rip the dream away. Football is just a game. Its meant to be fun. Its a game I LOVE, but it's a game none-the-less. Let people have their fantasy after a year of misery.

Time for our soon to be HC to take Memphis to the shed You are sick

Here ya go. Finally created my first account here, just for this, after lurking for over 4 years. GBR, and welcome home Coach Frost! I Haven’t been this excited for our program in a LONG TIME.

I haven't talked to anyone who thinks we're going to be competing for conference titles over night. That's nothing but a strawman marched out by negative nancies who feel it's somehow their job to tamper the excitement of anyone who feels *too* hopeful. As for me being Jessica, why are you asking me specifically? Because I have a female name? Because there can't be multiple women who love and genuinely know Husker football? I haven't tried to pretend I have a single iota of insider knowledge and my posts are nothing like Jessica's were. I've actually already explained why I chose to jump on when I did. But my Husker "message board" participation goes way back to AOL in the late 90s if it makes you feel any better.

Logic like this is why we might always suck. It took TO 22 years, and he actually inherited a good program. I'm not pointing a finger at you necessarily, but some fans think that 7 or 8 wins "isn't gettingthe job done".... If we only have 8 wins for a decade, then I might agree. But after 3 years, if we've only put 8 wins together, then Frost is doing pretty well for the mess that this program has become. We need a good coach and leader, but we also need consistency and stability. Giving up after 3 years is nonsense, it takes longer than that to establish a new system... We might have successful teams in the mean time, but it's going to take 6 or 7 years, at a minimum, to establish a consistent conference/nationally competitive program. It takes time to recruit the players you want, and structure the roster the way he'll like. Which is to say there will be some on the field inconsistency in our next 3 years - and that's no reason to give up on a guy.

Well, damn. That's not one of the first things you want to read after you wake up all excited that this might actually be "the day."

Saw this elsewhere and died laughing.

Nebraska will hire former Husker Scott Frost as program's 33rd head football coach LINCOLN — Scott Frost is coming home to resurrect Husker football. Nebraska will announce the former, national title-winning Husker quarterback as its new head coach Saturday, according to a source close to the situation. Frost’s current team, Central Florida, completed an undefeated regular season and won the American Athletic Conference championship over Memphis. "Scott is obviously a great coach and very good person," Husker legend Tom Osborne said last week. Osborne was Frost’s college coach and one of his career-long mentors. "He has good values and he's really steady. He's the whole package." Frost will be formally introduced to Husker fans Sunday at noon, but his hiring had been a known reality in the coaching industry for a week. NU graduate assistants and administrators had called recruits earlier in the week to inform them Frost was coming. Several UCF assistants, according to sources, are likely to join Frost’s staff, including defensive coordinator Erik Chinander; some assistants may start recruiting for the Huskers as soon as Sunday. Frost’s contract will be seven years and around $35 million, which would put him among the nation’s top 15 highest-paid college football coaches and make him the highest-paid coach in Husker history.

We knew this was done weeks ago...have you not followed THE SCOTT FROST MEGA THREAD?!?!?!

Welcome Coach Frost! Didn't even have to google his name.

He's not running towards the tunnel, he's running towards his players. Good god sports analysts, WTF.

Guys ESPN has done this before and been wrong. That means nothing it’s not an official press release.

Here are the leaks I knew would start coming out now.

Are you trolling? I don't know this board quite well enough yet, so I have to believe you're trolling. I seriously could not disagree with this entire post more. First off, as far as I'm concerned, Frost has had 2 great seasons as a head coach. Improving a team from 0-12 to 6-7 IS great. And that's 2 more great seasons as a head coach than Osborne had before he became NU's head coach. The implication that there's some magical age a coach has to be to be to belong here is laughable. Top 10 coaches Lincoln Riley (34), Kirby Smart (41), James Franklin (45), Clay Helton (45) and Dabo Swinney (48) all say, "Hey." No, they're not Tom Osborne level yet, but neither was Tom Osborne when he started. Every single person I've talked to realizes that Frost has a tough road ahead of him and the almost unanimous opinion is that he needs a solid 5 years before expectations even begin to ramp up. Basically everyone just wants improvement. As for people who don't like him or his family, that's the most petty, ignorant thing I've ever heard. I could not care less if the coach at NU is someone I'd like to sit down and have a drink with. I think Saban comes across as a world class d-bag while I would pay good money to spend an afternoon listening to Mike Leach just ramble on. Guess who I'd rather have as my coach.

First of all, their entire undergrad is the size of our student section, and is comprised heavily of A) non-Americans who don't care about American football, and B) nerds who don't care about football. Secondly, if I'm a college kid picking where to play football, and I have to choose between Nebraska and Stanford, I'm going to Stanford. Playing in front of 90,000 fans is cool and all, but does not at all compare to going to school in the tech capital of America, for free, a stone's throw away from the ocean, while getting a world class degree that will give me a near guarantee at any job I'm qualified for for the rest of my life. Stuff like this really isn't necessary, and doesn't do anything to help our fanbase collectively have reasonable expectations. We have no idea how Frost as the coach of NU could go. There's decent enough reason to predict or guess that it will be successful, but how about we let the results of that decide, instead of crowning it an inevitability? It's entirely possible that this could all be a failure - just because Scott is from Nebraska and played at Nebraska does not make this a storybook destiny.