By firing Frost on Sept. 11, Nebraska is required to pay him a $15 million buyout.That number would have been cut by 50% to $7.5 million had Nebraska waited to fire Frost until Oct. 1.
SAM MCKEWON Omaha World-Herald Before Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts discussed why he chose to retain football coach Scott Frost on Nov. 8, he made a cup of coffee for a reporter. It was a quaint and ironic scene, Alberts leaning over a nice machine he said was bought by Steve Pederson, the AD