Since Things Have Slowed A Bit As We Bask in the Adoration of our New Big 10 Buddies...

And played horrible/hurt/uninspired the 2nd half of the season, otherwise that number would be higher!

In all honesty, the way I look at it, the great majority of other “good” college QBs (bradford, tebow, pryor, as far as recent times go) didn’t start kicking ass right out of the gate. Most of them were unknowns outside of their local fanbase until they were juniors/seniors which is when they were finally good enough to start.

As far as the inconsistency goes, I think it’s only one of those things that need to be developed just like anything else. So I’m optimistic.

All players improve after their first year of starting and while I’m not saying he’s going to be zipping the ball around like Andrew Luck, he will be better in every aspect of the game over last year. I especially hope he improves on his game management and leadership skills. He has the ability to be a great player, if he can understand the defense better and earn the respect of his comrades.

Freshmen don’t get nicknames…

The Big 12 Championship game was on some random channel today, and he did not look pretty. I realize he was seriously banged up, but it reminded me of why I’m nervous about next year. I just don’t know how good of a QB he will be.

Then again, I remember what he is capable of and that he was just a freshman, and because of thast he HAS to improve (right?).

I’m torn.

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You are exactly where I am at. When he is intact and has opportunities, look out! When the O line looks like a sieve and he is injured, we are in for a long, long game.

But my optimism is also tempered with how the crappiest Texas team we have seen in literally years was able to shut him totally down when he was plenty healthy.

I question the whole supposed “leadership” problem.

If your QB has excellent leadership skills, that’s great. But, in the end isn’t it the coaches’ jobs to provide the leadership? They should be able to make the team play well together regardless of whether the QB is shy or a jerk or whatever.

some of those sacks he took were pretty inexcusable. But he was a freshman, and I would hope he would improve in general. Actually, if he can just hold on to the ball, that would be a major improvement.

The problem is that if the huskers don’t fix many of the problems with the oline, regardless of how well Martinez plays, the offense will stall. And after 2 years of this, I dunno how much faith I have.

but I just saw something about this on Off Tackle Empire.

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110705/NEWS/110709909#nu-reports-violations-over-books

Martinez is an amazing athlete. look at the way he runs down the field and then take a look back to a guy that played at the same position about 11 years ago. both fast and both elusive, (ask MU). If this kid could have the same attitude as Crouch, one word would desribe the Huskers “UNSTOPPABLE”.