In 2007, Corey Raymond was a strength and conditioning intern at LSU where Bo Pelini was defensive coordinator. That team won the BCS national championship, beating Ohio State, Bo's alma mater. Now, Raymond is Bo's secondary coach, and Nebraska is favored to win the Big Ten championship. The N-Sider sat down with Raymond so he could talk about the past and the future.
Q: How do you like getting the conference favorite tag right out of the chute?
A: It's a good thing and can be a bad thing at the same time. It's good to get the respect, but I can also see how much tougher the road can be because everybody now sees us as the hunted. It's not like we're going to surprise anybody because we're going to have to bring our "A-game" every week. When you come into a new conference, it's probably better to be the hunter instead of the hunted because every opponent can tell their players that Nebraska thinks they're going to come into this conference and win it in their first year. That's great motivation for every school we play, and we're going to have to match their intensity every single week.
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