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Football
NU Athletic Communications
The Nebraska football team held its first spring practice on Monday morning. Following practice, Head Coach Matt Rhule and select players met with members of the media to preview the spring season. Rhule spoke on the excitement leading up to the first practice.
“I couldn’t sleep last night,” Rhule said. “I probably fell asleep at one and woke up at 4:15 out of excitement. You have heard me talk a couple times about deserving the right. I think the guys deserve the right to attack spring ball from the work they did in the winter, so I was anxious to get out there with them today.”
Rhule was asked how he would assess the first practice.
“For me, it is the first time I have seen these quarterbacks throw a ball,” Rhule said. “It is the first time I have seen some of these guys. Practice is kind of chaotic, so I really cannot assess much until I go back and watch the tape. But I will just continue to say I do not know if we are good or not, but we are a very coachable team. I think a lot of it for us right now is just establishing standards. We want to be a team that doesn’t beat itself. We want to be a team that goes out and executes, and for me, that is everyone was in the building by 5:15. Everyone was dressed appropriately. Everyone knew their assignments so that is a great start. If we can establish that basis,…
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