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Wednesday practice roundup
Posted by: Brian Christopherson on September 8, 2010 at 7:01PM CST
The Huskers practiced on the fields outside the Hawks Championship Center on Wednesday.

Of meaningful note, sophomore defensive end Cameron Meredith took part in the practice.

Meredith injured his shoulder in the first half against Western Kentucky and was held out of scrimmage drills on Tuesday. But defensive ends coach John Papuchis said it's possible he'll have all his D-ends available to play against Idaho.

On the other side of the ball, offensive line coach Barney Cotton said junior tackle Marcel Jones, who sat out the opener, is practicing despite being "a little nicked up."

"We just kind of have to take it day by day and see how he's feeling," Cotton said.

As for Cotton's take on how his line performed this past Saturday?

"For a first game, at least it gives us a benchmark. I think we did a pretty decent job inside," said Cotton.

He did find some things that need tightened up at the tackle position in pass sets, "but for the first game, we did a pretty good job in the running game."

Asked about the line's chemistry, Cotton said: "We should be well past the getting to know each other part. ... I don't think chemistry is any question right now when you've got 40 or 50 (spring and fall) practices under your belt. There's no rookies playing next to each other now."

Cotton also dropped some flattery on redshirt freshman Jeremiah Sirles, who has been flopping between the left and right tackle spots.

That, Cotton said, "is asking a lot out of a young guy, but he's good enough to do that."

Meanwhile, wide receivers coach Ted Gilmore detailed one area where he wants to see his players improve this week.

"Across the board, if there was a disappointment at my position this past week, we came up short on the depth of routes quite a bit," Gilmore said. "In that ballgame it didn't hurt us -- we got away with it. But as these games get closer, that's going to be huge. That's going to count, especially when you're trying to keep the chains going and keep the ball moving."

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Posted by: north-fla-husker on September 8, 2010 7:06PM CST
BAMEROOSKI.....

Posted by: PT Husker on September 8, 2010 7:11PM CST
Fairly typical. Coaches seeing little thing that need work. Always looking for ways to get better.

Ya gotta love it.

Posted by: HuskerMonster on September 8, 2010 8:20PM CST
I thought those routes were looking shallow...good to see Gilmore is on that! Loose tackles? That-a-boy Barns Barnaby!

Posted by: TruBlueRed on September 8, 2010 8:49PM CST
I think it was on Bo's show that he stated he wouldn't trade his conditioning coach for anyone. Read somewhere the players are quicker and some are heavier and some are lighter. A more scientific approach I think than the old days.If Bo says conditioning is good who are we to argue? :) I haven't noticed any drop in the 4th QTR due to conditioning. Some seem to be fixated on the subject?........... a wrestler punctuation/intonation there:)

Posted by: Skree N Ame on September 8, 2010 10:01PM CST
OK, Brian, ask any two questions at the next presser. Start one with, "Is you gots...." and the other with , "In accordance with the Prophecy....". See if you can get Bo to laugh!

Posted by: TruBlueRed on September 9, 2010 7:18AM CST
No Nothing,

We had the same conditioning coach last year and and I thought they looked pretty strong in the 4th QTR. It is difficult to compare conditioning records with past years huskers due to the different techniques used, the type of offense they were running, etc. Today the conditioning is much more individualized than in the past so it is almost impossible to formulate any sense of a standardized set of "conditioning records" I played in the 70's, was into martial arts, and weightlifting and I assure you the training methods used now are significantly different than they were back then. I also have a relative who played at NE and is now a DR in a conditioning related field and he will tell you the same thing. He is very impressed with their current conditioning program. All us old geezers are kind of set in our ways....nothing wrong with that......makes for some good lively blogs:) GBR

Posted by: fightinthedog on September 9, 2010 12:03PM CST
Nono,
Injuries occur in every season. Frazier, blod clots, Berringer, collapsed lung...lack of conditioning? We got beat at ISU one year and some of our offensive linemen were injured that game. Lack of conditioning in the'90's? Bo says he wouldn't trade Dobson for anybody. Trust Bo.

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