Bo Pelini Weekly News Conference (9/8/2014): Attention to Detail Was the Problem Against McNeese State

Prior to the Bo Pelini news conference, the Big Ten and ESPN announced that ESPN2 will televise the Nebraska vs. Miami game at 7 pm on Saturday, September 20.

Pelini opened his weekly news conference to talk about what went wrong on Saturday against McNeese State.  It started with attention detail, especially in the passing game.

Bo says he's never been part of such a quiet locker room after a win as Saturday. Called the performance embarassing. #Huskers

— Brian Christopherson (@HuskerExtraBC) September 8, 2014

Bo: played great on special teams. Responded well to challenges. Expects the same from offense and defense. Excited to get back to work.

— Samuel McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) September 8, 2014

Nebraska struggled on first down, especially passing. "Our level of detail in the passing game was terrible," Pelini said. #Huskers

— Steven M. Sipple (@HuskerExtraSip) September 8, 2014

Tommy Armstrong, on a few occasions, made his mind up too early where he was going to throw the ball, Pelini said. #Huskers

— Steven M. Sipple (@HuskerExtraSip) September 8, 2014

Pelini critiques Armstrong for making decisions on progressions before snap. Of course, that’s bad, but it won the game on final play.

— Mitch Sherman (@mitchsherman) September 8, 2014

Tommy Armstrong reverted to bad habits in his 3-step-drop footwork. Led to low throws "when we could've had some enormous plays," Bo says.

— Steven M. Sipple (@HuskerExtraSip) September 8, 2014

In run game, "One guy after another in our front" had breakdowns, Pelini said. "There were big plays to be had." #Huskers

— Steven M. Sipple (@HuskerExtraSip) September 8, 2014

WR Kenny Bell is still day to day. DE Randy Gregory "looked great" yesterday running. Gregory should practice Wednesday and play at Fresno.

— Mitch Sherman (@mitchsherman) September 8, 2014

Pelini said WR Alonzo Moore needs to turn it loose and stop worrying about making mistakes. Burtch/Reilly day to day.

— Samuel McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) September 8, 2014

This is important: "The problem in the passing game went well beyond the quarterback position," Pelini said.

— Steven M. Sipple (@HuskerExtraSip) September 8, 2014

Jamal Turner likely will receive medical redshirt. "I've been wrong before, but I think it would be slam dunk," Pelini says. #Huskers

— Steven M. Sipple (@HuskerExtraSip) September 8, 2014

Bo Pelini drops the possibility of freshmen Glenn Irons and Jariah Tolbert getting a look...WRs didn’t have a good day Saturday

— Samuel McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) September 8, 2014

While Bo wasn't pleased with the play of the wide receivers, the point still remains that many of those passes were thrown too low due to Armstrong's poor fundamentals. Perhaps he's trying to make sure everybody's being held accountable for their mistakes.

@swmckewonOWH not even Megatron could have caught some of those passes

— Bill Grip (@HuskerGrip) September 8, 2014

My initial reaction: this team knows they played horribly on Saturday. Will is happen again? Perhaps...but not this weekend. I think they received a major wake-up call and will respond accordingly at Fresno State on Saturday night.