Mickey Joseph reveals what the last 48 hours have been like, reveals message to team

It’s surely been a chaotic week for Nebraska after the firing of head coach Scott Frost just two weeks into the season. The Huskers have named former wide receivers coach, associate head coach, and passing game coordinator Mickey Joseph the interim head coach for the time being, and he shared what his last 48 hours have been like and his love for his former colleague in Frost.

“It’s a little weird, you didn’t wake up Sunday morning knowing this was gonna happen. But it did, had to accept it and my message to the team was I know you’re hurting, Frost is like a brother to me, he gave me the opportunity to come here and coach at my alma mater, coach at the University of Nebraska. I will always love him and always appreciate him, I always respect him and the kids would always love him, but I know they were hurting,” Joseph said. “But at the end of the day, that ball’s gonna kick off on Saturday, so mentally we had to get them back and get them ready.”

Joseph was a dual-threat quarterback for Nebraska from 1988 to 1991, recording a combined 20 touchdowns on the air and ground for the Cornhuskers in his career. Joseph was asked about his plan to establish a fresh start for his team in such a short period of time, especially with one of the nation’s top ten teams looming right around the corner.

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“Just like you said, we tell them we start from scratch, we move everything to the past and start from here. We have nine more opportunities and we’re capable of winning games. And that’s why they understand the first opportunity is this weekend against OU, a really good opponent, really good football team,” Joseph said.

Joseph definitely has a tough task ahead of him, as he attempts to rally this team mentally from what’s been a rough week. He’s preaching to his team to remain focused on just themselves at the moment, as he continues to instill them with some much-needed confidence moving forward.

“Confidence, and let them know I believe in them. Block out the noise, block out the noise, what everybody’s saying, and come to the building every day prepared to win at practice. And knowing that you’re capable of getting the job done and don’t doubt yourself, and that’s what I’m feeding them. I’m feeding them confidence,” Joseph said.