NEBRASKA HOLDS A TWO-HOUR SCRIMMAGE

By Dan Harralson

Head Coach Bo Pelini and the Nebraska football team capped off the most intense week of fall camp with a two-hour long scrimmage inside Memorial Stadium today. During the week, running back Quentin Castille was dismissed from the team, creating depth chart battles at the position. Zac Lee has been impressive, claiming a hold on the starting quarterback spot. The number two quarterback spot has heated up between Cody Green and converted linebacker, Latravis Washington. Many insights are pointing towards a red shirt for Washington and becoming the Nebraska quarterback in the future as a "Tommy Frazier-type player" (words amongst the coaching staff.) Here are some scrimmage quotes from Head Coach Bo Pelini:

“We had a good scrimmage today,” Pelini said. “We went at it for a good two hours, a lot of ones-on-ones and twos-on-twos. Everybody got snaps, we worked some special teams along the way. I kind of came out of it knowing what I knew going in, that we’re not ready to play a football game yet. We’ve got a lot of work to do. The execution is not quite there yet, and we have a ways to go.”

Regarding the newly open running back battle on the depth chart:
“It’s like any other position, everything is out there to be won right now,” Pelini said. “I’d say Rex Burkhead is clearly the No. 2 running back right now, but that can change. There’s a lot of depth and a lot of talent at the running back position, we feel real good about it. Time will tell, just like a lot of other positions, there’s a lot of competition going on.”

Regarding the six Nebraska natives receiving walk-on scholarships this week:
“It shows that if you come in here and you do the right things for the football team and for yourself you have a good chance of being rewarded for your efforts. That shows with those six young men, and I congratulate them. I’m not going to diminish the guys that aren’t on scholarship right now. There’s some other guys that come to my mind right off the bat that I wish right now I could give scholarships to, and if they continue down the right path they’re going to be rewarded down the line.”