Go Big Read: Nebraska football wants to fix slow starts and other kernels

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The Nebraska football staff and players know that they cannot continue to come out of the tunnel playing as poorly as they have.

When it comes to finding the right formula for victory, the Nebraska football staff is still mixing ingredients. What they do know is that the slow starts can’t continue.

Defense, especially cannot continue to play as poorly as it has so far this season in the first quarter. If they can find a way to come out of the gate faster, that might fix a lot of the other problems.

You can read about that and other kernels in this morning’s Go Big Read.

Best Nebraska football kernels from around the web

Barry taking vocal role in helping to correct practice inconsistency
Mohammed Barry has stood out this week as someone who is clearly a team leader. Now he’s going to try and drag the team, kicking and screaming to a win.

Purdue quarterback David Blough, scheme impress Husker defensive coaches
There is a reason why the Huskers are likely not thrilled that Blough is the starter of Sindelar. One of the reasons is because he is quite familiar with Nebraska and he is the only Purdue quarterback to own a win against them.

Huskers focused on winning now, but several young players are pushing for more playing time
As we go further into the season, the team is going to have to find a balance. Do they continue playing veterans who might fall a bit short on the talent scale, or youngsters who are more prone to mistakes. The four-game red-shirt rule makes this decision more interesting.

Huskers look to fix slow starts on defense
KMTV takes a look at what the Nebraska football team is attempting to do in order to avoid the kind of slow starts we’ve seen in the first three games of the season.