Urban Meyer defends Scott Frost after onside kick debacle in Dublin

In what has become an all too familiar story, Scott Frost and Nebraska snatched defeat from the jaws of victory to start their season. With momentum on their side and a multi-score lead, the Cornhuskers tried an onside kick. It failed and Northwestern snatched momentum. Everyone piled on to Frost’s decision, including Frost himself.

“If I had to do it over, I wouldn’t make the call,” Scott Frost said.

Urban Meyer actually defended the onside kick on Urban’s Take with Tim May, a national college football show from On3.

“First of all, Scott Frost, he is struggling,” Urban Meyer said. “But he’s a proven, because of track record that he took over a program [UCF] that was really struggling, took them in their opinions to a national championship–at Central Florida. I’ve known him a long time. He’s a national champion as a player. I mean, the guy is a tough guy. Sat in meetings with him, he’s a very smart guy.

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“So, I’ve never been one of those guys that questions the head coach because I’ve sat there,” Meyer said. “So, thinking about this, Tim, and I had it on my gameplan sheet every week for my entire career and I would always–there’s three risks you take. One is to win the game.”

Urban Meyer used the 2016 double overtime game against Michigan. Going for it on fourth down was a risk taken to win the game. In that same game, Ohio State was backed up and ran a fake punt. That was the second risk you’d take, to get back in a game.

“And, then, the final column…we used to call it checkmate,” Urban Meyer said. It’s about being aggressive and trying to knock out your opponent. That’s what Scott Frost was trying to do. It didn’t work. However, that play isn’t the only reason why Nebraska lost.

“He saw an opportunity from video, he saw it, and it wasn’t executed.”