They say all good things must come to an end… They are jerks. Screw you They. It’s a sad day for comedic football content creators as Scott Frost was fired as Nebraska’s head football coach. Scott Frost was 16-31 overall, 10-26 in the Big Ten, 5-22 in one score games, and 0-14 against ranked opponents. Sadly, someone seems to have informed Nebraska’s athletic department that 16, 10, 5, and 0 are much lower than those other numbers… And while those numbers (along with the in-game decisions that resulted in those numbers) are very good for comedy, they are also very bad for football. So despite outhitting their opponents in 51-14 losses, and despite letters from Scott Frost’s mom, today, just 2 weeks after the 5th anniversary of Scott Frost Day, Nebraska has said goodbye to their golden child as head coach. Oh and the $15 Million they had to pay him to leave… $7.5 Million more than if they had kept him another 2 weeks.
Scott Frost’s finale “performance” against Georgia Southern wasn’t the only embarrassing thing to happen in the world of college football this weekend. Alabama needed a last-minute field goal to beat Texas. The Sun Belt conference had a day on Saturday. 8th Ranked Notre Dame lost to Matthew McConaughey and one of the Avengers… That doesn’t seem right I checked the roster… I’m not sure how they have eligibility, but they’re on there. I think you may be getting Marshall’s roster page confused with the IMDB cast of “We…” you know what, nevermind. How’d that happen? 3 interceptions and a COMBINED (not average) QB rating of 58.9. I know he doesn’t coach there but:
Perhaps even more embarrassing, #6 ranked Texas A&M lost to also Sun Belt opponents (checks notes)… Nevermind. Moving on. #1 Alabama needed a last minute field goal to secure a 1 point victory over still-smoldering-from-a-decade-of-being-a-dumpster-fire -Texas.
Closer to home for Big Ten fans, Wisconsin lost to Washington State. Northwestern claimed the title of Eliminator of the Week by losing to Duke. (This isn’t basketball so it’s embarrassing). I do feel bad for RB Ethan Hawk Evan Hull… He had a great game and was literally inches away from a potential game tying touchdown (would have needed a 2 point conversion) A great play knocked the ball loose on the goal line for a game ending turnover. The good news for Northwestern is that they’re still undefeated in the Big Ten. If they had a defense they could win the Big Ten West. Purdue slaughtered Indiana State. If they could stop taking dumb game prolonging penalties they could win the Big Ten West. Maryland’s offense started clicking and put up 56 points this week. If they were in the Big Ten West, they could win the Big Ten West.
But perhaps the most amazing and unexpected thing that happened in college football this week had to be this: Guys, Iowa scored a touchdown!
And lost to Iowa State 10-7. The Big Ten West is bad… And not the normal “Maybe Iowa and Wisconsin could compete in the East” bad… Just bad. What this means is: Nebraska could technically fire Scott Frost, name interim head coach Mickey Joseph, only kind-of-not-completely-suck the rest of the year… and win the Big Ten West!
Also, don’t boo Cade. Yes JJ won the job and deserves to start. But the game was already a blowout and it wasn’t Cade’s fault that he happened to be put in on the only drive when the O-Line forgot how to block and the receivers forgot how to catch. Yes he hasn’t played well this year, but he won the Big Ten Championship. And Michigan is probably going to need him at some point this year. Make the guy feel welcome and wish him the best when he transfers at the end of the season.