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College Football: Grading every new Power Five head coach in 2018

By John Mitchell

LINCOLN, NE - SEPTEMBER 15: Head coach Scott Frost of the Nebraska Cornhuskers watches late game action against the Troy Trojans at Memorial Stadium on September 15, 2018 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)
LINCOLN, NE - SEPTEMBER 15: Head coach Scott Frost of the Nebraska Cornhuskers watches late game action against the Troy Trojans at Memorial Stadium on September 15, 2018 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images) /
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(Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)
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10. Scott Frost – Nebraska

  • Record: 0-6 (0-4
  • Grade: C

The biggest splash of the offseason’s coaching carousel was Scott Frost leaving UCF after leading the Golden Knights to a perfect season highlighted by a Peach Bowl win over Auburn to take over at his alma mater Nebraska. No one expected an overnight fix in Lincoln, but no one expected things to be this bad, either.

The Cornhuskers are 0-6, which is the worst start in school history. They probably aren’t quite as bad as their record shows – they rank 69th in S&P+, which isn’t good, but it isn’t 0-6 bad, either. The Huskers should be more like 2-4 or 3-3 instead of 0-6. Three of their six losses are by a combined 13 points. The loss to Troy could have been avoided had it not been for the injury to true-freshman quarterback Adrian Martinez, and the transfer of Tristan Gebbia, leaving Frost with a walk-on to start against the Trojans.

Last week should have been Frost’s first win at Nebraska, but the Huskers defense allowed Northwestern to travel 99-yards on eight plays with just two minutes to play to tie the game and send it to overtime, where the Wildcats would ultimately come out victorious.

Frost has energized a dormant fanbase that was down following three years of Mike Riley. Frost is the prodigal son of Lincoln, and he will have time to build his program there, but fans are rightfully frustrated by this inauspicious start. Things will get better for Nebraska football, but the glory days of the 1990s seem to be gone forever.

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