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Zac Lee looked fast against Arizona. Need I say more? I'm sorry, but Locker puts Lee to shame in every aspect of his game. That Locker run against AZ was impressive. Give the guy credit. I think that Joe's point was that even Lee looked fast against Arizona, so imagine how fast Martinez will look against a PAC10 team that finished behind Arizona.

Am I missing something here? Who the hell is "OKC"? Is that Olympia Kommunity College? I see that a lot from Pac-10 fans. They don't want to use OU since that's Oregon in their conference. Problem is they don't realize OKC stands for Oklahoma City while the University of Oklahoma is in Norman. Weird. OU is Oklahoma, UO is Oregon. There's no need to make stuff up.

Ha, up by 67 votes. Husker fans are awesome.

Tmart only "runs the ball pretty well"? Geesh zoogies, I know you'll never be happy until they bench him for Lee but c'mon....he's leading the nation in 13.5 ypc with five TDs. Lee couldn't run that quick if you shoved him out of an airplane. But I'm glad you see he has "some potential". Lastly, it's debatable how much better a cfb (not NFL) qb Locker really is. We'll have a good idea very soon. Where's he on passing, bshirt? I'm being realistic, is all. Some are looking at two creampuff games and proclaiming him to be our savior. You of all people should know better. You really think he'll hold down 13.5 ypc throughout the year? If I had to guess, he would be doing well to hold onto half of that by the end of the year. Locker is widely regarded as one of the premier quarterbacks in college football. He hasn't put up the production to match the hype, but neither has Taylor. Locker is simply pretty far ahead of Taylor right now, and I don't think that's a debatable point. Will Taylor end up better than him? Conceivable, but that would be a big projection at this point. What do you want me to do? Bow down and proclaim Taylor the most amazing runner that's walked the earth, with an infinite realm of potential? He's done well so far, but I mean, hoooooooooold those horses. He's 21 of 32 for 66% passing. And that's with at least three drops that I can recall at the moment. With a grand total of "one" interceptions. What does a qb gotta do to get your acceptance not named Z. Lee? Run for 900 yds a game and throw ten TDs a game? But yeah, Lee looked great vs the creampuffs last year too, I'll definately give you that. Heh, one of us will be dead wrong Saturday.....I hope it's you!!! Haha.....but if not, I look forward to a ten gallon bowl of crow. GBR!!! Here's the thing. Martinez is 21/32, 65.6% on the year, 242 yards, 0 picks, 1 INT. He also has 21 rushes for an unreal 284 yards and 5 scores. Lee, after two games last year - 42/57, 73.7%, 453 yards, 6 TDs, 1 INT through the air. To me, doesn't matter how you get the yards and the scores. We know very little about the kind of quarterback that this TMagic kid is yet. He will define himself over the course of the season. I stand by my statement that Locker is far ahead of Martinez right now and it isn't much of a discussion. That said, I fully expect Locker to be bottled up in this game and the Huskers to roll. Unless the Wash defense is pretty good, Taylor can break a few more runs. Is Locker a better all-around QB than Martinez right now? I think that's a pretty easy argument to make. However, on this message board in particular, I think people get into arguments over QB's without taking into account the system that they're in. For example, I still look at Tommie Frazier and Turner Gill as two of the best college QB's of all time, while any NFL scout would come along and tell me that Locker is better. But that NFL scout is looking at NFL potential, which I don't give a crap about. Same thing between Zac Lee and Martinez... You may still see Zac Lee as a better all-around QB, and maybe he is, but given the option/run-oriented direction of the new offense, there's no question that Martinez fits the system better. As far as Locker and Martinez, while Locker might be the better all-around QB, I think that Nebraska's offense may exploit Martinez's strengths better than Washington exploits Locker's. A lot of these arguments come down to your individual perspective. In 1997, everybody in the country knew that Peyton Manning was going to be the next great QB in the NFL, while Scott Frost might get to play safety. But QB Scott Frost was just as effective in his system as Manning was in his. Go back and watch the game if you don't believe me.

Right, and if the government didn't take our money and give it to someone else, the world would be so much better off. Because, deep down inside, we know that all human beings are incredibly charitable people who would give up their grossly oversized meal portions and big-screen televisions for the sake of our less well off brothers and sisters living down at the homeless shelter. Anyways, yeah this is about to get way out of hand, so I'm gonna go argue about whether Taylor Martinez is faster than Eric Crouch or something stupid like that. Out.

ESPN just needs to show the band at halftime. I'd much rather watch that than go to the studio and listen to Mark May. It wouldn't be quite as bad, except that when Mark May stops talking, Lou Holtz starts.

Where's Snuffy?

Socialist.

To me, Locker looks more like Scott Frost than he does like Taylor Martinez. I don't think Jake's as fast, but he's a more than capable runner, and he's certainly more physical.

Ok... something's not adding up.

USC tOSU LSU OKC Some pretty decent defenses Locker has faced, whether or not any were better than yours THIS season, I have no idea. Wait 'til Saturday. If the Blackshirts play to their potential, it'll be scary. No disrespect to Locker or Washington or to those other teams you mentioned... This is just a very, very good defense.

Let's go Huskerboard, he's still down be nearly 300+ votes.

I don't think we need to run the Wildcat hardly at all. Save it for the big games if you're going to use it at all. With Martinez at QB, we don't have much need for it. Just run the offense.

1. 3 or more interceptions 2. 5 or more sacks 3. Shutout by the Blackshirts 4. 400 yards rushing 5. 40 or more points by Nebraska

Sean McDonough and Matt Millen link

This is a statement game for Nebraska, like FSU was last week for OU. The offense clicked week 1, the defense clicked week 2, they're both going to click Saturday and Jake Locker is going to be confused all game long. Nebraska will win this going away.

Question: "Will this D be the best Locker has ever faced?" Answer:

Sorry...what did you say? I was too busy being impressed by these guys...

They called Pelini a "punk?" Do they think HE needs a little extra motivation this week? Don't make Bo angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry.

Here are the only "who's faster" questions that are going to matter this Saturday: Who's faster, Jake Locker, or the Blackshirts? Who's faster, Taylor Martinez or UDub's defense?

who is more challenged by that? martinez being challenged to be the fastest qb on the field, or the defense to contain locker? Whoever reads it, decides to take it personally, and comes out onto the field Saturday with a chip on their shoulder.

I'm hoping this is only the beginning of the smack talk we hear from Washington this week. As if Bo needed any help getting his players fired up.

Yeah, this isn't a minor point to me... People not being able to clap on the beat pretty much ruins the marching band's pregame show, the fight song, and the tunnel walk for me. I'm being completely serious, I can't enjoy the music with that crap going on around me. Also, is anybody else creeped out when they play that one sound byte, "STAND UP AND SHOUT!!!!" and everyone around you actually stands up and shouts!? Last thing... if everybody in the stadium yelled the same pitch, it would be like 100 times louder than it is now.

It's not going to be close.

1. I'd wager that Idaho is a better team than Notre Dame 2. Robinson has been impressive in 2 games. However, I'm not sold on him until he does it in conference play (same with Martinez, for that matter). 3. Just watching that video, and eyeballing it, I still just think both teams look kind of slow. And I don't think Robinson looks as fast as Martinez. It's not scientific or anything, but that's what I see... We'll see more when each team plays against some more speed in conference play... Here's some Martinez video to compare... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb671XwyCYU