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Red Report: Balancing aggression while avoiding penalties; Martinez 'looking good'; a new Blackshirt

By and large, it would appear the defensive coaches at Nebraska greatly enjoy their line of work.

For guys like Erik Chinander and Barrett Ruud, that means figuring out how to get your players to attack with aggression while at the same time avoiding the type of penalties that can cripple a team's momentum.

Case in point was the targeting call against linebacker Mohamed Barry in the first half of the Tory game that got the junior ejected.

There was helmet-to-helmet contact, yes, but Barry, Chinander and Ruud maintain nothing was malicious.

"In this day and age of football, you've got two choices.