I thought also that it was good for Frost to go out and make a speech so his guys felt like he acknowledged and valued all the work they've put it. Let them feel like he's their man.
It's time for him and Moos and Ben Sasse and whoever else to stop now. It goes from a good look to a bad look when you don't know when to quit.They're trying to kill the golden goose.
There are how many million$ of reason$ a year to sit tight in the B1G? Almost 100? Jflores' analogy of sinking the fleet to win a war game was perfect. Scott and Moos are being penny wise and pound foolish right now, the conference won't let them go under. If you think any entity with two brain cells to rub together looks at the earning power of Nebraska football as a long-term investment and goes, "Nah, we'll let you go bankrupt, we don't want the assloads of future revenue share you'll bring us when this is all over." then I have some oceanfront property in Tekamah I'd like to sell you.
Their choices are to not play with the rest of the B1G or GTFO and guess what? There's zero guarantee they finish a season if they leave the conference. Still every possibility that they get 1 game or 2 games in and every other conference shuts it down.
Let these MAC schools and Mountain West and whoever else wither on the vine, NU has the reserves to sit tight for a year and buy up the metaphorical land on the cheap, suddenly you're looking at a ton of sweet transfer portal talent and less recruiting competition. So you don't break ground on your new facility for a while, are you gonna be the coach still in 2025 or what?
It sucks, it's frustrating. I'm gonna be depressed to wake up on crisp mornings and smell that cool air and have no Husker game to look forward to. But this stretch of 2020-21 is about the long game.