Coordinators Wednesday 10/26 Presser

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Bill Busch talks about the Chase Brown test, filling the Henrich space, Buford update​

ByBRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON 16 minutes ago

Husker defensive coordinator Bill Busch sees a healthier team in front of him after the bye – minus one key linebacker on his side – and a squad with ambition heading into Saturday's game against No. 17-ranked Illinois.

He said it's a very coachable team, which he thinks is a "huge reflection on the head coach." During Wednesday's post-practice setting, Busch said interim head coach Mickey Joseph has "changed the culture since the time he took over, and the positive vibe and the demands that he's making of them every day in everything. And the kids want to have discipline and he's giving it to them with a lot of energy. And it's been well received throughout the entire team."

Some Quick Hits:

– "God, that's a kick in the gut losing him," Busch said when asked about the Huskers replacing Nick Henrich, out for the season with a knee injury. "I mean, he's a great player, he's a better person, he's a better leader. Nick Henrich, he's a game-changer for us just to have him around. The room changes when he walks in and the amazing thing is the room still changes when he walks in on crutches. That just tells you what a great human he is. So we miss him very much and we've had a lot of long talks with him."

– The Huskers will rotate by committee at Henrich's spot. Luke Reimer is back, which is good. Chris Kolarevic was atop the depth chart with Reimer this week, but Busch also mentioned Eteva Mauga-Clements and Ernest Hausmann as key there, with Garrett Snodgrass also now available.


– Marques Buford Jr. was dinged up against Purdue, but is 100 percent now. "He's able to go. It was more of a contusion injury that he had that to be honest with you it happened on like the first play of the game. And he still played through the first half. When they came and told me at halftime he wasn't able to go, after I knew his injury, just the guts he had to be able to come back. And we didn't know he was injured. He missed a play or two and then put himself back in and kind of let us know where he was at."

Phalen Sanford played a lot in his place "and actually played very well well for us," the coach said. But Buford should be full go.

– Busch said the Huskers got a quick jump on prep for Illinois during the bye. "It helped us get back to healthy and we also got a lot of good pre-work on Illinois, and so we were able to get work last week. Our kids are outstanding in how they focus in, so we didn't waste any time when we were on the field. ... We didn't waste any reps or time," Busch said.

– Illinois running back Chase Brown is averaging more than 151 yards rushing a game. While Brown has breakout runs and can make you miss, Busch complimented him in particular on getting the extra yards. "His biggest strength that Chase has is that he's able to turn three-yard runs into six-yard runs. That's the No. 1 thing that stands out the most to me, is you look at the film and it should be second-and-7 and it's second-and-4. That's the biggest challenge probably going on with the run fits, and then the tackling and being able to get him wrapped up.

"He has so many yards after contact that it's ridiculous."

– Busch said the Huskers weren't physical enough against Purdue, and put it on him first. "But I like how we're handling things up front and I like how our linebackers are fitting. Obviously we did a very good job in the first couple of games when I was in charge of the defense ... Didn't do as well against Purdue. But we've got a great plan for (Illinois). We've got to be able to match them because they're going to test your will at all times."

There are a lot of gap schemes in Illinois' run game, Busch added, so it's going to be a big test for Nebraska to nail its run fits.

"I love the term, 'stop the run.' They're not going to come in here and rush for four yards. You got to be able to control the run. You have to be able to make sure don't have big plays and breakouts and then when we have our opportunities to be able to make the tackles, we have to be able to keep it to the minimum."

– Illinois has some complexities to its offense because of the tight ends and all the different ways they run formations off them, Busch said. "They're multiplicity comes from making run gaps and run fits extremely hard – that's one of the things they do very well."

The Fighting Illini also have all the dynamics of a spread offensive available too.

– The biggest missed opportunities last game was NU was in position to make some plays it didn't. There's good and bad to that. "If you look at us, we contested balls all game long. If you turn the film on for us, there's not guys running wide open. ... Be able to make a few more plays on those contested balls."

– Quote for the road: "Our challenge is monumental. I wouldn't say monumental as far as something that can't be obtained, but it's just a very good football team that we're playing, so we have a lot of tasks at hand that we're dealing with and they're doing a great job with it."

