Nebraska Football investigated for NCAA violations
Scott Frost and the Nebraska Football team are under investigation for holding off campus football workouts during the pandemic that went very much against the NCAA's requirements for practices and workouts during that stretch of time.
Brett McMurphy is breaking the story and while he hasn't provided specifics, he is saying that it is an "egregious" breaking of the rules if proven true.
August 18th, 2021 at 9:51 AM ^
Cheating does not always pay dividends with wins, apparently
August 18th, 2021 at 10:30 AM ^
Could this be a move by Nebraska to move on from Frost without a buyout?
He is under contract through 2026, and according to McMurphy's article, "The school, sources said, has “significant video footage” confirming the practice violations took place in the presence of Frost and other assistants."
NCAA: "Hey, Nebraska, we noticed some unusual activities. Can you clear that up for us?"
Nebraska: "YES! WE HAVE TAPES. SO MANY TAPES! HERE LOOK! LOOK AT THIS ILLEGAL ACTIVITY! WE HAVE MORE. DO YOU WANT TO SEE MORE? HERE, LOOK, MORE!!"
August 18th, 2021 at 10:47 AM ^
Oldest play in the book.
August 18th, 2021 at 1:14 PM ^
I wish we had run that play with RichRod.
August 18th, 2021 at 2:06 PM ^
um...
August 18th, 2021 at 11:23 AM ^
Agreed. This reeks of a university of getting out of a horrible contract and not surprising at all. As we all remember, Nebraska was one of the schools wanting to play and even having explority discussions on breaking from the B10 to have out of conference games in the event they canceled the season
August 18th, 2021 at 11:32 AM ^
One of the challenges I face in reading comments here while at the office is trying to explain why I just burst out laughing while reading something on my computer screen. I'm in one of those glass "fishbowl" offices and look out over a bunch of people in cubes, virtually all of which just looked up at me when I read your comment and started laughing.
Pretty sure they know I wasnt reading something pertaining medical devices or any other work-related activity.
August 18th, 2021 at 12:35 PM ^
It seems a little early for them to want to make Frost walk the plank. He's only been there three years and one was the weird Covid season. Funny idea though.
August 18th, 2021 at 1:25 PM ^
Maybe we can use it as a pretext to get them out of the B1G, too?
August 18th, 2021 at 3:15 PM ^
"we out-taped them in the offseason and we out-taped them in the in...season"
August 18th, 2021 at 10:53 AM ^
Yeah just ask Tennessee
August 18th, 2021 at 11:29 AM ^
I was going to suggest that, if true, this sounds a lot like the stunt that Tennessee (allegedly) pulled to fire Jeremy Pruitt and circumvent his buyout.
Of course this could also be the modus operandi of Nebraska's new athletic director. He does enjoy the distinction of killing Nebraska-Omaha's football team in 2011. Who knows, maybe he got hit with a murderous ten-year itch?
August 18th, 2021 at 12:41 PM ^
You have to stretch properly before the workout.
August 18th, 2021 at 9:52 AM ^
Cheating to get to 12-20. Solid work. Mom must be so disappointed.
August 18th, 2021 at 11:45 AM ^
Carol Frost deserves to watch her precious son and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln become irrelevant in the 21st century after the arrogant letter she sent us.
Fuck her, fuck her overrated son, and fuck UN-L.
/If only Michigan hadn't also become mediocre...
August 18th, 2021 at 9:54 AM ^
ITT: Comments about Scott's mom
August 18th, 2021 at 9:55 AM ^
Dang it, too slow on the "save button".
August 18th, 2021 at 9:56 AM ^
A game of inches!
August 18th, 2021 at 9:55 AM ^
Scott Frosts mom will make us all pancakes and we'll forget all about it.
I've never been to Nebraska but it has to be absolutely brutal living there.
1. You live in Nebraska, hope you love corn
2. Your football program has been a flaming pile of shit for the better part of 2 decades. Don't make me mention basketball
3. You still live in Nebraska.
4. Scott Frost is your head coach
5. Omaha had an awesome music scene back in the early 2000s so I guess that its not all bad
August 18th, 2021 at 10:06 AM ^
Warren Buffett living in Omaha has to be the state's only net positive right now.
August 18th, 2021 at 11:15 AM ^
A unicameral legislature is kinda fun, even though I'll miss Ernie Chambers.
August 18th, 2021 at 1:24 PM ^
Shouldn't that be chamber singular?
August 18th, 2021 at 10:06 AM ^
Omaha and Lincoln are honestly both pretty nice medium-ish midwestern cities. The state itself has some very nice historical sites and state parks, especially toward the western border. The vast majority of the state, however, is very unremarkable and, despite sucking, Husker football is pretty much the only major athletics spectacle in the state (well, aside from Creighton basketball for some and the CWS for a couple of weeks in June).
Also Nebraska's governor looks like Caillou.
Source: I grew up in the Omaha area.
August 18th, 2021 at 11:00 AM ^
Taught in Scottsbluff for two years. It had its perks and I think I would've been fine raising a family there. As a young single guy moving back to the AA area was the move back then. Led me to my wife.
Edit:meant to reply to BlueinLansing
August 18th, 2021 at 11:04 AM ^
Not knowing who Caillou is or who the governor of NE is, I had to google image both. And damn straight, he does look like Caillou.
August 18th, 2021 at 4:30 PM ^
My god, the resemblance is uncanny.
August 18th, 2021 at 11:27 AM ^
+1 for the Caillou comparison, but now I’m going to have that fucking song in my head for the next 60 straight hours.
Best joke of the pandemic I saw was a picture of Caillou washing his hands with the text: “You don’t need to wash your hands, Caillou. Even COVID can’t stand to be around you.”
