From the Big Red breakfast this am
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"'We're not throwing'
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Filed by Mitch Sherman at 9:35 a.m.
Barney Cotton shared some insight this morning into the mindset of the Nebraska offense when it took possession last week with 5:24 to play at Missouri, leading 20-12.
“We just told our players, 'Hey guys, we're going to get big,'” the NU offensive line coach said at the Big Red Breakfast in Omaha. “We put four tight ends in the game and said, 'We're not throwing. We're going to run these two plays over and over over again.' They just kind of seemed like, 'Well, why didn't we do that at the beginning?'”
Starting at its 32-yard line, NU rushed for gains of 4, 4, 2, 8, 1, 3, 41 and 5 to score the game-clinching touchdown. The drive ate 4:28 off the clock and accounted for 68 of the Huskers' 105 rushing yards.
Cotton said the final possession showed important growth from three weeks earlier, when Nebraska failed to get a first down in a similar situation against Virginia Tech – ahead 15-10 with 2:07 to play. It punted to the Hokies and lost on an 88-yard touchdown drive.
“I thought our team showed an awful lot of character,” Cotton said. “That's what we've been building for, to go out and close a game like that and make a statement.”
In the days after the victory over Missouri, Cotton said the Huskers' resolve to improve has pleased the NU coaches. Nebraska hosts Texas Tech Saturday.
“Our guys were excited to beat Missouri on the road,” he said, “but they were really disappointed, offensively, with how they played. It was nice to see that. We seem to have a bunch of players who want to hold themselves to a very high standard. And I know that we as coaches want to hold them to that very high standard
“It's nice to have a bunch of guys who want to atone after a victory and not after a loss.”
Look for a full report on Cotton's appearance later this morning on Omaha.com and in the Metropolitan Edition of The World-Herald."
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"'We're not throwing'
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Filed by Mitch Sherman at 9:35 a.m.
Barney Cotton shared some insight this morning into the mindset of the Nebraska offense when it took possession last week with 5:24 to play at Missouri, leading 20-12.
“We just told our players, 'Hey guys, we're going to get big,'” the NU offensive line coach said at the Big Red Breakfast in Omaha. “We put four tight ends in the game and said, 'We're not throwing. We're going to run these two plays over and over over again.' They just kind of seemed like, 'Well, why didn't we do that at the beginning?'”
Starting at its 32-yard line, NU rushed for gains of 4, 4, 2, 8, 1, 3, 41 and 5 to score the game-clinching touchdown. The drive ate 4:28 off the clock and accounted for 68 of the Huskers' 105 rushing yards.
Cotton said the final possession showed important growth from three weeks earlier, when Nebraska failed to get a first down in a similar situation against Virginia Tech – ahead 15-10 with 2:07 to play. It punted to the Hokies and lost on an 88-yard touchdown drive.
“I thought our team showed an awful lot of character,” Cotton said. “That's what we've been building for, to go out and close a game like that and make a statement.”
In the days after the victory over Missouri, Cotton said the Huskers' resolve to improve has pleased the NU coaches. Nebraska hosts Texas Tech Saturday.
“Our guys were excited to beat Missouri on the road,” he said, “but they were really disappointed, offensively, with how they played. It was nice to see that. We seem to have a bunch of players who want to hold themselves to a very high standard. And I know that we as coaches want to hold them to that very high standard
“It's nice to have a bunch of guys who want to atone after a victory and not after a loss.”
Look for a full report on Cotton's appearance later this morning on Omaha.com and in the Metropolitan Edition of The World-Herald."
