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Thursday notebook: Stoltenberg in, Reilly questionable for Oregon
***Head coach Mike Riley said defensive tackle Mick Stoltenberg (knee) will likely play this Saturday against Oregon. Stoltenberg did practice Thursday, but Riley said he wasn’t sure how many snaps the sophomore would be able to go.
***Riley said wide receiver Brandon Reilly is considered “questionable at best” to play n Saturday as he recovers from a hamstring injury. Reilly has not practiced all week since suffering the injury during the third quarter against Wyoming.
***Riley also confirmed that receiver Alonzo Moore (shoulder) and cornerback Lamar Jackson (groin) are good to go for the Oregon game.
***Riley said he’s expecting a great crowd on Saturday, but doesn’t think it will be the determining factor of the game by any means. He said Oregon is very used to playing in hostile road environments, and he’s pretty sure UO quarterback Dakota Prukop will handle the crowd noise well.
***Riley said he plans to meet with the officials before the game to talk about the substitutions between plays with Oregon’s fast offensive tempo. He said whenever the Ducks sub, the refs have to give Nebraska time to sub on defense. He’ll make that as clear to the refs as possible.
***Riley said this would be a great opportunity for Nebraska and that the game could be “a benchmark game” for the season. He said you have to schedule games like this with the new college football playoff format, but he likes getting big early tests like this.
***Riley said he wants his team to buy into the hype of this being a big time game, because it adds an element you can’t otherwise simulate and prepares you for more high-profile games down the road. With the more big games you play, Riley said, the more confident you become in those types of settings.
***Riley said the idea of a “No-Sit Saturday” comes with the hype of a game like this and is a sign of how excited people are about the game. He didn’t put much stock into it as far as his team is concerned.
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