After watching about a dozen games from 1994-1997 I realized that the culture that NU football had and was was completely unique for its time, even relative to other schools. NU had perhaps the best run of success in the modern era, and did it in a completely unique way. Frost is the perfect candidate because:
1. He understands what made NU great from 1970-2001. It wasn't NFL talent...it was toughness, competition, stamina. Remember this is the QB who smashed a Kansas state DE during WR reverse that lead to a touchdown.
2. He was tutored by TO who put an emphasis on defensive speed but also on short stubby, overlooked lineman, who would not be NFL players but would wear out a defense.
3. He won a national title as a tough leader at qb, who couldn't throw, couldn't outrun most defenders.
4. And he won with players from all corners of the country, but many from near Lincoln, from Kansas, Missouri, and a lot from Nebraska.
So after his audition at Oregon and CFU we see that he demands speed on defense, and prefers an offense that that is tough, uses specific talent at QB, WR, and OL that other schools may not want, and demands that his teams win the 4th quarter through exhausting the other team, whether that is through a short passing game, high tempo, or the run.
1. He understands what made NU great from 1970-2001. It wasn't NFL talent...it was toughness, competition, stamina. Remember this is the QB who smashed a Kansas state DE during WR reverse that lead to a touchdown.
2. He was tutored by TO who put an emphasis on defensive speed but also on short stubby, overlooked lineman, who would not be NFL players but would wear out a defense.
3. He won a national title as a tough leader at qb, who couldn't throw, couldn't outrun most defenders.
4. And he won with players from all corners of the country, but many from near Lincoln, from Kansas, Missouri, and a lot from Nebraska.
So after his audition at Oregon and CFU we see that he demands speed on defense, and prefers an offense that that is tough, uses specific talent at QB, WR, and OL that other schools may not want, and demands that his teams win the 4th quarter through exhausting the other team, whether that is through a short passing game, high tempo, or the run.