ORLANDO, Fla. -- When UCF began practicing how to defend option teams this past spring, defensive coaches told their players to expect a special guest to play quarterback on the scout team.
They all looked at each other and immediately knew.
Coach Scott Frost walked over, wearing cleats, a shirt, shorts and helmet. He stepped under center, barked instructions and snapped the ball. Then he did it again. And again.
"He's running, dropping dimes," linebacker Chequan Burkett said. "You just think in your head, 'Hey man, this guy won a national championship doing this, so it's a wonderful experience to be able to face a quarterback who really did this and happens to be our head coach.