Nebraska Football Coaches Show - Geep Wade, Riley Van Poppel

Appreciate you guys.

Glad to be here and big week for us.

Yeah, big week defending national champs here in town, but we were talking before.

I mean, this is the way you come to Nebraska.

This is why you play in the Big Ten, the opportunity to play big games, and that's what this is.

Definitely.

That's what we've been talking around the building.

This is why I came here.

This is why, you know, Coach Rule's here.

I mean, this is what we're here for, and we've had a good week of practice so far and really good opponent coming here, very well coached, played hard.

So, you know, something that we're trying to do as well.

Well, the reality is the approach doesn't change, right? I mean, the process, the preparation is the same as it was in week one, two, three, and four as it is going to be in five and heading into this game.

Yeah, and that's what we talk a lot about as a staff.

And then, of course, in our own rooms, the process of the week.

It's really easy to be really good the first week of game week when we're playing Ohio.

But can you do it? The great teams do it over and over and over.

you know, every Tuesday is bloody Tuesday, but you know, week two is not different than week eight.

So, you know, that's something that we're trying to preach in our room.

Not right now is the little things, the details of the, of the process.

So that's, that's very important.

Well said,

you know, consistency of the offensive line room and just the kind of the personalities you have in there.

I think it's good when your center is an even keel guy like Justin Evans that shows up to work every day, the old cliche, the lunch pail kind of guy, how much does it help? Does he, does the rest of the room take on the personality of a Justin Evans just show up every single day and go to work?

You know, I think he does, you know, Justin's type of guy that, uh, You know, he's up here every Tuesday and Wednesday night, and he's kind of leading some, you know, watching the practice film, leading some guys.

You know, we give them sheets each week to fill out, you know, a base down, third down.

Appreciate you guys.

Glad to be here and big week for us.

Yeah, big week defending national champs here in town, but we were talking before.

I mean, this is the way you come to Nebraska.

This is why you play in the Big Ten, the opportunity to play big games, and that's what this is.

Definitely.

That's what we've been talking around the building.

This is why I came here.

This is why, you know, Coach Rule's here.

I mean, this is what we're here for, and we've had a good week of practice so far and really good opponent coming here, very well coached, played hard.

So, you know, something that we're trying to do as well.

Well, the reality is the approach doesn't change, right? I mean, the process, the preparation is the same as it was in week one, two, three, and four as it is going to be in five and heading into this game.

Yeah, and that's what we talk a lot about as a staff.

And then, of course, in our own rooms, the process of the week.

It's really easy to be really good the first week of game week when we're playing Ohio.

But can you do it? The great teams do it over and over and over.

you know, every Tuesday is bloody Tuesday, but you know, week two is not different than week eight.

So, you know, that's something that we're trying to preach in our room.

Not right now is the little things, the details of the, of the process.

So that's, that's very important.

Well said,

you know, consistency of the offensive line room and just the kind of the personalities you have in there.

I think it's good when your center is an even keel guy like Justin Evans that shows up to work every day, the old cliche, the lunch pail kind of guy, how much does it help? Does he, does the rest of the room take on the personality of a Justin Evans just show up every single day and go to work?

You know, I think he does, you know, Justin's type of guy that, uh, You know, he's up here every Tuesday and Wednesday night, and he's kind of leading some, you know, watching the practice film, leading some guys.

You know, we give them sheets each week to fill out, you know, a base down, third down.