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Joseph Sees Bolstered Confidence From His Huskers

Coach meets the press for final time before Friday night’s game at Rutgers

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Mickey Joseph says the Huskers' short week of preparation for Friday night's game at Rutgers has gone smoothly, and he's seeing a higher level of confidence in the players.

"I saw it in the bye week," Nebraska football's interim head coach said after Wednesday's practice. "They bought in in what we asked them to do, to play fast. The defense really turned everything over the way they started playing. You could see the swag coming back to them."

Joseph said it's human nature to doubt oneself after a long stretch of losing, "so we talked to them about not doubting themselves. We do have high expectations for them, but for now I think they are in a good place mentally right now. I think they are turning over a new leaf and just a sense of 'we did it'" after Saturday's win over Indiana. 

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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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