Bo Pelini should be hoping for ABC/ESPN to pick up the Virginia Tech @ Nebraska game as soon as possible. The exposure will be an immediate boon to his recruiting efforts for next year. Whatever may be said about the coaching staff’s abilities at this point - nothing helps recruits make decisions more than seeing the boys in red as much as possible. Win or lose, our spotlight time needs to show Nebraska in the most positive light possible.

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Bo Pelini and company have been in Lincoln, Nebraska for almost half a year now. That may be time enough to get things together, but I have little faith in this staff in terms of recruiting on their own. I know it sounds bad, but let me qualify the comment. I don’t know what they can do just quite yet, so I won’t try and guess how good or bad they are until next season or I have more information. They managed to stop the hemorrhaging so to speak when Billy C left. So they’re good enough to keep guys, but we don’t know if they can get good new ones.

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The most obvious thing on everybody’s mind during the Husker Spring Game this last Saturday is that Ganz and Lucky are ready for the fall. They are bright spots on an offense that looks to blow some people away this year. Don’t be surprised to see the Huskers as one of the top offensive units by the end of this upcoming season. Will our defense slow opponents down enough to make a difference? I don’t think we received an answer on Saturday, but there were some improvements and positive items to note.

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I had been looking forward to the Spring Game ever since Coach Pelini’s hiring. When I watched this glorified practice, I tried to see from the coaches eyes. This is a scrimmage, a learning tool, a way to tell who needs work, and who may be ready for fall ball. You’re now getting a glimpse of the mental notes I had in my head from beginning to end. There were some pleasant surprises, but most observations of the game were expected.

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Since I moved away from Nebraska in 2004, the one major item I’ve noticed in fans of other Big 12 schools is the divisiveness. In the state of Nebraska, most Husker fans feel pretty much the same way about the state of affairs in the Nebraska Athletic Department. In Kansas City, you’ve got Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri fans all in one pressure cooker. On the other side of the state, you’ve got Missouri versus Illinois going on. And don’t get me started on Texas and Oklahoma… Last year was extremely difficult in that so many people had such varying opinions on what should be done and the level of optimism the future holds for Husker football. We finally got a taste of what so many other areas have been feeling all along.

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Subtitle: Tribute to Hi-Plains Drifter Blog

When I first heard the beginning of Spring Practice press conference, I was not impressed. The no-nonsense approach to the practices seemed boring, trite, almost cliché for a team coming off one of the worst seasons in school history. Bo just came out and said what needed to be done and how they were going to do it. I thought the team needed to get off to a bang. My initial instincts were wrong.

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The recent incident with offensive lineman Andy Christensen has brought up a subject that I feel strongly about: personal responsibility. To get things straight, I believe that each person is ultimately responsible for his or her own actions. But what if you see someone walking towards a cliff, and they are not paying attention? Can coaches prevent destructive behaviors?

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