THREE THINGS WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
1 - Brett McMurphy has a source that has an ax to grind against Scott FrostIf we have learned anything over the last six months, college football reporter Brett McMurphy clearly has a source with an ax to grind either against Nebraska head football coach Scott Frost or the leadership structure around him.
Let's go back to March. McMurphy was leaked in-house information about NU potentially exploring ways to get out of playing No. 2 preseason ranked Oklahoma in 2021. Once the report got out, Frost and Nebraska's leadership had egg all over their face. It was a very bad day for the Husker Athletic department in the social media world.
Then fast forward to Aug. 18. McMurphy was leaked information about an NCAA investigation going on about NU illegally using their analysts, on top of being made aware of possible illegal workouts that may have taken place before student-athletes were allowed to train on campus.
The leakage of this information was well-timed. Somebody with an ax to grind, no different than the person that leaked the Bo Pelini audio to Deadspin back in 2013, was out to get Frost. This was a calculated hit. A well-timed hit.
Frost and his team are nearly a week away from starting the 2021 season, and they have a real shot to start out 3-0 for the first time since 2016.
What will come out of the news from Wednesday? It's hard to say, but there's no question this was a calculated leak from someone with an ax to grind.
InsideNebraska - The 3-2-1: We size up Wednesday's news day at Nebraska and more
We size up Wednesday's news day at Nebraska and more in this week's 3-2-1 column.
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