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The Huskers worked out in full pads for this time this spring on Saturday, going for more than 2 1/2 hours inside of Memorial Stadium.
Husker coach Bo Pelini said he's seeing steady improvement through this first week.
"I thought the tempo was good," Pelini said. "It was physical. We made a lot of strides the first three days, especially defensively. They've got a lot to learn. But the tempo's good, the effort's good."
*** Junior safety Rickey Thenarse was back at practice after missing Friday's workout while dealing with the death of a brother.
In recent months, the Husker junior safety has had two brothers die as the results of shootings and was a witness to the most recent one.
Thenarse, a native of Los Angeles, arrived back in Omaha late on Friday night.
"He's a strong kid," Husker coach Bo Pelini said. "He has the support of everybody around here. He's just going through a difficult time with his family."
*** Pelini talked about how he'll be looking to find leaders this spring.
"I think Joe Ganz does a nice job of taking control on the offensive side of the ball, but it has to come from more than just the quarterback. It's got to come in every group," Pelini said. "It's there, it's steadily showing itself, but it remains to be seen who those (leaders) are."
*** I asked Pelini about his initial impressions of senior defensive end Barry Turner.
"Barry has had a good couple of days. They're learning some new things. I saw some improvement. I thought this was probably his best practice today. He's got a lot of ability. We just got to get him headed in the right direction.
"A lot of those guys on the defensive side of the ball, they have a lot being thrown at them. With as multiple as our offense is, they're being challenged formation-wise and being able to understand where to go and how to adjust. That's going to take some time, but we're seeing some good things out of them."
*** Pelini admitted there are some growing pains the defense is going through trying to install things while working against an offense that shows so many formations.
"You get challenged with the offense, with as much as they do formation-wise, it adds to the number of things you have to cover and (players) have to adjust to, which is going to make us better in the long run but is hard installation-wise early."
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Husker coach Bo Pelini said he's seeing steady improvement through this first week.
"I thought the tempo was good," Pelini said. "It was physical. We made a lot of strides the first three days, especially defensively. They've got a lot to learn. But the tempo's good, the effort's good."
*** Junior safety Rickey Thenarse was back at practice after missing Friday's workout while dealing with the death of a brother.
In recent months, the Husker junior safety has had two brothers die as the results of shootings and was a witness to the most recent one.
Thenarse, a native of Los Angeles, arrived back in Omaha late on Friday night.
"He's a strong kid," Husker coach Bo Pelini said. "He has the support of everybody around here. He's just going through a difficult time with his family."
*** Pelini talked about how he'll be looking to find leaders this spring.
"I think Joe Ganz does a nice job of taking control on the offensive side of the ball, but it has to come from more than just the quarterback. It's got to come in every group," Pelini said. "It's there, it's steadily showing itself, but it remains to be seen who those (leaders) are."
*** I asked Pelini about his initial impressions of senior defensive end Barry Turner.
"Barry has had a good couple of days. They're learning some new things. I saw some improvement. I thought this was probably his best practice today. He's got a lot of ability. We just got to get him headed in the right direction.
"A lot of those guys on the defensive side of the ball, they have a lot being thrown at them. With as multiple as our offense is, they're being challenged formation-wise and being able to understand where to go and how to adjust. That's going to take some time, but we're seeing some good things out of them."
*** Pelini admitted there are some growing pains the defense is going through trying to install things while working against an offense that shows so many formations.
"You get challenged with the offense, with as much as they do formation-wise, it adds to the number of things you have to cover and (players) have to adjust to, which is going to make us better in the long run but is hard installation-wise early."
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