Taylor Martinez is Good...But Is He THAT Good?

I don’t care much for the “T” nicknames. I do like T-Rex, though, for Mr. Burkhead.

Noone should be getting Heisman hype after just 3 games, but it is the nature of the beast, people like to talk and speculate. It is supposed to be a seasonal award, not a career award, so he deserves the talk as much as anyone else. Husker fans can be proud of a good player, stop being afraid of eating your words later and dont be last to create hype because clearly that will give him no chance of winning. The heisman usually does not get awarded to the best player, it goes to the most popular, that is why schools have to mount a “campaign”. If he has a Jake Locker like performance later in the year, we dont have to apologize for talking heisman, we just have to shut up.

Unless he’s shown tremendous development since his senior year in high school, I honestly think October 16th will expose the kid, perhaps even, K-State.

What I like about him is how level-headed he seems to be. He’s not cocky, he just knows what he’s capable of and he doesn’t doubt himself to be able to accomplish it. People like that always perform well in high-pressure situations because they don’t let the pressure bother them. I’m not saying he’s some Michael Jordan or Muhammed Ali…but inside he possesses the same confidence that made them great.

The kid believes he will be successful because he always has been successful. In life there are people who are not only talented, but everything goes right for them. Those people that just make you go, “Ugh! Why does everything work out for you all the time?”

I agree though, it has only been 3 games against crappy defenses. But hasn’t he exceeded our expectations? I know he’s exceeded mine. Just the fact that he earned the starting job exceeded my expectations. But that’s what successful athletes do- they constantly exceed everyone’s expectations, yet the only person not surprised is themselves.

I’m sure that some defense at some point in the season will slow down Martinez, probably Texas. But from what I saw last Saturday…he isn’t going to get nervous. He’s going to go out and do his job the best he can every play.

It seems like every year the team whips up on some patsies and we get all excited until a “real” team brings a reality check, usually in the form of a loss. Idaho, South Dakota, etc. are small yardsticks to be measured by, so I would say we really don’t know yet.

Now Taylor Martinez is definitely a new ingredient, especially when complemented with a healthy set of backs in Helu and Burkhead. BUT, it all comes down to the line and whether they can open those holes against a Kansas, Texas, etc. Jury is still out as far as I am concerned.

Husker fans aren’t the only ones that have boarded the hype train. <http://espn.go.com/college-football/heisman/> not only is T-Magic (he’s been called this long before he started playing the first game this season) being talked about in the Heisman watch but yesterday there was another ESPN sports writer whom had Mallett #1 and who do you think he had him trailed by…………. Taylor Martinez. Husker Nation is not going to just pretend we don’t see the headlines and stay quiet, we are going to make all the noise we can when national media outlets give us the stage. Last year we had a Defensive Lineman come closer to taking it home then ever before in history, this year and I know this is a big if but if Taylor can remain consistent he will have a chance to be the first Freshman to at least be invited to New York almost assuring him future trips provided we continue our success.

to see what the Heisman committee does if this trait of freshman superstars keeps up throughout the season. Do they ignore the freshman and give it to a career guy anyway?

I really like what the kid has shown so far,but like others have said it was against inferior defenses. If he can do that in conference play then HELL YEAH … Martinez for the 2011 Heisman. Until then let’s enjoy and hope that we are all witnesses. (yes stealing from King James) lol

What I find interesting is the blue chip guys at QB that we have coming in…there seems to be a glut of talent at QB. I wonder how many guys will be team players and sit or switch positions, and how many will transfer.

But he is way beyond where I thought he would be at this time. His passing is much improved from even the spring game, and as Coach Baldus pointed out tonight, he actually has a knack for the slant (my school in Omaha hosts GA Coaches Baldus and Watson for some film review every week). We’ve all seen how impressive he is running the ball. And the most impressive part of things so far is he hasn’t really made any glaring mistakes. He does miss a pass now and then, and he had that one pick, but overall he’s done a great job of taking care of the ball and making plays.

The one “weakness” right now I guess would be his vision/decision-making in the pocket. There are times that he keeps the ball when he should hand it off. He also isn’t great at getting the ball out on time and has taken a few unnecessary sacks. But he’s a freshman and that will come with more experience. He already seems to have improved in that area.

We’ll have to wait and see how he responds to a good defense, but he has done very well so far.

“It seems like every year the team whips up on some patsies and we get all excited until a "real" team brings a reality check, usually in the form of a loss” – my sentiments, exactly.

I’m pretty sure last year our “prolific offense” was beating up on the sunbelt teams until a somewhat decent VTech defense shut our asses down. Not to mention, Sunbelt teams who are arguably as good or better than either West K, Idaho, or Washinton.

All I am saying is that everyone just needs to take a step back, breathe, and let a couple weeks of conference football play out before we start with the “we’re back” shit. That’s all.