It would be safe to say that Nebraska football coach Scott Frost came into the 2021 college football season on the hot seat. It would be even safer to say that, following Saturday’s 30-22 loss to Illinois, Frost’s already-hot seat is now scorching.
While Frost certainly had an unenviable task when he took over as head coach of the Huskers in 2018, the 12-20 record he’s amassed in three seasons hasn’t really inspired much confidence around Lincoln that he can push the program back in the direction it once was in. Not to mention that Frost and the program are currently under NCAA investigation for improper use of analysts and consultants during practices and games. Short of an epic turnaround following this week’s performance, it seems very unlikely the Cornhuskers will be able to emerge from their Big Ten schedule with too much success.
And while we’re still technically in “Week 0” in college football, plenty of people are looking at the writing on the wall for Frost.
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Nebraska tries to pick up the pieces next weekend at home against Fordham and then follows that up by hosting Buffalo. In theory, Nebraska should be 2-1 after that stretch. But if they somehow aren’t, there’s pretty much no way Frost even makes it to the next Big Ten contest. You better believe there are a lot of people in Lincoln looking over that extended contract and wondering what it’ll take to make the buyout happen.