Is The Defense Soft?

At his weekly press conference, Bo Pelini was very critical of his defense and went so far as to say they were 'soft'. Can a defense that only gives up 3 points be soft? Yes, according to Bo, if they give up a total of 358 yards to Florida Atlantic. When asked about the interior line, Bo called them 'average at best'.

As you were walking out the stadium on Saturday, were you looking at the 49-3 score and thinking, 'man these guys are soft'. That is where Bo Pelini's standards are. Picture the most perfect thing that you can think of and Bo Pelini will see it and start ripping it apart and pointing out the flaws. That's a nice new car. Nope, not to Bo. He sees the same car and points out the pebble that is in the tread of the tires. Not good enough.

Coach Pelini and the Nebraska coaches DEMAND perfection. And you know what, there's nothing wrong with that. Once you settle for good enough, then you're never going to get better than that.

If you come out to the game on Saturday against Arkansas State and see a 60-0 shut out and a dominating performance by both the offense and the defense, just know that Bo Pelini will be pulling out every little flaw that the team committed and they will work hard at practice the next week to make sure that flaw doesn't happen again. Now, that's fire.