Urban Meyer calls out Scott Frost over comments on Nebraska: 'It's a direct shot'

During his first Big 12 Media Days appearance, Scott Frost – preparing for his second stint at UCF – made waves for his comments about his time at Nebraska. When asked about the biggest lesson he learned, he told The Athletic simply, “Don’t take the wrong job.”

Those remarks quickly made their way around social media considering Frost is a Nebraska alumnus. To Urban Meyer, he saw it as a “direct shot” at the Huskers, even if Frost didn’t necessarily mean it that way.

Meyer reacted to Frost’s comments and noted that sometimes, coaches say things during press conferences they might want back. He wondered if that was an instance for the UCF head coach, but also noted the way it still came across.

“We’ve all stood at the podium and you say something and you’re like, ‘Ouch, why did I say that?’ and you can’t take it back,” Meyer said on The Triple Option. “I’m sure he’d want to take it back. If it’s not meant to be, it’s a direct shot at Nebraska. I know Scott Frost. Hell of a coach. I’ve known him for a long time. That didn’t go well.

“I actually had people send it to me and said, ‘Wow, look at this.’ That’s one of those ones, would you want to take it back? Sure.”

Meyer recalled what went through his mind when he left Bowling Green for Utah in 2003. He heard some of the concerns about what it was like to recruit and wondered if he’d made the wrong choice leaving a BGSU program that had its quarterback returning. Of course, he ultimately stayed, going 22-2 in two seasons before heading to Florida.

At UF, Urban Meyer also saw Billy Donovan initially choose to leave for the Orlando Magic and the NBA. He ended up coming back to Gainesville before later heading to the league with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Dan Dakich had a similar situation when he left Bowling Green for West Virginia. As a result, Meyer knows what it’s like when a coach leaves for a new place and it’s not what they thought it’d be.

“I was also with Billy Donovan when he was at Florida and he left to go to the Magic. Came back. Think about that,” Meyer said. “Then, I was also with Dan Dakich as a basketball coach at Bowling Green. The hottest coach in America, he takes the job at West Virginia. I get a call about four days later and he said, ‘This isn’t what I thought it would be. I’m coming back.’ They both came back.

“So I get that. I get, you sometimes put your feet down somewhere and you’re like, ‘Uh oh. This ain’t Kansas.'”