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Red Report: Chinander says coaches may wait until season begins to award Blackshirts

Nebraska defensive coordinator Erik Chinander watches warmups in April during the Red-White Spring Game at Memorial Stadium.

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FREMONT — Erik Chinander held up a "zero" sign with one hand for the crowd of Nebraska football fans to see.

"There's this many Blackshirts right now on our team," the first-year Husker defensive coordinator said Tuesday during the Husker Nation Tour stop at Sid Dillon Chevrolet.

"And there will be this many Blackshirts probably until we see somebody play in a football game," he said. "There might be a couple guys we want to have them through (preseason camp) who may have earned them, but I want to see them play under the bright lights before they're going to go ahead and get them.