[Husker] Martinez

[Kathy Jackson]

I mentioned to someone yesterday that no one had better be ragging on Martinez for this game - receivers have to catch passes especially when the ball hits them in the hands.

Kathy Jackson
On Nov 6, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Robert Christensen wrote:

> Thank you, thank you, thank you Steve.  Most of the complainers couldn't carry a football to their car in the drive way without fumbling it and they surely couldn't complete a pass.  You want to see bad form?  Watch me, or any of the complainers!!!
> 
> Bob in the Sandhills.
> 
> 
> On 11/6/2011 9:45 AM, Steve Reichenbach wrote:
>> The reason that the offense only scored 25 points is that the defense
>> allowed the Northwestern offense to hold the ball for more than 34
>> minutes and rack up 25 first downs and nearly 500yds of total offense.
>> 
>> Martinez was on the mark on almost every pass.  He was 28-37, better
>> than 75%, with zero interceptions and I remember at least three dropped
>> passes that were nearly perfect --- two to Bell and one to Kinnie.
>> The only bad one I can remember was throwing it into his blocker's back.
>> He had a couple of nice scrambles too.  People have been all over
>> Martinez this year, sometimes with justification, but he played a great
>> game Saturday and deserves credit, not lousy fans who call a great
>> performance "mediocre".  To what little extent the offense struggled
>> --- fumbles by Burkhead and Quincy, dropped passes, and penalties ---
>> it most certainly wasn't Martinez' fault.
>> 
>>> Martinez was going against a terrible defense, so I'm not sure why
>>> you're taking so much out of a mediocre offensive performance.  The
>>> defense didn't play great but Nebraska should have been able to put
>>> up more than 25 points today.
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