“Back when he transferred, the structure of the team was pretty well-defined,” said the former Nebraska defensive tackle. “The leaders that we had were pretty established and it was a tough environment to get acclimated to, not only if you were a freshman coming in, but if you were kind of the golden child who had rejected Nebraska off the bat, and then transferred. Then it was really tough. We put Scott through the wringer and about as bad an initiation, if you could call it that, that I remember. I don’t know if we were harder on a guy more so than we were harder on Scott.
“Whether it was the physical, the mental, we were tough on him. He was reminded every day that he turned his back on Nebraska that first time. He just kept fighting away, fighting away. We’d hit him harder. He’d just keep getting back up quicker and quicker.”
Frost was starting to win teammates over even as some fans needed convincing.
Even in 1997, the second game of a national championship season, Frost heard boos after re-entering a game against Central Florida after a touchdown drive led by Frankie London.
“I don’t know if I’ve heard since that day where there’s an entire stadium directing their boos at one specific person, and that’s the way it was,” Peter said. “And he never faltered, really.”
