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Was Sip not at practice today? I was expecting a little more love for Rocco today.
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I don't know if David Hoffken will ever see an impactful snap for Nebraska, but this dude sure does look like the dude who would play a homicidal German Mercenary in a movie.. Keep in mind he's 6'7:
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2004 called, it wants is Spring picture of the QBs back...
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6'5 185 from KC
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Changes coming to Nebraska's offense with Holgorsen having full spring ball
Steve Marik • InsideNebraska
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The Dana Holgorsen-Dylan Raiola marriage was thrown together in the blink of an eye last November after the UCLA loss when head coach Matt Rhule pulled the midseason trigger on replacing then-play-caller Marcus Satterfield with Holgorsen.
It was a challenging time for Holgorsen, who said he worked day and night to narrow down Satterfield's playbook about 50% for those final four games.
"It was challenging to come in and dissect everything and figure out who we wanted to get the ball to, figure out what plays we wanted to run," Holgorsen said Thursday inside Hawks Championship Center following Nebraska's third spring practice.
That was then. This is now.
And now means March. It means Spring ball, a time of year Holgorsen didn't get with his star quarterback and everyone else. The pair gets one now, though. Fifteen practices to install Holgorsen's version of Satterfield's offense.
"I think we can get a quicker jump on things," Raiola said Thursday. "Dana's kind of put his stamp on and we've had our time to meet and gotten to get things installed from a players' standpoint. So we're kind of ahead of the curve in install and knowing where to be, what to do. I think we can get more advanced in our plays, but I think it's also boring and simple. Go out there and execute, don't make the simple mistake."
Holgorsen spent much of January watching every cutup imaginable to help him decide what he wanted to change while the rest of the coaching staff was on the road recruiting. Then when February hit, the staff meetings began. That was when Holgorsen told everyone his plan, and off they went.
"There's subtle changes in terminology, there's subtle changes, whether it's sets or plays or whatever, but the majority of it is going to stay the same," Holgorsen said of Nebraska's attack this fall. "I mean, we have good coaches here. This is a good scheme."
And that scheme involves what makes the most sense to Raiola and the guys up front, the offensive line led by position coach Donovan Raiola — "which, from an O-line perspective, is incredibly important," Holgorsen added.
Holgorsen said everything should make sense to himself, too, so there's been changes to the pass game and the formations it will use. This is the time to make those changes. To figure out what he has and what his players can do.
"I got to figure out what our team is, what our offense is, as far as what the direction it goes," Holgorsen said. "I can take the same offense that we had, I'm going to be a lot more comfortable with it, but then tweak it based on what I see being good, seeing bad. And that's what spring football is all about."
(Photo by Jansen Coburn/Inside Nebraska)
But that's not what he plans to do at Nebraska, and he's said as much several times since taking this job.
"I'm not interested in my old Air Raid roots," Holgorsen said.
Becoming a head coach can change a guy and how he views the game on a holistic level. You learn. You grow. You figure out what works and what doesn't. That happened in Morgantown.
"I turned that page probably year three to four at West Virginia," Holgorsen said. "You step into that head coaching role and you understand what the other side needs. You understand what the program needs."
Holgorsen wants his offense to fit the head coach's vision. He called what Rhule has built so far "a tough, physical, hard-nosed program, and I embrace that." To Holgorsen, that means the players, coaches and play-callers need to be hard-nosed and tough.
"If we need to run the ball, we need to run the ball, and the only way you can do that is if you focus on it non-stop," Holgorsen said.
The play-caller said Thursday's practice featured a stretch of 24 straight inside run plays. First of all, Holgorsen said he's never been able to do that in the spring because of sheer numbers on the roster.
"We got like 17 linemen out there that need reps. They need a lot of reps," Holgorsen said. "I've never had 17 in the fall."
There must be a healthy mix of running the ball and controlling the ball when the defense knows you want to run it, as well as finishing games with four receivers in 2-minute situations, pushing the ball down the field when defenses know you need to throw.
Holgorsen wants to be better in 2- and 4-minute offense.
"I've made changes to that," Holgorsen said of the 2-minute offense. "It makes sense. Dylan's happy. We're going to work it every single day and get better. So 10 personnel, throw the football, yep. Tight ends and fullbacks and run-game stuff for 4-minute situations, we'll be able to do that, too."
Raiola knows the importance of those late-game and late-half situational moments. Last season the team had five one-score losses.
"For us, it's been an emphasis that we're not going to lose anymore of those, so we put a lot of time and a lot of thought into that," Raiola said.
Another emphasis has been put on changing tempos. When to play fast, when to slow it down, that sort of stuff. For an offense to do that effectively, everyone needs to be on the same page.
And as Holgorsen said, the quarterback needs to have the mental capacity to do it. Raiola sure does.
"I've never been with a quarterback that is comfortable in the gun, and can sit in the pocket and be a drop-back passer, but also be able to get under center and make run-game checks and handle run game from under center," Holgorsen said. "He's exceptional at it."
Raiola said the offense is installing three different tempos right now. The quarterback has seen how it can impact a defense.
"It kind of makes a defense scramble a little bit," Raiola said. "Sometimes it hurts you, sometimes it doesn't and it helps you. So we just want to keep doing it."
