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Oh dear...this one had a few bits all over the place.

Much of that failure was laid at the feet of quarterback Zac Lee, a one-dimensional "manager" type who failed to generate enough of a passing game – or at least enough respect for a hypothetical passing game – to keep defenses from ganging up on the respectable ground attack.
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Not really. And

Beck's stint at Kansas suggests he's predisposed to the spread, and Martinez is undeniably a spread quarterback with more than a few similarities to former Jayhawk record-breaker Todd Reesing.
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Yikessssssss.

 
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Yikes? Don't sell Reesing short just because he played for Kansas. He'd be a vast improvement over any QB we've had the past two years, and he'd give Ganzy a heck of a run for the starting job (if not win it outright) in 2008. Reesing was a gamer, a good QB, but not highly regarded because of his size. Put that guy in a 6'4" frame and he's a star.

 
I don't see many similarities between Reesing and Martinez knapp. Martinez is 90% feet, 10% arm - Reesing was the exact oposite of that, being almost a 4,000 yard/70% completion type of guy. His CAREER rushing totals 527 - that's about 2 games for T-Mart this year. He could beat you with his feet...but rarely was the play designed that way. He scrambled REALLY well when things broke down, but he wasn't going to take it for 80 yards with a designed run on the first play of a half.

 
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knapplc said:
Yikes? Don't sell Reesing short just because he played for Kansas. He'd be a vast improvement over any QB we've had the past two years, and he'd give Ganzy a heck of a run for the starting job (if not win it outright) in 2008. Reesing was a gamer, a good QB, but not highly regarded because of his size. Put that guy in a 6'4" frame and he's a star.
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I could be wrong, but i thought the "yikes" was more about just how off that comment was. In no way is Martinez as talented a passer or as consistant a leader of the spread to even begin to compare him to Reesing. Reesing was light years ahead of Martinez as a spread QB. TM is a runner who can throw a little. Reesing was a QB who could run a little. They are not even on the same planet as players. And IMHO if Ressing had been at NE, Joe Ganz would have continued to sit the bench. I dont think it would have been that close of a QB race at all. Todd was baller and a gamer. Its not easy for me to praise a chicken hawk, but that kid was elite in many ways

**EDIT** kchusker_chris's post was not up yet when i started typing mine....so i could have just said :yeah and saved myself some time there.... :lol:

 
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I guess I read that wrong. I thought it was a yikes about Reesing, because that was the bolded part. It seemed to me zoogies was yikes-ing that Martinez may be similar to Reesing, and I was basically saying, "We should be so lucky."

 
walksalone said:
Generally, he's pretty good, but the fact that he forgot that Rex is on the team, showed a lack of attentiveness...

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Are Husker fans the only ones in the country willing to give Rex some credit? Seems like everyone thinks that Helu leaving means we have no one that can produce at RB. I know that fans loved Helu, and he produced, definitely. But really Rex was the one that came into games and completely changed it. To me - he is as much a building block as TM is, if not more!

 
The Dude said:
Reesing was pretty horrible his final season.
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IIRC, he had lost several members of his O Line. Didn't he lose a WR, too? I don't have time to look it up right now.

Reesing isn't the gold standard of QBs, that's for sure, but he was pretty good. I really think he's analogous to Joe Ganz.

 
your not the only ones, Rex is talented, But most national, even some regional guys cant see every game they are not as in tune with your team as you are. So they are more likely to see that a starter and 1200+ yrd rusher is gone. They will remember the long runs of Helu and forget about the 4 yrds at a time Rex gets.

And lets face it, you can only know so much, and only people who wacth nearly every game are going to know your team the way you do. Rex is just one of a million examples for every team, every year. I think people who know your team know what rex can do, and those who dont will find out

 
knapplc said:
The Dude said:
Reesing was pretty horrible his final season.
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IIRC, he had lost several members of his O Line. Didn't he lose a WR, too? I don't have time to look it up right now.

Reesing isn't the gold standard of QBs, that's for sure, but he was pretty good. I really think he's analogous to Joe Ganz.
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As knapp said, not the gold standard, but he played on a poor team. That fact was very clear given their performance before and after him. And his senior year was far from horrible....

3600+ yrds,63.% completion, 22 tds and 10 ints for a team that won 5 games and went 1-7 in the big 12 is not horrible

 
knapplc said:
I guess I read that wrong. I thought it was a yikes about Reesing, because that was the bolded part. It seemed to me zoogies was yikes-ing that Martinez may be similar to Reesing, and I was basically saying, "We should be so lucky."
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Ooops, I was yikes-ing the comparison, not putting down Reesing. I completely agree that we should be so lucky, but they are just not the same kind of player at all. Reesing has decent speed, but I don't believe he is on par with Lee in that category. Unless Taylor gets a lot slower, even if he improves at passing, the comparisons won't be there.

 
OP, I don't see the issue with leaving Rex out of this article. It doesn't pertain to the lead nor to the basis of the story. It was more of an insight into Nebraska's general offensive woes and their quarterback position rather than the talent they have coming back. Putting Rex in seems like unnecessary information or information that wouldn't have added a lot to the article. Just my opinion, of course. Rex is a good player but he's a fan favorite, not a nationally recognized player.

In defense of Reesing, he also battled a groin injury and possibly another injury in his final season. That's what happens when you spend most of the day running for your life.

He was a good player. I completely agree with the notion that Reesing in a bigger frame would have been a star.

 
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fro daddy said:
knapplc said:
Yikes? Don't sell Reesing short just because he played for Kansas. He'd be a vast improvement over any QB we've had the past two years, and he'd give Ganzy a heck of a run for the starting job (if not win it outright) in 2008. Reesing was a gamer, a good QB, but not highly regarded because of his size. Put that guy in a 6'4" frame and he's a star.
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I could be wrong, but i thought the "yikes" was more about just how off that comment was. In no way is Martinez as talented a passer or as consistant a leader of the spread to even begin to compare him to Reesing. Reesing was light years ahead of Martinez as a spread QB. TM is a runner who can throw a little. Reesing was a QB who could run a little. They are not even on the same planet as players. And IMHO if Ressing had been at NE, Joe Ganz would have continued to sit the bench. I dont think it would have been that close of a QB race at all. Todd was baller and a gamer. Its not easy for me to praise a chicken hawk, but that kid was elite in many ways

**EDIT** kchusker_chris's post was not up yet when i started typing mine....so i could have just said :yeah and saved myself some time there.... :lol:
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Yes...But we haven't seen him as a junior or senior yet. So I guess it is a wait see thing here..Not?

 
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