Death. Taxes. Nebraska football coaches being terrified to play the Oklahoma Sooners.
Former Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos recently released a new book that revealed some telling stories from his time leading the Cornhuskers, and one in particular about former Nebraska head coach Scott Frost, who also played for the Cornhuskers, trying every way possible to get out of playing the Sooners went viral after Nebraska On3 writer Steve Sipple recently confirmed the tale to be true.
Sipple during his radio show on 93.7 The Ticket this week admitted that Frost even tried to use local media to convince Moos and the rest of Nebraska’s administration that it was a bad idea for the Cornhuskers to play OU in a scheduled nonconference matchup in 2021 while Frost was already on the hot seat.
Sooners dominance exposed as Scott Frost tried to avoid rivalry game
“I don’t want to throw Frost under the bus, but I can say Frost called me twice and said, ‘Hey, what do you think if I cancel the Oklahoma game?'” Sipple said. “He called me once, and I thought he was kidding, and he wasn’t. ‘He said, would you back me on this?’ And I said, ‘No. I’m not going to back you on this. I don’t think it’s a good idea.’ Then he called me back a few weeks later and said, ‘Hey, have you thought about it?’ And I was like, ‘No, I didn’t really have to think about it. It’s tricky. You’re not going to be able to do this.'”…