Coach Bo Pelini Quotes

Nebraska Coach Bo Pelini
Red-White Spring Game
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Postgame Quotes

On how he thought it went today
"I thought it went fine. Everybody got in the game, we got a good amount of plays and reps. It was a good finish to the spring. I'm happy with how it all came out. Nobody got hurt, no major injuries, which is always a positive. I thought it went well."

On Cody (Green) and Taylor (Martinez)
"I thought they did fine. They did some good things; they did some things they need to work on. It was a lot of the same as what we saw. It was pretty basic what we did. I thought they managed the game pretty well. Overall, we saw some good things, but just like in practice we saw some things we need to get fixed."

On if both players (Martinez and Green) progressed through spring ball
"Yeah, I thought they did. I thought right across the board at the quarterback position that we progressed, each of the guys. I thought really across the board of the football team that there were a lot of positives."

On if Taylor (Martinez) is in the race to start at quarterback
"Everyone is in the race for the starting job. There are no starting jobs locked down right now. Competition is on; this is just a small part of the evaluation. It's a long way to go before we play a football game."

On Taylor's (Martinez) ability to run the ball
"Taylor is a good athlete. I think he can run, he can throw; I think he is a pretty multitalented kid, as is Cody. I like the athleticism at the quarterback position. I think that they are going to bring a lot to the table as far as giving things for people to defend."

On how Niles Paul is better than he was three or six months ago
"Niles is a good football player. He continues to get better. He only thing he had to work on was consistency. I think he has done a really good job. He has had a really good spring. I expect good things out of him. I think Brandon Kinnie came a long way. I think really the wide out position as a whole is better. I like that position on the football team."

On if he got accomplished today what he wanted
"Yes. You're never satisfied, I thought there were a lot of things we need to get cleaned up. There were some disappointing things in there, some things I saw that were good. That is to be expected. You're not really game planning against each other, you're trying to be pretty basic in what you are doing. I'll look at the tape and evaluate it and move on. Move on to that next phase. What I look at is the spring as a whole, do I like the things that we were able to get done.

On what the spring means for him and what he expects
"It's just about the basics, it's about execution and being consistent in your execution. You can't be a some of the time football player or some of the time football team. At times that is what we were even in practice. We strive for perfection around here and until I start seeing us get closer to that, I will say we have a long way to go. It's spring, it's to be expected. You're supposed to have a long way to go at this point. We do right now and that is why we go to practice."