Nebraska Football: 3 takeaways from crushing loss at Colorado

BOULDER, CO - SEPTEMBER 7: Quarterback Adrian Martinez #2 of the Nebraska Cornhuskers carries the ball before scoring a second quarter touchdown against the Colorado Buffaloes at Folsom Field on September 7, 2019 in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images) /

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BOULDER, CO – SEPTEMBER 7: Quarterback Adrian Martinez #2 of the Nebraska Cornhuskers passes against the Colorado Buffaloes int he second quarter of a game at Folsom Field on September 7, 2019 in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images) /

2. Adrian Martinez was much better despite loss

Last week, the performance of Adrian Martinez was highly disappointing. After a ton of offseason hype, the quarterback wasn’t very sharp in the season opener against South Alabama. He was much better on Saturday.

As mentioned earlier, he was as hot as could be in the first half. He didn’t throw an incompletion before the half, and found the endzone both through the air and on the ground.

He didn’t drop off much in the second. Once again, he found the end zone with both his arm and legs. As Colorado’s offense heated up and caught up, Martinez continued to answer in a back-and-forth fourth quarter.

Where last week, the Husker defense was the unit that kept the team in front, it was Martinez and the offense that carried Nebraska late in this game.

Eventually, the momentum of Colorado was too much, but this was an encouraging improvement from the Husker quarterback.

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