Kernel Red

I'd bet (heavily) on a press conference on Sunday. This thread will not make it to 400 unless it is to talk about Scott after he's hired.

Another day slips buy with silence from our AD and next HC. This is an amazing display of professionalism and discipline by Moos and Frost. Imagine when these traits begin to take hold in our football team.

In addition to Nebraska, the following P5 schools will have new head coaches next year... Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Arkansas, Texas A&M, UCLA, Arizona State, and Oregon State. But it appears that Florida State and potentially Oregon will keep the coaching change wheels turning and who knows how many more P5 coaches will switch locations as a result. We've certainly learned that all it takes for a recruit to back off a commitment is a rumor (FSU, which doesn't technically have a head coach opening yet, has already lost 3 commitments). When considered from a Nebraska recruiting standpoint, all of these coaching changes (or even the rumors of change) could be very welcome news. Why? Because the uncertainty is likely to make many recruits hold off on signing during the new early signing period which starts on December 20. All of this churn should give Scott Frost more time to get his recruiting sea legs at Nebraska. So let's get Scott home and hope the heads keep rolling at as many big time programs as possible!

Frost tells his UCF players right after the game. Press release drops almost simultaneously. Will be interesting to see if it also names assistants. It's going to be tricky due to UCF bowl game. Wouldn't be surprised if recruiting starts immediately, in Florida.

Wise men speak because they have something to say. Fools speak because they have to say something. Bill Moos and Scott Frost are wise men.

I joined Huskerboard two weeks ago today as I was interested to see how the content here compared to Rivals and 247 (I'm a paying member of both). I rarely post on either of those sites, but have thoroughly enjoyed the discussion on Huskerboard as it is much more civil than Rivals and nearly as informative as 247. This is my 100th post on this site and once it became clear that I was going to reach that number, I wanted to be able to use it to state with 100% confidence that Scott Frost was going to be the next coach at Nebraska. I'm glad to say that I am as certain as I can be that this is about to happen. In previous posts, I've tried to lay out the reasons why I believe Scott is coming home and the events of today have only confirmed that belief. We've heard speculation for quite some time that Scott Frost wanted to come back to Nebraska as the HC. Recently, we've also heard that he wanted NU (and all others) to respect the fact that his current goal is to guide UCF to an undefeated season and a conference championship. I am extremely proud of the job Hank Bounds and Ronnie Green did in hiring Bill Moos, and I'm even more proud of the fact that they've kept their commitment to Scott by not commenting publicly (and obviously very little privately) on any discussions they may have had with him or his agents. It is also clear that Scott has talked with Coach Osborne and good friends like Matt Davison and they too have respected Scott's wishes. I really can't image how excruciating it must have been for someone as competitive as Matt to hold back as he provided commentary on the pitiful play that was unfolding in front of him. It should make all Husker fans proud to know that our current administration and future head coach are men of character. Let's face it, if the Huskers were undefeated and it became clear that another school was pushing our coach to leave, we'd be pissed. Bill Moos and his bosses have done all they can to respect the situation Scott is in while still making it known that they are highly impressed with his skill as a coach. If the Huskers were undefeated, we would want the coach of our team to be as focused as possible on the immediate goal (winning) no matter how big the other offers on his desk were. Scott Frost has done that for UCF. We are clearly now closing in on the final phase of Scott's coaching career at UCF and the beginning of a new era at Nebraska. It is important that we, as fans, honor Scott's wishes and remember that there is likely still a week to go before we can officially refer to him as our head coach. This is an incredibly exciting time for Nebraska football, but the patience we are practicing now, as we wait for Scott, pales in comparison to the patience we will need as he works to re-establish discipline, focused effort and a winning mindset throughout a football program that has lost its identity. In other words, we, as fans, have a job to do as well. We must pull together and keep each other at least a little bit in check as we discuss coaching decisions or player performances. We've experienced greatness and we've now seen the opposite. Stop for a second and think about how incredible it is that nearly 90,000 fans filled a stadium and cheered while watching their 4-7 team take the field. That's just not done... unless you are at a place called Nebraska. So, just as I am 100% confident that Scott Frost is coming home, I'm also 100% confident that Nebraska fans, in general, will give Scott the time and space he needs to build this team back into a winner. It's a remarkable thing we have in this state and we know how to support it. Go Big Red!

