News and notes from today’s opening practice session, senior DT, Kevin Dixon, has been dismissed from the team for a violation of team rules. Dixon’s dismissal comes at one of the thinnest spots on the depth chart as he was the backup to Ndamukong Suh and Ty Steinkuhler.

Speculation on the dismissal was made even more intriguing by Pelini’s comments:

“I’m not getting into it…We want guys who do things the right way.”

Follow up
According to the World Herald, citing the UNL Campus Police:

According to campus police, Dixon was cited for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana on July 13. Dixon, 21, was the passenger in an automobile that was stopped for having no plates and no in-transit signs