Second Half Adjustments by Colorado Doom a Potential Memorable Day for Nebraska Football Fans, Players and Coaches

They tried to keep Nebraska fans out of Folsom Field. The Colorado Athletic Department did all they could to keep the red out but they failed. It was setting up to be quite the scene. The play-by-play and color analyst mentioned that if you took out the student section it appeared that 70% of the crowd was wearing red.

Kudos to Nebraska fans as they made a statement. Nobody can take over venues like Husker football fans.

Yet, in the end none of that matters.

Nebraska was leading 17-0 at the end of the first half. The offense looked great. Adrian Martinez looked like a completely different player compared to the week before. The defense was dominant as Colorado had trouble finding any room to work.

Then the Colorado coaching staff made some adjustments on defense and we all know what happened. Adrian Martinez and the offense looked anemic and almost disinterested. Colorado took advantage of mental mistakes by the Nebraska defense with some huge gashing plays.

Next thing you know it is a three point game and Nebraska has zero momentum.

Then Maurice Washington catches a swing pass on the next play and takes it 75 yards to the house. It felt like that was exactly what Nebraska needed in order to get out of Colorado with a win. As we know, they didn’t.

The game goes into overtime and Scott Frost calls for a 48 yard field goal attempt by a punter. Game over.

It appears from my untrained eye that it will be the play of Adrian Martinez which will determine how Nebraska does this season. This offense depends so much on rhythm and pace that when they are interrupted by a bad snap or pressure on the quarterback then things appear to fall apart.

There were multiple plays where Martinez appeared to get rid of the ball too quickly when he actually had a clean pocket. Ghost pass rushers I guess. There could be a trust issue between Martinez and the offensive line at this point in the season. The trust issue is not as a result of any animosity between them, but merely that Martinez has been getting hit enough (either through his fault or the offensive line) and it is messing up the timing of the offense and more importantly — Martinez’s confidence.

The red invasion of Boulder was for naught. It will be forgotten. In the end it was irrelevant.

However, if the offense can get things figured out and make a run at the division when conference play comes around then all will be forgotten.

Perhaps even a heart-breaking loss to Colorado.

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The Morning After

They Said It: Nebraska Players Discuss Loss to Colorado | Hail Varsity
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Barry ticked at opportunity Huskers let slip
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