Nebraska 2018 Season Thread

[medinabuckeye1]

you should have drug your lazy carcass to town

FWIW:
Fearless specifically and Nebraska in general are great hosts.  My dad, brother, and I attended a sharkwater party among our trips to see Ohio State play in all 14 B1G stadiums.  We were in Lincoln for the very first B1G game in Memorial stadium on October 8, 2011.  We got to see a great first half by the Buckeyes and then, unfortunately, we got to see the largest comeback in the history of Nebraska football.  I hope to get back again someday and I think my new goal will be to see the Buckeyes win in all of the B1G stadiums.  

[FearlessF]

Moos signed the contract on Friday and said the school has been on his radar for 25 years.

The contract comes with plenty of incentives, including a $150,000 bonus for a football national title, $100,000 for a Big Ten title, and up to $125,000 in bonuses for achievement in overall athlete APR and Directors Cup all-sports standings.

His buyout, should he opt for that, is $2 million prior to the end of 2018 and decreases by $500,000 each year after that.

Moos’ hiring comes after the university fired former AD Shawn Eichorst in September.

Eichorst had no incentives in his contract and his retention bonus was $750,000. If Moos stays five years, he’ll earn an extra $1.25 million.

[FearlessF]

ou might not realize it, but what we just witnessed on Tuesday was UCF firing a preemptive strike at Nebraska, Tennessee and other Power Five programs that potentially could make a run at football coach Scott Frost and his coaching staff after the season.

UCF issued a news release on Tuesday afternoon in which Athletics Director Danny White announced that the school will aggressively try to raise more than $1.5 million a year from donors for the school’s “Football Excellence Fund.”

Actually, it should be called the “Keep Scott Frost in Orlando Fund” because much of the new money would presumably be used to pay Frost and his staff of highly respected assistant coaches.

Smart move on White’s part. With the Knights being unbeaten, ranked 20th in the country and boasting the No. 1 scoring offense in the nation, UCF should pull out every weapon in its financial arsenal to keep Frost in Orlando.

That, of course, starts with a salary increase not only for Frost, who makes about $2 million a year, but his assistant coaches as well. Frost and his staff are a tightly knit group and keeping other schools from pilfering UCF’s assistants could go a long way in keeping Frost in Orlando for a few more years.

UCF currently has a salary pool for its assistant coaches of about $2.3 million, which is about $1 million less than what rival USF will pay its head coach Charlie Strong’s assistant coaches in the coming years.

Taking care of his assistant coaches is so important to Frost that he is personally donating some of his own money to the Football Excellence Fund.

"I'm very excited about the success we've had in our time here and I'm committed to helping this program continue growing," Frost said in a statement as his team prepared to take on Navy Saturday. “I'm happy to be part of the UCF Football Excellence Fund. We need more resources to keep taking this program where we want it to go. I'm hopeful my support will be a catalyst for others to jump on board and take part."

[FearlessF]

‘Scott Frost is going to have to make a decision. It’ll be him or Chip Kelly … I’m sorry to be the voice of doom for Mike Riley, which I hate, because I happen to think the world of him.’

— Former Nebraska assistant coach and Washington State football coach Jim Walden on the future of Cornhuskers football

[Hawkinole]

FWIW:
Fearless specifically and Nebraska in general are great hosts.  My dad, brother, and I attended a sharkwater party among our trips to see Ohio State play in all 14 B1G stadiums.  We were in Lincoln for the very first B1G game in Memorial stadium on October 8, 2011.  We got to see a great first half by the Buckeyes and then, unfortunately, we got to see the largest comeback in the history of Nebraska football.  I hope to get back again someday and I think my new goal will be to see the Buckeyes win in all of the B1G stadiums.  

