Those No Longer With Us

[gobiggergoredder]

2 hours ago, Red Five said:

Adrian playing himself into a NFL camp invite with a decent chance of making a practice squad.  Saw somewhere else is he leading the MVP race for the UFL.

 

23/36 for 368 yards this weekend.  Only QB in the league with two 300 yard passing games.

 

 

Good for him.  Honestly, didn’t really think he was any good.  Obviously had potential but I felt like he wasn’t capable of putting it all together.

 

This could just be added to the growing list of Scott Frost “Accomplishments”.

[Red Five]

Monte Harrison just committed to Arkansas.

 

Was a 2014 recruit and committed to Pelini in 2013.  Opted to play baseball after being drafted by the Brewers in the 2nd round of the of the 2014 draft.  Got a cup of coffee in MLB with the Marlins and Angles 2020-2022.

 

He's currently 28 years old.

[Decked]

5 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Monte Harrison just committed to Arkansas.

 

Was a 2014 recruit and committed to Pelini in 2013.  Opted to play baseball after being drafted by the Brewers in the 2nd round of the of the 2014 draft.  Got a cup of coffee in MLB with the Marlins and Angles 2020-2022.

 

He's currently 28 years old.

He was gonna he a stud too.

[Toe]

He had about as much of a pro career as Bubba Starling, lol.

[BigRedBuster]

 

[BlackHillsHusker]

26 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

Watched parts of his last game. His talent has improved, but he still misses some throws. Has a great defense that carries the team. He could get a camp invite to the NFL, but I wouldn't hold my breath on making a squad

[Husker in WI]

2 minutes ago, BlackHillsHusker said:

Watched parts of his last game. His talent has improved, but he still misses some throws. Has a great defense that carries the team. He could get a camp invite to the NFL, but I wouldn't hold my breath on making a squad

 

I mean, Nathan Peterman just got a $1.3 million free agent deal and has been on NFL rosters every year. There are fewer really solid QBs in existence than people think.

[SouthLincoln Husker]

To bad he did not have a qb coach at NE that was worth a s#!t 

[admo]

Love seeing 2AM getting flowers and having success.  Kid gave his best to Nebraska and was all class the entire time.  He dealt with the hard questions after every game, regarding losing close games, turnovers, being benched and even got his degrees at UNL. 

 

Even though it didn't exactly turn out the way we hoped, he's still one of my all-time Husker favorites.

[Mavric]

 

[Toe]

 

[Mavric]

 

[Born N Bled Red]

On 5/6/2024 at 1:25 PM, gobiggergoredder said:

Good for him.  Honestly, didn’t really think he was any good.  Obviously had potential but I felt like he wasn’t capable of putting it all together.

 

This could just be added to the growing list of Scott Frost “Accomplishments”.

 

As many of us said during his playing years, Martinez's success, or lack thereof, here had far more to do with the talent around him that it did his own. He had the worst line Nebraska has had since before Devany, no name running backs, and receivers that struggled to catch a ball. How many touch downs did Cade Warner drop? Martinez was the only reason we had so many one loss games under Frost, without him we would have looked like a MAC school out there, just as we did at the end of Riley's tenure. You remember him not being great because he had no room for error whatsoever. For us to win he literally had to be perfect every snap of every game. His 1-2 errors out of 75ish snaps seemingly cost the game because he was literally the only one who could win the game for us so if he wasn't perfect it didn't happen. I, for one, will always say Martinez was way better than most give him credit for and its good he's getting the chance to prove it.   

[Wistrom Disciple]

On 5/24/2024 at 4:14 PM, Born N Bled Red said:

 

As many of us said during his playing years, Martinez's success, or lack thereof, here had far more to do with the talent around him that it did his own. He had the worst line Nebraska has had since before Devany, no name running backs, and receivers that struggled to catch a ball. How many touch downs did Cade Warner drop? Martinez was the only reason we had so many one loss games under Frost, without him we would have looked like a MAC school out there, just as we did at the end of Riley's tenure. You remember him not being great because he had no room for error whatsoever. For us to win he literally had to be perfect every snap of every game. His 1-2 errors out of 75ish snaps seemingly cost the game because he was literally the only one who could win the game for us so if he wasn't perfect it didn't happen. I, for one, will always say Martinez was way better than most give him credit for and its good he's getting the chance to prove it.   

Let's not let revisionist history interfere with the fact that Adrian was also the source of many of his issues. For every scramble for a first down, there was a poorly thrown ball over the middle caught by JD, Wandale, and Luke before they got blasted by a safety or linebacker. Or an inexcusable turnover, often due to a poor decision. While Adrian did not have a lot to work with and several coaching decisions were poor, he had plenty of opportunities for success here. Unfortunately, our issues extended far and wide during the Frost years and the program just couldn't put it all together to make it work. 

 

That said, it is great to see him finding success and making a run to try and fulfill his professional football dreams. 

[Red Five]