A couple articles from an interview:
LJS
Omaha
Tyjon Lindsey
>> On why the Huskers will practice in the mornings this spring and next fall, a concept Frost picked up at Oregon:
"There’s a lot of reasons. Physiologically, mornings are the best time to train. It helps get your body going, gets you active, helps you recover better. Guys aren’t going to sleep in and miss practice, but they might sleep in and miss class. Guys wouldn’t go out and stay up late if they know they have a hard practice, but they might if they just have to sit in class.
"It helps us recover during the week, get off the field earlier in the week so we can prepare for the game. I think guys are more alert in class."
Friday Night Lights
>> On whether he would play a true freshman at quarterback next season:
"No question you can be fast and physical. The teams that run a two-back set or a power set don’t have the market cornered on being tough and physical. I was at Oregon a long time, and one thing I thought was, what if you took that speed and tempo and the way we moved and put it with Husker power? It would be really dangerous. That’s what we did at UCF. We took the scheme I knew with the training I knew at Nebraska. We can do the same thing here."
LJS
Omaha
Tyjon Lindsey
Tyjon Lindsey, hospitalized after a workout last month, is back to training at nearly full speed, first-year Nebraska football coach Scott Frost said Thursday.
"Tyjon's doing well," the coach said of the fleet sophomore wide receiver from Corona, California. "He's pretty much back doing everything and looks pretty good, so I'm excited about where he is."
Tre Bryant"Tyjon's doing well," the coach said of the fleet sophomore wide receiver from Corona, California. "He's pretty much back doing everything and looks pretty good, so I'm excited about where he is."
Another potentially key player on offense, junior running back Tre Bryant, is trying to come back from a knee injury that sidelined him for all but two games last season. Former Nebraska head coach Mike Riley announced in late October that the St. Louis native would have surgery, a scenario that would give him the best chance to play in the spring.
"I know he's got some knee issues; we're trying to figure it out," Frost said. "We're hopeful. We have to see how it plays out. I don't think anything's definite on that right now."
Bryant, a 5-foot-11, 200-pounder, had 51 carries for 299 yards in a little less than two games in 2017.
"He would fit what we do really well," Frost said. "He's got the speed, explosiveness, vision."
Spring Practices"I know he's got some knee issues; we're trying to figure it out," Frost said. "We're hopeful. We have to see how it plays out. I don't think anything's definite on that right now."
Bryant, a 5-foot-11, 200-pounder, had 51 carries for 299 yards in a little less than two games in 2017.
"He would fit what we do really well," Frost said. "He's got the speed, explosiveness, vision."
* Nebraska will practice on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings in the spring. Morning practices are a major change for the Huskers. They haven't used such a format in the spring for at least 30 years.
"Hopefully we can get all the kids' (class) schedules to where we can do it in the mornings in the fall," the coach said.
"Hopefully we can get all the kids' (class) schedules to where we can do it in the mornings in the fall," the coach said.
>> On why the Huskers will practice in the mornings this spring and next fall, a concept Frost picked up at Oregon:
"There’s a lot of reasons. Physiologically, mornings are the best time to train. It helps get your body going, gets you active, helps you recover better. Guys aren’t going to sleep in and miss practice, but they might sleep in and miss class. Guys wouldn’t go out and stay up late if they know they have a hard practice, but they might if they just have to sit in class.
"It helps us recover during the week, get off the field earlier in the week so we can prepare for the game. I think guys are more alert in class."
Friday Night Lights
* Frost likes the idea of resuming the "Friday Night Lights" camps this summer at Memorial Stadium, something that was started by Riley's staff.
"A lot has been said and talked about, but not everything they did here was terrible," Frost said. "I think that's one of the really good ideas they had."
But there's a problem.
"Our issue is they're redoing the lights in the stadium, and I don't know if we'll have lights in the summer," Frost said. "If they do, from what I heard about that event, it's worth doing, and I hope we can do it."
Spring Game(s)"A lot has been said and talked about, but not everything they did here was terrible," Frost said. "I think that's one of the really good ideas they had."
But there's a problem.
"Our issue is they're redoing the lights in the stadium, and I don't know if we'll have lights in the summer," Frost said. "If they do, from what I heard about that event, it's worth doing, and I hope we can do it."
* There won't be a second Red-White Spring Game, he said, as has been mentioned as a possibility.
However, "Our administration got a lot of calls about the average fan that couldn't get a spring game ticket, and we're kicking around the idea of opening up another practice or scrimmage to fans so that families and kids who couldn't get tickets can come see us," Frost said.
"I don't want a family of four that has to go on StubHub to buy tickets for $600 to not be able to come to a spring game. We'll see if there's enough demand" to open up a scrimmage or practice, he said.
However, "Our administration got a lot of calls about the average fan that couldn't get a spring game ticket, and we're kicking around the idea of opening up another practice or scrimmage to fans so that families and kids who couldn't get tickets can come see us," Frost said.
"I don't want a family of four that has to go on StubHub to buy tickets for $600 to not be able to come to a spring game. We'll see if there's enough demand" to open up a scrimmage or practice, he said.
>> On whether he would play a true freshman at quarterback next season:
"Absolutely. I will play the best guy and that’s at any position. We’re going to give everybody reps and the competition will be open to everyone. I don’t care if the guy’s a fifth-year senior or a true freshman. If they’re the best player, they’re going to play."
>> On the marriage of tough and physical line play and an offense that moves so darned fast:
"No question you can be fast and physical. The teams that run a two-back set or a power set don’t have the market cornered on being tough and physical. I was at Oregon a long time, and one thing I thought was, what if you took that speed and tempo and the way we moved and put it with Husker power? It would be really dangerous. That’s what we did at UCF. We took the scheme I knew with the training I knew at Nebraska. We can do the same thing here."
