Steven M. Sipple
With Nebraska on a bye week, Husker football coach Scott Frost made his lone scheduled media appearance of the week Wednesday morning.
He covered ample ground. A few takeaways:
1. Response to Fleck: Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck would be a good radio talk-show host.
He makes unnecessary statements that tend to anger, or even insult, people.
Frost, though, doesn't seem particularly bothered by what one could interpret as an insult by Fleck. After Minnesota defeated Nebraska 30-23 on Saturday, Fleck said it was a matter of "culture'' defeating "skill.''
Nebraska head football coach Scott Frost speaks after practice Wednesday at Memorial Stadium.
So, Fleck essentially was saying that Frost had better players but that the "culture'' Fleck built overcame a dramatic difference in talent. "I don't make a habit of listening to those press conferences," Frost, the fourth-year Husker coach, said Wednesday. "Our culture has come 100 miles. I love where our culture is right now.
"I think they have some skilled players, too," Frost added. "So I'm surprised to hear that."
Fleck probably wasn't boasting about his program's culture Sept. 25 after it lost to Bowling Green.
Frost said he hadn't previously heard of Fleck's postgame comments from Saturday. That surprises me.
It's interesting that Fleck is telling everyone that Nebraska has more "skill'' than Minnesota. After all, it's Fleck's job to acquire more skill than NU. Perhaps he's referring to the loss of running backs Mo Ibrahim and Trey Potts to injury.
Fleck has the upper hand on Frost at the moment with a 3-1 record against the Nebraska coach. It's not exactly a friendly situation. Remember, Frost in July mentioned a certain coach's "sloganeering'' during Big Ten Media Days.
It's possible Fleck wanted to highlight his program's culture as a way to sell himself to higher-profile programs looking for a head coach.
I don't think his act would play particularly well in a blue-blood program along the lines of, say, USC or LSU.
Frost probably wouldn't mind if a school in another league gave Fleck a chance.
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With Nebraska on a bye week, Husker football coach Scott Frost made his lone scheduled media appearance of the week Wednesday morning.
He covered ample ground. A few takeaways:
1. Response to Fleck: Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck would be a good radio talk-show host.
He makes unnecessary statements that tend to anger, or even insult, people.
Frost, though, doesn't seem particularly bothered by what one could interpret as an insult by Fleck. After Minnesota defeated Nebraska 30-23 on Saturday, Fleck said it was a matter of "culture'' defeating "skill.''
Nebraska head football coach Scott Frost speaks after practice Wednesday at Memorial Stadium.
So, Fleck essentially was saying that Frost had better players but that the "culture'' Fleck built overcame a dramatic difference in talent. "I don't make a habit of listening to those press conferences," Frost, the fourth-year Husker coach, said Wednesday. "Our culture has come 100 miles. I love where our culture is right now.
"I think they have some skilled players, too," Frost added. "So I'm surprised to hear that."
Fleck probably wasn't boasting about his program's culture Sept. 25 after it lost to Bowling Green.
Frost said he hadn't previously heard of Fleck's postgame comments from Saturday. That surprises me.
It's interesting that Fleck is telling everyone that Nebraska has more "skill'' than Minnesota. After all, it's Fleck's job to acquire more skill than NU. Perhaps he's referring to the loss of running backs Mo Ibrahim and Trey Potts to injury.
Fleck has the upper hand on Frost at the moment with a 3-1 record against the Nebraska coach. It's not exactly a friendly situation. Remember, Frost in July mentioned a certain coach's "sloganeering'' during Big Ten Media Days.
It's possible Fleck wanted to highlight his program's culture as a way to sell himself to higher-profile programs looking for a head coach.
I don't think his act would play particularly well in a blue-blood program along the lines of, say, USC or LSU.
Frost probably wouldn't mind if a school in another league gave Fleck a chance.
Steven M. Sipple: Frost responds to Fleck's 'culture' comments, and other bye week takeaways
Nebraska coach Scott Frost doesn't seem particularly bothered by what one could interpret as an insult by Minnesota's P.J. Fleck.
