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Steven M. Sipple: If Chinander's defense is sack machine in 2018, he really is a wizard

"To be honest with you, in the spring game, what I'm trying to do is not trick the offense," he said. "We won't go out there and throw out all kinds of crazy stuff …"

It has to be a focus, as sacks essentially became a foreign concept under Mike Riley. During his three seasons as Husker head coach, the defense ranked no higher than 65th nationally in total sacks. Last season, the Blackshirts ranked 119th (out of 130 FBS teams) with only 14 -- half of Central Florida's total.