Husker News and Notes

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• Press Taylor (Zac’s bro) is making a name for himself by leading Butler Community College to the National Title game. Like his brother, he is being recruited by Marshall, but the article hints that the Huskers may have some interest:

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Press is big (6-foot-2, 200 pounds) like his brother. He doesn’t have Zac’s rocket arm, but he moves more effectively in and out of the pocket.

Nebraska came in at the last minute to recruit Zac and Press might draw similar interest after Butler’s season. Right now, he’s being most aggressively pursued by Marshall, said Butler coach Troy Morrell.

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• University of Buffalo, lead by Turner Gil, clobbers undefeated Ball State to win the MAC title and a piece on the struggle he had getting a coaching job.

• SI article on the Single Wing in which Joe Gibbs admits to stealing the Counter Trey from Tom Osborne:

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Gibbs, just retired from his second stint as coach of the Washington Redskins, was discussing his legendary Counter Trey, the foundation of the power running game that helped the Redskins win three Super Bowls from 1982 to ‘91.

“We stole it,” said Gibbs. “We saw some film on Nebraska, and Tom Osborne was doing some really innovative things with his line up front, and we were watching it and thought, God, that’s good stuff.”

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• Linebacker Coach Mike Ekeler gave a ‘coach-speak’ answer about possibility of a taking the job with Kansas State.
• Bo Pelini said senior’s Andy Christensen and Kenny Wilson maybe back with the Huskers next year.
• Roy Helu Jr. is making the Husker ground game go.