Steve Marik • InsideNebraska
Staff Writer
@Steve_Marik
The Dana Holgorsen-Dylan Raiola marriage was thrown together in the blink of an eye last November after the UCLA loss when head coach Matt Rhule pulled the midseason trigger on replacing then-play-caller Marcus Satterfield with Holgorsen.
It was a challenging time for Holgorsen, who said he worked day and night to narrow down Satterfield's playbook about 50% for those final four games.
"It was challenging to come in and dissect everything and figure out who we wanted to get the ball to, figure out what plays we wanted to run," Holgorsen said Thursday inside Hawks Championship Center following Nebraska's third spring practice.
That was then. This is now.
And now means March. It means Spring ball, a time of year Holgorsen didn't get with his star quarterback and everyone else. The pair gets one now, though. Fifteen practices to install Holgorsen's version of Satterfield's offense.
"I think we can get a quicker jump on things," Raiola said Thursday. "Dana's kind of put his stamp on and we've had our time to meet and gotten to get things installed from a players' standpoint. So we're kind of ahead of the curve in install and knowing where to be, what to do. I think we can get more advanced in our plays, but I think it's also boring and simple. Go out there and execute, don't make the simple mistake."
Holgorsen spent much of January watching every cutup imaginable to help him decide what he wanted to change while the rest of the coaching staff was on the road recruiting. Then when February hit, the staff meetings began. That was when Holgorsen told everyone his plan, and off they went.
"There's subtle changes in terminology, there's subtle changes, whether it's sets or plays or whatever, but the majority of it is going to stay the same," Holgorsen said of Nebraska's attack this fall. "I mean, we have good coaches here. This is a good scheme."
And that scheme involves what makes the most sense to Raiola and the guys up front, the offensive line led by position coach Donovan Raiola — "which, from an O-line perspective, is incredibly important," Holgorsen added.
Holgorsen said everything should make sense to himself, too, so there's been changes to the pass game and the formations it will use. This is the time to make those changes. To figure out what he has and what his players can do.
"I got to figure out what our team is, what our offense is, as far as what the direction it goes," Holgorsen said. "I can take the same offense that we had, I'm going to be a lot more comfortable with it, but then tweak it based on what I see being good, seeing bad. And that's what spring football is all about."
(Photo by Jansen Coburn/Inside Nebraska)
"I'm not interested in my old Air Raid roots," a commitment to run to ball and playing around with different tempos
When college football fans and media heard Holgorsen's name pop up last year, it was hard not to throw around "Air Raid." That's of course the style of football Holgorsen came up in as a young player and coach.But that's not what he plans to do at Nebraska, and he's said as much several times since taking this job.
"I'm not interested in my old Air Raid roots," Holgorsen said.
Becoming a head coach can change a guy and how he views the game on a holistic level. You learn. You grow. You figure out what works and what doesn't. That happened in Morgantown.
"I turned that page probably year three to four at West Virginia," Holgorsen said. "You step into that head coaching role and you understand what the other side needs. You understand what the program needs."
Holgorsen wants his offense to fit the head coach's vision. He called what Rhule has built so far "a tough, physical, hard-nosed program, and I embrace that." To Holgorsen, that means the players, coaches and play-callers need to be hard-nosed and tough.
"If we need to run the ball, we need to run the ball, and the only way you can do that is if you focus on it non-stop," Holgorsen said.
The play-caller said Thursday's practice featured a stretch of 24 straight inside run plays. First of all, Holgorsen said he's never been able to do that in the spring because of sheer numbers on the roster.
"We got like 17 linemen out there that need reps. They need a lot of reps," Holgorsen said. "I've never had 17 in the fall."
There must be a healthy mix of running the ball and controlling the ball when the defense knows you want to run it, as well as finishing games with four receivers in 2-minute situations, pushing the ball down the field when defenses know you need to throw.
Holgorsen wants to be better in 2- and 4-minute offense.
"I've made changes to that," Holgorsen said of the 2-minute offense. "It makes sense. Dylan's happy. We're going to work it every single day and get better. So 10 personnel, throw the football, yep. Tight ends and fullbacks and run-game stuff for 4-minute situations, we'll be able to do that, too."
Raiola knows the importance of those late-game and late-half situational moments. Last season the team had five one-score losses.
"For us, it's been an emphasis that we're not going to lose anymore of those, so we put a lot of time and a lot of thought into that," Raiola said.
Another emphasis has been put on changing tempos. When to play fast, when to slow it down, that sort of stuff. For an offense to do that effectively, everyone needs to be on the same page.
And as Holgorsen said, the quarterback needs to have the mental capacity to do it. Raiola sure does.
"I've never been with a quarterback that is comfortable in the gun, and can sit in the pocket and be a drop-back passer, but also be able to get under center and make run-game checks and handle run game from under center," Holgorsen said. "He's exceptional at it."
Raiola said the offense is installing three different tempos right now. The quarterback has seen how it can impact a defense.
"It kind of makes a defense scramble a little bit," Raiola said. "Sometimes it hurts you, sometimes it doesn't and it helps you. So we just want to keep doing it."
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I'm glad they got some good shots. I tried to watch it live and it looked like they were recording it with my Grandpa's 80s 144p camcorder.
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Probably should add Best first off the bus team award to our offseason national championships the last few years.
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