Big Ten Media Days Central: Recapping Huskers at podium

INDIANAPOLIS – For the first time ever, Big Ten Media Days were held at the same site as the conference championship game: Lucas Oil Stadium

Nebraska sent head coach Scott Frost and three players in EDGE Garrett Nelson, cornerback Quinton Newsome and tight end Travis Vokolek to the podiums. The Huskers were the first to speak on early Tuesday morning with Frost and the players answering the media's questions at individual podiums before Frost conducted a 15-minute press conference at the main stage.

The Inside Nebraska staff was out in full force to cover the event with senior recruiting analyst Greg Smith, staff writer Steve Marik and publisher Zack Carpenter all on hand from Indianapolis.

Here is a full rundown of our team's coverage, which features a healthy mix of written content and digital content, starting in chronological order of publication this morning and afternoon:

Head to our Insider's Board for a recap of our social media and message board coverage of Frost and the players meeting with reporters.

Those four were not the only Huskers who were available to the media on Tuesday. Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts also answered questions in an impromptu media engagement by answering questions on the Lucas Oil Stadium turf.

Steve Marik captured video of Alberts' appearance that is available for you to watch on the Inside Nebraska YouTube page.

A sit-down meeting with tight ends coach Sean Beckton changed the outlook this spring for senior tight end Travis Vokolek.

Vokolek took that meeting to heart and when he became more vocal he "really realized guys do listen to me."

Check out Greg Smith's feature story on Vokolek's growth and emergence as a veteran presence in the Huskers' locker room.

Greg Smith and Steve Marik broke down the key takeaways from Tuesday's press conferences, including the highlights of Frost saying publicly that Casey Thompson will be the one to get the first-team reps to begin fall camp, Nelson discussing how he has been working on his speed and explosiveness and the "chip" on Newsome's shoulder after he was left off of the Jim Thorpe Award preseason watch list.

Check out their recap on the Inside Nebraska YouTube page.

Frost was asked, during his press conference on the main stage, to talk more about him stepping away from his offensive duties and turning them over to offensive coordinator Mark Whipple.

Frost, though, did some course correction.

“Stepping away is the wrong way to put it," Frost said. "I'm going to still have my hand in it."

Steve Marik has more about Frost's comments and the "fun collaboration" that the Huskers' head coach envisions between him and Whipple this season.

Expansion questions and expansion answers were expected to be the most heated and discussed topic heading into Big Ten Media Days. That prediction has been money.

Zack Carpenter has more on Frost and Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren's stance on both Big Ten expansion and College Football Playoff expansion from Frost's two press conferences and Warren's 42-minute appearance in which he aggressively and steadfastly pounded the table for the Big Ten and the CFP to add more teams.

Just in case all of that coverage wasn't enough, Greg Smith set up shop after the smoke cleared for his weekly two-hour live chat, "Throwing Bones."

Check out his live chat by following this link as Greg answers questions from 7-9 p.m. Central Time.

We are not done with our coverage from Tuesday's unofficial kickoff to fall camp and the 2022 season. We are 33 days away from the start of the Huskers' season, and we are inching even closer.

Inside Nebraska will have more to come this week on Nelson, Newsome and more.

We also have an exclusive video interview with former Nebraska receiver Jordan Westerkamp that is available to watch right now on the Inside Nebraska YouTube page.