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From the KC Star:
*** “We were taking this game as an opportunity for us to show the world how good we were and we came in and fell flat on our faces.”
- wide receiver Chris Harper
*** “This one sucks. This loss sucks. We have got to come back from this.”
- offensive lineman Zach Kendall
*** “When I looked up, [Taylor Martinez] was already 50 yards down the field. I went to the sideline and tried to figure out what was going on and what they were doing so we could do something to stop it. It just happened so fast.”
- cornerback David Garrett
*** Uh-oh. This is no good. Not for the rest of us, not the ones left to watch Nebraska run through its eight remaining Big 12 games and leave as something like the permanent reigning conference champion.
The school with the fans a little too willing to tell you how great they are picked the absolute worst season to regain its powerhouse mojo.
This Big 12 breakup already felt like Nebraska moving on to a better relationship, and after a 48-13 debilitation of Kansas State here in front of a national television audience on Thursday night, it looks like the Huskers will get our shiny football championship trophy in the settlement.
- Sam Mellinger (KC Star Reporter) Note - Mellinger's whole article is pretty funny. Lot's of crying-in-your-beer. LINK
From the Kansas State Collegian (college paper):
*** "I knew we'd have trouble with (Martinez). How much, I didn't know. He made it look awfully easy. He's a tremendous athlete and obviously has excellent speed. He's quick and he's fast, and we're not very fast. That's not a good matchup."
“I'd be concerned if we got over it in a heartbeat. Maybe it would mean we don't care enough. If it doesn't pain us, it sends a bad message.''
- Bill Snyder
*** "It's always frustrating when a team is gashing you. You've just got to go to the sideline and try to fix it and keep fighting. We've got to put (this game) behind us, but we've also got to also fix the things that we had trouble with."
“Film speed is different. You think you're faster than most guys you see. Once in the game, [Martinez] got to moving kind of quick. After a while, you kind of get used to it. You should be able to adjust. But we weren't able to adjust.
''It was embarrassing. It's always frustrating when a team is gashing you.''
"I thought he was the fastest I've ever seen at quarterback. If you've got a good angle on him, he can still outrun you."
- defensive end Antonio Felder
Some more quotes from K-State players:
*** “Especially with Nebraska being my home state, I really wanted it tonight. You have your ups and downs, and tonight definitely was a down for us. Hopefully, something like this won't happen again.''
— Kicker Josh Cherry
Interesting tidbit from Alonzo Whaley from Ubben's blog:
The defenses will get better than Kansas State, who entered Thursday night's game as the Big 12's worst run defense and outside the top 100 nationally. But Nebraska's got a pretty good one, and they held Daniel Thomas, the Big 12's leading rusher, to just 63 yards on 22 carries, almost 100 yards below his average of 157 a game.
But those same Blackshirts hate seeing Martinez every day as much as Kansas State did on Thursday, and the Wildcats only had to fail at catching him for a little more than three quarters.
"It's frustrating," said Nebraska linebacker Alonzo Whaley. "You never know what to expect from him. What you saw out here today, we've seen all camp. It's good to see him execute, and it's really confusing. It bothers us a lot. It bothers the defense when there's somebody so explosive."
"The hardest part is knowing he can outrun you," Whaley said.
*** “We were taking this game as an opportunity for us to show the world how good we were and we came in and fell flat on our faces.”
- wide receiver Chris Harper
*** “This one sucks. This loss sucks. We have got to come back from this.”
- offensive lineman Zach Kendall
*** “When I looked up, [Taylor Martinez] was already 50 yards down the field. I went to the sideline and tried to figure out what was going on and what they were doing so we could do something to stop it. It just happened so fast.”
- cornerback David Garrett
*** Uh-oh. This is no good. Not for the rest of us, not the ones left to watch Nebraska run through its eight remaining Big 12 games and leave as something like the permanent reigning conference champion.
The school with the fans a little too willing to tell you how great they are picked the absolute worst season to regain its powerhouse mojo.
This Big 12 breakup already felt like Nebraska moving on to a better relationship, and after a 48-13 debilitation of Kansas State here in front of a national television audience on Thursday night, it looks like the Huskers will get our shiny football championship trophy in the settlement.
- Sam Mellinger (KC Star Reporter) Note - Mellinger's whole article is pretty funny. Lot's of crying-in-your-beer. LINK
From the Kansas State Collegian (college paper):
*** "I knew we'd have trouble with (Martinez). How much, I didn't know. He made it look awfully easy. He's a tremendous athlete and obviously has excellent speed. He's quick and he's fast, and we're not very fast. That's not a good matchup."
“I'd be concerned if we got over it in a heartbeat. Maybe it would mean we don't care enough. If it doesn't pain us, it sends a bad message.''
- Bill Snyder
*** "It's always frustrating when a team is gashing you. You've just got to go to the sideline and try to fix it and keep fighting. We've got to put (this game) behind us, but we've also got to also fix the things that we had trouble with."
“Film speed is different. You think you're faster than most guys you see. Once in the game, [Martinez] got to moving kind of quick. After a while, you kind of get used to it. You should be able to adjust. But we weren't able to adjust.
''It was embarrassing. It's always frustrating when a team is gashing you.''
"I thought he was the fastest I've ever seen at quarterback. If you've got a good angle on him, he can still outrun you."
- defensive end Antonio Felder
Some more quotes from K-State players:
*** “Especially with Nebraska being my home state, I really wanted it tonight. You have your ups and downs, and tonight definitely was a down for us. Hopefully, something like this won't happen again.''
— Kicker Josh Cherry
Interesting tidbit from Alonzo Whaley from Ubben's blog:
The defenses will get better than Kansas State, who entered Thursday night's game as the Big 12's worst run defense and outside the top 100 nationally. But Nebraska's got a pretty good one, and they held Daniel Thomas, the Big 12's leading rusher, to just 63 yards on 22 carries, almost 100 yards below his average of 157 a game.
But those same Blackshirts hate seeing Martinez every day as much as Kansas State did on Thursday, and the Wildcats only had to fail at catching him for a little more than three quarters.
"It's frustrating," said Nebraska linebacker Alonzo Whaley. "You never know what to expect from him. What you saw out here today, we've seen all camp. It's good to see him execute, and it's really confusing. It bothers us a lot. It bothers the defense when there's somebody so explosive."
"The hardest part is knowing he can outrun you," Whaley said.
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