Bill Busch talks about the Chase Brown test, filling the Henrich space, Buford update

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Quick hits from Nebraska OC Mark Whipple ahead of No. 17 Illinois​

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Statistically, Illinois has one of the best defenses in the country. The Illini is No. 1 in the country in scoring defense, allowing just 8.9 points per game.
Defensive coordinator Ryan Walters’ unit is holding opponents to 77.86 rushing yards per game, which ranks No. 1 in the Big Ten and No. 2 nationally. Illinois has been strong against the pass, too, as it’s only allowing 143.3 yards per game, tops in the conference and No. 2 in the country. Its 12 interceptions is tied for second-most in all the land, and sixth-year senior safety Kendall Smith has four of them, which is second-most in the country.
That will be what Nebraska’s offense tries to score on this Saturday as No. 17 Illinois comes to Lincoln for a 2:30 p.m. contest. Offensive coordinator Mark Whipple met with the media on Wednesday inside Memorial Stadium.
Here are the quick hits from Whipple's time in front of the mic:

Plan with Casey Thompson​

Whipple said the coaching staff intentionally wanted to give Thompson as much time off as possible to help him rest and heal from the bumps and bruises he's sustained this season. Thompson didn't throw much last week, but is back full-go this week.
"He's been good this week," Whipple said. "Been back normal and everything. Nothing really different than before, the bye week really helped him."

How can the offense establish a run game?​

Nebraska rushed for just 72 yards against Rutgers and 122 against Purdue. Take away Trey Palmer's 60-yard run on a reverse against the Boilermakers, though, and that total drops to 62 rushing yards.
How can Nebraska establish more of a run game? Whipple said he'd like to be more balanced, but the score of the game dictates much of what the offense does.
"We just have to mix and match and stay on point. Can't miss some of the big plays we did in the Purdue game," Whipple said. "We could've thrown the ball better, could have run the ball better."

Why has Trey Palmer enjoyed big-time success recently? It's all about the timing​

Palmer is coming off a school-record 237 receiving yards against Purdue. According to Whipple, Palmer's numbers would look even better if the offense connected on many of the deep balls to Palmer earlier this season.
The coordinator said the offense was never going to operate at a high clip right away early in the season.
"It's just timing. The system takes times," Whipple said. "I probably tend to lose my patience, because being at a place for three years, and you build it up, and things that seem easy, some things at Pitt that Kenny (Pickett) did with Jordan (Addison) are some of the same stuff we're doing, it just takes time."
Whipple called Palmer the offense's best player. That was something he realized in spring ball.
"I'd be foolish if I didn't get him the ball," Whipple said.
There's a chance Palmer starts seeing bracket coverage from defenses. If that happens, it won't be a new experience for Whipple, who saw defenses try all sorts of things to slow down Addison at Pitt.
"We might see it this week because they (Illinois) had an extra week. With one-week time, you don't see it that much in college compared to the NFL," Whipple said. "We have other good players. Marcus (Washington) has come on, Ollie (Martin) has had a 100-yard game. Travis (Vokolek) is healthy. Then you have to find the guy who has the single coverage."

Rotating at right guard​

Henry Lutovsky made his first start as a Husker against Purdue. Lutovsky had been rotating with Broc Bando at right guard, but with Bando not making the trip to West Lafayette, it was Lutovsky's job.
"He'll get better the more he sees himself on film," Whipple said of Lutovsky. "He made a couple mistakes, but that goes with it."

What makes the Illinois defense good?​

Whipple thinks Illinois' defense has seen success because the players have bought into the plan that Walters has laid down.
"They're going to play man free, they're going to be aggressive. You can see how they gain confidence throughout," Whipple said. "They shorten the game. The running back is a really good player, which helps the defense. They're really good in the red zone and really opportunistic, and they're really good on third down."
Whipple mentioned that, outside of Indiana, offenses haven't ran many plays on Illinois' defense. The Hoosiers ran 78 plays against the Illini early in the season, but no one else has ran more than 66.

Matching the physicality​

On Tuesday, interim head coach Mickey Joseph said he wanted the team to match the physicality of the remaining five opponents. But on Wednesday, Whipple said he's worrying about putting points on the scoreboard.
"To me, it's about scoring points. They have a scoreboard for a reason, I haven't seen any tab on physicality up there," Whipple joked. "Is that (physicality) part of it? Yeah. But the beauty of football is, we don't have any idea how the game will play out. We may think we do, but we don't. So you just have to see what you have and what they have, make some adjustments and go from there."

Whipple is no stranger to Bret Bielema-coached teams​

Whipple has a long history of playing against Bielema. When Whipple was the head coach at UMass, he remembers playing teams that Bielema coached on, whether it was Cockeye or Kansas State.
The two coaches ran into each other a couple times when Bielema was coaching under New England Patriots' head coach Bill Belichick.
"I know his style, I know what he does," Whipple said. "I think he's taken some of the stuff he's learned from coach Belichick and added that to the piece, where they're playing a little more three-down than he used to when he was at Wisconsin, they were more four-down. Of course, they had JJ Watt, which helps. But they brought those things in. I have a lot of respect for him."

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Mark Whipple met with the media on Wednesday to preview Saturday's game with No. 17 Illinois.

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77.86 rushing yards per game, which ranks No. 1 in the Big Ten and No. 2 nationally. Fat Berts has been strong against the pass, too, as it’s only allowing 143.3 yards per game,

We're going to get fucked so hard.

