You guys better prepare yourself you are not keeping frost. All this talk about getting into the playoff winning national championships and other things is not in the real world. If frost wants to compete with the top in the country he has to coach in P5 conference simple as that
This is not a slam against UCF you are having a terrific season and have potential but you are still second tier in the college football world the only way out of that is to join a P5 conference but you do not have the fan following nor the winning tradition needed to get an invite if realignment happened in the near future- maybe in the years to come but not now and really the only conference who would look is the Big12 who may not be around in future years anyhow
- If you keep winning big and can develop a fan base large enough - then maybe at some point in the future you will have a chance to join a P5 conference but not anytime soon
- Winning in your conference is not the same as winning in a P5 conference. Yes you guys look great - however the conference does not - Conference record against P5 teams this year is 3 -11 with the signature win against UCLA who is doing so bad they have fired their coach
I can see a coach who is older and less ambitious staying there - Frost is just starting his career - Now He may not want NU ( although I believe he does) but with the schools looking for a new coach this year it does not get much better for him. NU, UCLA, Florida and Tenn all would like Frost unless Florida or maybe UCLA get Kelly.
Frost understands that waiting comes with risk - these jobs are not available next year and UCF could be hit with injuries next year or even lose a couple of games yet this year. Any negative hurts his income chances in the future. Maybe he does not care but his assistants surely do
The timing is perfect for Frost right now, this moment - that could change even in 30 days