What happens when you get dynamic, energetic leaders behind the football chalkboards? Apparently the word of the year is “multiple.” Multiple means pretty much how it sounds. Plays are broken down into more potential formations but fewer plays in each of those formations. Does this mean many changes for the players on the field?

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In the last few games of the 2007 Husker football season, Nebraska saw an explosion of offensive numbers that is unlike anything we’ve dealt with before. The question for Bo Pelini is how to bolster a good thing with the right pieces to make it better? Technically, a system isn’t even in place for the players to be working in. If you can surround your greatest tools with high-caliber athletes, then the system is just a minor detail.

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