Apparently, getting rid of Scott Frost was worth a full $15 million to Nebraska, because the program could have saved half that amount had they waited until Oct. 1 to make the move. But, instead, they opted to do it Sunday, officially announcing the coach’s dismissal right as the NFL Week 1 slate began.
Frost’s last game, a 45–42 home loss against Georgia Southern on Saturday, was a classic script. It was the 27th one-score game of Frost’s 47-game tenure and Nebraska was 5-22 in such games, which seems mathematically improbable due to the typical coin-flip nature of tight games. But the inability to win close contests will be the defining note of Frost’s tenure.
And so, the coaching market has another September surprise. But it likely shouldn’t be so much of a surprise anymore, as this is the third year in which a coaching change has happened after Week 2. It’s nearly a year since USC fired Clay Helton, the coach who manned the sidelines for Georgia Southern.
