Football 2025 Fall Camp Thread

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If you have 5 offensive tackles do you have 2? I kid...sort of.

The good news is, if that is true. Thinking of off season personnel moves because if you truly have OTs that can play you do not let them out of your building, you pay to keep them. You only have to pay 2 of those guys. You may lose 1 to the portal but the other 2 are going to be done.

My point being that Nebraska won't have to pay up to try and keep all of them after the season, which is probably a nice problem to have...if they truly can all play.

 

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If you have 5 offensive tackles do you have 2? I kid...sort of.

The good news is, if that is true. Thinking of off season personnel moves because if you truly have OTs that can play you do not let them out of your building, you pay to keep them. You only have to pay 2 of those guys. You may lose 1 to the portal but the other 2 are going to be done.

My point being that Nebraska won't have to pay up to try and keep all of them after the season, which is probably a nice problem to have...if they truly can all play.

2 of the 5 are seniors. Pritchett and Knaak are juniors.

 

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2 of the 5 are seniors. Pritchett and Knaak are juniors.

Yeah that's my point. At the end of the season at least they don't have to worry about retaining the 2 seniors. If they have 5 tackles that can truly play the portal tampering in Lincoln Nebraska would be crazy. Now with 3 guys that will have eligibility left..it may still be crazy but easier to pay 2 or 3 than it 4 or 5 guys for 2 positions.

 

[kchusker1423]

Yeah that's my point. At the end of the season at least they don't have to worry about retaining the 2 seniors. If they have 5 tackles that can truly play the portal tampering in Lincoln Nebraska would be crazy. Now with 3 guys that will have eligibility left..it may still be crazy but easier to pay 2 or 3 than it 4 or 5 guys for 2 positions.

Gotcha. I thought you meant you could basically what 2 out of the 5 you wanted to pay. I misread that.

 

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Nebraska offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen​

***Holgorsen said he didn’t have many “jitters” leading up to Thursday’s opener because he’s “been there, done that.” However, “the players should be excited about” and what he called “a great camp” that “covered every situation known to man.”

“Our guys are ready for a game.”

***Holgorsen said he was most pleased with how the players treated “every day being important” throughout camp. They stayed healthy and “logged a whole lotta reps,” and that allowed them to cover nearly every game situaiton possible.

However, “until you get in that live situation, you don’t really know.”

***Holgorsen said he’s had “some battles” against Cincinnati going back to his days at West Virginia. “They’ve always had good players, man… They’re going to be a quality team.”

***Holgorsen said UC defensive tackle Dontay Corleone “retired our center” a few years ago while “three-and-outing us on our first drive, by himself” against WVU. He said Nebraska would see guys like Corleone every week in Big Ten play, and NU’s interior linemen were excited for the challenge.

Tackle battles continue, and Holgorsen’s game day role​

***Holgorsen said the competition at left and right tackle were still ongoing. “There’s legitimately five bodies that just keep rotating.” He said he trusts OL coach Donovan Raiola to help figure that out leading into the opener, as a tackle rotation this large is a new experience for him.

“I trust Coach Raiola to have a feel that he knows what he’s looking at.”

***Holgorsen said the three-way tie at left tackle was a reflection of guys maximizing their opportunities and also what each guy’s last reps have looked like each day. It’s looked different every day.

When asked if Nebraska might rotate those tackles during games, Holgorsen quipped: “That’s kind of what ‘OR’ means.”

***Holgorsen said he knew what he was getting from his starting WRs and RB Emmett Johnson, but he was exicted to see how the depth at both spots responded on Thursday night. Holgorsen said Dane Key and Nyziah Hunter have been “exactly what we hoped we were getting” this offseason. He said Hunter had really come on toward the end of camp.

***Holgorsen said it’s “a lot different” calling plays now compared to where he was last season. “I don’t get tripped up as much” on terminology becuase “it’s our offense now. I know it inside and out.”

Holgorsen confirmed that he would continue to call plays from the sideline this year.

Defensive coordinator John Butler​

***Butler said Cincinnati QB Brendan Sorsby was “very athletic, very strong as a runner, very competitive.” He noted that he only saw Sorsby slide twice on film, so they know he’s going” fight for every yard” and will “deliver the blow instead of take hits.”

***Butler said Nebraska’s staff watched “a significant amount” of Week 0 games this weekend. Beyond turnovers, what stood out to him the most was the amount of poor tackling. That will be a message to his defense all week. “You want to know how well we’re playing on defense? It will come down to how well we’re tackling their players.”

***Butler on the expected Nebraska-heavy crowd in KC: “Hopefully everybody shows up and is cheering their ass off for us.”

***Butler said one of his strengths as a coach was seeing things before most others, and coaching with passion and energy. However, now that he’s calling plays, he said he’d have to keep his emotions in check and make sure calls are made quickly and efficiently.

***Butler said the defensive helmet communication would be the top ILB on the field, which will rotate throughout games. “It’s a great tool when used properly,” but there was a fine line between not talking to players too much between plays and overloading them.

Butler on Blackshirts, cornerback rotation​

***Butler said Cincinnati tight end Joe Royer was “a weapon” in their offense both as a run blocker and a receiver. He said Royer and Sorsby “clearly” had a connection.

***Butler said Nebraska would hand out Blackshirts “sometime this week,” but he’ll let head coach Matt Rhule handle that. He said there would be 11 Blackshirts, “maybe a 12th guy” if they were a starter in specific packages.

***Butler said Cincinnati improved its speed at wide receiver through the transfer portal. “We feel like they’re going to test us on that pretty early.”

***Butler said Nebraska had three cornerback starters: Ceyair Wright, Andrew Marshall, and Donovan Jones. All three will play “considerable” snaps and will handle the bulk of the workload in games.

***Butler said he wants Nebraska’s defensive line to “get off the ball and create a new line of scrimmage… We want them living in the other team’s backfield.” He said the d-line needed to establish a level of physicality for the entire defense.

Butler said seeing how the defensive line responds was something he was most excited about for Thursday.