And I thought the White program was really starting to build something after last year’s 42-14 victory against the Red squad. Of course, you might recall, Zac Taylor was on the White side last spring. Different story Saturday.

The folks behind the north end zone were awful quiet, but otherwise, it was quite a party for the 57,415 in the house this time. Imagine how wild the place will be with another 25,000 in the stadium for Louisiana Tech on Sept. 2.

Imagine how nice it will be for Bill Callahan, offensive coordinator Jay Norvell and running backs coach Randy Jordan when Kenny Wilson joins Cody Glenn, Marlon Lucky and Leon Jackson in the backfield mix.

Hard to gripe about the rock-toting work of Glenn, Lucky and Jackson on Saturday.

But there could be an unhappy camper or two come fall when Wilson joins the fun because there will not be enough carries for everyone. Wilson is a 6-foot, 220-pounder who has been a horror to stop in the junior college ranks at Butler County (Kan.) Community College, the same school that enjoyed the services of Taylor, Frantz Hardy and Justin Tomerlin.

“It’s going to be real interesting to see how quickly he adjusts to the mental part of the game,” Jordan said of Wilson, who was in attendance Saturday. “I know he can run. I know he can do the things we saw on tape. It’s just a matter of him being able to think and to adjust.

“One thing that really comes out is his ability to take it the distance.”

Green means go or no?

Green jersey or not, Taylor took a hit while trying to recover a loose ball in the first quarter.

Defensive end Andy Poulosky, a junior from Ponca, was the culprit, although it was pretty clearly an accident.

“They were trying to cut me down on the play, and I was already low,” Poulosky said. “I just kind of went for the ball and didn’t really see Zac and kind of  bumped into him. It turned out to be kind of a harder hit than I expected.”

No biggie, said Taylor.

“It was my fault. He apologized but there wasn’t anything he could do about it.”

Poulosky was careful not to hit Taylor on an 8-yard sack in the second quarter. He made the play with a nice move around the right side.

I’m sure the folks in Ponca would prefer their guy got more attention for plays like that one.

You might recall that ESPN’s cameras caught him on the field when he wasn’t supposed to be during the wild play that ended the Alamo Bowl.

“You know,” he said, “it was one of those deals where I thought I heard a whistle and went running out there.

“I had some friends come down this weekend. They hadn’t seen me in a while, so they were kind of shooting some crap at me (about the play).

“I just happened to be in the right spot on camera I guess.”

Or wrong spot. Heaven knows he wasn’t the only unauthorized person on the field at the time.

Go, Titus, go

There were a lot of non-working observers in the press box, but hey, it’s the spring game, and since when do any of us members of the “working press” really work?

Former Husker star back Cory Ross was among those cheering for junior defensive back Titus Brothers as Brothers went from end zone to end zone with a third-quarter kickoff return.

“He’s always had that type of ability,” Ross said. “Showing what he can do on this type of stage is good for him.”

Anyone else impress Ross?

“Cody Glenn. He definitely did,” Ross said. “Steve Octavien — good to see him back. Good to see Matt Herian out there. When he gets going, it will be hard to stop that guy.”

Ross said he doesn’t know what to expect NFL Draft weekend (April 29-30).

“I thought I knew, but now I really don’t know. You never know,” he said. “I’m just having fun and happy to hear that I could still be playing.”

Reach John Mabry at 473-7320 or jmabry@journalstar.com.