Nebraska’s defensive coordinator talks progress after two games

“I think the key with anything on defense is to make sure that it is set in the simplest version so that the young men can absorb it and then they can execute it on the grass. That’s the word that’s been used this week. You have to focus more on the execution part and make sure that they truly understand why.”

“Their physical. This is a school that I had a chance to compete against in my prior school at San Diego State. They are a physical group that plays up. They’re going to come in here and do the same, especially since they didn’t have the showing they would’ve liked last week. That will be more fuel for them to get up and play correctly. They present a lot of variety, a lot of different formations and that’ll be a challenge.”

“They were trained since day one to play physical and to tackle in space. They’re athletically gifted and through the course of them being here they’ve been able to get in shape and be their strongest, more explosive version of themselves. It can always be better. We’re nowhere near where we need to be.”