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CHICAGO — Nebraska coach Bo Pelini arrived a few minutes before 8 a.m. at his designated table for day two of the Big Ten media days.

"Am I the first coach in here?" he asked Husker reporters already dutifully stationed around him.

He was. After a few minutes of chitchat about the Cubs-Rockies baseball game the night before — Pelini is an avowed baseball fan — his session was underway.

Two hours later, as Pelini was wrapping up, he insisted with a smile that his phrase "going Veronica" wasn't made up. He asked each reporter if they'd heard of the phrase before. That's a negative, Bo.

In between, Pelini expounded on a variety of topics both team-specific and broad. Excessive discourse about recruiting — a fun topic but one that can take a day off — was thankfully not a part of Pelini's chat Tuesday. Here's the highlights, with more depth to come Wednesday and the rest of the week.