Reading between the lines of Nebraska athletics director Trev Alberts' comments Sunday, when he announced the firing of Scott Frost, the Cornhuskers' next coaching search will fit under these parameters:
- Nebraska will have money to spend.
As a case in point, the university will pay more than $16 million to toss Frost after the ugly loss to Georgia Southern rather than waiting just weeks until Oct. 1, when his buyout was set to be trimmed in half.
Along with the increasingly large payouts handed down by the Big Ten, that severe package indicates Nebraska will be motivated to go beyond Frost's $5 million annual salary and come closer to or even exceed the $7 million mark that has become the new benchmark for top-of-the-line head coaches in the Power Five.