Whitaker plays it cool, and gets job done for Husker offensive line

Nati Harnik, Associated Press file photoNo offense to his parents in California, but Nebraska veteran offensive guard Corey Whitaker didn't call them, or anybody else, before he made the first start of his college career last week.

"That was kind of the plan because I really didn't want to talk about it," he said. "I didn't really talk to anybody about it. My parents were excited. But I didn't want to get drawn into the hype and get nervous.

"I just approached it like any other game."

His approach seemed to work well. The 6-foot-5, 295-pound senior, playing in place of injured sophomore Tanner Farmer on the right side, helped pave the way for Nebraska to gain 423 yards of total offense in a…