As I was finishing up last week’s report card, Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts announced that he had terminated Scott Frost with Mickey Joseph designated to finish the season as the interim head coach. The best explanation I’ve heard for the decision was that Trev wanted to control the discussion on Fox’s pregame show. Instead of “how hot is Scott Frost’s hot seat,” the story instead is “who will be the next Nebraska coach.” Makes some sense, but I’m not sure that was worth $7.5 million. But they don’t pay me to make those decisions.
The reason Trev gave, though, was that he wanted to give the team a “different voice” and try to salvage the season.