Nebraska officials have maintained since Scott Frost was hired Dec. 2 that they wanted him to feel free to coach No. 12 Central Florida in the Peach Bowl because he felt strongly that it was his obligation.
Part of the allure, though, was also about the idea that a New Year's Day bowl game would be something of an infomercial for NU because Frost and his entire coaching staff — now the new Husker coaching staff — would be a major part of the story line.
In the end, the benefit for Nebraska will be derived from the product that Frost and company put on the field in dispatching No.