Nebraska Player Quotes

Nebraska Weekly Press Conference
Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006
Memorial Stadium
Lincoln, Neb.
Pre-Kansas State

Cody Glenn
Sophomore, I-Back
On his running at the end of the IowaState game
“The linemen had been pounding on them all night, just blowing them off the ball at will and just manhandling them.  By the last drive, they were just dead tired.  We are well-conditioned, so we were playing like it was the first quarter.  After pounding them for so much, they were just basically giving up, and it was that much easier for Brandon (Jackson) and I to run through the holes.”

On the advantage of a four I-backs system
“That’s a big thing, especially with the four running backs that we have.  When you get to the fourth quarter when you’ve been pounding on a team like that, when you bring in fresh legs, that’s not something the defense really wants to see.  When you have four backs and you can keep them fresh, it’s really good.”

On dealing with a role that varies from game to game
“It’s tough, but we knew it was going to be like this.  It’s something that we expected.  I expected to have a good game here, and then not play so much the next game just because of the number of people we have.  Last week, it was Brandon (Jackson) and I over 100 (rushing yards).  Against Troy, it was Marlon (Lucky) and Kenny (Wilson) over 100 (rushing yards).  There are going to be games like that, and we all know that, so we’re just going to have to deal with that.  Whenever we get in, we have to take advantage of it.”

On the determining factors of ball distribution among the I-backs
“It’s more dependent on our game plan than anything else.  I don’t think it has anything to do with performance.  Marlon had over 150 (rushing yards) in the Troy game, and then the next game, he played quite a bit but he didn’t have as a big a game as he did the week before.  It’s just dependent on the game plan and how we want to do things, what plays we run and who that play is set up for.”

On when the I-backs find out about their role
“We pretty much never know how much we’re going to play until Saturday before the game.  Whenever we get the first 15 plays, we see who plays.  Usually, we all practice hard throughout the week and do what we can to play.  When Saturday comes, we see the first 15 plays, and we know who will play after that.”

On the distribution of snaps at I-back in practice
“It’s just the same as it’s been.  We all just rotate.  We have our own rotation system, the linemen have their own rotation system and the receivers have their own rotation system.  You never know who you’re in with, but you just do what you’re supposed to do every time you’re in there.”

On the effects of the IowaState game on preparations for the KansasState game
“It shows us as a team that we can run the ball. Of course we can throw the ball. We didn’t really have to against IowaState, because the running game has been so good, but we have Zac (Taylor), Terrence (Nunn), Nate (Swift) and Maurice (Purify), and we can throw the ball any time we want to.  A game like this is a game where we try to establish the run to see how effective it can be.  It gives us comfort and gives the guys up front and everyone up front the confidence to say that we can run the ball whenever we want to, just like we can throw the ball, whenever we want to.”

On Nebraska’s emphasis on the running game on the road
“Especially when we’re toward the end of games and we want to close out games and just run the clock off, it’s especially big then.”

On Nebraska’s recent strong starts to games
“That’s one of our team goals; to start every game as fast as we can and to finish up the game strong.  We let the Kansas game get out of hand, but we knew we wanted to finish strong, and that’s what we did in overtime.  You see we jumped on them early.  That’s something we want to do every game, start fast.”