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I don't know if this is just a Year 1 strategy or if it will the modus operandi going forward. But it appears that, as far as "keeping cards close to the vest" is concerned, these guys are in Bill Bellichick territory. I don't envy the sports media in Nebraska, when it comes to Frost's regime.

Much has been said about Scott Frost picking up offensive concepts from Bill Walsh (Stanford), Tom Osborne (some school on the Plains), and Chip Kelly (Oregon) and I believe that all of that is true. Playing QB made him look at all of those things from a play calling/scheme perspective. But honestly, the thing that I think makes Scott Frost an extraordinary football mind is the fact that he played safety in the NFL (which he then translated to successful defensive coaching work at Northern Iowa). So many times a coach is thought of as being an "offensive mind" or a "defensive mind" but I believe that Frost is both. I think it is no coincidence that his offense is famous for "taking safeties out of the game" or "frustrating safeties". Not to take anything away from Frost's offensive and defensive coordinators, but I don't feel like we will be losing our offensive (or defensive) scheme if our OC or DC gets poached to be a head coach somewhere in the future. I feel like Scott can plug in a capable coach and teach them HIS philosophy (and maybe learn something new from that guy's ideas, too). Frost's offensive mind gets a ton of credit, but I think his days playing "defensive QB" were incredibly valuable in turning him into the coach he is today. The fact that a college QB could get drafted and play in the NFL on the other side of the ball also gives him a lot of "freeness of speech" in telling recruits (or members of the team) to trust him if he feels that their athleticism or body type fits at a different position than the one they played in High School.

He also knows how to climb the ladder. He has picked his spots well and decided when to move on well. But he made this move for more sentimental reasons ( although he & his staff are being well compensated ). Nebraska is fortunate, in retrospect the way all of this played out, in order to get him/them. Nothing says Great Leader like getting his entire staff to follow him to rebuild Nebraska.

I’ve been in the prognosticating AM for a while now. My biggest concern with him is the wobble in his throw (that doesn’t appear to be clearing up yet). Getting it there quick & catchable can be the difference between a positive offensive play and an interception.

Man, I hope not. I liked “White Trash Story” a lot more than this one.

https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/Article/Three-Nebraska-Cornhuskers-returners-who-could-impress-in-2019-120740037/

Our own version of:

As a point of (perhaps irrelevant) reference, it may be worth remembering that Tom Osborne did not defeat nemesis Oklahoma until Year 6. In my book, Wisconsin is our 2018 Oklahoma. They will probably always stand between the Cornhuskers and any hope of the Big 10 Championship game. But, hopefully, soon we can flip the table on them and it can be said that defeating the Cornhuskers will always stand between Wisky and the Big 10 Championship Game.

So do I. Heck I remember Jack Parr preceding Johnny Carson.

Jacksonville cornerback interview in GQ is making some waves. Related to that: This was a rather humorous read - https://slate.com/culture/2018/08/jalen-ramsey-josh-allen-fact-checking-the-jaguars-cornerbacks-quarterback-evaluations.html starting with the fact that SLATE calls him Jacksonville's "quarterback".

Since this thread started with our Head Coach's post on Twitter, I thought it was funny to check Akron's coach's Twitter Page (Terry Bowden) and see that HE last tweeted in March of 2016. Link: https://twitter.com/terrybowden?lang=en

Hey, I'd never heard of them either, and I feel that listening to country music is God's way of telling you that you need Prozac®, but I listened to "White Trash Story" and thought it was funny and a pretty dang good piece of songwriting.

You have to be a certain age to even GET that one.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=CANCBAgBEgA%3D&search_query=casey+donahew+band

Except that it is all wrong phonetically. To pronounce it properly one would have to say "Lord Scah-Frah"

Turning a band from Houston, TX into Cornhusker fans might have some positive effects on recruiting in that area. (I know, it's a bit of a stretch).

Comment made on this amusing Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/coach_frost/status/1029887375688822785