*** Frost also said his strong preference is to play a makeup game on Oct. 27 rather than Dec. 1.
"I don't want to schedule a game for December because I think we're going to have a chance to be in the (Big Ten) championship game," Frost said. "Scheduling a game in December, I don't want our kids thinking that we're not going to be in the championship game. We need to be in the championship game."
Many people have pointed out that Central Florida shares an open date with NU. Frost was at least open to the idea of playing his former team.
"We'll play whoever they get us to play," Frost said. "I know UCF doesn't have a true bye week (they play Thursday the following week). The hardest part for me is if anybody on either team got hurt or anything bad happened to any kid on either team, I'd be broken-hearted. I still love those kids that are playing down there at UCF so much. I'm rooting for them.
"It would be a great game. I think it would be an evenly matched game of two really good teams, but personally, I'd cringe a little when our defensive end hit their quarterback, and that's not how you want to go into a game."