August 18th, 2021 at 12:20 PM ^
Spent some time in the Omaheehaw area for work on various occasions (Offutt AFB/Stratcom). Can confirm that it's a nice city - decent to look at, nice people, good food. Funniest thing was the influx of farmers from outlying areas on the weekends, it was their trip to the big city.
Aside from Creighton bball and UNL football, they have the College World Series every year, and they ADORE it...
August 18th, 2021 at 12:43 PM ^
I'm surprised Nebraska-Lincoln hasn't tried to get in on college hockey, and even let UNO beat them to the punch.
August 18th, 2021 at 1:08 PM ^
I'd guess it's just a cultural thing. It's pretty different than what you might find in Michigan. As you mentioned, UNO handles the very small college hockey following/interest in the state already, so a program at UNL would be pretty pointless without much already established tradition or interest. People in Nebraska generally just don't give a crap about hockey. I'm actually a UNO grad and despite hockey being UNO's bread and butter in terms of athletic revenue and prestige, not many people know or care that much about it, students an alumni included.
August 18th, 2021 at 10:08 AM ^
I found the area around Omaha and Lincoln fascinating. I also enjoyed Western Nebraska very much, particularly the sand hills region. In the middle is pretty much corn.
Not far across the Neb, Wyo border is a town in Wyoming with a stated population of one, its a post office, bar/restaurant and upstairs house all in one.
August 18th, 2021 at 11:01 AM ^
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I find "fly-over country" to be fascinating. If I can avoid it, and am not in a hurry I try not to take the same route to the same place twice.
There are few things more serene than having lunch at a picnic table in a small town in Kansas, that obviously used to have a population of 1000+, and is now... not. We only saw 2 adults and some children at the same park, and 1 or 2 (running) cars the whole time we were there. If they haven't filmed a movie there, I'd be shocked.
I do not much care for endless -nothing- in certain places, I agree.
August 18th, 2021 at 11:20 AM ^
Nebraska may be the least diverse place I've ever seen.
August 18th, 2021 at 12:29 PM ^
The school district where I worked is probably 40% Latino. Omaha isn't exactly Livonia, either.
August 18th, 2021 at 12:54 PM ^
According to the latest state numbers, the racial composition of Nebraska is: White: 89%, Black: 3.5% Other: 6.5%.
It is in fact one of the 4 least diverse states in the country. Not sure why you're suggesting otherwise.
August 18th, 2021 at 1:06 PM ^
Interesting. This article from 2020 has Nebraska only six spots behind Michigan in terms of racial and ethnic diversity at 35th out of 50.
https://wallethub.com/edu/most-least-diverse-states-in-america/38262
Edit: Crazy how Vermont, Montana, and West Virginia became more diverse than Nebraska since this link was released /s
August 18th, 2021 at 1:33 PM ^
Yep, almost every county seat in western KS feels like that. The now-mostly deserted downtowns with the wide streets that suggests the Wilder West era when horses, cowboys and town folk all shared the streets.
I've travelled Denver to Michigan/Ohio many many times. If you haven't been on it, I suggest US-36 across northern KS as a good alternate route to I-80 or I-70.
August 18th, 2021 at 8:15 PM ^
You can make great time driving about anywhere out here in Kansas :) From here in South-Central Kansas we take 36 across Northern MO-going back home to Northern Indiana. It's 4 lane, no lights and no traffic for about 150 miles of unencumbered driving.
August 18th, 2021 at 11:36 AM ^
After your comment about the town of I had to google it.
This was the most comprehensive article about Buford that I ran across in a brief search. It appears that Jason Hirsch still manages the town but I could not find out anything more about the resolution of the town financial problems.
August 18th, 2021 at 1:17 PM ^
I drove through Lost Springs, Wyoming this past May. It's a town along US-20 that is about 100 miles northeast of Buford. It's on the high grassland, treeless plains of Wyoming, not overly far from the Nebraska border.
Lost Springs' population is 4. I mention all this because their population used to be 1. So there is some hope that Buford can rebound!
August 18th, 2021 at 1:14 PM ^
Nebraska is fine, and very pretty in spots. I find it geographically much more interesting than Iowa, Missouri or Kansas, a few of its neighbors.
I've said this before, but I-80's location does the state's Chamber of Commerce no favors. I know why it is where it is (follow the River), but it's literally the least visually interesting part of Nebraska and that becomes many people's sole impression of the state.
Also, there are tons of trucks on I-80, and the truck conga lines make the road annoying to drive. I wish the state would expand the highway to 6-lanes from Lincoln to the I-76 Denver cut-off, but that's a whole other topic.
August 18th, 2021 at 3:25 PM ^
I think most rural interstates probably could do with an expansion to 6 lanes. I realize the trend seems to be adding Interstates where I never drive (I-69, I-22), but expanding what we have seems to be a better solution.
August 19th, 2021 at 1:14 AM ^
I agree, my only experience in Nebraska is driving through it on I-80. Quite possibly the most boring stretch of highway I have ever been on.
August 18th, 2021 at 10:43 AM ^
Not saying it is anything special but a fast food stop at Runza on your way through the state is different from the standard burger. Thats it.
August 18th, 2021 at 2:08 PM ^
Not special and not standard. Got it. I’m going to remember that the next time I drive by.
August 18th, 2021 at 10:49 AM ^
I'd like to retire there, honestly. Nebraskans are unfailingly nice people, and the pace of living is perfect for me.
August 18th, 2021 at 12:20 PM ^
How is the Vodka there?
It seems like there should be a lot of local starchy stuff to distill it from.
August 18th, 2021 at 1:05 PM ^
I tried living there once when I was young, also in Cheyenne. Just couldn't do it. I guess you can't take the Midwest out of the boy.
August 18th, 2021 at 1:24 PM ^
Da, comrade
