If you listen to UCF coach Scott Frost, this Saturday’s matchup against North Carolina is “just another game.”
That’s the kind of understatement you expect from a coach trying to manage expectations and impart calm on his team and fan base. But make no mistake about it, this is not just another game. This is a collision of redemption stories.
On one side: North Carolina’s 73-year-old Bill Belichick, arguably the greatest coach in NFL history, now trying to prove himself again as a first-time college coach.
On the other: Scott Frost, a man trying to rebuild a program and his reputation. Their paths have converged in curious symmetry: both exiled from their previous jobs, both afforded a new chance, both charged with resurrecting programs that have slid into the abyss of irrelevance.
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