The Morning After: Nebraska Football Red-White Game

Did we learn much from the spring game? Maybe. Maybe not.

• The defense looked like they had the upper hand much of the time. But...
• with so few running backs playing and the top wideout sitting out, the offense wasn’t playing with all their chess pieces.
• The offensive line didn’t look great, but the coaches have been telling us all spring that this group still isn’t on the same page...we’ll need to see a big leap by fall. The amount of youth on that squad does still give me hope that can happen.
• The coaches weren’t lying when they said they wanted the tight ends to be more involved in the pass game. There were series where it was obvious that is what they were working on...with mixed results.
• Quarterbacks coach Mario Verduzco has an exciting understudy to tutor in freshman Luke McCaffrey. The solid coaching in that room was evident in QB play throughout the day (especially Vedral - who seems to be the frontrunner for the backup job) but the youngster was clearly a crowd favorite in the section where I was sitting.

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What Are They Saying...

Three takeaways from the Red-White Spring Game | Sports | dailynebraskan.com
There were no kickoffs, the quarterbacks wore green no-contact jerseys, music blared throughout the game and head coach Scott Frost patrolled the action from behind the line of scrimmage.

With Vedral's improvement, McCaffrey's potential, Huskers show they have viable options behind Martinez | Football | journalstar.com
Matt Masker spotted Wyatt Liewer behind a pair of defensive backs along the west sideline and hit the walk-on from O'Neill in stride for a 55-yard touchdown and the second-longest

Jurgens didn't see position change coming, but is loving life on the offensive line | Football | journalstar.com
During the meeting in which Cameron Jurgens went from being a tight end to a center on the offensive line — and maybe even quickly the starting center for the

Nebraska has the nation’s highest spring football game attendance of 2019 so far | Big Red Today blog | omaha.com
The Huskers' 2019 spring game attendance of 85,946 was only the second-highest in program history — trailing 2018 — but was good enough for top in the nation so far.

HuskerOnline.com - 10 things we learned from Nebraska's Spring Game
Fans got a little bit longer look at starting quarterback Adrian Martinez than some expected, as he played the first five drives for the Red team for a total of 23 snaps. After he checked out of the game, though, was when the real quarterback competition began. Bunch started the first five drives for the White squad, and he, Noah Vedral, and Luke McCaffrey finished out the game.

Where do the Huskers stand after spring ball? A position-by-position look | Photo galleries | journalstar.com
There was a lot of excitement on Saturday with the Husker Spring Game, and that is understandable. But amid all of the jubilation for football being played, a lot happened