 

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We're going to get fucked so hard.

I don’t know if Casey will make it through the game. OL might get him @died

 

[Ext. Frank]

Bill Busch talks about the Chase Brown test, filling the Henrich space, Buford update​

ByBRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON 16 minutes ago

Husker defensive coordinator Bill Busch sees a healthier team in front of him after the bye – minus one key linebacker on his side – and a squad with ambition heading into Saturday's game against No. 17-ranked Fat Berts.

He said it's a very coachable team, which he thinks is a "huge reflection on the head coach." During Wednesday's post-practice setting, Busch said interim head coach Mickey Joseph has "changed the culture since the time he took over, and the positive vibe and the demands that he's making of them every day in everything. And the kids want to have discipline and he's giving it to them with a lot of energy. And it's been well received throughout the entire team."

Some Quick Hits:

– "God, that's a kick in the gut losing him," Busch said when asked about the Huskers replacing Nick Henrich, out for the season with a knee injury. "I mean, he's a great player, he's a better person, he's a better leader. Nick Henrich, he's a game-changer for us just to have him around. The room changes when he walks in and the amazing thing is the room still changes when he walks in on crutches. That just tells you what a great human he is. So we miss him very much and we've had a lot of long talks with him."

– The Huskers will rotate by committee at Henrich's spot. Luke Reimer is back, which is good. Chris Kolarevic was atop the depth chart with Reimer this week, but Busch also mentioned Eteva Mauga-Clements and Ernest Hausmann as key there, with Garrett Snodgrass also now available.


– Marques Buford Jr. was dinged up against Purdue, but is 100 percent now. "He's able to go. It was more of a contusion injury that he had that to be honest with you it happened on like the first play of the game. And he still played through the first half. When they came and told me at halftime he wasn't able to go, after I knew his injury, just the guts he had to be able to come back. And we didn't know he was injured. He missed a play or two and then put himself back in and kind of let us know where he was at."

Phalen Sanford played a lot in his place "and actually played very well well for us," the coach said. But Buford should be full go.

– Busch said the Huskers got a quick jump on prep for Fat Berts during the bye. "It helped us get back to healthy and we also got a lot of good pre-work on Fat Berts, and so we were able to get work last week. Our kids are outstanding in how they focus in, so we didn't waste any time when we were on the field. ... We didn't waste any reps or time," Busch said.

– Fat Berts running back Chase Brown is averaging more than 151 yards rushing a game. While Brown has breakout runs and can make you miss, Busch complimented him in particular on getting the extra yards. "His biggest strength that Chase has is that he's able to turn three-yard runs into six-yard runs. That's the No. 1 thing that stands out the most to me, is you look at the film and it should be second-and-7 and it's second-and-4. That's the biggest challenge probably going on with the run fits, and then the tackling and being able to get him wrapped up.

"He has so many yards after contact that it's ridiculous."

– Busch said the Huskers weren't physical enough against Purdue, and put it on him first. "But I like how we're handling things up front and I like how our linebackers are fitting. Obviously we did a very good job in the first couple of games when I was in charge of the defense ... Didn't do as well against Purdue. But we've got a great plan for (Fat Berts). We've got to be able to match them because they're going to test your will at all times."

There are a lot of gap schemes in Fat Berts' run game, Busch added, so it's going to be a big test for Nebraska to nail its run fits.

"I love the term, 'stop the run.' They're not going to come in here and rush for four yards. You got to be able to control the run. You have to be able to make sure don't have big plays and breakouts and then when we have our opportunities to be able to make the tackles, we have to be able to keep it to the minimum."

– Fat Berts has some complexities to its offense because of the tight ends and all the different ways they run formations off them, Busch said. "They're multiplicity comes from making run gaps and run fits extremely hard – that's one of the things they do very well."

The Fighting Illini also have all the dynamics of a spread offensive available too.

– The biggest missed opportunities last game was NU was in position to make some plays it didn't. There's good and bad to that. "If you look at us, we contested balls all game long. If you turn the film on for us, there's not guys running wide open. ... Be able to make a few more plays on those contested balls."

– Quote for the road: "Our challenge is monumental. I wouldn't say monumental as far as something that can't be obtained, but it's just a very good football team that we're playing, so we have a lot of tasks at hand that we're dealing with and they're doing a great job with it."

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It’s really cool how the coaches and even the press have picked up on our lead and have folded “Fat Berts” into their vernacular this week!

I think that says a lot about tPB influence within the Husker program.

 

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We're going to get fucked so hard.

 

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They should punt on first down. They will never see it coming. -

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Love instilling confidence and pumping players up and everything Mickey said

Hate our team accnt tweeting it out to be used as bulletin board material