Tad Stryker: The Fall of Frost and Fitz
When Scott Frost and Pat Fitzgerald met on the field in Dublin, Ireland, almost a year ago, it seemed inevitable that one of them would fall hard, and soon. But both? Not likely. Fitzgerald seemed destined to lead Northwestern for at least another decade. After all, he had always shown a propensity to make life miserable for teams like Nebraska, who had more talent but less mental (and far too often, physical) toughness than Fitz and his scrappy Wildcats, whom he coached to a career .521 winning percentage, including 5-5 in bowl games. The Northwestern series symbolized the self-inflicted diff...