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Monday’s Chatter — without marquee local sporting events — is starting to take on the characteristics of Fridays. That means lots of small helpings without a main course. Hope that’s OK with you.
>> Friday Nebraska scored a big-time transfer in Alex Lewis. Saturday Lewis was arrested for second-degree assault. Read the report; it isn’t pretty.
If the incident takes place a week ago, Nebraska almost certainly doesn’t offer Lewis a scholarship. But now what? What will Bo Pelini do? He’s taken pride in keeping the Huskers off the police blotter. Based upon that standard, my guess is Pelini will ask Lewis to find another school.
>> Nick Bahe (an intense Tiger Woods fan) and I engaged in a Twitter skirmish last night …
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You’ve heard the excuses. You’ve seen the numbers.
Nebraska football and basketball are behind the eight ball because of their location. There are 1.8 million people within the borders and that’s just not enough to stockpile elite programs.
Husker football, which benefited from Johnny Rodgers, Dave Rimington, Zach Wiegert, Eric Crouch and dozens of other in-state standouts, has signed a grand total of one native son each of the past two years.
Husker basketball, which surged in the 90s thanks to Nebraskans Rich King, Bruce Chubick, Andre Woolridge and Erick Strickland, hasn’t signed an in-state high school player since 2002. Eleven years!
Football has let a few quality prospects get away recently: Trevor Robinson, Harland Gunn, Kyle Dooley, among others. But the state is producing …
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Running back Braylon Heard is headed to Kentucky, according to ESPN reporter Joe Schad.
Schad tweeted Thursday afternoon about Heard’s decision. The running back presumably will use his available redshirt year while sitting out 2013 because of NCAA rules, then be eligible for two more seasons with the Wildcats.
Heard told Schad this: “I feel it is the right spot because I feel like I fit in well at the University.”
Heard had not spoken publicly since the end of the 2012 season. It was reported in January by multiple news outlets, including The World-Herald, that Heard was seeking a transfer. NU coach Bo Pelini confirmed a week later that Heard was no longer part of Nebraska’s program.
Heard rushed for 29 yards …
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Sometimes a good deed goes unnoticed. Sometimes a publicity stunt gets rewarded. But occasionally, everything happens just right and a genuinely good deed spreads like wildfire.
Jack Hoffman was widely known in Nebraska long before the Spring Game. This is a kid who led the Huskers through the tunnel before the Wisconsin game. Pretty big deal! So it was no surprise to see Jack wearing No. 22 on the sideline Saturday. Knowing the Huskers’ affection for him, it wasn’t even much of a surprise to see him take a handoff 69 yards for a touchdown.
The surprise is how many people it touched outside the Nebraska fan base over the past 48 hours.
Good Morning America. CNN. Sportscenter’s Top 10 — it’s on pace to …
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Nebraska coach Bo Pelini seemed pretty upbeat after watching a competitive scrimmage Saturday, which he said ended a week of practice without any significant setbacks or letdowns for the Huskers.
Pelini said they went for more than 100 plays and seemed to carry an energetic approach throughout.
“I like the way first and foremost how our guys competed, flew around and hit,” Pelini said. “There was a lot of enthusiasm and passion out there on the field. It was fun to watch.”
Clearly, there’s been some progress, Pelini said. He mentioned that he thinks the group, as a whole, is growing up. More players are making a commitment to the little things.
Said Pelini: “You can want to do have success as a football player, …
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The way coach Bo Pelini sees it: Every player has his own hurdles to overcome before coming close to reaching his own potential. And Pelini can spot lots and lots of hurdles surfacing this spring.
But that’s a good thing.
“I think we have some young guys who kind of got hit with the realization of the type of hard work, the type of attention to detail that’s required to have success,” Pelini said. ”
That realization comes in a lot of different ways but it affects guys and I think it allows them to keep growing. That’s what’s happening with our team.”
The Huskers wrapped up their 10th practice of the spring Wednesday evening, another session that earned a positive review from the sixth-year …
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Coach Bo Pelini said leaders will emerge on this defense. He has no doubt about that. But he made a point Wednesday to remind some of the new example-setters that they’re be relied on (now!) to take over the unit.
There are no games to look forward to during spring ball. Only the next practice. And with a young group defensively (eight starters are gone) mistakes are common and adversity is inevitable.
Here’s Pelini’s message: “When it gets difficult, that’s where the leadership’s got to step up. That’s where they’ve got to show the enthusiasm, bring the young guys along — when a guy makes a mistake and somebody’s frustrated, somebody’s got to help him through that. That’s all part of the process.”
And it’s …
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Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini said it was a good first day as the Huskers kicked off spring football practice with just over two hours of work both inside the Hawks Center and outside on the grass.
“I thought we did a lot of good things,” Pelini said. “Lot of things to learn from, lot of mistakes, which you’re going to expect from a first day. But I thought the attitude was good and I thought the tempo was good.”
Some odds and ends:
>> Pelini said he plans to spend a little more time with the defense this spring, “but I’ll still have my influence on the offense.” Nebraska at times Saturday had as few as two seniors on the field with its No. …
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Toward the end of Nebraska’s first spring practice Saturday, Bo Pelini, Jamal Turner and the rest of the Husker football team threw its hat in the Harlem Shake ring. It must be said: Pelini is front and center in the video dancing his tail off, and he even manages to make a little joke on his reputation for having a temper.
NU now has several Harlem Shake videos.
Nebraska women’s basketball (probably the best individual dancing)
Coach Bo Pelini said he’s not changing the fundamental principles that make up his defensive system. No surprise there. But are subtle alterations coming?
Pelini, speaking on “Sports Nightly” on the Husker Sports Network Wednesday night, made a point to say that his scheme is “multiple” yet “simple,” indicating that no plans for a complete overhaul are needed.
But last season, he thought that too often his players “were trying to be so perfect” that it hindered their playmaking ability. Pelini characterized that approach as “one of the worst things we did” on the defensive side of the ball.
So, it’s teaching the system without overwhelming the young players or compromising their instinctual nature — that seems to be the NU coaching staff’s primary defensive objective …
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