These things are TRUE .... 1 - Nebraska is interested in Frost (confirmed by Moos). Interestingly, the only direct press conference question Moos didn't answer was whether or not he was in Philadelphia the weekend UCF played at Temple. Remember that Moos did not travel with the team to Penn State. 2 - Nebraska has no incentive to wait another week for any of it's top candidates except Frost. Scott is the only guy on the identified short list that is coaching next weekend. Moos knew Riley was going to be fired weeks ago. He could have had the press conference for any of the other candidates lined up for tomorrow. Fuente coached last game yesterday. Campbell coached (poorly) his last game today. 3 - Frost is the only guy on Nebraska's short list that has an incentive to wait another week if making a change. Scott wants to coach his undefeated team to a conference championship. The other candidates would want to start immediately, especially with the early signing date looming and a class of 7 kids. 4 - If Frost was staying at UCF, he has incentives to shut down the speculation and sign a lucrative extension. He hasn't done that. We know Scott wants to coach UCF in the AAC CCG, but if he wanted to stay at UCF beyond that, why would he be waiting to make that known to them? He's clearly not playing them for a pay raise. Plus, what logical reason does Scott have to keep Nebraska waiting if he's not coming? Wouldn't he want to tell Nebraska that he wasn't interested so they could move on? None of these items guarantee that Scott Frost will be the next Nebraska head coach, but if you put all of it together along with information that has been shared on this board (thanks Hedley), it really isn't difficult to figure this out. Barring a change of heart from one side or the other, Frost is coming home after he coaches for AAC Championship.

Remember the talk (before the press conference) about silly season? IT' HERE !!!

Bray is interim head coach. Is anyone else out? I would guess all stay until new HC decides if he wants to keep anyone. I suppose they could resign, but they'd lose their severance, right?

Watch Florida now. If they are rebuffed by Frost, they will have to move on pretty quickly as silly season is fully underway. Can't picture them waiting until December 3 for Frost (even if they could get him).

If, by they, you mean Athletic Directors. Some of them have come pretty close to firing coaches as they walk off the field.

All Husker fans should be preparing themselves for a week of rumors, lies, and misdirection. The truth will lie somewhere in between and it is usually far less dramatic than the 24/7 media portray. We all get to choose what we want to believe, but it is a fact that Hank Bounds, Ronnie Green, and Bill Moos have been planning this out for a while now. I don't believe they are going to deviate significantly from that plan now that we've reached the end of the season. They know what the boosters want. They know what the fans want. Better yet, they've listened and learned from people that know what it will take to get Nebraska back on the winning track. As for the firing... Coaches will be called in. Players will be called in. Once they've been told, Moos will inform all of us through the media. That's how professionals do this.

Yes, Scott is about to be among the highest paid coaches in the country, but the thing that will bring him to Nebraska is the challenge. He knows the history. He knows the story of Bob Devaney taking over after several coaches tried and failed to bring Nebraska out of a 20+ year slump. He knows that Devaney used the unrivaled passion and grit of an entire state to re-establish Nebraska as one of the winningest college football programs of all time. He knows that Devaney handed the team to a Nebraska kid named Tom Osborne. The point is, Scott knows that Nebraska football is not defined by the last 15 years. Despite the problems Nebraska has experienced recently, the Huskers still have the best record of any college football team in the last 50 years and own the fifth best record of all time. Scott Frost literally grew up with that history in his blood. Both of his parents spent their lives coaching football in Nebraska. Yes, Scott disappointed Husker fans when left the state to go to Stanford, but he came home to accept the immense challenge of following in the footsteps of a two time national championship quarterback. He knew It would be a difficult path, but he came home anyway, on a mission. He fought hard to win his stripes and ultimately rewarded his home state and his beloved coach with another national championship. Frost is clearly confident in his ability to lead others to greatness on the football field. He was not pleased when the now fired AD didn't even call him 3 years ago. So, in 2017, when his home state, represented by the AD that led Oregon out of the wilderness, calls and offers him a lucrative salary to return his alma matter back to the top, why wouldn't he believe he can do the job? Scott doesn't look at Nebraska as a struggling program, he sees it as a team he will coach back to greatness. What could be more goal oriented than that?

Coaches will be called in first. Then players. After that there will be announcement followed by press conference. That was the T.O. playbook and I would be very surprised if that same blueprint isn't used here. The only question is whether any coaches will be retained for recruiting, etc..

They live in Lincoln.

This is an excellent observation and I wholeheartedly agree. Finishing 4-8 this year may be a blessing in disguise for the next HC. It will be a killer schedule in 2018, but 6-6 without any blowouts will actually have to be viewed as an improvement and if it is 7-5 or 8-4... stop the presses.

It is very good if it is quiet. These are not things any AD or HC wants to play out in public (unless they are simply posturing).

Did anyone hear Matt Davison say, "I can't watch this crap" toward the end of the game? Greg Sharpe was quick to move on to another topic, but wow. Good for Matt !!

Waiting for Frost until after the bowl game? Not gonna happen.

Yeah, that was bad. I think he's just having a hard time believing this all unraveled so quickly. Just a short while ago it seems he was living in a world where Tanner Lee was going to turn the offense around and Bob Diaco was going to fix the D. To have it all go so badly has to be a blow to whatever ego he has left.

What possible reason would Frost have to put Moos (or Nebraska) in a bad spot. Perhaps you heard how tough it was for Matt Davison to call the game tonight? That's Scott's best man. This brings up another very valid reason to believe Scott is coming home. Seriously, if Scott wasn't coming to Nebraska, wouldn't he have told them to move on so they could hire another coach and start recruiting?

Because waiting until tomorrow gives players and coaches closure. Firing Riley tonight would have done nothing to help the program. This is all playing out exactly as it should.

Isn't it interesting he didn't have to field any questions like this about Nebraska?