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We're Talking About Practice · Husker Buzz

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  Speaker 1: Hi, Seana. We have day one to fall camp. Today.
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  Speaker 1: The coaches are walking around with white tape on their
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  Speaker 1: foreheads with their name because we have a bunch of
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  Speaker 1: new ones. But with Rob Aritz the defensive coordinator, he
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  Speaker 1: brought with him some of his best players. How far
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  Speaker 1: along do you think the defense is well?
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  Speaker 2: I think the early spring in some ways did help.
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  Speaker 2: They got going immediately. But then you have Owen Chambliss,
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  Speaker 2: the leading tackler from San Diego State, and then Dwayne McDougal,
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  Speaker 2: the best back end player in this in the secondary
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  Speaker 2: at safety, so you've got two guys there, and then
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  Speaker 2: you know the coaching staff. Roy Manning came with him
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  Speaker 2: from San Diego State. Tyler Yelk has worked in this
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  Speaker 2: system with Rob Orch before. There's you know, Dave Tollis
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  Speaker 2: in Essen familiarity now in the D line. Corey Brown
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  Speaker 2: on the D line has worked under Orch at some point.
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  Speaker 2: So it's different when you look at this compared to
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  Speaker 2: previous transitions we've seen in the RASK him Tony White
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  Speaker 2: didn't bring really any coaches with them, didn't bring any
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  Speaker 2: players with them for the most part. You know, obviously
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  Speaker 2: John Butler did it. And I think with this one
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  Speaker 2: it's been different because you have coaches and you even
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  Speaker 2: have a few players, and in today's the era of
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  Speaker 2: college football, when you hire a coach at a coordinator
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  Speaker 2: role or head coach spot, ideally they bring talent with
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  Speaker 2: them when they come to town.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, I think that's kind of the first metric
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  Speaker 1: if we hire you, who comes with you, and that
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  Speaker 1: does have an impact on who gets hired. Now talk
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  Speaker 1: about scheme change and there it just isn't a lot
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  Speaker 1: of practice time organized practice time, but they are changing
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  Speaker 1: the scheme. How big a deal is that going to
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  Speaker 1: be to you?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think you know, a year ago, they operated
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  Speaker 2: in a four man front more more often than not.
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  Speaker 2: Actually they were obviously a base through three five, but
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  Speaker 2: they used a lot of foreman front. I think this
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  Speaker 2: is the differences they're fully committed to that they're going
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  Speaker 2: to go more to a quarter's coverage on defense, which
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  Speaker 2: they were not in before. So there's some coverage differences
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  Speaker 2: too with some of the things they're bringing with this scheme.
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  Speaker 2: But I do think it's going to fit the personnel better.
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  Speaker 2: You know, guys like Williams when Airy I always felt
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  Speaker 2: who were better in a four man front versus say
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  Speaker 2: at three three five and you know, you go down
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  Speaker 2: the line. I love the edges that they have on
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  Speaker 2: this team. I think that's one of the deeper positions
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  Speaker 2: with Cad Pedshock and Anthony Jones Williams when aery you
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  Speaker 2: go down the line, Cam ln hard It's a pretty
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  Speaker 2: veteran group, and I think this scheme will help hopefully
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  Speaker 2: rush the passer better. That's been a real weak spot
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  Speaker 2: last year, especially where they just could not get to
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  Speaker 2: quarterbacks with their four man pass rush, and hopefully that's
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  Speaker 2: going to change this year.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm glad you brought up Len Harder. At some point,
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  Speaker 1: he has to start playing like he's capable. His freshman
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  Speaker 1: year he made a real impact and then he had
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  Speaker 1: a couple of injuries here and there. But this is
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  Speaker 1: a guy that has to make strides toward big all
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  Speaker 1: Big ten caliber defensive football player this year.
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  Speaker 2: Well, he gets a bonus now, he gets another year
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  Speaker 2: of eligibility. Well because he played as a true freshman,
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  Speaker 2: Well he'll get a be here for twenty six and
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  Speaker 2: potentially twenty seven now, which I think that's a real
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  Speaker 2: benefit for a guy like him. Carter Nelson's another one
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  Speaker 2: that will benefit with two more getting an extra year
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  Speaker 2: of eligibility on the five for five, and you can
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  Speaker 2: go down the line Anthony Calandria. But cam Linhart, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you hope that this scheme fits him because he was
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  Speaker 2: not really a good fit in the three three five either,
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  Speaker 2: and I think he's a better fit in this. And
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  Speaker 2: he's one of the leaders of this team. I think
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  Speaker 2: when you start the handicap guys that could be a captain.
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  Speaker 2: He's one of those types of players on this roster
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  Speaker 2: that a lot of players look up to.
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  Speaker 1: Had some big news come out of the Big Ten yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: and this is good for Indiana. Their defensive lineman Stephen Daley,
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  Speaker 1: who is Onnable mentioned all Big Ten, maybe a first
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  Speaker 1: round draft choice candidate this coming year, has been cleared
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  Speaker 1: to play. He's part of this return five for five scenario.
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  Speaker 1: So there are a lot of other guys in the
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  Speaker 1: Big ten that are going to benefit from this. This
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  Speaker 1: is a guy who can wipe out a whole offensive
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  Speaker 1: line in a single bound.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. It's really tricky with football though. I Mean a
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  Speaker 2: lot of guys have moved on, they've signed in the
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  Speaker 2: NFL teams and then they're not eligible to come back,
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  Speaker 2: or you know that it's a rare deal where you
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  Speaker 2: have a good player that's just sitting around that that
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  Speaker 2: you know you could bring back in this situation, because
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  Speaker 2: most football players in August or are at their next place,
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  Speaker 2: because you couldn't really afford to wait on this thing
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  Speaker 2: where basketball, to me is the one where you might
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  Speaker 2: see a kickback of more talent because of this rule change,
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  Speaker 2: or you know Nebraska is the big one they're waiting
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  Speaker 2: on Marcus Lawrence. Say they have a spot on the
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  Speaker 2: roster that's open, it's a matter of if doesn't make sense,
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  Speaker 2: can they afford to bring him back? And that will
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  Speaker 2: be the other part of this. You know, if there's
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  Speaker 2: some good players available and they're able to come back
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  Speaker 2: or joint a roster, there's a price with that too.
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  Speaker 2: And at this time of year, you know, people's financial
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  Speaker 2: situations are all over the map as far as how
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  Speaker 2: much roster money they have left to spend.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, the issue, of course is whether they've signed a
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  Speaker 1: pro contract. So you start thinking baseball players, have these
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  Speaker 1: guys signed pro contracts? If the answer is yes, then
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  Speaker 1: they're out. But if they haven't signed a pro contract,
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  Speaker 1: they can come back. At least that's so far as
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  Speaker 1: part of this Protect College Sports Act that may be
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  Speaker 1: passed this week. All right, Schanad, thanks, of course, we
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  Speaker 1: begin the Husker Buzz reports as Nebraska prepares for its
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  Speaker 1: season opener against Ohio University in about a month