Six weeks remain before the lights turn on at Memorial Stadium, Nebraska fans fill it for the 362nd consecutive time and Scott Frost leads the Huskers into their season opener against Akron.
He is, after all, the only new head coach in the Big Ten. He’s coming off an undefeated season at Central Florida and just about every national coach of the year award given out. He’s tasked with reigniting a mostly dormant power — his alma mater, no less — that hasn’t won a league title in 20 years. He’s widely considered one of the most promising young head coaches in the country.