Nebraska’s future remains bright under Scott Frost despite inauspicious start

Despite an inauspicious start to his homecoming at Nebraska, don’t lose your enthusiasm about Scott Frost being back in Lincoln. Here’s why.

Scott Frost was the best coaching hire in the latest spin of the coaching carousel. He left UCF where he took over a winless team and turned them into an undefeated team in the span of two seasons and Peach Bowl/Colley Matrix national champions.

But after two weeks as the head coach at his alma mater, Frost has already lost more games than he did in his two seasons as the team’s starting quarterback. This marks the first 0-2 start for Nebraska since 1957.

Is it time to panic in Lincoln?

Absolutely not.

I understand the frustration that comes with losing to former rival, Colorado last week, and to lose to Troy in Week 3, especially at home. That’s a tough loss, but Troy is a good program with a great young coach in Neal Brown, who is going to be at a Power 5 job, possibly as soon as this winter.

After all, Troy beat LSU at LSU last year. That wasn’t a death sentence for LSU this year.

Rebuilding efforts take time and they certainly take more than two weeks to get everything figured out. When you factor in that Frost didn’t have his freshman starting quarterback, Adrian Martinez, against Troy, and it’s a little easier to stomach the result.

I didn’t say it’ll be easy to stomach, but just like Rome wasn’t built in a day, neither will the Nebraska football program. Frost has his quarterback of the future, but he needs the roster to be built up. He inherited a roster devoid of game-changing and future NFL talent. It’ll take a couple of years to flush out the bad and replace it with his players. And then when he gets his players, they’ll be young and there will be some growing pains but I assure they will be worth it because Frost will have Nebraska competing for Big Ten titles and College Football Playoff appearances in the near future.

It’ll take time, maybe more time than some Nebraska fans are willing to give, but the patience will pay off and fans will be richly rewarded for their faith in Frost.