Apparently some people took Nebraska head football coach Matt Rhule’s comment about some Huskers needing to “pick it up” more seriously than it was meant.

During his weekly press conference on Monday, Rhule said, “I told the offense a lot of them have to pick their intensity up to his (quarterback Dylan Raiola’s) level, not the other way around,” Rhule said. “He’s trying to throw the ball to guys that are supposed to be in certain places and they’re not there. He’s at a whole other level and those other guys better pick it up.”

The head coach went on to highlight Raiola’s preparation and said he wants other guys to be like that, but he felt the need to clarify those comments on Thursday.

“When I said about Dylan, I was lauding Dylan, I wasn’t saying these other guys … and they other guys are saying to me like, ‘Uh, coach, you kinda called us out.’ No, he’s just rare,” Rhule said of Raiola. “He’s rare.”