Former Nebraska star Cam Jurgens throws shade at Scott Frost era: 'We just found ways to lose'

Cam Jurgens has seen plenty of success in three seasons in the NFL, but it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows under Scott Frost at Nebraska. Frost recently returned to coaching at UCF ahead of the 2025 campaign while Jurgens and the Philadelphia Eagles look to repeat as Super Bowl champions.

Jurgens was asked about why it didn’t work under Frost while playing at Nebraska. Frost was a Huskers’ legend as a player, but not so much as a coach.

Dan “Big Cat” Katz asked Jurgens about his time in Lincoln while saying he thought it was going to work out big time for those involved. Nebraska football hasn’t clicked lately until Matt Rhule took over and he heads into Year 3 as head coach. 

“I think everybody thought it was going to work,” Jurgens said on Pardon My Take. “I feel like every game we just found ways to lose games. We had good players, and we played really well, but then it’s just like we just found ways to lose it, and we were really good at that. You know, I never made a bowl game in college, and then I get to the league, three years in, Super Bowls … It was like, seven or eight losses within like (three points at Nebraska the one year).”

Jurgens mentioned how Nebraska just stacking up wins will get the attention of the entire college football world. The 2024 season, which featured a return to a bowl game, certainly helped.

“All we need to do is win. And, you know, they made the first bowl game in several years,” Jurgens said. “So I was happy to see that. So this year, playoffs or bust.”

Considering Jurgens has been in the playoffs as a member of the Eagles in each of his three years in the league, it’s no surprise to hear him say CFP or bust. Jurgens took over as the Eagles’ starting center last year following the retirement of Jason Kelce and was named a Pro Bowler.

Apparently, despite going to his alma mater to coach, Frost took an apparent shot at Nebraska back in July. During that time in Lincoln he amassed a 16-31 overall record, including a 10-26 mark in Big Ten play before his departure.

“Don’t take the wrong job,” Frost said in Frisco, via The Athletic’s Chris Vannini. At the time, he recalled saying he would only consider leaving Orlando if he headed to a place he could win a title. Looking back on the decision to return to Nebraska, Frost said it “wasn’t a good move.”

“I said I wouldn’t leave (UCF) unless it was someplace you could win a national championship,” Frost said. “I got tugged in a direction to try to help my alma mater and didn’t really want to do it. It wasn’t a good move. I’m lucky to get back to a place where I was a lot happier.”