- Bo Pelini started the press conference off by giving an update on Jared Crick, stating that he had a successful surgery this morning on his torn pectoral muscle. Pelini also spoke about losing Crick: “I feel horrible for Jared. He’s a good football player.”
- Pelini also made a point to say the injury happened on the spot during the Ohio State game and that it was a freak injury.
- Pelini plans for Crick to stay as involved as possible saying, “The worst thing that can happen is a guy can get hurt and then drift away from the team.”
- Crick will remain around the team, helping to coach up the younger guys. He will also be allowed to travel with the team and not be counted as a part of the 70-player limit.
- Pelini spoke about how his team approaches every game: “I hate to wear you guys out with this but we do talk about the process. We’re very black and white.”
- As for Rex Burkhead after his performance against OSU, Pelini said they have been giving the I-back rest. However it’s tough to get Burkhead to take a break: “If it was up to Rex, he’d take every snap.”
- Pelini also gave an update on Braylon Heard. He said he is back at practice, the infection is gone and he is feeling good.
Rex Burkhead spoke about the bye-week and its’ positive effect for players: “It’s the perfect time to get recovered, clear up and bumps and aches.”
- Burkhead also watched a lot of football over the weekend, including the Alabama game. He said he likes to watch other running backs in the country and see how they are doing.
- Burkhead on Minnesota: “They’re a very good team. They have a good defense.”
- Mike Caputo echoed Burkhead’s sentiment on Minnesota: “There is no room for taking anyone lightly.”
- Caputo also said that he’s ready to get back to practice: “The bye-week was nice, but it’s time to get back to work and we all know that.”
- Austin Cassidy spoke a bit about Crick, saying his leadership will not be missed, as Crick will still be around to lead.
- “The focus is really on us. We need to do what we need to do this week,” Cassidy said about the secondary.
- Cassidy also talked a little about the secondary’s performance to this point:” It’s disappointed and obviously we have had some disappointing performances. When we do play up to our potential, we’re a pretty good defense. I’m just thankful the offense has scored more points than most of the other teams.”
- Stanley Jean-Baptiste said the transition to corner happened very fast. When asked about his familiarity with a secondary position, Jean-Baptiste said, “I’ve played safety before, but not corner.”
- Jean-Baptiste also talked about teammate Alfonzo Dennard’s leadership and its’ positive affect on the former wide-out: “Alfonzo kept telling me to compete so I went out there and played hard.”
- Taylor Martinez talked briefly about the bye week and how it allowed the team to rest their legs.
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