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Nebraska Spring Game Format Still Up in the Air

Huskers enter final two weeks of spring drills with practice No. 10

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Eleven days before the Nebraska football spring game, coach Matt Rhule said the format for the annual scrimmage in Memorial Stadium is still being decided

It comes down to numbers of available players at various positions, Rhule said after Tuesday's practice, but "we're planning on playing a game. ... My goal is for it to be a competition."

In recent years when numbers have been an issue, an offense-vs.-defense format and special scoring rules have been used.

A scrimmage scheduled for Saturday will provide a chance to assess how the defense is adjusting to a new tackling philosophy, Rhule said.

"We always are tracking the hip; we don't have guys running over the top," he said. "That's a departure from the way maybe they've played, so we still sometimes struggle with our angles.

"I think we're very willing to tackle; we're not a soft team. This Saturday I'll have a better answer because we're going to line up and play in the scrimmage and play a ton of plays and see how they tackle. I think our tackling is getting better." 

Scroll down for much more from Tuesday morning's practice, a portion of which was open to the media. Speaking afterward besides Rhule were receivers Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda and Joshua Fleeks and their position coach, Garret McGuire. Asterisk indicates item may require a subscription. Refresh this page for the latest additions. Go here for the HuskerMax discussion.

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JOE HUDSON

Joe Hudson has operated a Husker-related website since 1995 and joined forces with David Max to form HuskerPedia (later renamed HuskerMax) in 1999. It began as a hobby during his 35 years as a newspaper editor and reporter, a career that included stints at the Lincoln Star, Omaha World-Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer and Denver Post. In Denver, Joe was chief of the copy desk during his final 16 years at the Post. He is proud to have been involved in Pulitzer Prize-winning projects in both Philadelphia and Denver. Joe has been a Nebraska football fan since the mid-1960s during his childhood in Omaha. He earned his bachelor of arts degree in journalism and economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1976. He resides a few freeway exits north of Colorado Springs and enjoys bicycling and walking his dogs in his spare time. You can reach him at joeroyhud@outlook.com.

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