Pretty cool. Takes a bit longer if you are an Iowa fan to see your team win in all BT stadia. I haven't been to all, and have no hope of getting there.  I have seen Iowa dispatch all the traditional Big Ten teams, which excludes PSU. I bought a ticket in 2004 just to see Iowa beat the Buckeyes to say I have seen Iowa beat all traditional Big Ten teams. 

You are on a roll deserving of mention in this forum.

[Hawkinole]

Reilly is a good guy. No idea who is on the Nebraska radar. It is more of a challenge to win at Nebraska than FSU, or Ohio St. But, others have done it, so we know it can be done.

[Mdot21]

‘Scott Frost is going to have to make a decision. It’ll be him or Chip Kelly … I’m sorry to be the voice of doom for Mike Riley, which I hate, because I happen to think the world of him.’

— Former Nebraska assistant coach and Washington State football coach Jim Walden on the future of Cornhuskers football

Chip or Frost would be a major upgrade over Riley. Frost isn't that proven, but he's putting together a nice run in his 2nd year at UCF. He's more of a risk IMO, but this might be Nebraska's only chance to land him. If he winds up going undefeated or only losing 1 game this year at UCF every school that's looking for a new coach at the end of the year is going to come calling him. Tennessee is still a heck of a job and that one will probably be open as well.

[FearlessF]

question remains, can Moos and UNL beat out other suitors such as Tennessee and others for Chip and Scott?

if they can not, do they give Riley another season to retain his recruiting class and wait until they can land a better option

this is the only scenario that I can come up with that allows Riley to keep his job

[MarqHusker]

This assumes facts not in evidence, mainly that the only options are Chip, Scott or keeping Riley.

I'm not saying you are incorrect with the premise, just slightly presumptuous of what Moos' options are.

[Temp430]

I have no doubt if Frost's other mother calls he will come home.  Nebraska is a huge step up from UCF.  Nebraska should just go get him and not pussy foot around with others like Kelly for crying out loud.

[FearlessF]

Sorry for the confusion, I'm not saying the only viable options for Moos are Chip and Scott.  Hopefully, Moos has his sights set on a coach that will out perform either of them.

Just saying that if all the options on Moos list turn down the offer to come to Lincoln, I hope Moos doesn't settle on a candidate he's not impressed will be a better choice than Riley.

I think that is what happened when Solich and Pelini were let go.  The current AD settled for a candidate that wasn't at the top of a short list.

[FearlessF]

I have no doubt if Frost's other mother calls he will come home.  Nebraska is a huge step up from UCF.  Nebraska should just go get him and not pussy foot around with others like Kelly for crying out loud.

I have my doubts.  Scott knows much too well what it's like in Lincoln if you're not winning at an acceptable pace.  He was booed as a QB there in 1996.
Frost is also currently in a better place to recruit and will get an opportunity to coach at a prestigious P5 program like Tennessee, where recruiting will be easier, the pressure to win will be less, and the money might very well be better.
Scott is a native Nebraskan, but he also knows how difficult life was for Tom Osborne at UNL.

[MarqHusker]

That was indeed ('97) a strange series of games.  That was at halftime of the UCF game when Dante Culpepper was abusing people.   Part of that booing though was some fans' fetish for seeing Frankie London at QB.   Frost really didn't earn the love until the @ Washington game a week later in '97.   Let's recall Frost went to Stanford originally, followed by a perceived abrasive posture towards Nebraska media and fans, who couldn't remember the last time the team struggled  or even lost a home game.   I'm pretty sure that was the first time they trailed at half at home in 3 seasons.  Seems like that was 100 years ago now.

Osborne expressed his displeasure as did Turner Gill with the fans for the booing in the postgame IIRC.  I think Gill was the last target of home fan booing back in '81, which probably touched a nerve.

[FearlessF]

hah, there was a huge amount of booing the first few games of the 81 season

the crowd wanted to tar & feather Osborne during the Penn St game

There was also some booing in the 4th quarter of the 1991 Washington game - Huskers led 21-9 in the 3rd and lost 36-21