Singing it out and on-key: "Ducks, Ducks, Ducks"

It was a rockets red glare moment for Duck fans, and Oregon receivers coach Scott Frost got the words to the anthem right.  A post on his Facebook page gallantly streamed, "Ducks, Ducks, Ducks."

Indications are he's staying at Oregon for at least another season.

Just a few hours ago a Nebraska television station, KHAS TV of Hastings, reported that Frost will remain at Oregon after preliminary talks with Bo Pelini about joining the staff at his alma mater.  Frost quarterbacked the Cornhuskers to a national championship in 1997-98, beating Peyton Manning in the 1998 Orange Bowl for the title.  In all he was 25-2 as a starter, and his senior year he became the 10th player in college football history to both run (1,095 yds.) and pass (1,237 yds.) for 1,000 yards in a single season.


Frost was a high school star at Wood River High in Wood River Nebraska, starting his college career at Stanford under Bill Walsh before transferring back to Lincoln to play for the team he grew up rooting for.  He and his teammates won Tom Osborne's last national championship.  He went on to play six years as a safety in the NFL, part of it with Bill Parcells and the New York Jets.

Frost has worked with some of brightest and most accomplished minds in coaching, and over the weekend, he chose to stay with the NCAA's consensus Coach of the Year in Chip Kelly.

It's great news for Duck fans.  At 36 the Oregon receivers coach has a tremendous future, almost certain to be a coordinator or a head coach within a few years.  Offers will continue to come his way.   He's a dynamite recruiter with a thorough understanding of the game.

Frost had the poise and street cred to get LeGarrette Blount off the field after The Punch.  He had the coaching chops to instill a new toughness in the Oregon receiver corps, and the improvement in their downfield blocking and yards after the catch was telling last season.  Just a season or two before his arrival things were much different, a group with a reputation for being a little soft and prone to drops.  Not anymore.  These kids visibly benefited from their position coach's leadership and savvy.

That's especially important, because Frost and the rest of the Duck staff just recruited the fastest and most talented group of wideouts in Oregon history.  Sumler, Kelly, Blackmon, Lyerla and Vaughn have the speed and athletic ability to produce eye-popping numbers for the UO, and the former Nebraska quarterback is the perfect guy to guide them in their transition from touted high school stars to newcomers on a national championship contender.  They'll face better athletes now, and more will be expected of them.  Their press clippings won't help them succeed.  They'll have to earn playing time and a spot on the travel squad, above all learning their coaches now-famous mantra, "No block, no rock."

Frost will deal out the right measures of expectation and encouragement, and get this group on track.  In post-signing interviews they all expressed excitement to be working with him, and that coach/player relationship will greatly increase their chances to achieve their awesome potential.

Sooner or later, Scott Frost will move up the coaching ladder.  Having him at Oregon for another championship run means the entire superlative staff returns intact, and that's a huge asset moving into spring practice.