Pelini challenging perception this spring
By now, anyone and everyone is familiar with Jack Hoffman’s 69-yard touchdown run from Saturday’s spring game in Lincoln. If by some reason you are not, just Google Jack’s name and a slew of news stories and videos will catch you up. That moment, during an otherwise typical spring game, transcended sports. For those 69-yards, every football fan (and every non-football fan) stood together to cheer on "Team Jack" and the special touchdown that unfolded before them. The cameras focused on Jack ...
Spring Game Notes & Quotes
Ron Kellogg III may have had the best day of anybody not named Jack Hoffman on Saturday. The senior to be was 11-for-12 passing for 148 yards and a touchdown, but coach Bo Pelini said that Tommy Armstrong still had a slight edge over Kellogg at backup quarterback for now. That may not have been the case when Nebraska started spring practice. "(Tommy) was a little bit rusty when the spring started, especially with his footwork coming off of the surgery," Pelini ...
A few key names will miss Huskers spring game
Nebraska will be without a few players many Husker fans were hoping to see at this Saturday's Red-White game. Head coach Bo Pelini broke the news after Nebraska's Wednesday practice that linebacker David Santos, wide receiver Alonzo Moore, and cornerback Daniel Davie likely won't take part in Saturday's spring game. "“It was a physical spring and a hard-hitting spring, so we have some guys that are nicked up and what you’d expect at this time,” Pelini said. “With all the things we ...
Pelini: Progress is happening
With hundreds of high school coaches in attendance for Nebraska's annual coaches clinic, the Huskers held a 100-plus play scrimmage on Saturday inside Memorial Stadium. "We got a lot of work done today, got a little bit of teamwork and some individual work and we had a good go at a scrimmage,” coach Bo Pelini said. “It was good competition, guys competed. We had a good week and I thought we finished off the week well with the scrimmage today. We ...
Pelini pleased with progress this spring
"I missed you guys," coach Bo Pelini said as he walked up to 20 or so reporters waiting for him after Nebraska's practice on Wednesday. Whether he was joking or not, it was met with nervous laughter from those assembled. But it did reveal Pelini's mood and that can sometimes be a good gauge of how the Huskers practiced that day. "We had a good go today," Pelini said. "We came back Monday and the kids came back with pretty good effort, ...
Martinez playing the role of mentor this spring
Taylor Martinez is in a unique position this spring. That of a spectator-slash-mentor. With the senior quarterback firmly established as the Huskers' starter and some young quarterbacks behind him needing snaps, Martinez said he has sat out the majority of live drills this spring. No need to risk injury, but that doesn't make it any easier for Martinez to accept. "I can't stand it," Martinez said of standing on the sidelines "Sometimes I try to go out there and they keep pulling ...
Pelini ‘ashamed’ of Huskers’ Saturday practice
Nebraska coach Bo Pelini met with media for a brisk two minutes on Saturday following the Huskers' fourth practice of the spring. It wasn't a pleasant two minutes for the 2013 Nebraska Cornhuskers. "What I watched was a mentally weak football team, a bad football team," Pelini said. "Especially on the defensive side of the football. Call it what it is. We've got a long, long, long way to go." In just a few words, Pelini offered plenty for the players, and ...
Real work begins in Huskers’ first padded practice
Wednesday was Nebraska's third practice of the spring, meaning the team could practice in full pads for the first time in 2013. "You’re playing football again once you get the pads on," coach Bo Pelini said. "It’s more of a mental thing when you’re not in pads. Obviously, the evaluation steps up a little bit." Through three practices, Pelini said he's been pleased with the progress Nebraska's shown, particularly the depth the Huskers could have in 2013. "I think we’re a deeper football ...
Hot Reads: Goodbye to the Bob
ESPN.com has an extensive interview with Bo Pelini up now that touches on many of the major story lines of the spring. It usually somewhat interesting to hear Bo speak at length, away from the usual post-practice scrum, and this interview offers some of that. On slowing things down a bit for his young defense: Absolutely. And to a certain extent it's our job to try not to weigh them down. Don't get them thinking. Kind of the message is, I told ...
Huskers kick off spring practice
Saturday morning was day one of spring practice, the last time around for Jason Ankrah and the other seniors on coach Bo Pelini’s sixth Nebraska football team. Seniors are definitely in the minority on defense. So Ankrah, a two-year starter at defensive end, found himself in the midst of young players on Saturday. “It’s more of a reality check,” he said. “They always say when you first get here it’s going to go by fast. I really didn’t take that in. Now ...
