Scott Frost draws ire of Nebraska fans following disappointing loss to Illinois

Scott Frost’s fourth season as Nebraska head coach isn’t off to a great start.

On Saturday, the Cornhuskers dropped their 2021 season opener, taking a 30-22 loss at Illinois. Nebraska is now 12-21 under Frost, who was hired prior to the 2018 season.

The Cornhuskers have had a losing record each of Frost’s first three seasons at the helm. And if Saturday was any indication, they could be heading toward another.

Nebraska and Illinois were tied at 9 late in the first half, but the Fighting Illini took a 16-9 lead into the break. After that, they also scored the game’s next two touchdowns, taking a 30-9 lead with 4 minutes, 1 second to go in the third quarter.

The Cornhuskers couldn’t come back, while Frost was getting roasted on social media as the team’s loss came to an end.

Here’s some of that reaction following Nebraska’s latest setback:

Lifelong Nebraska fan here… is Scott Frost the most over-hyped, most disappointing bust of a head coach ever? I’ll hang up and listen, thanks.

— Tom Harris (@TomHarris28) August 28, 2021

https://twitter.com/FlyinBrianJ/status/1431723679726059530

Scott Frost

getting looks from Husker fans pic.twitter.com/V2cai4WrJE

— ChippingIn (@CranfordChip) August 28, 2021

https://twitter.com/DannyLawhon/status/1431722193415725060

Scott Frost is Jim Harbaugh with a less-talented roster.

— Barrett Sallee ?? (@BarrettSallee) August 28, 2021

Well that's just uncalled for. pic.twitter.com/QyqrcEKY5j

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) August 28, 2021

Scott Frost showing up to his office when the plane gets back from Champaign pic.twitter.com/2YaERDStif

— Ben Stevens (@BenScottStevens) August 28, 2021

I have a lot of friends who are Huskers fans and have heard from a few of them. Not much support for Scott Frost is about all I can repeat.

— Kevin Noon (@Kevin_Noon) August 28, 2021

The other area where Moos failed is allowing Frost to bring his entire UCF staff to Nebraska. That was a disaster waiting to happen and someone should have been an adult and told him if he wanted the job he couldn’t do that.

— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) August 28, 2021

Scott Frost is starting to remind me of Tom Herman at Texas. Absolute can't-miss hire who was dominant at previous school, had all the resources and support in the world and just could not get right.

— Jeff Ermann (@Jeff_Ermann) August 28, 2021

Nothing about this game would indicate Nebraska is being investigated for practicing too much.

— Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) August 28, 2021

I don’t know about you, but I’m not sure this is going to be Scott Frost’s year

— Daniel Gallen (@danieljtgallen) August 28, 2021

What happened to Scott Frost?

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) August 28, 2021

Scott Frost is going to hold a hell of clip board in Tuscaloosa

— Kegan Reneau (@KeganReneau) August 28, 2021

Let’s go to Lincoln to check in at the Frost house. pic.twitter.com/ZE14gkRCGz

— Cecil Hurt (@CecilHurt) August 28, 2021

Jake Rill

Jake Rill contributes to news coverage for Saturday Down South. He has covered the SEC since 2016.