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Just bloggin': Bootle making breakups by the bushel; now it's time for an interception

Related Topics: Bushel, Breakup, Bootle, Travis Fisher

Nebraska sophomore cornerback Dicaprio Bootle recently has focused on some critical stages of development.

At least that's the way first-year Husker secondary coach Travis Fisher portrayed it Tuesday.

"The hardest thing for him when I first got here was getting him to turn that head around (when covering a receiver)," Fisher told reporters. "He's turning it around now."

A 5-foot-10, 190-pounder from Miami, Bootle now works on coming up with his first collegiate interception.

"I've been driving, driving and driving him on that," said Fisher, who recorded nine interceptions during an eight-year NFL career. "A couple times in the games, a couple pass breakups should've been picks.